✨️🇵🇭📸 Celebrating motherhood, Filipina style.

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

📸🇵🇭 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.❤️

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"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.

📸✨️🇵🇭 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

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. 😅

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

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!

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🇵🇭📸 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!