The People Behind
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RAPHZSHOTS is a Dubai-based creative production team built for brands, events, corporate teams, artists, and campaigns that need visuals captured clearly and delivered with care.
Since 2017, the team has worked across UAE events, government-adjacent projects, brand campaigns, social content, and production workflows where timing, trust, and clean execution matter.
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Raphael Yee Bacaoco
A passionate photographer who began his journey at just 13 years old. He started his own photography company at age 17, gaining invaluable experience and knowledge along the way.
In 2017, he moved to Dubai to join an agency that primarily worked with government clients. He later became a pioneering senior videographer at an agency specializing in top destinations across the UAE. In 2021, he transitioned to the media department of a government office in Dubai.
Fast forward to 2025, he launched RAPHZSHOTS in the United Arab Emirates.
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The team combines camera craft, social media experience, and practical client communication so shoot days feel organized from brief to delivery.
Multi-Awarded Photographer
Joel Ryan "JR" Talisic
A multi-awarded Filipino photographer with more than a decade of work across the Philippines and Dubai, known for light, composition, and precise storytelling.
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JR began in the Philippines, where he became Head Photographer at one of the country's top wedding photography and video companies. His leadership shaped apprentices who trained under his guidance, including Raphael in 2014.
In Dubai, JR expanded into corporate and media work as Senior Photographer at Alsayegh Media, collaborating with leading brands across weddings, portraits, commercial campaigns, and media productions.
His work has been recognized locally and internationally, including Grand Winner in the Conventional Category of the PAGCOR Photography Contest 2024 and features in the Sony World Photography Awards.
Today, JR stands alongside Raphael at Raphzshots LLC, bringing multi-awarded expertise and a visual style built on clarity, emotion, and technical precision.
The Lensman
Khan
Brings decades of event, studio, photo, and video experience into fast-moving Dubai production work.
Filmmaker & Head of Video Production
Henry Pilla Jr.
A filmmaker shaped by a family background in photography and video production, with more than a decade of event, travel, and commercial storytelling experience.
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Henry's passion for visual storytelling runs in the family. Raised around photography and video production since the traditional film era, he grew up surrounded by cameras and craft.
At 13, Henry began shooting photography with Raphael, a creative partnership that later helped shape Raphzshots in the UAE. In the Philippines, he worked with Videostar Productions and Raphzshots Philippines before founding his own wedding videography company in May 2013.
His work has covered luxury destination weddings and creative content across South Korea, Egypt, the Maldives, and the UAE, both independently and with elite agencies.
In Dubai, Henry joined the EXPO Media team and later worked with a digital marketing company serving top city attractions and large-scale visual production needs. Today, he leads video production for Raphzshots LLC.