TGIF #41: Something of My Fave Shots: People Close to Me

I am not a photographer. But i love taking photos for memoirs.

I am just using a Nikon D60, and i'm not technically good taking great fotos.

Again, i just love photos: looking, capturing and staring at them.

Here are five of my fave shots i've made, as of now.

 They're not for national geographic, i know, but it's captured from the heart.

No particular ranking!

1. My daughter, Zendra picking up flowers last August 2012 at Parco Schiebler near our home. (Milan, Italy)
Obviously she's my favorite subject.

2.  My friend, Dewie, who visited Italy last September 2012. This is taken near the Duomo Cathedral. (Milan, Italy)
I love the blue sky and the clouds. Lovely model too.
Take a peek on her blogs. you'll love them, promise.
http://meanderingsbyripemango.blogspot.it/

3.  My lovely mom. Taken last August, 2012 at Lago di Mandello del Lario, Lecco, Italy.
I got the "love fotos" habit from her, obviously.

4.  Zendra and her best friend, Maxim, taken at Parco Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy.
It's just like "girls whispering secrets".. and giggling over it. so cute.

5.  My loving husband with my daughter, taken at Einsiendeln, Switzerland last July, 2012.
 Overlooking is the grandiose Benedictine Monastery.

Be BRADified!

he doesn't look good as when he was in "Meet Joe Black" movie.

He looks old & dirty here.

Well, Chanel N. 5 has done bigtime. 

there's BRAD PITT in every bus stops in Milan.

WE'RE  BRADIFIED! 

TGIF #40: Something of Instagram

I'm not always using Instagram regularly. Only, if i'm just in the mood to share instantly whatever comes into my mind. My cellphone has no internet connection. I'm too lazy to roam around the sites on a small scale (or my needing-glasses-eyes can't stand it?) Any reasons at all, i just use Instagram from my hub's Ipad. 

For today's five-day, let me jsut share you five of the instagram fotos i have, and some quiz on it. =)

Question: sunrise or sunset?

if you're keen about the shadows they're longer. and technically,
both sunrise and sunset have the same effect.
so,  i guess i will have to tell you the real answer: SUNSET!
this was taken at Piazza Duomo, in Milan, Italy
by my friend Jona

Question: I'm sitting on a grass or carpet?

Now you're so staring at where i sat here. hahaha!
keep on guessing....

Answer: fake grass, rubber carpet in the park.
this is taken at Park Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy
by my friend, Winnie

Question: Stolen or Not Stolen Shot?

Just sitting here, waiting for someone....
Don't you know that i'm actually sitting in front on an old church, turned into a hotel/restaurant?
Yeah, that's right. This is taken by my husband at De Iisfugel, MakkumThe Netherlands.

Answer: It's the drama, pretending to be a stolen shot. =)
See the place and notice the bench where i sat.
http://www.deiisfugel.nl/data/asp/pagina.asp?land=uk&info=algemeen&keuze=home&cat=algemeen&id=1

Question: What are we doing here in a park?

I'm holding here my daughter Zendra and looking at us is my photographer friend,
Valentina Mantovani.
The place is called Parco delle Mura, in Verona, Italy
Answer: We actually came here from Milan, for a fotoshoot and a tour of Verona.
this stolen shot is taken by my friend Jona.

Question: What day is this taken?

It's a sunny day last summer. Shorts and skirt jeans are comfortable for a walk.
Answer: I'm a working mom. so obviously, this is taken on a weekend.
More time to stroll around with the kids.
This was taken at piazza cordusio, milan, italy
by my son, Jaki (10 years old)

THANKS FOR your INSTApeek.

ENJOY INSTAGRAM!

Week Filler

folks, i'm gonna be busier starting this week.

will be back on track soon!

“Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” 
― Robert A. Heinlein

Two Boxes

Movie Title

TWO BOXES

Starring:

Zendra, as the owner

 Me, as the "Architect"

Co-starring:

scissors

transparent packaging tape

adhesive wall paper

colored ribbons

paper flowers/beads

Special Participation:

Patience 

Determination

Plot:

The two boxes were supposed to serve as a box for unused stuffs to be put down on our basement.

