Camille with a Camera

Camille King is a memory keeper. Years before she got into photography as a hobby, she was a scrapbooker. These days, instead of keeping track of milestones and moments via traditional scrapbooking, she documents memories online via her website/blog, Camille King Photography. 

Her favorite subject is her daughter, who is one lucky girl to have a mom who takes beautiful photos of her during their trips, on special occasions, as well as the everyday snippets of her life (check out Camille's post, "They Grow so Fast", where she captures her daughter at play. It makes me want to take out a camera and take photos of my little ones playing too, so I can look at them years from now and remember them as they were when they were small).

Luckily, I had the pleasure of meeting Camille through her sister, Kathleen King (of Elin.ph and Catalogue63.com). One sunny afternoon, she came over to our house to take photos of Berry and Xavi, woohoo!

 

While I had it in my head that the kids were not cooperating, she was just quietly clicking away and managed to come out with these beautiful photos!

She just let Berry & Xavi do their thing, trailing her lens on them as they went about the room.

The fun really started when Berry decided she wanted to be a cat! She got her cat ears headband and I took out my eyeliner to draw a nose and whiskers on her:

Then Berry drew a line under her nose:

And two lines on her forehead...until she looked like a little tiger, as seen here with Xavi. Hahahaha!

Camille's quiet energy really put Berry & Xavi at ease. I think part of the magic of her photos is that she is really patient with kids and just lets them set the pace of the shoot. In fact, I was the one worried about taking up too much of her time, while Camille did not mind waiting for those perfect moments. True enough, Berry & Xavi's photos come out fun, relaxed and natural, just as how we would love to see and remember them when they're all grown up.

If you would like to have your child or children's photos taken by Camille too, she accepts bookings for photo sessions for babies, kids and families. To inquire or schedule a session with her, you may email her at cam@camillekingphotography.com.

She will contact you for a pre-session consult since all photo sessions are customized. Photo sessions can be held at your home or other special location. She is also setting up her own studio soon, which would be a great place if you want studio shots for Christmas cards and such!

Camille King
Website: http://http://camillekingphotography.com/
Email: cam@camillekingphotography.com
Mobile:  +63917 532 0862

Spring Cleaning

It was one of those "Awwwww" moments. While cleaning out and organizing our bookshelf at home, (which was such a hot mess, it was begging to be fixed)  I came across this book and as I opened it, this envelope tucked in between Marcel Proust's pages spilled out.

Then, a flashback: I remember Chico, Kaye and I walking around the West Village back in March 2008. We had just come from Chelsea (Loehmann's to be exact, where we scored  fantastic deals on shoes! Chico got Sam Edelman flats and I bought Sigerson Morrison sandals. I think Kaye was good and did not buy anything, imagine that!), and wanted to check out Biography Bookshop on Bleecker Street (where I bought said Proust book.  Biography isn't there anymore, it has since been replaced with MJ's Bookmarc). From across the street, we saw that there were people having their photos taken with a skunk through the windows of Marc Jacobs's store and of course, we had to have our photo taken:

I just had to scan this for posterity's sake. 2008 seems like a long time ago now. Chico was still single then, and engaged to be married to Jacob. Kaye was in NYC taking courses at culinary school, and Dear Hubby and I were married, but not yet blessed with Berry!

Today, Chico and Jacob are now the proud and beaming parents of bouncing baby Jet. Kaye has visited us once here in Singapore, and continues to educate us on the best places to go to for brunch in this little island we now call our home base.  Months after this photo was taken, of course, as you all know by now, we got pregnant and warmly welcomed Berry into our lives!

Time flies. New York feels like a lifetime away now. Must. Visit. Soon. Hopefully this Spring 2011 =)

P.S. - Oooohhh, I just realized, this is my first post using my new camera! I actually had it for a while now, but only started using it this December. Thanks for all your camera inputs btw! I got the Lumix LX5 (from Amazon - still much cheaper getting it in the US than buying it here in Singapore) and it does take great pictures. I am not totally happy with the crispness of the pictures though, I am still having a lola moment trying to figure out this contraption, hahaha!