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

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.

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 !!!

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

great, shulin !!!. And a little bit like a ” C nine” 仔 already !!!

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

babies, babies, babies … …

the working Ken Lam and big thanks to Canly and “Dai E” ‘s help on the day !!!!

our whole team of the day !!!!! Thanks everyone !!!!

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 !!

shulin can sit by herself now !!!

thanks thanks clauida for capturing this amazing photo for us !!!!!!
haha, guess where we got this ?

the happy shulin

the sleeping shulin

play with daddy

of course, she loves the milk more

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

the two crazy photographers

Claudia and her new Nikon D3

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.

the crazy simon.the.papa. I was very sorry that after taken the following few photos, I had made Shulin regurgitate

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

day 15

there are so many lovely little details of a baby (day 16)

day 17

day 18

day 18 – I love wrapping her with towel like this

day 18

trying a new hat on day 20, seems that she doesn’t like it

sleeping with Xandra on day 20

day 25 – thanks for Dr. Lam ’s red dress

day 25

day 25

day 25

on father ’s day (day 26)

First, I was so glad that I  decided to take a long vacation from April to June — the look of the baby kept changing everyday, you just can’t afford not seeing her for just one day. And there ‘re so many "FIRST TIME" for me — first time to bath the baby (it was real exciting and challenging !!! ), to change the diaper, to feed the baby, to hold her in my arms.  The baby just needs so much attention from you, apart from sleeping, she will start crying if you don’t hold her in your arms or leave her alone.

I also started to understand the love of a mother, there is so much sacrifice (and pain) for Xandra the few days after the delivery. On day eight, there was a serious bleeding of her, and she had to be admitted to the hospital to have an operation immediately. It was very frightening when I saw all the blood on the bed, the floor, inside the ward. Thanks God, Xandra recovered very very well after the operation and she is very very well.

And I ‘d like to say thank you to your love, your blessings and all the messages on this blog, they are real support for me. And also thanks the beautiful and lovely gifts from Ruby, Stefanie and Veronica, the clothes are so lovely and baby loves them a lot.

Here are a few photos I ‘d love to share with you.

day 10 – 2008: A Space Odyssey, or an Indian dancing baby ?

day 13 – so much love from xandra.the.mama

day 5 – she ’s so cute — always have cute expressions during burping (掃風)

day 5 – Xandra ’s helping her

day 7 - 玩口水

day 7 – look like an advertisement for the Chicco bouncing chair

day 10 – the background is my Ikea chair

day 10 — little fingers

day 10 — having sweet dreams

day 11 – the crazy crying baby

day 14 — adorable girl

day 14 – the very comfortable bed

day 14 – her 1st friendly neighborhood.

hello everyone, this is my 2 week ’s old birthday, may I have a big hug from you!!!

My little baby girl was born on 20 May morning, with a weight of 2.6kg. We ‘re so excited (or nervous) the night before that neither Xandra nor I could sleep the night before. Yesterday was a busy day, sending all the SMS, calling our family and keep everyone updated … …

this is our 1st family photo !!!!!
the moment we hold her, the feeling ’s so warm and so real. She was so lovely in our arms.

my little angel

 PS. Pls apologize that it will be a little slow for me to work on the backlogs this week as I can only work in the night time.