Two weeks ago, my brother came to visit me from Manila and I was so thrilled that he brought his girlfriend Naggi with him! It was a short trip, and they also made plans to see some of their friends, so I only got to spend a few days with them. In one of the days we planned to go shopping, we made a quickie trip to a park in my hood and shot some impromptu portraits of the two of them. These are just some of my favorites…

Before anyone starts to freak out, there’s no baby in that tummy. Naggi was simply getting a tickle torture ;)

My brother is hot. It’s in the genes ;)

I love how they’re so giggly! It makes me giggle just looking at these :)

Naggi and Osmond, we miss you guys already! Looking forward to your visit next year!

My BFF Kyle and I have been talking about a night shoot for months, but since I was always so busy, we never had the time for it. He and I finally got together for a fun afternoon last week in Downtown Orange and I’m so excited to be sharing these photos with you.

Kyle is a singer and was part of the Filipino group Kundirana. So we thought it was only fitting to shoot some of him singing :)

I had such a fun time hanging out with Dahni and her band! We originally planned a wild shoot with some grungy tunnels, but when we got there, the place was gated and locked! So we had to improvise and switch to a forest theme out in the middle of nowhere. We also planned to have them shoot with their instruments but two of them did not have theirs with them so that had to go too. On top of that, one of them had to leave soon, which left us with less than an hour to shoot! I was almost crushed, but these guys were still so cheerful and so sweet, even after driving an hour just to meet with me.

We found a spot just off of the road to Mt. Baldy, which was a long ways down, but one of the guys helped with my strobes and another helped ME get down safely. I’m tellin’ ya, I did not expect that at all! Don’t let their tattoos fool you; they really are the sweetest things :) Love these guys!

Can I just say… Dahni is the hottest lead singer! She has a superstar voice but with the sweetest personality. This girl is gonna go far.

There were too much bugs out there that I think in at least 5 of these same shot, one of them is waving off bugs. LOL! Seriously, it was so bad I have tons of bug bites on my legs.

This tunnel was further down and I remember Jesse saying: “If I carry your stuff for you, would you shoot us there?” :) Hell ya!

Who wouldn’t want to see this band if their lead is this gorgeous? Hello!

The gang, from top-left: Dahni, Richie, Jesse and Jason

I know I say this a lot but I really had such a fabulous time with these guys! This session, no matter how brief it was, is perhaps one of the most memorable I’ve had. Love the attitude on this group. Thank you for driving so far to see me! I hope you did not regret it :)