AKiO KENJi Photography & Events Management Services

30/05/2025

Sephy'sticated.

30/05/2025

A BEAUTIFUL GLIMPSE from the year that was - shot from a far distant seat.

Miss World 1973 - First Runner-Up Evangeline Pascual
Miss Philippines Earth Eco-Tourism 2014 - Monique Manuel
Miss Globe 2023 Second Runner-Up - Annalena Lakrini
Miss Supranational 2021 Top 10 - Finalist Dindi Pajares
Miss Intercontinental 2023 Top 20 Semifinalist - Iona Gibbs

29/05/2025

CELEBRITY IN THE LENS - Featuring one of the most popular and iconic Filipina Singer who is famously known for her powerful high notes and crystal clear and incredibly remarkable deep and low register vocals.

Maria Teresa Magdalena Abellare Llamedo-Cruzata (born July 22, 1961), professionally known as Dulce (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈdʊlsɛ]), is a Filipino singer and actress. She is popularly referred to as "Asia's Timeless Diva".

MILESTONES / AWARDS :

1. Grand Prize Winner - 4th Asian Singing Competition Hongkong (1979) Song Entry "Ako Ang Nagwagi, Ako ang Nasawi"

2. Grand Prize Winner - Asia-Pacific Singing Contest Hongkong (1988) Song Entry "Memory" - with Co-Winner Ivy Violan (Team Manila Philippines)

3. First Runner-Up 3rd ABU Popular Song Festival in Malaysia 2002 Song Entry "Langit - Kung Kaya Ko Kaya Mo Rin"

4. First runner-up at the Australia Open Entertainment Competition in 2002.

5. Recorded 30 Albums (including 12 solo albums) throughout her career and has sung in over thirty movie theme songs, thus earning her the moniker "Movie Theme Song Queen".

6. Dulce auditioned for the role of Gigi in Miss Saigon when the producers first came to Manila. She was, however, unable to proceed with the audition due to acute pharyngitis.

7. When the [Miss Saigon] production team came back in 1990, she auditioned again and was instructed to fly to New York City. In New York, Cameron MacKintosh reportedly told her that she was "over-qualified" for the small role that was open and that it would be a waste of talent. Claude-Michel Schönberg is said to have commented that her voice "is like a Boeing 747 taking off".

8. From 1991 to 2004, Dulce's rendition of Constancio de Guzman’s "Maalaala Mo Kaya" served as the theme song of the television drama anthology of the same name.

9. In 2003, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Aliw Awards. That same year, she played Aling Saling in the first run of the musical "Himala" at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).

10. She returned to the musical theater stage in 2008 where she played Motormouth Maybelle in a local production of Hairspray also at the CCP.

--Celebrity Bio / Information - All credits to Wikipedia.--

P.S. - It was an honor to have an opportunity to witness, hear her voice in person and shoot DULCE in one of her events, hence this humble tribute.

24/05/2025

"..MOTHERHOOD is near to Divinity. It is the highest and holiest service to be assumed by mankind..."

-- Howard W. Hunter

22/05/2025

"..A moment in your tummy, a lifetime in your heart."

20/05/2025

Talent, Musicality and Costume say it all.

Arellano Elementary School (AES)
Marching Eagles Drum and Lyre Corps

11/05/2025

18/04/2025

Senakulo sa Biernes Santo 2025.

03/04/2025

MEMEs. Sometimes a parody and a funny antique in our growing internet creative minds culture. Too often, we don't take these lines seriously.

Here in AKP, we let people use them if they choose to without exceeding the boundaries of safe space and respect.

Have fun in your next photoshoot. DM us.

03/04/2025

GRADUATION DAY is just around the corner.
Create memories and immortalize the moment.
With our home studio photoshoot, we make you see yourself in the now and relive them in many years to come, all with gladness and cheers -- and all with our portraits of you.

BOOK with us now, have fun and savor the moment. DM for queries.

03/04/2025

WHY NOT...Right?
Gone are the days we settled for less.

Filipiniana Attire for Grade 6 Graduating Class Pictorial. Alampay, Bolero, Kimono, Panuelo, Wrap-Around Blouse, Skirt, Pearl Necklace, Earings and Bracelet Accessories. We have them all here.

BOOK Now and we will be glad to assist you.

03/04/2025

GRADUATION DAY is a milestone in your child's life and we value this moment with portraits.

Our home studio is open to cater for a special graduation photoshoot to mark and capture this iconic milestone and create portraits that would last a lifetime.

Book with us your special studio graduation pictorial, featuring our various colors and design that may fit to your preference and school theme.

Barong and Filipiniana dresses are also available. BOOK now to earn a slot.