Outdoor Photo Shoot for Baby Sophia's First Birthday

            Beginning of April, I’ve been really busy doing all the DIY props for my daughter’s first birthday. There are just a lot of nice and cute crafts one could make for a little girls party, I was able to make the Pinwheel, Pompoms, Banner, Buntings, Loot bags and even some Marshmallow Pops for the dessert table . I also wanted to have both indoor and outdoor photo shoot of her.  Normally, a professional photographer will charge around 5,000Php per session. Of course, we don’t want to spend that much, since we have our own camera. The goal is, to capture all the special moments of her 1^st birthday for lifelong keepsakes. So we just did everything ourselves, hubby as the photographer and myself as the over-all assistant. Mind you, it is never easy to take children’s photo but it was certainly all worth it! J

A day before our darling’s birthday celebration, we did the outdoor shoot at Rainforest Park in Pasig City. We only paid Php10/person upon entering the maze garden. No additional fee for the pictorial, you just have to ask permission, nicely! J

We were supposed to do the photo shoot at 9AM, but the kids didn’t wake up until 10:30am. There was plant watering at the park scheduled at 3PM. That's why we did the pictorial at around two in the afternoon, which was Sophie’s nap time. So she got really tired after we’ve taken just a few shots.

Family portrait… FAIL! =(

 Our little star cried and didn’t even want to face the camera. She kept on saying “mama,” crawled toward me and wanted to be nursed (yes, in public!).  She was definitely not hungry, just wanted me to comfort her that way. It’s her birthday, so who was I to complain? I just did it as discreetly as possible.

               

                Oh wait! Have you noticed hubby’s cellphone? (Scroll up again pls!) He used it as a camera remote. He has a Samsung Phone and a Nikon Camera.  He installed an application called “DSLR Remote,” which uses Infrared to take a snap from a distance. Nice app!

                 It was one fine afternoon at the park, after all!

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