Today, I dropped some major change! For the past year, I’ve been yearning, wanting, ‘needing’ a full frame DSLR. I currently own a Canon Rebel Xsi with the kit lens, and no others. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with owning the Canon Rebel, I’ve just slowly grown a real interest for the prime lenses to compliment my style of shooting. Yes, I know it’s also quite alright to use prime lenses on existing crop sensored bodies. The recalibration didn’t really work for me, I guess I’m just drawn to the simplicity of A+B=C line of thought.
Why the switch to Nikon? I guess you can say that I haven’t really invested much into one brand up to this point. So I felt I could go either way and be happy. It was a personal choice influenced by other respected photographers, websites, and maybe a ‘heads or tails’ toss:P In the end, I’m just SO excited with this new purchase, and totally scared at the same time. The fear comes from this being a little step closer to building my own editorial children+family focused photography business. Ohh boy, I declared it publicly…writing that last sentence has literally made my heart race a lot faster. What’s next? Maybe taking the camera out of the box and charging the battery:D A big thank you to Lon, my hubby, who has continually encouraged me to take these steps towards committing to and doing what I love: photography.
posted in personal on February 24, 2011 | 7 comments
10 months old and no teeth to show for it. Our lil’ Gem has been teething for …umm…let me see…the past 6 months?!? I think we’ve seen ‘something’ trying to come out for a while now, but so far, no action. In the big scheme of things, this is a very teeny tiny issue. But it’s just been no fun for Gem in terms of this slow & painful process, with a side of itchy rashes. She must go through at least 3 to 4, if not more, drooling bibs a day. If she keeps this up, she just might beat her sister Stellar’s drooling record of 2 full years:P Seen any deals on bibs lately?
posted in babies,personal on February 23, 2011 | leave a comment
Stellar loves reading. Actually, she prefers mommy and daddy reading while she asks a ton of questions…about each page. “Why does that guy have an angry face?” “Why are her legs red, is she wearing tights?” “Where is his/her mommy and daddy?” The last question is asked almost every time she sees a character on a page without any parents around–yes, she’s a little attached. Her favourite read is Pinkalicious, it has become one of those books in which I can recite word for word. Another fave is the Paper Bag Princess. At end of the story, the princess calls the prince a “bum” for obvious reasons. I then added that Stellar should never marry a bum. She replied, “I don’t want to marry a bum, I’m going to marry Gem.” I’m sure if Stellar and Gem got married, it would solve all of Daddy’s worst fears.
posted in family,personal on February 20, 2011 | leave a comment
I’ve been to the Museum of Civilization many times as a kid growing up in Ottawa. Listening to the French speaking public has always been the norm for me. Now that I’ve spent the last 9 years working and living in T.O., going back to visit and not seeing a sea of multi-ethnic people gives me a little culture shock every time:P Yes, I was usually the only asian girl in elementary school. My classmates would always suggest that I ‘get-together’ with the other only asian boy in class. Problem: he was at least 2 feet shorter than me.