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My brother is getting married...

2008-03-27T22:40:00.000+08:00

My brother is getting married... And it's happening soon. What could happen on this momentous occasion?

1. Keeping a close eye on the wedding coordinators.
Look, one of my ex-bosses is a wedding coordinator. She's kinda an expert on these things, and she taught some tricks of the trade. I know when things are good, and when things start to go bad (and I might react quite publicly when some things DO go bad.)

2. Minor bossing around the the photo-video people.
Hey, what can I do? I work as a photographer, videogrpaher and onsite editor. These things fall under my scrutiny.
(Note: If anybody's reading, I hate to see equipment in the background! I've seen to many good shots ruined by a tripod!)

3. I might bring some "other people."
Yes,yes, I know that the food count is set and so is the size of the venue! It just so happen that I may need some "like-minded" people to talk to and double at how things are done.

4. Making my sister mad.
Though she has said many times that "she's preparing for the wedding (code speak for "I may try to slim down!") I might bring up these issues once in a while. Bubujee-bubu, Jeng-jeng boo?

5. Buy bullet-proof gear.
Kidding.
Yes, My family's not perfect, but with what I've observed during the preparation for the wedding (not to mention "Mother"...) I need to prepare myself for the inevitable "War of The Words!" or something. Fne, people in glass houses...

Quote about famlly from Grey's Anatomy, Season Two, Episode Nine, "Thanks for the Memories" (Yes, I know, It's about Thanksgiving, but weddings are not too far): "Day people spend with their families. Too much family time triggers depression, repressed childhood rage, bitter disputes over the remote and way too much alcohol. People get stupid. People get violent. People get hurt. "

11th wedding Expo Philippines

2007-09-27T18:12:00.001+08:00

Last September 3, The 11th Wedding Expo was held at the PICC Forum in Manila. I got the chance to congratulate Mr. Jason Magbanua, the one true master of wedding videography (Sound like Star Wars "Force"-speak).

Stolen shot of him and his team manning his booth.

Me and Master J himself.

Master J and two of his editors.
(Trivia: All of Master J's editors are females.)

Coming Soon: AVP about what happened before the Closing of the Expo...

If anybody's interested....

2007-08-29T13:45:00.000+08:00

Here's the kind of Windows laptop that I'd like to get... someday...

Simple but Effective Wallpapers

2007-08-29T11:47:00.001+08:00

One boring dawn, I dabbled into Photoshop and created these wallpapers for Mac or PC.
If you're interested in giving your logo the similar treatment, please email me at daxdigital@gmail.com

These wallpapers come in 3 sizes:
1920x1080 pixels (for HD 16:9 displays, i.e. HDTV)
1920x1200 pixels (for PC-HD displays like wide LCDs and Macs)
1920x1440 pixels (for 4:3 displays like CRT and older LCDs)
Contains EXIF data on "Artist" and "User Comments" fields.

Click on the images to view and save the full-resolution files.

For AMD People:

For PowerPC G5 People:

For IBM People (Power4, Power5, Intel):

For Intel People (Circa Core, Core 2 and Above):

This seems odd since Intel is a "blue" company, but I like it in red!

Patty Pacheco's AVP: Behind The Scenes

2007-08-29T11:23:00.000+08:00

Last April, a client of mine, Patty Pacheco, celebrated her 18th Birthday. Although her video documentation and AVP was tasked to my ex-employer, I did the "Behind The Scenes" video which was included in the final DVD I edited.

Tech Info: Shot on Canon XL2 @ 24P, Edited with Sony Vegas 7 @ 24PA Profile.

The Chaser: Hands-on Tech Support

2007-08-25T00:06:00.000+08:00

It's true: It's so hard to find hands-on technical support these days...

The Chaser: When The Customers Strikes Back!

2007-08-24T23:50:00.000+08:00

We always complain of outsourced companies' policies of putting their customers on hold. Well, guess what? The Chaser does something about it!

Ryan and Malen

2007-03-27T14:13:00.000+08:00

My favorite wedding project as of February 2007.

Perfect match: They've been together for about a decade, lots of emotions during the wedding, food was great, and problems were at absolute minimum. To make the story short: "The Perfect Wedding."

Captured on Sony PD-170, Edited on Vegas and Final Cut Pro @ 24P, "Soft-matted" for dramatic purposes.

Kelly and Katrina

2007-03-22T21:05:00.000+08:00

The are pictures that I took as my first wedding assignment. I was a "trial" photographer at the time for a video production company, checking out my kind of photography style.

The official photographer for this wedding was no other than the premier wedding photographer, Pilar Tuason.

Again, my romance with black and white photography.

Captured using Canon 10D with a 35-105mm lens.

Pilar Tuason and her crew.

My First "Baby": Ziona Rae

2007-03-21T10:40:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, I took a few pictures of my "godchild" Ziona Rae Morales Javier. She's the newest family addition of my ally, Cecille.

I love black and white photographs. They look so simple yet so beautiful... And it gets better if the subject is a newborn baby.

Captured using Nikon L2 and Panasonic DMC-FX8 digital cameras, edited in Adobe Photoshop CS2 for dramatic purposes. Flash was only used once due to the fact that baby's eyesight can be damaged by strong light.

A wake-up smile...

... She looked so peaceful and sweet...

...Once she's asleep, it's difficult to wake her up...

...And she knows where to look as I took these pictures.
Go to sleep, baby boo... :)

My main concern with Ziona is that she's a "thumbsucker."
Please email me if you have remedies on this.

My First Post

2007-03-21T10:32:00.000+08:00

This is the first blog I've ever written.

Hallo, everyone!

I'm Dax Cruz, a Philippines-based digital media artist, specializing in 2D/3D motion graphics. I also do photography (film/digital), video, web and graphic design.

On this page I'll be posting some of my thoughts, experiences, and ideas.

I'm posting soon some blogs related to other fields like videography, weddings, events, etc...