Wedding Session: Meredith & Andrew

This post has been long delayed. Now my current course is done, so I got sometime to catch up on some shootings, editing and blogging :)

 

This wedding session was taken in the first week of November, the weather was getting cold... lucky to see the blue sky, but still chilly... I dressed pretty toasty and the bride was all up for that. And it's my first time ever to McMaster... it's a beautiful and historic univeristy.

 

Very sweet couple... full of romance....

 

Needless to say, Meredith is such a beautiful bride.

 

It's a very good experience with Meredith and Andrew and my photography friends Tanya and Evelyn. Look forward to the next wedding session (contact me if you're interested in finding out more).

The Fall Colors

Sorry all... this post has been slightly delayed. Today's post is to show what I did for my assignment #1 in the Theory and History class - the Fall colors. The 4 pictures should demonstrate the basic techniques of photography: aperture (wide and small) and shutter (fast and slow). In each of the picture, there are some requirements set as well.

I would like to challenge myself than simply switching the dials to get this done, which was what I did for the Basic course. At first, I was thinking of having my boys be the models. However, that's more challenging that I thought so I gave up after numerous trials. Then, I came up with the idea of leaves. It was quite easy for the slow shutter (bottom right; it looks way much better with my hubby's help posing the leaves on the rock and removing the junks surrounding) and wide aperture (top left).

The most difficult one was the one for fast shutter. My hubby was my assistant and kept on dropping the leaves. The leaves dropped way much faster than I thought. The shutter was set to 1/4000th; the sun got set within minutes and we didn't have enough time to catch the bright light to freeze the falling leaves. We tried the other day with bright sunlight. This time the shutter was set to 1/3200th; pressing the shutter at the right moment. This is what I've got. Pretty happy with it.

Great thanks to my hubby for his support and assistance! hee... the next assignment is coming up shortly :P

Baby Sean

It's been a while that I haven't done any baby session. When I heard my old friends are coming to town for a visit,  I thought it'd be a great chance for me to capture some timeless moments of the little baby... and will take this as my little present for the first time meeting baby Sean.

Plan got changed... weather isn't very nice today. We each got our nap session instead :P We altered the plan slightly by taking some shots here and there when we met up in the evening.

We had a great time. And it's nice to see almost half of my bridal party here tonight, with some new additions :)

My birthday...

It was my xth birthday yesterday... nothing much planned. Took my boy for his swimming class... got breakfast at Mac's and the Little Monkie #2 spilled the whole bottle of milk on the floor. Afterwards, Little Monkie #1 asked if he could go over to grannies' place for some fun time. Of course :) Unfortunately, Little Monkie #2 who had been whining for the whole morning got to stay home.

Thanks to my hubby for taking me out to the Riverwood Conservancy for the Art in the Park event. They had a few artists there show casing their beautiful pieces; there were also musicians there playing guitars, singing songs, etc. We took one of the picnic tables and enjoyed our lunch. We also got a chance to take some pictures. It's been a while that I haven't taken any of the flower & faux.

The above was taken in between the intermitten raining. I got a couple other shots submitted to the Picture This photo contest organized by Mississauga News. Will see how it goes... anyhow, I had a relaxed and joyful afternoon. That's all it matters.

What about the evening? We went to a Korean restaurant for Teppanyaki and the boys (esp for Little Monkie #1) enjoyed it. It concluded with a bday song from the boys with a couple of pastry daddy got from d/t. Also need to mention that they also made a cake for me with playdoh and toy fries & chips the night before, when we had dinner at my friends' place. It's a nice surprise :)

The Big Day of Amy & Thomas

I was honoured to be one of the guests at this joyful wedding of Amy & Thomas. It's a beautiful day, cheerful bridal party and cute ringboy & flower girls.

Sweet sweet...

Disappointed... then melted...

This is the 2nd week since Little Monkie #1 is in full-day JK. I've been flipping thru' cook books and googling online for lunch ideas, treat ideas, etc. Thought that it may be a good idea to start baking something healthy. Found the X'mas tree baking pan from the bottom of the drawer last night when I was prep'g some banana raisins muffins, so I thought he might be more excited to eat a tree. He likes banana, raisin and has requested treats with some rice krispies. Shouldn't go wrong... Smelled good, tasted good... at least daddy thought so and I thought so. Happily packed 3 of them and put them into his lunch bag. I got a couple packed for Little Monkie #2 as well.

To my surprise... my Little Monkie #1 didn't touch them. Wait... a minor correction... he did have a small bite... see the one on top? That's the one he bited. Quite disappointed...  as a matter of fact, he's not a fan of muffins (the ones from Starbucks may be an exception). Unlike his bro Little Monkie #2, he could finish almost the whole muffin by himself. Little Monkie #1 was really hungry after school and asked for the left over rice from lunch. We ended up taking him to M for a Happy Meal; needless to say, he's become a Happy Boy.

When he got home, we went upstairs to change. He's all ready to go back down for TV time. He hold my cheeks with both of his hands, kissing mommy's left cheek, then nose, then forehead and xoxo... all melted.

Shortly after, I left home to pick up Little Monkie #2. Got disappointed again that the treats were still untouched... he said he's saving it. He really meant it! As soon as he took off his shoes after coming home, he opened his little bag then his little lunch box, hold the X'mas trees one in each of his hands. When he got them done, he found the rubbermaid that keeps the rest and took one that's a regular size. It ended up being in his tummy.

Mommy's all happy now :)

A Special Day of My Little Monkey #1

4 years ago, our first baby Little Money #1 was born. 4 years have been past, it's his first day of JK. Mommy's so proud of him that he didn't cry, in fact, he was so excited of going with a smiley face. He's such a big boy now :)

After school we brought him over to his homecare to pick up Little Monkey #2, as well as having a little party for him with his homecare friends. Grannies came over for dinner with his fav pasta; mommy made a hamburger like soccer ball cake, as per his request that has been continuing on for a few months.

 

Mommy also made some small treats for his daycare party. I guess this batch looks way better :P And Little Monkey #2 has requested for a Mater cake. Umm... I still have a good few months to watch youtube... lol...