Cebu!

Yes, we're back in Cebu! The land of Cebu Lechon as my friend would describe it.. Took the 6:40AM CebuPac flight and our usual 90Kg checked-in baggage is now down to just 60Kg! We were able to minimize since our aerial shoot is aerial stills only. Flight was really smooth and quiet, no "show me" contest for early morning flights. Was seated at 1A, making it another pleasant experience. We arrived 15mins ahead of schedule, our baggages were out almost immediately. Our client's representative here in Cebu treated us to breakfast first before heading out to our first take-off point at Cebu Temple. Weather was perfect, blue skies, we were able to take aerial stills with just a minor concern with the retracts. Retracts switch needs replacing already.

Second location and take-off point we had to call-off the shoot since rain clouds suddenly appeared. Had lunch at the hotel and had Texan steak at Golden Prince. We tried resuming the aerial shoot around 4PM that same day but 4PM was too dark already in Cebu would you believe?!

The next day we had to leave early to do a takas shoot since the client had some concerns with securing a permit.. We were in and out of the area 15 minutes tops and was successful in executing the takas shots mission impossible style. Yes, we're that good. :-)

Next project site: SM City Consolacion. Just one flight and we're done as well. By 9AM Day 2, mission accomplished already. Lunch was a real treat, VP invited us to join him for lunch and we had bulalo, calamares, talaba, panga, lechon kawali and kilawin.

Mactan airport by 6PM. Flight back was unpleasant, the ATR's air-conditioning system wasn't working right and the FA in front wasn't smiling at and was so "taray" to everybody.. She must be having a bad day.

Important lesson learned from this trip:
Never choose ATR flights to and from Cebu! Flight time is much longer than via Airbus.

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BGC Shoot

Our shoot this morning was a breeze.. The sun was finally out after a week of rains.. Was in BGC around 8AM, tested the two Helicams.. Studied the shot requirement that will show vastness of BGC and link the scene to 2Serendra.. moved to an ideal take-off point near High Street.. executed the shot and we were done by 9AM.. Just one flight.. Client gets the stabilized clip 10:30AM via download link.. Done!

Tomorrow we leave for Cebu to do another aerial shot of Cebu Temple and a building built by our client.

Thank you Lord for the beautiful weather today! Looking forward to more beautiful sunny days ahead. :-)

Wow!

11 months have passed and no entry.. Wow! We were that busy.. will try my best to retrace everything that happened these past months, discuss a little backstory perhaps, and embed our output. It's been an amazing 2011.