was so glad i got to meet this little guy during a trip to shanghai a couple weeks ago. love his baby chubbiness. and at less than 2 months old, i couldn’t get over all the subtle but different expressions he makes – especially with those lips! goodness, too cute. little j – so nice...
Author Archives: anita
butterflies and bridges
as i mentioned in my previous post, my girl recently turned four. so in honor of the occasion, we went out for a little photo shoot. we’ve been doing these little photo sessions everytime her birthday or half birthday comes around. and thankfully, it’s become an enjoyable activity for the both of us – a different...
fast fourward
a couple weeks ago, my little big one turned four! see what we did? she was quite excited to try out her new blades, and i am sure that before i know it, she will be moving along faster and faster. note: cake styling and hair styling both done by birthday girl. second note: far...
look who is on the move
…and getting into everything! she’s been rolling around for a while now and is just starting to scoot. it’s so cute seeing her inch forward, stretch her legs straight and stick her butt up ever so slightly. but i think i may miss the immobile days. =)
fresh
since coming to China, i have learned to make quite a few things from scratch. mainly out of necessity. “necessity”, as in i may have really been craving a certain sort of food and it just isn’t available, ready-made, processed and pre-packaged on your grocery store shelf. or it requires a trek into Shanghai and...
here comes the bride(s) | jiaxing photography
in a previous post, i mentioned how wedding photography is quite different here compared to the US, and i promised to elaborate. so here we are. wedding photography is not done on the actual day of your wedding, so it is not aimed at capturing the moments and the events of your wedding day, but...
(not) naptime
i spent a lot of time last week in bed being sick and thus not useful for being able to do much else. but all that extra time just lying in bed inspired me to post these shots i took a few months ago during naptime. or it should’ve been naptime, but my girl decided...
5 rmb a pose please | hangzhou china photographer
Monday was a national holiday. So we took this rare vacation day to take a daytrip to Hangzhou – a city famous for its natural beauty. There is a Chinese saying that goes “上有天堂 下有苏杭“ Translated, it means that “Above there is Heaven, below there is Suzhou and Hangzhou” So we went and soaked up...
strawberry picking adventures | jiaxing china photographer
look what we got to do this weekend. yum. we ventured out with some of hannah’s classmates to the surrounding countryside to go strawberry-picking. me and hannah were both excited as we have never picked strawberries before and hannah *loves* strawberries. and it was a chance to get to know her classmates a little more....
sometimes it just takes one click
sometimes i purposefully have little photoshoots of my girls. i get them dressed a certain way, i choose a certain location, i have a certain look in mind. thankfully, they still find all this entertaining, like a game. during these photoshoots, sometimes i will take tens to 100+ images, trying to capture that certain look...