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currently doing some post processing work for a shoot i had last week :) sharing a few shots of baby margaux and her lovely family! :)


7-month old, margaux :) cutiepie!!!


family hug :D :D


beautiful ladies! :) aww there there, baby.. stop crying. heee :) she wanted her daddy.


will post more photos soon :) :) happy weekend, guys!!

so anyways, with all the hoola about prepping up so early to shoot, i came a bit unprepared. it was still dark and we were meant to catch the blue hour. thanks to the tripod i borrowed from a friend, it had no plate :| so i ended up using a cute tiny tripod and tried to take turns with my hobbyist friends.nope, no tripod.. HA! ok, i think a pavement shot would work. eek.

my longtime friend, cha, buzzed me last friday for a save-the-date shoot for her brother, shallom. i haven't gone shooting for quite some time because of my real work, so, the idea of having to heat up my camera again seemed like a welcome idea.  we headed off to the u.p. technohub for some coffee on a rainy saturday morning and just went around to shoot photos for their save-the-date card. i need loads of time to finish the entire set so here's a sneak peek :)

here i go again with project 365.. last 2008, i only lasted until march and wasn't able to catch up. haha! pathetic i know.. but i'm hopeful this 2009.. maybe, just maybe, i can at least make it. lol! :) i think this is really a fun exercise to spruce up your creativity or tickle it a bit.  plus all the other folks doing the 365 are such an inspiration... :)  oh, 2009! i so fervently hope i complete you this time :D 

on we went to la union last oct 31st up until the 2nd of november for our yearly family reunion at la union.  my hubby's clan gets together during this time of the year and it's also a nice break for the family to enjoy the beach.  :)

daddy came in just before sunset and played with tristan and tiff :)
the sunset was so lovely.. never seen anything like it! the hues of the sky were so perfect.
really so beautiful... God painted a masterpiece that afternoon :)
the following day, we went up at around 6:30am and basked in the morning sun.. of course i was still left taking photos :| not that i didn't want to swim.. twas more like that time of the month.. :|
and if you still aren't tired of sunsets, this was the sunset last saturday afternoon :) i really love how the colors blend together!
went back to manila sunday evening :) now that was really relaxing! we're soo excited for April next year.. i promise to myself that i'd go to the beach more often. who cares about getting a tan, i love the water and the sand on my feet! :D

don't you just love to be away for a couple of days, be carefree and not be responsible for anything except yourself?  selfish as it may sound (haha), i really had a grand time being in singapore with my buddies oly, omeng and tania.  metrophoto had actually two e-sessions there, but i was on leave as a photographer, and so oly and omeng pretty much had to work for two days hehehe :P

just posting some crazy collages of what we did last saturday :-) another week coming... have a blessed one! :-D

I've always loved babies. Call them babies, peanuts, sweatpeas, little people. I adore them all :) That's why I had a superb time shooting today's project. Baby Magazine will be coming out this October with a feature on kiddie parties - Martha Stewart style. As a mom of two kids, I totally love the idea, the concept. I mean, you don't necessarily have to spend loads of bucks for your child's party. You can spark up your child's creativity and pull in a family activity to prepare for party decors, sweets, goodies and other party favors. It's also like steering away from the usual cartoon character themes we always see at parties. It's like you're hitting two birds with one stone - spending quality family time and at the same time, prepare a unique but fun concept for a kid's party that your family can conceptualize! :) 

Yummy party goodies! :-D I felt really tempted to munch on these colorful treats.  Haha!
The children were just so fun to be with!  They were calling me Teacher Rache (hey, that sounds nice... maybe I can teach too? Haha!).  Here's Raffie, Regina and Mari being sweet looking wackos in front of the camera.  So adorable! :-)  Oh and another shot of Mikey right below.
Regina was concentrating on cutting this piece of paper that she was going to stick on one the birthday banner.  
And here's Ms. Diana Uichanco, helping out the kids with the party decors :-) 
I thought the kids were already tired after shooting for almost two hours.  But I was wrong!  They still had energy to pick on me with their party horn blowers.  Hahaha!  They all ganged up behind my back and blew their horn blowers all at the same time.  Lol!  I had to twist ala contortionist to get this photo.  Lol! :-D
There ya have it :-)  Thanks so much, Ms. Diana and Baby Magazine! We had pure fun :-)  Excited to see the photos when they come out in your October issue :-)  All the best!