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Photo (c) Jenny Sun

 Welcome to my photography blog!

I am a Malaysian female photographer based in Kuala Lumpur/Selangor that loves any kind of photography listing from nature to skyscrapers, weddings & events, and especially portraitures for pregnant families, newborn babies, couples & families.

I am also an avid scuba diver which enables me to capture amazing underwater images from all around the world.

This blog follows both my professional life (as well as) some of my personal life, featuring “MOMENTS” from the maternity & newborn sessions, weddings & beautiful people I managed to capture with my lens, the places I travel and the friends and family members that mean so much to me.

It also contains random information source for my current and potential clients as I’ll (from time to time) provide some useful links of wedding tips & what-nots for your ”surfing” pleasures. I hope this blog will also be a source of inspiration and education for other photographers.

This site is a little more informal and I just want to give everyone a sense of who I am, and what I am all about.

Do feel absolutely free to leave comments or post questions. You can also contact me further at enquiry@astherlau.com for other booking enquiries.

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What’s Brewing?

Sorry for the long silence. Had been busy clicking away on my camera as well as doing post-processing on many sets of photos lately. Here are sneak peaks of what I’m currently working on…

Be right back!

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Toddler: Lil’ Aidan l Kuala Lumpur l Malaysia

Little A’s mom found me via my website and contacted me to capture his precious moments while back visiting his grandparents in Malaysia. My confinement period was just over & I was really excited that this opportunity came by for me to do what I love… Capturing photos of memorable moments, especially of little cutie pies like Little A!

During the shoot, I had had some alarming moments whereby my blood pressure dropped & I got some dizzy spells, especially in between running & squating. But thanks to the Lord Almighty, all was manageable and I finally head home with sooo many beautiful photos of Little A with his parents.

Although the sky was gloomy that late afternoon, we managed to have some fun at the park near his grandparent’s house at Lake Field. Here are a few captured moments of that very day.

Little A is currently staying in Hong Kong together with Daddy W & Mommy K.

Little A with Daddy W

Little A loves all round things

Little A is drooling lots cos he's teething

Peek-a-Boo!

Having so much fun!

How cute is this?

Little A & beautiful Mommy K

Little A's first experience with bubbles!

Wheeeee!!!

Awww...

Little A's trying to kick these Crocs aside

Hello!

Such a handsome boy!

Such a beautiful family!

And lastly…

Bye Bye!!!

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Published on X-Ray Magazine – Issue #25:2008

Just want to share with you one of my achievement in my underwater photography. The photos I took from Pulau Weh were published on an international online magazine, X-Ray Online Dive Magazine, last year. These photos were also published by AirAsia in their inflight magazine for the month of August 2009. One of my Turtle Photo was also made as the cover page for Action Asia’s special dive edition. I was stoked!

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Inspirational: Zee Avi aka KokoKaina

Such a talented girl! She’s also from my home-state, SARAWAK! *beaming proudly*

“Zee Avi (also known as KokoKaina) is a Malaysian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and ukulele player. She was born in Miri, Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. She moved to Kuala Lumpur when she was 12. She studied fashion design at American InterContinental University in London.” more info @ Wikipedia.

 If you like her work, you can get her debut album on iTunes or wait for the physical album to be launched in Malaysia on the 27th May 2009. For more info, you can go to her website and myspace.

Thank you, Alison, for the intro!

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ShootFest 001: The Wedding

Hello!

Just a short update. There will be an unconference for photographers & videographers alike coming 6th & 7th May 2009 in Petaling Jaya and I will be one of the volunteers for the event! I will be presenting a photography related topic ”Guidelines to Drafting Your Photography Contract”.

A little about the unconference:

“These are most likely the first 2 questions on your mind. An unconference is an informal gathering of likeminded people with a common interest. It’s a participant-driven conference, meaning everyone must participate in some way or another. We encourage everyone to present a topic or engage in a discussion during the 2-day sessions.

Each ShootFest is a media unconference primarily for photographers and videographers. This first one that is organised is themed The Wedding and is meant for professionals, freelancers and anyone interested in wedding photography and videography.

The benefits of ShootFests are knowledge-sharing, networking and raising the bar for the industry. If you feel you don’t want to share any of your kung-fu, then the unconference is probably not for you. We want to breed improvement for everyone, and need you to share your thoughts too.” For more info, go to http://shootfest.org/

Hope to see you fellow photogs there!

Meanwhile, I’ve been pretty busy with my little Haley as well as catching up on my editing work recently. My mum went home to Sarawak for a week and I was left alone with Haley (with some help from my in-laws) for a whole week. Hence, my editing time has been shorten and since mum is finally back to help me at home with Haley few days back, I’ve been huffing & puffing to catch up on my work! So please bear with this none-posting period for a little while, ya! I will try to blog as soon possible!

