Ok, I have a confession. I fell in love with this Kellymoore‘s b-hobo bag at first sight and still in love. I don’t think it’s strong enought to withstand the weight of the usual camera stuff I carry but Eidul’fitri is coming and well, it’s good enough to carry my ricoh gxr and diapers+the girls’ snacks. hehe.

I’m no apple fangirl. Of course, you can take such pictures with any android or smartphones. But look at what Lee Morris has done. Amazing work! All you need are a gorgeous model, a group of hair/makeup artist, a good knowledge of your lighting and really mad editing/retouching skills to get such photos. 

And I’m not saying that all photographers should use their iphone for their assignment. It’s ridiculous isn’t it? Your client paid so much for you to use your iphone to take his/her wedding?

But that’s NOT the point of this post.

 “So before I say anything else let me start by saying; I created this video to simply show that you should not be limited by your camera. Obviously there was a lot that went into this shoot including a professional model, hair and makeup, a studio, lighting, and a retoucher. We may create another video in the future where we shoot with only natural light but this video is simply about the camera. There are so many photographers who are obsessed with noise, sharpness, color, dynamic range, megapixels, chromatic aberration, moire, distortion, etc. So many photographers get wrapped up in the technical side that they forget how to take compelling images. This video is for them.”

From Lee Morris Responds To The iPhone Fashion Shoot

Beautiful words and photographs at Days With My Father by Phillip Toledano. Very heartbreaking. I remember a fellow SH07 member did something like this for her grandmother; something different from her usual conceptual style. As for me, I did a documentary on the girls in my life (before Sarah comes along); my mother and Aisyah. I needed to find the connections between them. My mother used to babysit Aisyah when I worked fulltime a few years back and they have a rather close relationship.

So what have I been doing? Apart from being a human ‘cow’, changing poo-filled diapers and entertaining Aisyah, I have been stealing time to reply emails and updating pixelatedtheory.com.

Confinement sounds boring but well, time flies really fast with 2 kids now. Speaking of which, Sarah is one month old today…hoorah! My first assignment of 2009 will start in February and yes, I can’t wait to start taking pictures again although I think I may have clicked a zillion times of my kids now. heh.

It was definitely a challenge doing the shoot yesterday. In the studio, there are 4 walls for my subjects but it’s a different thing when you’re doing a shoot outside with no boundaries. Nevertheless I enjoyed my evening yesterday with these beautiful people though I really need to get fitter to chase lil boys like Aaryam and Adam. Like I told Rida, “Sebab tak exercise sejak zaman skola…!”. Here’s one favourite shot.

More to be added later. I’m in the midst of doing their book. On another news, I’m uber excited to announce that pixelatedtheorydotcom is up!