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Heading to New York Fashion Week for the Filipinxt Runway Show this Saturday!

Pretty excited to see a few people and also watch, vlog, and take photos of the event, highlighting Filipino fashion designers and their designs. ❤️🇵🇭✨️

✨️🇵🇭📸 Celebrating motherhood, Filipina style.

Love doing maternity photoshoots, especially when we combine it with a cultural heritage photoshoot. ❤️

Hi there! ❤️ Clothing & accessories are all provided as well as some cultural props. My pricing is listed on my website (link in bio). For more details on each package, just fill out the inquiry form, and I'll send my full Investment Guide.

📸🇵🇭 Embrace, decolonize, learn, & honor your heritage, your ancestors.

Interested in doing a #Filipino cultural heritage photoshoot? Currently accepting bookings for NYC, SF, LA, Vegas, Chicago, Boston, D.C., Seattle, & for my Canadians, Vancouver, Calgary, & Edmonton.

Check my last post for dates.

✨️📸🇵🇭 New Updates Travel Dates!:

For my #Filipino Canadian friends in Vancouver, Edmonton, & Calgary, and for those in Seattle, I've confirmed and added my travel dates.

If you're interested in booking a Filipino cultural heritage photoshoot, visit my website.❤️

#photographer #portraits

Yes! It's one of the few prayers we have recorded. This one was recorded in the oldest Tagalog dictionary, "Vocabulario de la lengua tagala" by San Buenaventura in 1613.

Illustration of Lakapati by Sam Sumulong aka samsum.art on IG.

"Lakapati, pakanin mo yaring alipin mo. Huwag mong gutumin." English Translation “Lakapati, feed this servant of yours. Don't let them hunger.”

One of the few prayers to a deity, we have recorded in the oldest Tagalog dictionary. Lakapati is the intersex deity of agriculture & giver of food.

Every harvest time,the Bikolano held an atang or thanksgiving ritual,to the deity Gugurang.The asog, an intersex priest,led the people in offering newly harvested crops called himoloan.These were given,while a balyana, a priestess, chanted prayers & recited the sorake, an ode to Gugurang.

#filipino

Filipinos who voted for Trump, are the same ones who love, support, & vote for the Marcos family,both Ferdinand and Bongbong Marcos. Same type of people, different font.

That slogan, "Make America Great Again"? Ya, that comes from Ferdinand Marcos slogan, "We Shall Make This Nation Great Again".

Hi Olivia! Haha you know I'm down for that. Unfortunately I won't be able to get to Denver this year in my travels, but I'd still love to sit down and be a guest! Still working on creating episodes for my YouTube account. 😊

That's beautiful! I love it when couples get interested in each other's culture and history. Still doing some research on running a podcast, but I'll announce it on here when I do!

📸✨️🇵🇭 Channeling those regal,pre-colonial Bisayan vibes.If you are into doing a #Filipino cultural heritage photoshoot, I specialize in doing portraits,engagements, & weddings with a cultural flair.Whether it's a pre-colonial style, or wearing a traditional Maria Clara gown.

thepinayphotographer.com

Speaking of podcast, I have been leaning more on starting one. Where I essentially just discuss pre-colonial Philippine history, culture, practices, mythology, folklore, and beliefs. Because I can talk all day. ✨️

#filipino #Philippines #history #mythology #pinoy

I can't emphasize enough how much I'm deeply passionate about researching & sharing info on pre-colonial Philippine history, culture, practices, & beliefs.

But at the same time, I'm so scattered brained & want to do so many projects. A podcast, blogging, writing ebooks, posting on Youtube. 😅

Native Filipino Names
Uncolonized
Non-Spanish
Non-Christian
Non-Anglicized
Sariling Atin from the various languages across the islands in our local languages and dialects. #filipino #filam #pinoy #filipinonames #names

A big part of my work as a #Filipino #photographer doing my cultural heritage photoshoots is learning the indigenous textiles, accessories, terms, and folklore from the different ethnic groups.

One of the books I use is Sinaunang Habi: Philippine Ancestral Weave. 🇵🇭

Here's some pages. 😉

🇵🇭📸 Hi, I'm Ligaya, a #Filipino #photographer based in NY, who also travels. Currently booking for late 2025 and 2026 for #weddings! 💍

If you are Filipino, I also include cultural textiles, clothing, props, and accessories to wear for an engagement photoshoot.

thepinayphotographer.com/contact

Hello! Filipino American content creator here who focuses on vintage styling, Filipino antiques, and cosplay. Lets start building community in pamayanan! 🫶🏽✨

Hi April! ❤️ Glad to be here! 😊

Are you #Filipino 🇵🇭 and have been interested in doing a cultural heritage photoshoot? Looking for a #photographer to capture your engagement & #wedding photos?

I'm currently accepting bookings for 2025 and 2026 (for weddings). Check out my travel dates! 📸✨️

thepinayphotographer.com/contact

📸🇵🇭 Drawing inspiration from Bisayan mythology, for this #Filipino cultural heritage photoshoot I did in Las Vegas, I was inspired by the Bisayan goddess of war,poisons, & oils, Naginid.

I love doing #portraits inspired by fantasy & #mythology, so this was fun to do!

#photography #nycphotographer

🇵🇭📸 First post on here! Hi, my name is Ligaya and I'm a #Filipino woman based in NY who talks a lot about pre-colonial Philippines from our history,culture,beliefs, practices, and mythology.I'm also a #photographer who does cultural heritage portraits, weddings, & engagements. Here's some of my work!