Ginger Vinegar from Little Wellsley

 

 

Just realized that I haven't blogged for long... it's been busy couple of months celebrating the festive season and spending some quality time with  my little monkies. My Little Monkie #1's sports class on Sundays had ended last week. This gives me a bit extra time to pick up my camera and have some fun.

 

 

This morning, I had some shots of the "ginger vinegar". For those who're wondering what the weird things are in the jar. As the literal transaltion, there are ginger and black vinegar in there, as well as some eggs and fungi. In Chinese saying, these are all good for moms after labour and delivery. This is also a traditional gift to friends and relatives when there's a new born. Wait... my mini one is still hanging in there... still have a few months before it's due. This is from my good friends Catherine and Sammy who has delivered a little boy recently.

 

 

Time flies and it's been a full month after the little boy's birth. Daddy Sammy has been trying to catch every sec of sleep. I'm sure we'll be back to the same routine shortly. It's all worth it, particularly when I look at my two little monkies. My heart melts when they have their thumbs up and say "mommy, you are the best" or "good job, mommy". All the sleepless nights got forgotten.

 

 

Little Wellsley, although auntie Gigi hasn't met you in person yet, here I wish you be a healthy and good boy. Will give you hugs and kisses when we meet :)

Baby Session: Sam

This is a long overdue session, considered as my little gift for this new born. Sam Mama and I are friends and we've been talking about baby stuff when this little one was still in mommy's tummy. When she's born, I have yet to have a chance to  meet her. My promise has been kept and finally, I gotta meet her last weekend.

 

It was a rainy cloudy day, so I was a little worried about the lighting condition. We moved up to Sam Mama's room and were able to manage it with some artificial light (oh well, at least it works, I think). This little princess has been behaving, altho' a little cool. It's really hard to cheer her up.

But she's beautiful (looks like Sam Papa a lot; of course, the pretty version :P)

 

You must be wondering about the family picture. I wanna make sure Sam Papa & Mama aren't too shy to show their faces. Have a nice evening :)

PS - If you have any friends who are interested in having a baby session, please text me. I am working with a couple of photographers on a promo. Cheers!

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...