Darla: Newborn portraits

I photographed Darla's baptism a couple of weeks ago but back in April, I first met this little angel when I took her first portraits outside Mommy Christine's womb. It's best to take newborn portraits within the first 10-12 days from birth because you want the baby to be sleeping through the session and babies at this age are easier to "pose". Christine and I have been planning for Darla's pictorial for months--even before we did Christine's maternity session.  We set the session about week after her due date.  However, Darla decided to arrive early, so by the time we did the session, she was almost two weeks old.  And what difference a couple of days can do to a baby!  Even though she was sleeping when I got to their house, she woke up as soon as we started shooting and barely slept throughout.  And she couldn't be bothered with the poses. Hehehe.  She was too cute though so I loved photographing her.  It took us a lot of "tiyaga" but we did end up with pretty great shots.;)

Below are just some of my favorites...

Zoe: 1st birthday party

April 18, 2010
Jollibee Cash and Carry

After meeting Zoe during her mini portrait session, and seeing how much she loved Jollibee, I wasn't surprised that they held her party at--where else? Jollibee! I personally think Jollibee parties are so much fun, and this one was no exception.:)

Below are some of my favorite photos from the event.









I loved the colors! And the cake and cupcakes were so pretty!





I have to mention this face/body painter because she's so young and talented. Her name is Camille.  She was at the venue early and stayed even until after the party. She was a hit among the guests! Mommy Janice told me Camille charges a very good price too.:)


The cute birthday girl Zoe with her pretty mom.


More pictures of the birthday family.


Zoe seemed to like the balloons!

Of course, the Jollibee crew had to do their fun dance to officially start the party.


The host was pretty funny so everyone, including the birthday family had a lot of fun.

A contest between Mommy Janice and Daddy JB.


Zoe with her face painting.

The whole gang was there!


Zoe really loves Jollibee.

Christmas season starts...NOW!

I've always felt very lucky to be living in a country where Christmas starts as soon as the "BER" months roll in. Yes, I believe we have the longest Christmas season in the world! In fact, I think only Pinoys weren't surprised when "Merry Christmas" became a trending topic on Twitter today (and it's still on the top spot as of this writing!). Christmas is my absolute favorite season. I remember waking up on the 1st day of September two years ago to the sound of Christmas carols on TV. This morning I woke up quite early (well, at least earlier than usual), and when I logged on to Facebook, a lot of people were already posting Christmas videos. I love it!:)

And with that, I would like to announce that I will now start accepting bookings for holiday portraits. I've only got a few weekends open, so I'm going to try to accommodate as many sessions as I can in a day. And that may mean I'll have to set the venue for certain days where I will be doing all sessions to save on travel time between locations. I will only be doing a limited number of sessions though, so if you're interested, please shoot me an email at ging@ginglorenzo.com and we can talk about it.:)