Homemade Blueberry Ice-Cream

What's better than a get-together with friends on a long weekend... today we had a pot luck with close friends. Wait... what about the paper airplanes that I've mentioned in my previous post? I was thinking of having some fun time to fly paper planes with them, as well as the chance to take some shots in fast shutter speed. We still made a few paper planes; it's quite windy tho' so the plan didn't quite work out.

So I gave up and started to prep the blueberry ice-cream for the pot luck. A couple of days ago, I accidentally got this recipe. A friend of friend on FB was making some blueberry ice-cream and got a picture up. I thought it's my friend, so I jumped into the conversation and asked for the recipe. She's very nice and shared me the link. So here it comes the yummy ice-cream in my fav purple color. I will definitely try it again. Lov' it!

Thanks to Jane, the nice girl who shared me the recipe :)

Dedicated to My Hubby

Tomorrow is my hubby's last day at the current company. So I've made some treats for him to bring back for his co-workers. During the past festive season, I made them some classic kid treats - rice krispy. Instead of cutting them into squares, I didn't melt the mashmallows completely, such that they're more chewy. And I rolled them into small balls, also mixed in a bit of dried cranberries on some of them. Surprisingly, his co-workers got them all finished shortly. 

This time, it's mostly the same ingredients, just a bit of variations on the shape. I had fun making them and enjoyed the time to shoot them afterwards :)

Here I would like to wish my hubby luck on his new endeavour!!

PS - stay tune for the next post on paper airplane :)

Engagement Session: Kat & Gareth

This is a delayed session for this lovely couple, in fact, unique... they were first arranged to volunteer to be the models for one of our assignments. Unfortunately, there was slight change of the plan. And now, the course is done; we're happy to have this re-arranged. Needless to say, I'm happy to work with our group members, Janine & Rob again.

Fab weather, lots of laughters, fun & sweet couple (why are they unique... 'coz of their special way of communication... haha...)... was able to shoot some flower & faux, the long missed insects & flowers during the short break.

Kat & Gareth: thanks for having us to capture the timeless, pure and joyful moments of yours. Happy wedding planning!!

Catherine & Robert - Wedding Shoot

Friday, July 20 is the BIG day of Catherine & Robert.

I tagged along with Emma Masterman to capture their timeless sweet moments.

Sunny day. Photogenic bride. Lots of laughters & love & kisses. A perfect union.

Must be a good day today...

I'm excited!!! Got some good news today

and going to see my friends at a wedding this afternoon, at a country club.

Nice weather today, just a bit windy... well better to be in a hot & humid day.

Got my gear ready... doing last minute fun shots with my hello kitty bride and ring...

As my instructor Bob said, "diamonds are never easy to do..." he's right.

I spent the last half hour on these and here is what I've got:

A close up...

Ring on the bouquet...

Too bad that the resolution suffers when the pix got uploaded...

Bunnies

On Sunday morning, the whole family has become soooo excited. We've seen new born bunnies... one two threee four five... there were 5 of them sleeping in the alley of our house & our neighbours'. Bunny mommy wasn't there... so we got a diaper box to protect them from the birds and other animals. My two monkies kept on checking them out at the window, watched them crawling around. Their eyes weren't even opened yet (I mean the bunnies' eyes). They knew where each of them were and relied on each other.

My neighbours were out for the whole day. When they're back and found it out, it's already at 1am, while I was doing my ironing. We were wondering if there's anything that we could do or should do to protect those little lives. Finally, we've decided - let it be. They're wild lives and bunny mommy would be worried if her little babies have disappeared.

This morning when my hubby left home for work, the bunnies were all gone. What has happened in between the few hours? Who knows? We could only hope for the best. Life - you will never know what's going to happen the next minute. Cherish every single moment that you're encountering... good or bad, up and down, so there will be no regrets.

To Live at the Present Moment...

Fun Shot

Woohoo... the wedding photography course is now over. This blog was originally set up as part of the assignments and now the marking is done and I'm planning to keep it on.

Over the weekend, we went up to Collingwood for a short getaway. It's a fun trip and I've got a chance to have a feel of my new baby 24-70mm f2.8 in low light condition (see the above stinky feet and hand of my two monkies... I was going to find a baby hand shot of my monkey #1 to sit it side by side, but failed... sadly). It's a very nice lens, just that I need to work on my muscle.

Keep following... as I have a few photo sessions scheduled this summer: 2 baby, 1 engagement and 1 wedding. If you're interested in having me to capture the timeless moments of yours, send me an email to inquire for the details. To have a sneak peak of my work, visit my FB page at Gigi Fan Photography. You could also click on the link under the My Favs gadget.