I had the best mother’s day this year. We are so lucky to find the most caring home daycare teacher Ms. Karen. She loves our kids so much that they become part of her family. Ms. Karen used to run a kindercare daycare center before she started her own business. She teaches preschool curriculum at her home daycare. She cooks fresh homemade meals every day for our kids. She even growns her own veggie and plants flowers in her garden. She teaches Audrey and Wesley hands-on lessons by taking them out to plant and harvest veggies and fruits. I could go to work every morning and feel so satisfied to leave my kids at her home. When I walked into her door to pick up Audrey and Wesley the Friday...
This session was intended just for Audrey intially. I was going through her wardrobe and found that I over bought too many dresses, so I decided to put one on her every weekend and take pictures of her. Audrey picked this sailor dress from 3 summer dresses. Originally I was only planning to take Audrey out for pictures. I asked Wesley if he wanted to go out, but he said, “Mommy no, I want to stay home playing cars.” By the time I put Audrey in the carseat, Wesley wanted to as well, so all of us went to my favorite private location. When I take both kids out, it’s almost impossible to get any posed pictures because they are so excited to play with each other. I got only...
I had the honor to take head shots for actor Rick Folten. I first met Rick at the Adorn Style Show last fall. He was the only model who was smiling on the runway, which left me a deep impression. As I was updating model and actor head shots for a modeling agency in town, he called and booked a full session. We even drafted a father daughter story together as the first part of the photoshoot. Rick plays multiple roles not only in small and big screens, but also in his real life. He is a father to four beautiful kids. Acting and modeling are major parts of his life, but he is also the CEO of a construction company. With 25+ years of experience as a general contractor, there...
Are you enjoying the beautiful weather? The days are longer and we still have time to shoot after dinner. Spring is my second favorite season. The flowers are blooming, birds are humming, bunnies are breeding. We’ve got a yard that has lots of robins, bunnies, and squirrels. This shoot was totally unplanned. It just happened with the right person at the right time. I asked Audrey if she wants to go outside and take pictures and she said yes. We are a great team because I love taking pictures and she loves modeling. I didn’t even change her school clothes. I am loving the headshots of Audrey. She is totally a little ham. I just gave her little directions and she would come up with a variety of poses. People...
Don’t you love that it’s finally getting warmer? We could finally get out of our house and play outside after dinner while it’s still bright. Wesley loves balls – basketball, football, tennis balls, baseball, car wheels, and the list goes on. Among all these balls, basketball is his favorite. He has a little basketball goal, but he prefers to use the real hoop in our driveway. Audrey has her own basketball too. Both of them like daddy lifting them up to slam dunk. Oh, while daddy’s doing “leftover” yardwork, they like to help too! We are teaching them to share the household chores and make it fun while they are doing it. It started getting dark and the moon is out. Wesley used to call the moon a ball a...
If you read the Raising Hope Gala Portrait post, you know that this the second story of this event. The 21st Annual Raising Hope Gala was hosted in Westin Crown Center in Kansas City. It is a fundraising event to support The Philippine Medical Society of Greater Kansas City‘s upcoming mission of providing health care procedures and necessities to those who don’t have access to basic medical services. All the proceeds goes to covering the cost of sending personnel as well as logistics for sending supplies. My primary physician Dr. Christine Nedeau invite Billy and I to this event and learn more about what they do. The Philippine Medical Society of Greater Kansas City is a 501c3 non-profit organization. The current president is Dr. Yvonne Spurlock. She is the older sister of...
Happy Easter everyone! This is our first time going to an Easter egg hunt. There’re lots of egg hunts in the Kanas City area, but we went to our little town’s annual egg hunt event. The entire town of Liberty were there! Wesley was not interested at all when he saw the playground, so daddy had to watch him climbing and sliding. Audrey had her first egg hunt adventure, which really turned into egg picking! Although the city’s park and recreation department divided the kids into 4 age groups, there were literally eggs everywhere in the park. I took Audrey to the 3-5 year old group. Eggs are more spreaded out than the 0-2 year old group. We got about 15 eggs and there was no limit to the amount...
Audrey and Wesley are the priority #1 in my life. It’s tough to keep everything balanced in life, so photography is great outlet for work life balance. This is really about prioritizing tasks and finding the time to do it. If I don’t do it, then I don’t get to do it. Recently, I discovered this organizing app called Wunderlist. Wunderlist is the easiest way to manage and share your to-do lists. I can make a category of to-do and add tasks in it. Under each task, I could even add sub-tasks. You can download or access Wunderlist through Apple app store, Chrome web store, Google Play, or its website. If you have an iPhone, iPad, and Macbook, it will sync your data on all your devices. Ever since I...
Remember my Project 10×12 – October 2013 last October’s Project 10×12? We went to Elms resort’s garden again last weekend. It’s still early in the spring. There’re no leaves on the tree, but it’s definitely getting warmer. We are planning a few big trips this year, so we will practice taking Audrey and Wesley out more to get them “trained”. Due to the extreme weather in Kansas City, either freezing cold winter or super hot summer, plus the allergy season in the Spring. There’s really not that much days we could go out to enjoy the nice weather. I’m taking every bit of chance to take my kiddos out. Let them play and I could take pictures of them. Last time I brought my 24-70 when we spent a night in...
It was such an honor to be the official formal attire portrait photographer for the 21st Annual Raising Hope Gala for The Philippine Medical Society of Greater Kansas City. Raising Hope Gala is a fundraising event to support PMSGKC’s upcoming mission of providing health care procedures and necessities to those who don’t have access to basic medical services. All the proceeds goes to covering the cost of sending personnel as well as logistics for sending supplies. This is my first time setting up for formal attire portraits. All of my backdrops are for kids and they are too small for formal portraits. I was not given a lot of notice and ran out of time ordering online. I do not want to use seamless paper for formal portraits. One of...