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There’s Something About Haley

• Since she’s a “big” baby (born at 4.2 kg), she gets hungry real fast and when we feed her, she guzzles down her milk like a sink hole! When she’s done, she’ll “flick” the nipple out with her tongue with such a force!

Sometimes when she “poo poo”, her face will go all red & she’ll start crying. After “poo poo”, she’ll make such a cute face with her lips all puckered up and you can really see how much relieved she’s gotten!

• Very recently, she’s gotten to liking her rocking car seat. She normally will stop crying after we put her in the seat. We think she prefers sitting up than sleeping flat down.

She doesn’t like dirty diapers, especially with “poo poo” inside. She’ll not stop crying until we clean her. However, she’ll tolerate some pee to a certain extend.

• She snores, grunts, whines, smiles and even chuckles during her sleep.

She can lift up her neck for a few seconds while lying on her stomach when she’s only a few days old. Lately, she can sit up straight for nearly a whole min without any support!

• She doesn’t like being swaddled like most babies. She loves sleeping with both her arms spread apart above her head.

We celebrated her “fullmoon” (1-month age) recently and she slept almost thru the party, waking up for about half hr before we took her back home to settle for bedtime. Hahaha… Have just gotten the party pics yesterday & will be posting some up soon.

Meantime, here are a few shots I took of Haley during the day she turned 1-month old. All shots were taken with my NEW Canon 5D MKII!

This is the "After I Poo Poo" look

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Sneak Peak: Lil’ Aidan l Kuala Lumpur l Malaysia

I’m currently busy editing this series… Stay tuned for the complete post blog of this cutie pie soon!

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Happy Birthday, My Beloved Daddy…

Daddy would have been celebrating his 56th birthday today.

WE STILL MISS YOU SO MUCH!

More of Our Little Haley

Just a short post this time. Have not been blogging cos I had to overcome my “baby blues” recently. Haley’s doing fine and has been a feeding, pooping, farting & sleeping monster. I’m tired all the time cos lack of sleep as I had to watch over Haley all by myself during the nite. Bookings for my photography are coming in slowly but steadily, so, I’ve been trying to reply emails as often I can during my confinement period.

I pray Haley will be more manageable by the time I get back to work fullforce again this coming May. My confinement period has been a nightmare for me, hence to cheer & reward myself, I’ll be buying a new toy pretty soon. So stay tuned for the big wonderful surprise!

Here are a few more shots of our Haley taken few days back at home. She’s the only calming effect I’ve got when I got all depressed & sad recently.

Darling took this pic recently

Cuteness Overload!

Haley's attempt to lift her head up

This is how she looks after her "head-lift" exercise

My Angel

Her cute smile

Hairy Haley

Long Eyelashes

Cutey Toes

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How It’s Been So Far…

• Haley’s got jaundice since 3-days old but doctors had done 2 blood tests & convinced us that there’s nothing to worry about as the bilirubin level is low, hence, her jaundice is considered mild. I’ve been told to stay off ginger if I’m breastfeeding as this’ll slow down Haley’s recovery.

I think I’ve got post-natal stress. Being in confinement isn’t helping with the stress but I’m trying to control it. I’ve been very tearful & annoyed with both my mum & mother-in-law with some of their ridiculous “confinement rules”. Thank God for darling who’s ever so understanding & supportive. And Haley’s presence do calm me down some what, especially when she looks at me with her big big eyes.

• My breast milk is coming along better but I’m still mixing Haley’s diet with formula milk. Haley’s such a big baby that she gets hungry so much faster than many babies her age. I find drinking fresh milk & eating oatmeal helps with the milk production. Next, am going to look for red raspberry leaves tablets as was told it also helps with milk production. I was told by my doc that she had papaya leaves tea when she had her kids but she sed it’s a very bitter concoction, hence, I decided not to try it. Hehehe…

I’ve been thinking of daddy a lot. Everytime I look at Haley, her nose reminds me of daddy. I wonder if daddy’s spirit is with us & I hope he’s proud of his grand-daughter.

• Haley’s been such a good girl, only crying when she has the tummy upset or is hungry. She’s such a good natured baby and I pray this’ll be her true nature forever. However, when she’s upset, she can be very impatient, especially when she’s HUNGRY!

I’ve been taking some pics of Haley recently and here are a few to share with you. Hope you like them as much as I enjoy taking them! I’m in love with our little girl more & more each day!

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