Red Dot

It was my first time at the Red Dot! We walked passed it after a shoot and the red wall and windows were just shouting at us to take a picture there so here you go :)

Ms Wen Lin looking all hip and cool. Profile picture woman!


And here's the skinny one Joanne, the small one Wen Lin and the giant - me :s

a gathering of 3 friends, 3 kids and one hubby

It was a lazy rainy afternoon when 3 friends, their kids and one hubby gathered at Rochester for lunch. You may recognise one of the ladies, it's Phyllis, our then bride-to-be :p The other lady is my Dylan boy's godma Ik Hui and the lady with the 2 adorable kids is SK.

Adorable Miss Hayley


Her brother Dylan with Jaeden boy!






















Monkey faces!








Nothing like some juice to recharge their little feet again!




thanks for having us ladies! :)

Portrait swop with Zurina Bryant

A few months ago, fellow photographer Zurina Bryant posted on her Facebook that she is looking to update her profile picture and welcome any photographer to do a portrait swop with her. I thought it would be a fun challenge and responded to her request seeing that I needed some pictures myself :p We did her session first as my hair was still a mess from the short crop done over CNY. We had a blast and lots of laughs during the session. In case you do not know, photographers are horrible in front of the camera but check out Miss Z! She totally looked like a seasoned model ;)

Thanks again for the opportunity Zurina, till we meet again for my session. Cheers! :)

Phyllis & Simon

Phyllis' & Simon's engagement shoot yesterday.

Dear Geoff

I am as my blog title describes, a mummy, photographer and a wife. I am also someone trying to get into your advertising photography workshop :p My day job is running The Studio Loft, a photography studio I started almost 5 years ago. I shoot newborns, kids, families and the very pregnant nude on a daily basis and work 6 days a week. I love what I do but lately I've been feeling that I am capable of better and in need of some guidance and inspiration to move to the next level of my photography. Registering for your upcoming workshop is my first step towards achieving this. Deciding on 15 images to convince you I am student-worthy was tough. I've decided to present you with a hopscotch of images from the past couple of years which spans both commissioned as well as personal work. Please look through the below and I hope you will accept me into the class :)

Sincerely,
Maryann


Studio work












This wasn't shot in the studio but I did use an off camera flash. It's my first miserable attempt at fashion photography but I do like this shot starring my son :) It's a punk rock themed shoot.


Natural light on location




The below was one of the images I shot for the book Our Very Own






Due to my fear of flying, I have only a handful of travel shots but last year something exciting happened to me which required me to leave my comfort zone and fly. I was one of 6 photographers in the documentary series Asia Exposed on Channel Newsasia. My assignment was to photograph the Hijras (the third gender) in India. It was an eye opening experience. Here are a few shots I like from the slums of Mumbai.

Breastfeeding is bestfeeding


The Hijra Widows


Shreya


Street kids wise beyond their years


Cheeky peek

Lots of love from my two Valentines :)

is it going to rain?

Boxing Day party

It has become tradition for me to have a Boxing Day party to celebrate Christmas with family, friends and those I work with so it was no different for Christmas 2010.

I love the challenge of getting interesting and relevant xmas presents for my friends and family and the look on their faces when they unwrap the pressies (can be bad sometimes!). So here's what I got for them, tell me am I a good gifter or what? :p

Ok for my family, Kayden got a Bey Blade stadium from his daddy, that's a no brainer, he's been going on about bey blades for the past few weeks! For Dylan, I got him a 3 wheeled scooter! He was so happy when he opened the gift becoz now he can join his brother for scootering adventures along the HDB corridor :p For Erwin, I got him a book on millionaires' secrets so he can strike it rich soon and I can be a tai-tai hahaha :D

For my dear friend Corinne and my employee Wen Lin and ex employee Charlene, I got them little handmade lomo camera necklaces from an Etsy shop, aren't they just simply adorable?!

Yvonne, another dear friend who loves everything Japanese, I got her a cherry blossom fragrance from The Body Shop so she can smell japanese all day long :) For my other dear friend Terence who's been training and taking part in triathlons, I got him a phone pouch which he can strap to his arm while running. Dave, my writer friend who's into comics, I got him a thick hardcover book from DC Comics. Ik Hui who complained to me about her dark circles, I got her a concealer for her eyes kekeke. Ashley my ex employee who recently got an iPhone, I got her a speaker for her phone and for her girlfriend Shirley who recently picked up photography, I gave her a tee with a hanging camera design.

Ok next came the tricky ones, the bloggers. For Edmund, the pastor, I got him this book The Case for GOD which talks about the mindset of religion in this modern day. Eunice my travel blogger friend got a travel pouch designed like a postmarked letter from Italy, very cute :D As for Walter, man he was tough to buy for, so in the end I got him some hanging mobile photo holder thingy :p

We had too much food as usual and I made desserts we learnt from our last staff outing to Palate Sensations (cooking school). I made Vanilla Panna Cotta with raspberry compote and Chocolate Lava cakes :D

Hope you all had fun, see you at the next party!