Last weekend, I had an awesome time shooting the bundle of energy named Ada and her parents, Jeremy and Lenny. Ada just turned two so this is a bit like a birthday shoot. The Zafras spend quality time by going to parks and the outdoors. So for our family photo shoot, the family spent the morning running around the park, and I spent the morning chasing after them. It was a lot of fun, and a challenge too! Ada was not generous when it came to smiling, so I had to up my game in order to catch her elusive smile. The parents also had a ton of gimmicks up their sleeve, so we got ourselves some pretty sweet grins from the birthday girl.

My take on photo shoots is to capture images that are as natural as possible, so these are 100% natural light, maybe 80% candid and 99% no props (1% goes to the lollipop that I gave to Ada as a bribe).

Happy birthday, Ada!

Over the weekend, we were privileged to witness the big day of one of our dearest friends and Terrynator's godparents, Mico and Chet. We have MAD respect for these guys, and it is great to see them finally have their moment.

It was a plus that I got to shoot their wedding (and get the hang of using the Fujinon 56mm 1.2), even as a mere "saling ketket." Covering weddings is not part of my photography road map, but it presents a good opportunity to practice taking portraits. Besides, a wedding would not be complete without flower girls and ring bearers, so I still got to shoot children and family portraits.

Congratulations, crazy love birds! We love you!

My fifth and last submission to the 5-day black and white challenge. I finished the challenge! Yey!

Incidentally, happy birthday to my uber cutie nephew, Cobiaski! We love you!!!