
Even though my mum had to go in and out of A&E twice because of her wounds, and Lil Pumpkin was ill most of the time, overall, we still have loads to be thankful and happy for.
Alwyn had some time available last Saturday so we met up with him for a family photo shoot at Chinese Garden. The last time he took our photos was 2 years ago at the Botanics Gardens.. when I had long hair!!

She slept most of the Saturday away and thankfully woke up just before we left feeling much better. Even if she wasn't up for the shoot, we decided to still go ahead to meet Alwyn since it's not really that nice to cancel last minute and also, even if we couldn't get a lot of family shots with poor Lil Pumpkin, the boy and I could still get some couple shots. I would love that since our 12th anniversary is coming up next Monday and I can't even remember the last time we took nice couple shots together haha.
Alwyn has a new "Phase One System" that's supposed to be amazing. It's a medium-format digital camera, but it doesn't really matter to me since I think his photography skills is superb no matter which camera he is using :P He's the kind of photographer that replies on his skills to create a beautiful image, instead of Photoshop to get there and I really admire him for that. But anyway, he is really excited for it and if a camera can get Alwyn excited, it must be a damn good one.
As usual, he worked pretty fast post-processing and the night after we did the shoot, he sent me all the 41 images that passed his selection. I'm just gonna share a few of my favourites in this post...
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Lil Pumpkin & her "magic wand", as she calls the windmill |
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Smile, Baby! |
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Story of her life.. getting smothered with love from us :) |
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Kisses for mummy! |
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Me and my boo~ |
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On his strong shoulders |
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Eyes just for you! |
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Our happy family :) |
Now, Chinese Garden seems a little abandoned and wasn't too crowded even though it was the weekend. Feel like going back again to explore it better and take more photos on my own.
Thanks once again for your time, Alwyn! It's been 4 years since we started having regular family photo shoots and I love seeing how we, especially Lil Pumpkin, have changed and grown.
Do you take family photo shoots regularly?
Where do you like to go for your family photo shoots?
Our family photoshoots:

9 comments:
Happy Anniversary! The last time I explored the Chinese Gardens was more than a year ago!
You guys are too cute. We haven't done a family photo shoot in ages.
Your pictures turned out great!
I love the windmill/magic wand.
Your outfits are great to!
When my oldest was your daughter's age he had constant tummy issues for an extended period of time. His doctor said it was toddler diarrhea. They can get it from the age of 2 to 5. I just thought about that when you mentioned that Lil Pumpkin was sick most of that month.
Aww you did get some WONDERFUL pictures!! I'm sorry to hear your little one was feeling out of sorts. Mine had a flu bug last week too.
Lil Pumpkin sure is a trooper. I can't tell that she was sick from the photos and you have so many nice family pictures of the festive mood too.
Sweetday: Thanks! That's still more recent than me haha
Masshole Mommy: Aww you should!
Alissa: Thanks dear! Oh it wasn't diarrhea but thanks for sharing. It's good to know such things.
Mail4rosey: Aww hope your little one is better now!
Susan: Ya! Thought we might as well take some in our cheongsams for a change & go a bit further to Chinese Garden :P
Your outfit coordinates with hers nicely! Always lovely to have family photoshoots. Hope your mum and Pumpkin are much better now.
I wish there was someone around here to take good family photos, but they all stink at photography. The ones that are good cost an arm and a leg, and I just can't shell out $400 for family photos. So, I'll continue to just take them of my family, never really getting in the photos myself lol.
Love, love, love all the photos! Lil Pumpkin is such an awesome girl. Hope she feels better now.
Most of our family photo shoots are DIY. We only did one formal shoot more than a year ago. I wish to do it too regularly.
Do you mind if I ask how much is Alwyn's rate for an ourdoor shoot?
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