Category Archives: babies & kids

Not everyone can be a model…

Yes, it’s unfair. But when it comes to a baby, I’m really picky! :)
I’m a wedding photographer, but once a year I photograph a few carefully selected babies. Of course, the cutest I can find! :)
It’s not a portrait session. I HIRE your baby as a MODEL! ...

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Getting the hang of baby portraits

This is my 6th baby portraits. So far I was lucky with photos. Even when I thought I did a horrible job, photos always turned out beautiful and made me happy. But I had a big weakness toward baby portraits that I didn’t have with weddings.
I didn’t know how to communicate with...

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45 minute baby portrait session

One of the reasons why I like to photograph weddings more than landscape or nature is that my success rate in weddings is a lot higher than that in landscape photography. I usually get 1 or 2 great photos a day when photographing landscape, but get 100 times more of that at a wedding....

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A girl with a magical power: Melia

Her mom mentioned that people often say she should be a model. When I first saw her photo that her mom sent, I thought that she was cute but nothing out of ordinary. But I was wrong.
It was her eyes that makes her so special. I felt as if I...

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Trying to keep things minimal is hard.

When it comes to weddings, I always try to keep things simple. My architectural training was all about minimalism. I thought Frank Gehry is genius and still do, but I wasn’t allowed to say that loud in front of my thesis professor. Frank Gehry is the one who designed Bilbao Guggenheim Museum....

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