Best Friends {Brisbane Children Photographer}
They have been friends since they were a little over 6 weeks old. Even though they do not go to the same school, we try to keep in touch during school holidays by having sleep overs at each other’s house. My “oldest” friendship dates back to school days. So I do hope that their friendship will be long lasting. Only time can tell but in the meantime, it is important that we try to “immortalize” the friendship via memories and photos. One day the girls will look back at these photos and remember the wonders of childhood friendship!
I love experimenting with my processing so I thought I’ll post them side by side.
Spending time together {Brisbane Children Photographer}
Well, school holidays is half gone and so far I have enjoyed the “slow” mornings and the easy evenings whereby I do not have to pack lunch boxes (one of my pet hates!). Today we baked cup cakes. Last week we baked brownies but I didn’t take any photos. So I thought I better make up for it today. I am no baker that is for sure! So this version of cup cakes come from a box where you just pour the contents into a mixing and voila (well, not quite but you get my drift!). I’m only good if I can use a wok otherwise I am hopeless in the kitchen!
As you can see from the photos, the girls LOVE the icing! There was some left over but within minutes the girls made short work of it! I think I need to go on a mini diet after the school holidays. All these baking have made my jeans “shrink” a little bit!
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Neither my husband nor I have green thumbs as you can see from the photos below! My daughter bought some plants a few weeks ago and planted them in pots. Let’s hope she doesn’t inherit this non-green thumbs from us or these plants will be dead soon! So I thought I better take some photos of them while they are still alive! Last week hubby sprayed the weeds so naturally they are now all dead and an ugly sight to behold! However, through my lens, I have to say that they are almost beautiful!
Now that school holidays have started maybe I should get my girls to weed the gardens in order to stop them bickering at each other (yes, right, keep dreaming!)!
ps. My daughter believes in Fairies so she wrote them a letter!
Confirmation {Brisbane Children’s Photographer}
The day has finally arrived after weeks of preparation. Phew! All done and dusted now. It’d be another 3 years before we have to do it all over again for our younger one! At least this time, the only thing we have to buy is the shoes! As predicted it was a bit of a rush this morning. I had wanted to take some photos before we left the house but in the rush, I just didn’t have the time but I made up for it (very rush and very quickly done!) when we got to the church. Naturally we couldn’t take any photo during the service so these were all taken before and after the service. Guess tomorrow’s chore is to get the dress dry cleaned and after that put it away for 3 years!
Nurture {Brisbane Child Photographer}
This year my elder girl is learning how to play the violin at school. In the evenings she will sometimes “give” her little sister a little “performance”! However, she has never let her sister hold or play with her violin until this evening. She looked so adorable I just had to stop what I was doing and grab my camera to capture the moment! You couldn’t wipe the smile off my face! 
Happy Easter! {Brisbane Child Photographer}
Well, the girls are in bed, the chocolates are hidden and bunny trails set! So I am ready for bed! However, before I do I just want to wish all my readers a very Happy Easter. Wherever you are I hope you and your loved ones are having a great time, enjoying the holidays, not to mention the chocolate! I know my two girls are especially the younger one. She has been asking me throughout the day today as well as yesterday when is Easter! I have to remind her that Easter is not about eating chocolates which she promptly answered me, “Yes, Mummy I know. It’s about God.” Bless her!
I don’t have any photos of Easter eggs to share but I do have some images of my cute younger one (yeah, I’m totally biased!).
She was pretending to take a photo of me using her phone!
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Holiday! {Brisbane Children Photographer}
I cannot believe that Term 1 is over! I know the girls will drive me insane with their constant arguing at home but can I just say that I am so happy to not have to pack lunch boxes for the next 9 days! I haven’t taken any photos of the girls ever since we came home from our trip back home to Malaysia. So I thought I should do just that when the girls were out playing in the backyard this evening. Tonight I’d share some photos of my elder one first.
Happy Birthday My Sweet Girl! {Brisbane Children Photographer}
As soon as she saw the ice cream cake box, she realised that it is her birthday! Immediately, she asked for her presents! Oh so impatient! In any case, we couldn’t delay too much as the cake was melting fast! That’s what happens when you get ice cream cake!
Her actual birthday is next week but we decide to celebrate today rather than next weekend. She is now happily playing with her little ponies but who knows how long the novelty will last! It gets harder and harder to buy presents for them now.
Here’s a little storyboard of today’s event.
Physically I’m back … {Brisbane Child Photographer}
… but mentally I am not! Although the time away was not really restful as in I did not feel relaxed, it was nonetheless, some time away from the daily chores of making lunches for the girls, cooking, washing and the daily, mundane grind of things that must be done to get through the day. So in some ways, it was some resemblance of rest if only the weather wasn’t so stinking hot all the time!
Anyway, I am back and am very glad to be home. There is truly no place like home. I am slowly catching up on things that must be done both photography related as well as non-related. I am home physically but mentally, I am still wandering. This is usually the case for me when I take a break. It takes me a while to really get back into the groove of things.
Just before I went away, I attended a workshop and on the last day we had a little photoshoot but we couldn’t find a model to dress up as a bride. So we made do with two cute little models instead which is kind of appropriate for me since I am a child photographer rather than a wedding photographer! We walked around the city and there are just so many places, spots and lanes that offer so many opportunities for edgy and urban looks. Anyway, here are a few images from the mini session.
Website Updated! {Brisbane Child Photographer}
Well, it’s about time I update my website. I was getting tired of the old template as the vertical images are all left aligned which seems to annoy me and I don’t always have or want two vertical images together. I would have switched sooner but my “holiday” kind of interrupted things a little bit. Anyway, it’s all done now. So if you have a few minutes to spare, please visit my website and to have a look at the new template. I hope you enjoy browsing through my work as much as I have enjoyed putting them together!
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A lazy day… {Brisbane Children Photographer}
Well, finally I am on leave! Not very long, only 3 weeks which will go by very quickly. It feels quite strange to not have to rush this morning. I do have things that needs to be done but I think I can spare the day off today! So what did we do today? We had a lazy morning, then off to lunch but not before the girls had a bit of morning tea while we wait for Daddy to finish what he needed to do at the pool shop. Then after lunch, we hit the shops to get a pair of shoes for my younger one. Of course, with screams, fighting, shouting and crying in between various locations and activities! It wouldn’t be normal without them !
Sorry for the number of images here but I haven’t taken photos of my girls for so long now!
