Jurine + Stephen + Ollie + A Surprise

06.03.2014

Ollie oh Ollie, she is such a beautiful little girl. This three-years-old is learning how to speak in full sentences, yet she is quite a talkative one. 

On the way to the beach, Ollie put all the vocabularies that she've learnt in a single sentence:"Pohon (pohon means tree in Indonesian)! Beach... seashell! Cow! Ollie makan (makan means eat in Indonesian)... Seashell seashell...Wah!" Her sentences are mixture of English and Indonesian, it made me laughed. Only Jurine and Stephen would understand what Ollie was trying to say. Ahhh children are just full of surprises! 

This little girl is gifted in acting. She is very easy with camera, which made the photo shoot an enjoyable one. There was one particular shot that Stephen needed to swing Ollie upside down, and I requested Ollie to smile for me although she was actually quite scared of that stunt. Oh this girl, she did a very good job in acting for me! 

When Ollie was getting changed in her parents' room, she was saying this while jumping on the bed:" No jumping on bed! No jumping on bed!" I took awhile to figure out what she was trying to say. Oh dear, she was actually mimicking her mom! That was so funny! 

Jurine's baby due was four months away, and the baby would be a surprise! Being a horse lover herself, Jurine was excited to meet her baby who would be born in the year of horse. I love her collection of horses, they are so beautiful. 

I once heard this from my teacher " a man who loves gardening is a good husband". Well I can't disagree with that, simply because men who love gardening are patient and good at nurturing. Stephen is one of the good husbands. In his garden, there are coriander plant, thyme, mint, chilli, lemon, tomato etc. 

I enjoyed watching Jurine and Stephen showing me their fruitful garden, and the care that was given to their plants. This generous couple even took out their gardening scissors, and cut me a big bunch of thyme, mint and chilli. So I went home that day with a lot of gifts! Hallelujah :D 

Thank you so much for such a happy family day, Jurine, Stephen and beautiful Ollie.

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PS: Stay tune for Jurine and Stephen's newborn's photos!

Karen + Eswar

    Karen and Eswar came to meet me at our Polaroid gallery in June 2013 to have a discussion about their wedding which will be held on the 22nd February 2014. It was a cold winter evening, we put a small portable heater beside Karen,  imagine three of us were trying to keep warm from a small heater haha! 

       A big THANK to Eric Hew for recommending my service to Eswar and Karen. Their good news was the greatest gift for me in the winter, it warmed my heart up. We had a pleasant chat and at the end Eswar said to me:" Please send me an invoice for the down payment so that you will not run away from us." That really makes everything that I do in photohgraphy becomes so worthy! Thank you Eswar and Karen!

      I asked Eswar which is the best Indian restaurant in Melbourne? Red Pepper, he said. I haven't have the chance to try it out but my carnivore friend told me it's the only restaurant that will make him go for vegetarian haha!

       I was told that Karen and Eswar will be having a small Hindu ceremony and my reaction was:" WOW I wish I get to attend a Hindu ceremony! It must be very beautiful!" From that day onward, I prayed that I would be given the opportunity to photography their Hindu ceremony. I started to lose hope after a few months because it just seemed impossible that they would contact me to photograph their Hindu ceremony. I even thought of approaching them:" Hey can I please self invite to attend to your Hindu ceremony?" 

        One night in October 2013, they sent me an email asking if I could photograph their Hindu ceremony! Wohoooo! Yes Yes Yes! Yes, I was extremely happy although I had to rush to photography another wedding on the same day after their Hindu ceremony. 

        Nothing can best describes the moment when my prayer was being answered and I was blessed with a great experience in photographing Eswar and Karen's Hindu ceremony. Aren't they look beautiful? I like them so much!

Date: 02.02.2014

Hindu Ceremony: Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple

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