I had so much fun shooting with a group of talented artists in the studio last weekend. This is what I have been wanting to do for a long time – fashion editorial! We did this shoot for a designer’s vintage clothing store in Kansas City – Redoux Fashions. It takes a lot more effort than just a photographer to complete a session like this. Fashion designer or whoever provides the wardrobe would be the key for the shoot. Based on whatever clothing or accessories provided by the fashion designer, photographers, makeup artists, and hair stylists would design the look for the model and come up with a concept or theme for the shoot. With the limited time we had that afternoon, we did a total of four different outfits....
I knew my little girl had an interest in modeling back when she was 8 months old. She knows her mommy always point a black box at her every single day, whether it’s a small black box or a big one. After 2 years training, this little girl will be 3 years old in less than 2 months. She is all ready for some serious work instead just candid pictures. I started renting a studio share in Kansas City downtown. As I am getting into studio lighting and model photography, I need a subject to practice and someone who could not turn me down. At the same time, I feel guilty leaving my kids at home in the weekends and go to studio on my own. My husband suggested this...
Can’t believe summer is almost over. It’s definitely one of my favorite seasons, especially this summer isn’t that hot, which is rare here. Kansas city is known for its extreme cold winter and hot winter. I did so much this month and it’s hard to remember what all I did… Project 10×12 is probably turning into 100×12 for the the remaining months of this year because I have so much exciting things to share. My inlaws came all the way from China to stay with us for a year. The kids are so happy that grandparents are here again, but it’s probably the first time that Wesley sees them when he has memory. We take walks in the neighborhood in weekend mornings. One Saturday morning I saw Audrey and Wesley...
After shooting with Staci in the studio, I am more interested in fashion photography. Either on location using natural light or in studio using studio lighting, models and styling are major components of a successful fashion photo shoot. So… I started hunting for models. It does takes some courage to talk to pretty people and ask them to model. I met Katie through my day job. I wanted to talk to her the first time I saw her, but I didn’t. It took another month for me to finally ask her if she is interested in modeling for one of my photographer projects. She said yes, but she was very nervous about modeling and pose in front of a group of photographers. I personally prefer 1 on 1 session with my...
Time flies, I can’t believe my little ones are hitting another birthday in 2 months! To celebrate my Irish twins Wesley turning 2 and Audrey turning 3 in October, I will have a little one’s milestone special until mid October every Saturday morning! See the marketing board below for details. Fill out the form below to book a milestone session.
Time flies… More than half of 2013 is gone. My Irish twins are getting more and more mobile and active. I have to keep an eye on them every minute. We did a really fun casual photoshoot in my front yard this month. Wesley loves to shoot basketball, so does Audrey. We have a toy basketball goal in our house, but they are not interested in that so much. They decided to try the real basketball in our front yard. Of course it was too tall for them to shoot balls, so daddy lowered the height for them. Little people just want to imitate everything adults do. Right, they want to try slam dunk! Thanks to my father-in-law for holding them to the hoop’s height, so they could do what...
Photography is the art, science, and practice of creating durable images by recording light. I have always been a natural light photographer because I think it’s the most beautiful light. I have a natural light studio in my basement. It has two big bay windows, which creates soft natural light in my studio. This is where all my babies, toddlers, and small kids come for studio portraits. I use reflectors a lot in my studio sessions. Last weekend, I had an opportunity to learn studio lighting in a photographer’s grungy studio in Kansas City downtown. It is my first time experiencing studio lighting. With my mentor Jim’s guidance of setting up studio lights, I got lots of great shots of my model friend Staci. Staci and I talked before the...
This is my first newborn session taken place outside of my studio. I had a couple newborn pose designed for the outdoor newborn session. It was taken place in my backyard, where filled with greens. Baby Daniel arrived with full a tummy, but he was still awake. I guess it takes time for a newborn baby to adjust to a new environment and fall asleep, so mommy Nancy fed him to help him fall asleep. Guess what happened next? Baby Daniel has super high metabolism and digested his food right away! After that he was hungry again, so mommy had to feed him again. It took us more than one to rock him back to sleep again and he was asleep for 3 minutes. We quickly put him down in...
I have been waiting to photograph this lifestyle newborn session for months and it finally happened last week! The Colons (Nancy and Willie) were expecting their baby and they would like me to capture the magic moments of their baby’s first a few days. Since this would be the 4th and the final baby in the Colon family, we did a lifestyle session in hospital within 48 hours the baby is born. Nancy let me know she had a baby boy on Monday and I went to Liberty Hospital on Tuesday night for the lifestyle baby’s first 48 hours session. Baby Daniel is such a solid big boy weighed at 8lb 9oz at birth. During the time I was in the birthing center, he was so obedient. I could tell...
Are you a wild animal lover? You will enjoy this post if you are! We always have robins coming to build nest under our deck every spring. Three weeks ago, we found a baby robin fell out of the nest in our backyard, so we put the baby bird back in the nest. After a few minutes, all her siblings and parents flew away. This poor little thing tried to fly too, but fell out of the nest again. We decided to take her in. My husband has such a tender heart. He has been feeding the baby bird and training her how to fly. We took her to our backyard and tried to set her free one time, but she didn’t want to go. She wouldn’t even move when we...
