Meet this family

I photographed this family today. Three children, six, three and 10 months old.
we went to Beaver Brook. We all had great time there. Playing balls, wading in the brook(kids got wet shoes), rolling on grass. In the end, lots of fun at the water park.

I got so many calls!

Well, I posted an ad on a message board, and I got so many calls! September looks like will book solid. Remaining of August is busy. I have to limit the number of sessions per week. I'd like to spend time with my daughter whenever possible.

I booked another three sessions today. So many new faces I'll meet. I decided today I'll no longer offer portfolio building specials except for newborns (actually I booked a newborn today). My next special will be holiday early bird discounts, which includes a package of 20% off regular prints, 10% off cards, and 1 free 8x10 and 1 free set of wallets($50 value). I will enforce my regular session see from now on.

So why do I charge session fee? It covers my travel time, 2 hours of photo shooting, 2-3 days of proofing (individually craft your pictures), phone consulting with you to discuss the prints, crop your pictures to your desire and send them to lab for printing. This takes great amount of time, that's why I charge a session fee.

Am I a lucky girl?

Am I a lucky girl? I'm surrounded by so many beautiful children and they become my models. Every single one on my website is so adorable. I keep falling in love with every child I photographed. Every little soul has his unqiue personalities. Their smiles, squints, laughters, serious faces....make my website full of life. It's hard to pick my favorites to represent my portfolio. It's even harder to take one photo out to add a new face. So parents, if you see one of your child's photos is gone, don't blame me, I just have too many cute faces to display. I have so many new sessions coming, there'll be new faces for sure.

I photographed these two gorgeous children today. They live in my neighborhood. The older one is almost three. The little one just passed one. My mom asked me he was that little baby I know of? how come he looked like a big boy now. Well, he is walking, so he's officially a toddler! Isn't it amazing how fast they grow? It was hard in the beginning to get them cooperate with me. Little ones are the hardest, every photographer agrees. They want to play, they don't want to stay. I thought I couldn't get enough good ones, but end up with tons of. Trick? Bribe them, candies, cookies...Whatever make them happy, make them build rapport with you. And of course parents, they worked hard to let me get the truest laughters. I'm truly thankful to them.

Here are some favorite ones

How to get a true laughter?

You can't ask them to fake a smile, cause they only laugh when they laugh. Kids are so natural you really can't force them into a certain expression.

So how to get a true laughter? For this one, so easy, I opened the fridge door which was facing her, and shut it with a loud bang. Just that simple.



She giggled and giggled. Priceless.

bed fun

My daughter loves to play in our big bed. She likes to jump(sort of), roll over, run and fake sleeping. Most of her laughing pictures were captured when she's in our bed.

play date

This girl is my daughter's play date. She loves come to my house and play with my girl. She has gorgeous eyes and beautiful hair. Like a barbie doll.

Here a few snapshots.

Cute nine months old

Today I went to this cute nice months old's home to take a look at the lighting condition for Sat's session and I end up taking 2 hours of photos for her. She's too cute to resist.

Here are few pictures

A new start

Wasn't it a crazy month? I started portfolio building since June, bought my domain and website template in July. And now everything is functioning!!! I mean everything. I have my business cards printed. (Believe or not, it's my first business card). I have a decent size web portfolio. (I'm still working on my baby gallery). And today I even got a call from a complete stranger. We booked a session for this Friday.

Building a small business is complete new to me. It's exciting to OWN your business which you can throw your heart and soul in. This career fits me perfectly because I ultimately adore children, love them, love to photograph them, love to be with them. I've been passionate about photography for so long. Yet till today I ventured out and started a whole new page of my life.

Excited, yes. Nervous, yes. I believe the future of my business is promising, and I will try my best to produce the best images for beautiful children around me.