The Family Portrait – Portrait Photography

Two weeks ago, we had a shoot which made us feel more homesick and made us miss our families more than ever. It was a family reunion of a Filipino clan here in Dubai. It was their mother’s 60th birthday, their sister’s wedding anniversary and one of the nephew’s birthday all in one occasion. Some […]

Old Cars, Old Photo Effect

There is currently an exhibit of vintage cars in Mirdiff City Center so I grabbed the opportunity to take photos of these old cars and post processed them with Instagram. Hope you like these set of photos. And if you have signed up in Instagram, follow us – Insta_melrish! Thanks.  

A Thank You Blog (Our Edventure Travel Workshop)

We have blogged about this about a couple of weeks ago but we want to share some of our participants photos and let you all know how much we appreciate Kitty for hosting the event and inviting us to conduct it. Thanks to our participants for their enthusiasm. If we are to conduct another photography […]

Little Krix turns one

For her first birthday celebration, we got the privilege to photograph this little girl who is close to our hearts, Krix! We have been friends with their parents for years now and it is good to see our daughters growing together. Krix goes Chinese! Babies are the most challenging subjects. You have to get them […]

Here we go again

Have you ever had a mind vacuum experience? I did, which is why we did not blog anything for the past week. After our photography workshop a week ago, my mind entered into a state of laziness. It is like all our thoughts funneled out of our mouths and kaboom! We couldn’t write about anything […]

How To Become a Good Photographer Tip #1: Follow the Experts

We are trying to create a series of posts about tips and advices we could share on how to become a good photographer. It is actually more about notes for ourselves which we are making public to our readers so we all can learn and maybe our readers can even share with us a tip […]

Melrish Iphoneography

Lately we have not been carrying our cameras around like we used to. So whenever we see something worth shooting and sharing, we pull out our Iphones and click! We are using both Instagram and Lemeleme to process and share our images online. Iphoneography is not something new in the field of photography but it […]

What’s A Good Lens for Travel Photography?

We love to travel. Our friends love to travel. So they often ask us what lens is good to capture great travel photos. We are not experts but our travel photos do tell stories and the fun adventures we had. Our first must-bring lens is our wide-angle lens. We have a 10-20mm Sigma lens which […]

Our First Communion

We specialize in weddings and portraits but when someone comes up and asks us to do something different, we are always up to the challenge. We enjoy doing something new and the thrill of a new experience fires us up. Last month an Indian-Filipino couple approached us to do their son’s portrait for an invitation […]

Friends Forever

This shoot ushered memories of my senior year in high school – the mixed emotions of excitement (brought by a the upcoming life in a university), melancholy (because of the possibility of not seeing your classmates for a long time) and a sense of fulfillment of finally stepping out to a bigger world. We are […]