The Metrofied Experience

Metrophoto by Jason Magbanua from Oly Ruiz on Vimeo.

Everybody knows how good Oly Ruiz is. Me and Nina wouldn’t even be getting him if he wasn’t right? 😉 But what we didn’t know how GREAT he really is. It’s easy to take beautiful picture of beautiful subjects in beautiful places. But one look at Oly’s portfolio in his blog will tell you that he takes beautiful photos all the time. “Ikaw na talaga, Oly” (it’s you already).

We came to Korea for our e-session with very high expectations on one our locations (Suwon). At the start of our trip we were frustrated with the place we chose and were surprised by the cold weather. But did this stop Oly from taking great pictures? Definitely not. In fact, most of our beautiful shots were taken in this location.

I also noticed how good he is at capturing our unguarded moments. I guess it is in these situations, when we are no longer acting or posing, that love between couples really shows. It is said that a photographer is great when they can see the genuine beauty in pure love, regardless of how it is packaged. And these moments of ours were all captured by Oly during our e-session and wedding.

Another great thing about Oly is his intense passion for the craft. He doesn’t stop until he finds the perfect shots. You can also feel his creative juice flowing which made us excited all the time. We always look forward on what he’ll make us do (i.e. sit on edge of a bridge, stand on top of a roof, or pose at the edge of a moving yacht, etc).

In our last day in Seoul, just when we thought we are done with the trip, Oly asked if we are still game to shoot. According to him there were still some shots he wasn’t able to do for the past two days and he wanted to do it. And who are we to object right?

Oly also has a way of making his clients comfortable which makes the shoot relaxing and fun at the same time. Nina is the type of girl who isn’t a fan of posing for pictures, but Oly was able to doll her up like a model easily (It helps that Oly demos the poses himself).

But what really separates him from the rest is he genuinely gets to know his couple. It doesn’t matter what your stature in life is or you’re face value is. To him, all of his couple are interesting subjects just waiting to be explored and be photographed.

Now as we look at our thousands of prenup and wedding pictures, we are happy to say all the moments which we want to treasure and would want our children and grandchildren to see are all captured. Our pictures tell our story.

Getting Oly was the best choice we made for our wedding. We are so proud to be Metrofied.  🙂 🙂 🙂