Whether your creative outlet is painting murals, writing novels, singing ballads, citing poetry, sketching still-life, or dancing on your dining table, we all need some inspiration from time to time.
This past week, while on vacation at the coast, my husband took our older kids for a swim. I had planned on taking baby Ava to [...]
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Derek.
I was the first to see him after he was born (other than his parents, of course). I loved holding him when he was a baby and was always thrilled to babysit him.
He is my nephew, and he turned 7 years old today! WOW. Seven!
Here are a few photos from his party today…
Derek’s Interview
My sister-in-law [...]
I was sitting on the edge of my bed last night while feeding baby Ava. And while staring at the mess of diapers and other baby goodies that were taking over my room, I noticed the pretty light adorned with stripes coming through the windows. Some may see them as just “shadows”, but I saw [...]
So I went to the Berkeley Rose Garden today. It was a surprise trip for my daughter who loves flowers.
I wouldn’t normally be excited to shoot flowers and insects, but OY! I’ve never gone to a garden with a macro lens before!
Having a macro lens opened up a whole new World for me. And it [...]
Saturday May 8th, 2010 in Personal | 5 Comments »
For a little over 4 weeks now, Baby Ava has only cried when her daddy held her. In fact, Lawrence claims that she cries even louder when he holds her than when she is left alone!
She cries when she’s tired, she cries when she’s hungry, she cries when she wants mom, she cries just because. [...]
Saturday April 24th, 2010 in Personal | 1 Comment »
Oh where oh where has the time gone?
Baby Ava is 1 month old!
“Hey, Mister Giraffe is the same height as I am!”
When I Am Older…
Will I be a singer? An artist? A gourmet chef? The President? A teacher? A fruit-picker?
As long as I am happy, my momma says.
Don’t laugh.
There is such a thing as Monkey Bread! And it doesn’t entail monkey heads or parts of actual monkeys, like it may sound.
I know Chinese people can eat some pretty interesting stuff, like tripe and sea cucumbers, but nope, Monkey Head Bread is kinda like cinnamon rolls.
My sister-in-law sent it to me [...]
Friday April 16th, 2010 in Personal | Leave a Comment »
Dr I-Chi Hsu, the coordinator of FLICAM and China’s largest ceramics museum and artists’ workshop in Fuping, is the lucky 77 this year!
Here are a few photos of Dr Hsu to commemorate this big birthday.
Stylin’
With a striped shirt, custom-made suspenders, and neatly manicured mustache… Dr Hsu is stylin’!
White
The white cuffs complement his white [...]
Since I’m on maternity leave (aka, no client photoshoots), I resort to taking photos of my own family. So if you’re sick of looking at my kids, well… sorry, but you’ll have to deal with it for another few weeks!
A couple days ago, I noticed the warm afternoon light was streaming in through [...]
My clients are some of the most thoughtful, caring and coolest folks I’ve ever met! Maybe that’s why many of them turn into friends.
This morning, one of my clients dropped off breakfast for me and my family! It is a recipe that she heard I was drooling about, but haven’t had the time to make [...]
I received a couple packages this afternoon: Hand-dipped chocolate strawberries from Shari’s Berries and a fabulously soft Baby Gund bunny from Redenvelope.
My jaw dropped when I saw the gift note on these packages. They were gifts from a client!
I’ve said it before and you’ll hear me saying it again… I have THE best clients in [...]
Wednesday March 31st, 2010 in Personal | 2 Comments »
Today is Ava’s due date, so I thought I’d muster up the energy to take some photos of my new family of monkeys.
It is hard to imagine carrying Ava until today for she was one jumbo baby that it was difficult to move around! Thank goodness she came early.
And now that she is here, in [...]
Our family received a gift today from our friend, Cindy S.
Check out this gorgeous sweater she knitted!
And these adorable booties!
Thank you!
Tuesday March 30th, 2010 in Personal | Leave a Comment »
Ava’s doctor came to our house today for her 1 week old check-up. Dr Q drove 40 miles to see us. Shocking, isn’t it? How many doctors still make house calls?
The second shocking thing about the check-up today is that Ava grew 2″ since birth! Yep, two INCHES in a week! That’s just [...]
As a photographer, I have so many “favorite” photoshoots…
Photoshoots that had the perfect light; photoshoots of shy kids who ended with giant smiles that surprised even their parents; photoshoots of people who weren’t sure that having a photographer follow them around for a couple hours was something they’d enjoy, but they loved it and do [...]