It was a rainy morning but the weather didn’t dampen the smiles of this family. A beautiful smile on a rainy day just chases the blues away. :)
It’s my wish, one day in the future when I go on my honeymoon or travel somewhere with my family, I will engage a local photographer to capture all of us and have our memories in print.
You can then imagine how delightful I was when my boss informed me about an upcoming outdoor photoshoot just like that!
My clients are from India and they traveled to Singapore for a short vacation. Also, if I can say, it seems like it was part of their checklist to have a photoshoot done while they are here as we received the email enquiry weeks earlier to book the timeslot.
So fun! Like destination photoshoot, except I’m not going anywhere, they are coming here. Good enough for me… hehe
Maybe by now, if you followed the posts on our outdoor photoshoots, you would notice quite some sunflare in most of the images. While getting sunflare in images is supposedly a technical mistake, I still really love it – that ethereal, dreamy look it gives sometimes, is so beautiful!
But even with that, I still try not to overdo it, but when my client requested for it and I saw that they like the same effect sunflare creates as I do – there’s no stopping me nowww!
Ok, let’s go! Sunflare for every solo shot and the family shot, check!
– yong
“When God Created Mothers”
When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of “overtime” when the angel appeared and said. “You’re doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.”
And God said, “Have you read the specs on this order?” She has to be completely washable, but not plastic. Have 180 moveable parts…all replaceable. Run on black coffee and leftovers. Have a lap that disappears when she stands up. A kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to a disappointed love affair. And six pairs of hands.”
The angel shook her head slowly and said. “Six pairs of hands…. no way.”
It’s not the hands that are causing me problems,” God remarked, “it’s the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have.”
That’s on the standard model?” asked the angel. God nodded.
One pair that sees through closed doors when she asks, ‘What are you kids doing in there?’ when she already knows. Another here in the back of her head that sees what she shouldn’t but what she has to know, and of course the ones here in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and say. ‘I understand and I love you’ without so much as uttering a word.”
God,” said the angel touching his sleeve gently, “Get some rest tomorrow….”
I can’t,” said God, “I’m so close to creating something so close to myself. Already I have one who heals herself when she is sick…can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger…and can get a nine year old to stand under a shower.”
The angel circled the model of a mother very slowly. “It’s too soft,” she sighed.
But tough!” said God excitedly. “You can imagine what this mother can do or endure.”
Can it think?”
Not only can it think, but it can reason and compromise,” said the Creator.
Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek.
There’s a leak,” she pronounced. “I told You that You were trying to put too much into this model.”
It’s not a leak,” said the Lord, “It’s a tear.”
What’s it for?”
It’s for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness, and pride.”
You are a genius, ” said the angel.
Somberly, God said, “I didn’t put it there.”
― Erma Bombeck, When God Created Mothers
We are really happy with the outcome of this family photography session.
Who would’ve thought that industrial sites can make a lovely background.
Those eye-catching yellow and turquoise cranes are quite a novel when it serves as background. They somehow added a sort of character into the family photos.
We had a lot of fun shooting them, they are such an easygoing family making the whole photo-taking experience a breeze.
There is a quote by Brad Pitt we happened to read, it says, “Having family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss… That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.”
A family fills your life with profound meaning. Some family are born into, others are chosen.
Whatever they are, or how they come to be in your family. It is always a humbling feeling to know that there are those who will always have your back.
They are the safety net, safety blanket…
