Monday, December 18, 2006

Difficult yet perfect model

That's my daughter. It's so so so so hard to persuade her sit still and let me shoot some pictures. She keeps talking, rolling, walking, jumping, asking for food, faking sleep, telling me she's leaving, even crying. Man, it's not easy. I have to hold my camera in one hand, and use another one to hold onto a doll to get her attention. I have to play games with her. Bribe her with lollipops. Promise to buy her toys afterwards. Photographing your own kids is THE most challenging job in the world. I always get tons of good pictures of my clients, but for my daughter, spent several hours with her, I only get a few ones I like!

One day we were having a photo session in the dark studio, and she kept looking down with fear in her eyes. I asked her why again and again and she refused to tell me. After a zillon years, she finally told me she's scared of the two orange color clamps on my backdrop. OMG!

When she's in good mood, she's a perfect model for me. She has the perfect asian face shape and almond eyes. I think she looks beautiful on pictures. Well, every child is an apple in mommy's eye, of course. :)



Cute 8 month old

When I first photographed him, he was only 3 months old. Those big deep dark eyes let me feel jealous. Last time, his mom spent more money on expensive frames than my prints! LOL. So for this session, his dad gave the doting mommy a spending limit.

This is first time I use studio lights on a client. I'm pretty pleased with the results. To my surprise, he's not a bit afraid of the flashes.



Look at those eyes, ah!