Happy 234th Birthday America!

Here is a flashback of some 4th of July memories from last year:

Yay Annie!!!

Sammie, Chef Jane, Me & Annie:




Aww memories!
Hope everyone have a safe holiday!!

Ref: Our blog for more photos

Let's Get together with Chef Jane

Jane, is a sweet and as faithful as can be, who is there whenever we need a shoulder to lean on. Call her anytime of the day, and she is there for you.

Jane is a private chef serving MD/DC/VA. She is available to serve your parties, so call her and try out her samples. She is specialized in French culinary with a twist of her own. I had a chance to try some of dishes and let me tell you, it's amazing. Not to even mention her desserts and pastries. Holaa wow! Her website will be coming soon so behold. Here comes a sneak peek of Chef Jane and her warm and pleasant personality:






Relaxing photos of Jane:

Let's get together with Annie

Here are some photos of the girls when we had a studio session a couple of weeks ago.

When working in the studio, it actually requires a lot of work, both the models and photographer, working together to achieve the perfect facial expressions and body language for each shot. Everything else is under the photographer's control, the lens and lights, Studio photos capture every little details without the distractions of background, landscape and birds chirping as we know for outdoors session. The model herself/himself has to deliver the specified messages with natural perfections. One message could take many many shots to achieve. Yes, imagine the pros, it's in their nature. On the other hand, the photographer has to connect with the models as well. In addition to having the models feel comfortable in front of the lens, and the short distance to the model, he has a fraction of a moment to capture that message without their realize that they are still getting photographed.

As for you: How would you deliver expressions such as 'frown', 'mysterious', 'lovable', 'alluring', 'happy', just to name a few..? Each model delivers differently and that's what makes it interesting! And that's what makes us love our jobs.

When the rest of the girls arrived, we took a few of these:



Having some fun times:


In addition to playing with 4th of July theme, from the last post, we also put on some sexy masks:


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Then after the group shots, we went to individual portraits:

I will keep each girl on individual blog posts, so first, Annie.
Annie is adorable. Her smile is amazing which made our jobs easier to capture that natural smile. She's known to her friends as having a bubbly personality and I totally could see that during the session.

I always tell my models, the first 15 minutes are just Warm-Up sessions. But Annie was a NATURAL, here are the warm-up shots, even before the group shots were done!


Since Annie just graduated and received her MASTERS, yay Annie, congratulations again! I had told her to bring her graduation gown and capture a few for memories:




Did I say she's a natural, I'll say it again, what a natural, GORGEOUS, one of my faves:

Things getting warmer:




Mysterious:

Sexy:


Flirtatious:


Really cooking up, wowzieee, stunning!

WOW



I think those just call for many more sessions in the future! Annie, it was nice hanging out in the studio and munching on the party tray you brought over, thank you, that really helped! You did an awesome job ~!! LoveLove

P.S. TT- Fantastic JOB!

Stay tuned for photos of Sammie and Jane!!

Happy 233rd Birthday America

A couple of weeks ago, me and the girls got together for a fun studio session. We really had a blast, and the pictures couldn't be more irresistible!!! A few of the girls couldn't make it at the last minute, we sure missed them let's see what the future holds.

First though, here are some to celebrate the 4th of July 2008:
hope everyone has a safe and sound holiday weekend!!!




Save the best for last:
The 2008 embracephoto's version of .............see for yourself:








(AUNTIE SAM!!!)
WOOHOOO!!! Totally irresistible, I told ya!!! You're soooo cute!!!
Whose idea? TT's of course!!!

Stick around for more to come!!! So excited~!!

My Ao Dai, 1st style

I have learned that Visiting Vietnam during Tet New Year can have its positives and negatives. Positives can be the festivals, the lion dances, the temples filled with visitors etc. But since I love fashion, and being a girl that I am, I love customizing my outfits and traditional dresses called Ao Dai, so it wasn't such good timing for me. The reason is due to the tailor's practice of closing their shops and stopped providing services for a good one to two weeks to celebrate Tet, so I wasn't in for a treat! It's cultural that everybody prepares to celebrate Tet by wearing new outfits, the concept of tossing away the old, and bringing on the new. So, even before Tet, I wasn't able to compete with the lines to get anything made since there were tons of people ahead of me. So I had to wait until they re-opened their business to get some dresses made. So, after I had gone shopping for the fabrics, I sat down and drew out designs, and did my homework. In Binh Duong, there is a very famous tailor so my sister-in-law/TT's sister, took me to her. I presented the 7 fabric pieces and 7 designs I had in mind and asked her to have them done asap. The designs I presented were not ordinary designs for Ao Dai, so she was in for a surprise! I definitely modernized the ao dai into my taste and personality! She was able to make 3 ready for me before I left Vietnam, and the rest would be done in time for my other relatives to bring over for me, which was one week after.

Those that know me, I've been forever in love with wearing ao dai, so I will share with you a few of what I'm proud to say "my-style-of-fashion", but here is the first one, my personal favorite. It really calls out my name!! And that's what I LOVE about it!








I'll have more Ao dai coming up...I'm in the process of making my own jewelry to go with the others so, yayy!!

Until then, I want to share with you these. While I was busy taking my early evening nap, yes, early evening nap- meaning from 4ish to like 9pm :P When I came up to the computer, I found these: I couldn't believe my eyes, adorable bbgirl, She didn't need me there to know what to do in front of the camera...she really does know how to do it herself! Check out the different umbrellas in these frames.









can't get enough...




Love Love Love!

Now, if you weren't able to see this...
Check out me and my twin:

See any similarity? wahhahha...LOVE! Check us back later for more pics...

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Painting the family portrait

Quick 15 minutes photo sessions are fun. Not that we don't want to stretch it longer, but because our little boy can act wild in front of the camera and you can tell he totally wasn't in the mood. So, we had to shoot quickly and just see how it turned out. We happened to be in the neighborhood of Glamour Photo and we just stopped by and had some fun. Here are just some photos snapped away by Daniel Bui and I did their post-processing. We have to do it again sometime! Thanks Daniel for your expertise in acting quickly when it comes to cranky little kids who didn't give you an easy time!