a quick update

My assistant canly left a message to me yesterday and reminded me that I haven’t updated the blog for over 1 month. I was really shocked !!!! I know it ’s long, but never imagine it ’s over 1 month already !!!!!

Last two months ‘re really busy (both business and personal). I have stopped shooting for two months since the birth of my 2nd daughter in February, yet the two little girls and all the photo post processing works kept me busy. Since entering April, the schedule was getting more and more crazy, packed with 3 to 4 weddings and pre-wedding sessions every week. The break in Feb / Mar just pushed everything into April … …

A few updates … …

My name is Shuyan (書恩)

Sorry to let you know late that my 2nd daughter was named Shuyan. A very lovely baby, but she doesn’t like to be alone, whenever she ’s awake and finds nobody next to her, she will start to cry. Once I sit next to her and start talking to her, she will stop crying and begins to smile. So lovely !!!!

photos of Shuyan and her Kung Fu sister.

shulin and her friends

How about shulin? she is no longer a little baby any more. She is a BIG girl now. Can’t imagine she can grow up so fast. Started to speak a lot in last two months, learned to count from 1 to 10, don’t like us to feed her any more, instead, she like to hold the spoon and eat by herself (of course, half portion of the meal is on the ground finally … …)

shulin and her friends .. … ah pooh, amanda and rabbit

something big happened last week … … we bought a new bed for shulin  — a bed without fence. now she can climb up and get off the bed all by herself

Simon.the.Studio

Another big thing happened this month. I opened my own studio!!!! Everything happened very fast — it took less than one week from the day having an idea of my own studio, finding a property agent, looking for space to confirming the apartment.

I always thought it was a miracle that, without a studio, I could be able to shoot hundreds of wedding in last five years. Bring a 17″ laptop and meeting clients in coffee shop and cafe was not a easy task and not a very pleasant experience for all my clients as those places are getting more and more crowded and noisy. Really have to say big thank you to all the clients that trusted me and booked me in last few years.

I do think all my clients should  have a better place for meeting me and seeing my works, the new studio is in SoHo, Central — a very pleasant location, especially at night, and very convenient for my clients (it is only 15 min walk from one IFC, along the mid level escalator) . With a fixed location, now I can show you more albums, more photos, and with a much bigger screen (there is a 110″ projector screen installed in the studio !!!!)

finally, let me update more wedding and prewedding photos in next few days !!!

the location of the studio at night

studio on google map

shulin 's mui mui

Thanks God.

Thanks for everyone ’s blessing.

shulin ’s mui mui was born this morning with a weight of 2.4kg. Xandra ’s safe though has pain at the wound at the moment

it ’s my second time watching the birth of a baby, yet it’s  still very amazing for me. The baby is so small and fragile, have to be handled with extreme care.

My parents helped me to take the following photos in the evening. Loving!!
Thought I am very tired now as I got little sleep in last two nights (and still need to do some retouching works now), but I am too excited and can’t wait to share the photos of mui mui with all of you.

two more days to go !!! - shulin 's mui mui

we are ready for shulin ’s mui mui.

bed. Ready !!

formula milk. Ready !!

diapers. Ready !!

clothing. Ready !!

Camera. Ready !!

Mama. Ready !!!

PaPa. Ready !!

Shulin. Ready !!

Exciting !!! Our original planned delivery day is Feb 20 (人日), but after the routine check last week, we need to move the date earlier to this coming thusday. Yes !!! Two more days to go !!!!

more news will be put on my facebook fans pages and twitter page in next few days !!!

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we are giving some practice to shulin for taking care her mui mui

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simon is going to be a father of two daughters next month

Time is fast, it is already Jan 20th of 2010  and this is my 1st post in 2010.

Last few weeks – as busy as usual, no need to mention again – don’t want to bore you … …

What I am going to let you know and surprise you is: Xandra and I are going to have our second daughter next month !!!!!!!!!!! We ‘re so happy and excited for the arrival of this baby. We planned for it long time ago – after we had the 1st baby (Shulin), both of us thought that it would be much much better to have another child so that the two children can  grow up together.

Before Shulin was born, I invited Lawrence to take our first pregnancy photo session. So to be fair to the younger baby, I arranged another photo session last week and we ‘re glad to have Ken Lam (the Kodak UK photographer of the year “2009”) to help us this time.

Even though the weather of the day was not good, we had lots of fun. It was so cold and wet outdoor that we finally decided to have the photo taken in a shopping mall and train station.

Here is a sneak peek. Ken, thanks for your great works, the photos are wonderful and you captured the happiness of my family.

Also great thanks to Canly, polly of faces hk and “Dai E” for all your great help on the day !!!!

More news of the baby coming very soon … …

Love this shot!!! we had this photo taken at the Shatin New Town Plaza shopping hall
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merry christmas from shulin.the.angel

Hi everyone, merry X’mas.

this is one of the most busiest X’mas I ever have … … with 8 weddings in last two weeks of dec.
even though I didn’t have any time playing with shulin, thanks every client for giving me so much great time and joy in these two weeks !!!

credit: thanks claudia of playground photography for taking the following photos for us — the celebration of shulin ‘s 6 months’ old birthday!!!

the Santa shulin !!
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AGWPJA award Trophies arrived today

I didn’t know there is a trophy (and cash !!!) for my recent wins in the Q2 AGWPJA wedding photos contest until it arrived at my home this morning. Can’t wait to share it with you and Shulin

look like Shulin got excited with the Trophies as well

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of course, she loves the milk more
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simon.the.baby @ playground

So happy to have my friend Claudia of playground photography visited us three weeks ago. Just give you some information of playground, they are very specialized in kid and baby photo on location and definitely one of the best in town.

We didn’t plan to do any photo, but when we grabbed out camera, the two crazy photographers just couldn’t stop taking photos of the lovely Shulin

Hi Claudia, thanks for visiting us
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the two crazy photographers
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Claudia and her new Nikon D3
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click the following link to see some of the photos taken by Claudia. We ‘ll do a proper session later when Shulin reaches two months old.

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happy father ’s day

I should have publish this item several hours ago, but I got a crazy crying baby last few hours, she just kept crying no matter what you did. It happens once every few day …. Anyone have any advice?

This is my 1st father ’s day as a father !!!! We didn’t have any celebration, just stayed quietly and safely at home. the little girl grew bigger and bigger, stronger and stronger in last 3 weeks. I really treasured the time with her, the smell, the touch, the smile, the crying … …

my father ’s day present — little angel in my arms. I didn’t have any nice father/daughter photo until today. thanks Xandra for helping me taking this photo, though she was very tired
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