Zendra keeps on pointing out the toy house on tv commercial.

"Mamma, i want one like that. can you please buy me."

Of course, the toy house is weigh too expensive.

To cut the long story short,

the mom became the architect and found herself cutting the boxes 

and forming it into a "house", 

with a space good enough for the "owner", Zendra.

Moral Lesson:

Box isn't just a box. It's how much you can do to a box.

If you'll do something cheap, be creative! =)

Since the house isn't completely finished for lack of materials,

hang on for the "Two Boxes: Part 2." =)

Happy Viewing!

Shoot & Eat!

Hub's home made empanada. Yummy!

Complete Tutu' with Velvet Shawl by

Mon Pettilant Haylow

Shoes: Eleganz

Blouse: Osh Kosh Kids

Skirt: Chicco

Leggings: OVS Kids

Shoes: Mimi

Accessory: Accessorize

Accessory: Terranova

Dress:  SM

Shoes: Zara Kids

Blouse & Socks: H&M

Short & Shoes: Zara Kids

Complete Clothes by H&M
Shoes by Z Generation

I have been busy today: feeling like a fotographer. wink wink.
Of course i'm not that good in photography, but i love taking fotos. Yesterday night i got a message from my daughter's modelling agency to have a time to take fotos of Zendra at home this weekend. They will need 3 or 4 fotos by Monday. This is for an important casting for a catalogue (top secret for now). The client wants to see normally photos at home, not the ones from the studio taken by professional photographers. No effect, no make ups, no anything on the head, no editing at all. So here i was, trying to mix and match clothes for my little girl. Some stuffs are new and some are old ones (which she still haven't worn). I'm not a perfect fashionista, so i rely on kid's catalogues. the last H&M outfit is almost exactly what the girl wears in their winter catalogue.

Aside from the text message, i got another email, asking me again some latest fotos, for an important casting for a kid's fashion show. They already stated when and where and for what brand Zendra might be modelling. It's not in Milan and it's a week day sometime in November, for winter collection. If i send fotos, and they will confirm Zendra, will i go to the event? will my boss give me a two-day vacation again? This would be the first fashion show for Zendra. Gosh! Would love to see her walking that fashion ramp stage. Scary too, for i don't know if she'll be ok about it. With those loud music and people around, i hope she doesn't get shy or further more, cry. Aw! Although she always utter to me, "Mamma, voglio fare la sfilata" (Ma, i like to be in a fashion show"), i still have to cross all my fingers. I really need to think about it.

Last but not the least, these fotos also serve as "dress rehearsal" for her upcoming fotoshoot on location. It's a special project. Hang in there for further notice. =)

And while we're busy changing clothes and posing, a breaktime is truly needed. thanks to my hub for making an effort to cook empanada for us (foto up). So yummy! Of course, it's one of my favorite pinoy pastries. He knows how to cook a lot of stuffs unlike me. Hub's the real cook in the family. I'm a certified eater only! =)

TGIF #38: Something To Run

It's another Friday once again. Thank God It's Five-Day!

Time is more precious today, i'm gonna run for it.

1. Zendra's school is close for today. What else, strike of personnel (again). They already had a strike last Wednesday. Immagine the damage for the working moms like me. Hub's gonna bring Zen to my friend's house before he goes to work at 9am.

2. Jaki's school will open at 10am (because of strike), instead of the regular 8am. I have a 10am work, so i'll go with Jaki to school earlier, around 9:30am.

3. After my work at 1pm, i'll fetch Zendra at my friend's house who's kind enough to babysit for my girl. During urgent times, i'm glad she's always available. 

4. After fetching Zendra, i have to fetch again Jaki from school by 2pm.

5. Prepare lunch for the two kids, hang laundry...then off to work again at 4pm.

Run, run, run....!

Awe-inspiring!

Don't you just love autumn? the color of the leaves: from green, to orange and yellow. it's an awe-inspiring sight! What else can i say? Sure, i won't miss a thing of autumn. Let me just share some fotos here. I'm wordless for now.




 

i can just sit here, smell the leaves and enjoy the sight

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. 
- Albert Camus