Chito Cleofas went through the discriminating eyes of Manila’s photo and art critics and mentors to become what he is today. Before turning pro, he topped over a hundred national and international photo competitions, at one point earning P340,000 in one year in prize money.

Almost anybody can be trained to “cover” a wedding, but only a handful have the talent and artistic flair to deliver photographs that go beyond a literal visual transcription of the event. Chito Cleofas is one of them.

Chito’s photographs have appeared on the covers of expensive books and in glossy magazines. A contest entry was unanimously chosen for the cover of Flowers of Baguio by its New York-based author, Reynaldo Alejandro, and the local publisher; another photograph landed on the cover of Visions of the Possible by well-known writer and critic Felice Sta. Maria. Chito has also been published in the award-winning Philippines Yearbook, Mega magazine and Mirror magazine.

He is an associate member of the Wedding and Portrait Photographers of the Philippines, an association composed exclusively of professionals in the field.

Testimonials:

“Chito’s a good and a very professional photographer. We’re satisfied with our pre-nup and wedding pictures (raw), though we
haven’t seen yet the album. It’s so easy working with Chito. He’s very patient. Kahit pa ang init init init nung pre-nup namin,
tuloy pa din sya.” — Cel

“His shots are really really beautiful.. without any enhancement/photoshop..Great use of lighting.. sobrang ganda ng contrast! Perfectly composed kahit candid.. Super nice and humble guy. Easy to talk to.. Kahit sa prenups namin in antipolo.. Go lang ng go in taking pics.. hanggang maubos ang memory stick. hahaha.. Would have given him a perfect score because we really love this guy..except that his 2 backup photogs are not as galing as he is.. composition-wise or even yung ganda ng shots mismo..as in not even close.. Medyo standard photog yung style.. More of the “everybody look here.. thats great.. smile! - sort of photog”.. so medyo bitin kami sa shots nila..” — Jayme

“Chito’s 2 assistants ok lang pero si Chito magaling talaga. I could tell because out of all the photos taken, most of the ones we liked were by Chito (yong napili namin for the album). We looked more photogenic in his shots and he’s more artistic.” — Dee

“We don’t have a back up photographer cause Chito is very competent and very reliable. Our prenuptial pics are really very pretty and also our wedding pics. You won’t regret hiring them, they work very hard. I never see them taking a rest. He just keep taking
pictures and he’s sooo easy to talk to. Whatever request that you make he will do it.” — Lourdes

“Thumbs up to Chito! Super galing and bait.

What struck us was his low-key demeanor, yun bang hindi ka mahihiya magpakuha sa kanya or mag-request ng mga bagay-bagay. Tapos, he’s not as expensive as the other guys, given the talent and experience that he holds. Also, Chito takes only one wedding a day. Didn’t have a problem naman with communicating with him.” — Iris

Here are some photos taken by Chito Cleofas:

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Chito Cleofas Photography
Address: 2568 Agata St., San Andres Bukid, Mla
Tel Nos: 561-6485; 0919-3106751
Email: chito@chitocleofas.com
Website: www.chitocleofas.com

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