Remember that cute little boy Asher? This time I get to shoot for Asher’s family photos in their front and backyard. Asher is so cooperative this time as this would be the third official time of him posing in front of my camera. I guess it really helps when that little person knows me – the candy camera lady. I can’t compliment enough of how beautiful this little family is. The session went very smooth except I got a few poisonous bug bites… It’s worth it though because I captured the true personality of Asher and his nature interaction with his parents. I look forward to work with Asher’s family in the near future.
It’s been a crazy month for me. I took a business trip to Vancouver, BC at the beginning of this month and it is the first time I left my babies after they are born. My day job has been keep me extremely busy lately and I haven’t had much time to focus on photography. I just don’t want to miss this month’s project 10×12, so I still shot photos of my growing little girl. If you are my facebook friends, you probably saw a baby robin adopted us. She fell from the nest. We put her back, but she fell again. All her siblings and parents flew away, so we took her in. She’s been living with us for a week now. We’ve been feeding her bread and water....
I did a little cheating this month for Project 10×12 because I took Audrey and Wesley to an actual photo session – May Day Play Date Session! This was one of the most wonderful photo experience. My kids get to play with other kids in a photo shoot. They won’t be crying when they see me taking pictures of others while they couldn’t join. One of my photographer friends called this play date photo session”Lifestyle at its finest!” It wasn’t an easy job though. I sweated all over after chasing 8 toddlers around after 2 hours. Most of Audrey and Wesley’s photos I snapped are totally candid because I had to focus on photographing other kids. While other kids were taking breaks or playing with each other, I could take...
This is my first time shoot a group of kids all together in one session. Thanks Tegan Marasco for this great idea! This photo session is like a series mini sessions happening at the same time. It was my pleasure to take both candid shots and posed portraits for these beautiful kids. We started the session with the kids playing at the swing sets. Kids all love the slides. After warming up a little, I started pulling individual child to take some posed photos in Tegan’s backyard. Guess what I found? Purple wild flowers! It was a big surprise to me. I have been looking for wild flower fields around the area but had no luck! These beautiful wild flowers rocked this play date session!
Every family has its story and this family is so special in many ways. There’re just so many stories in this 21 people big family. Invited by my family physician Dr. Christine Nedeau, I had the honor to take family pictures for Dr. Iway’s family in their beautiful home. Dr. Nedeau is the second daughter of the Iway family. She and her sister Dr. Yvonne Spurlock, brother Dr. Edsel Iway and little sister Steph are very close together. She said their family is a tight-knit. The family is led by their father Dr. Belino Iway who just celebrated his 71st birthday That was a big deal because he is a kidney dialysis patient and is waiting for a transplant right now. He was forced to retire from his practice. The mom, Dr. Olivia Iway,...
April is one of my favorite month. Simple because I was born in the last day of April. It’s been a great month for my photography career, but I want to stay personal on the 10×12 project, so I will only share 10 candid photos of my little family. The kids are growing up so fast and I don’t want to miss documenting any of their development milestones. I took them out to play in front of our house in a warm afternoon. It just happened that daddy and Audrey were wearing matching outfit. Even Wesley was wearing an outfit in the same color shades. I wasn’t even planning on taking pictures that day, but these are good examples of matching outfits for a family photo shoot. Check out...
I had the honor to shoot my friend Nancy and John’s engagement session last weekend. It does help me preparing my session if I know more about my subjects. Nancy is from San Francisco. John is from Kansas City. They met in Dubai for work. Nancy moved to Kansas City for him a couple years ago. John proposed to her after taking her on a short pilot lesson in a private airport. They want the theme to be “Flying over 2 Cities”. They already had a photo taken in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and want to take some photos in a famous location in Kansas City, which they picked Union Station. I love shooting in Union Station, but the key is to get there early!...
Remember the two cute little boys from Little Rocket Birthday Party? Phoenix and Xavier are finally back for their birthday portraits. Phoenix just turned 1 and Xavier just turned 7. The brothers were born in the same month. Although they are 6 years apart, the brothers are very close. Phoenix is an obedient baby, now turning to a good toddler. Xavier is a such a caring older brother and also a handy son. He is so good at taking care of little brother Phoenix as well as helping mommy bargain for good prices. Xavier is also a super busy party boy. Their mom took phoenix to my studio in the first 30 minutes for some studio portraits while Xavier were busy attending his social events. Their daddy then took the party boy...
Three months already went by this year. This is my third Project 10×12 post. I am making an exception this month. Instead of sharing 10 photos, I am showing 12 photos. It is because my dad came in town to visit us! He stayed with us for 10 days. I didn’t see him for more than a year. The last time I saw him was when Wesley was born and he left when Wesley was 2 weeks. Now Wesley is 17 months. We all see family as our priority in our lives and how could he not see his grand-babies for so long? He gave up his life in New York City and moved back to China 2 years ago to take care of my elderly grandparents. His mother had a stroke last...
This is my first outdoor session this year. I cannot wait for it to get warm and shoot more on location photos. We were really lucky it was warm and sunny when we did this session for Asher’s big 3. Now it’s cold and snowing again. Do you remember Asher from my Valentine’s mini back in January? This beautiful boy is coming back for his official 3 year old pictures. His stylish mom put him in plaid shirt and jeans, which worked out great! We started with a mini golf game to warm him up. I love to capture the candid moments of little kids.Next we moved to the deck stairs. He was so good and cooperate after having some mini-golf fun.Asher brought his favorite toys from the “Toy Story” –...
