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Children photography with a 4 years old.

It is always fun to meet new people and new challenge photographing little guy…

I generally like to give the viewer of the picture some sort of clue about the person that I am photographing. Either I use simple background so I can focus all the attention to the face or I use their surrounding to show who they are…

Children usually very quick and they will not stop for you. On the contrary, you can’t ask them to smile for you if you want a real smile. Learn how to “tickle” their senses and you will be rewarded with a genuine smile.

So enjoy their company and observe what they like and be genuine and they know who to trust…


Regards,

Hart
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Simple Maternity Photography

I used to shy away from doing maternity photography when I started Tomato Photo 5+ years ago, mainly because of my insecurity of being judge by clients.

However, I am humble by clients who encourage me to do this genre to compliment my newborn photography.

So I did…

Pregnancy is a beautiful stage in life, it is amazing how much body of female form being transform to bear new life…

My idea behind maternity photography is very simple, that is to capture the essence of the body form with focus to the new baby, the mood that it represent by creating an artform rather than a straight representation of how a female looks. I like the idea in portraying female form as a strong, confident yet feminine.

I have a pleasure to have Nancy in my studio for pregnancy session before the she gave birth a few weeks later. After finding out what she likes, we decided to go for moody type of work that portray subtlety.

Here is some of the shots from the session:

and I am glad that Nancy agree with what I was set to achieve, here is her email to me…

Thanks a lot Hart!

The photos look great, exactly what I was looking for -  subtle but sophisticated:)
Nancy

 

Regards,

Hart
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Newborn Photography with a smiley newborn

Shooting newborn photography is all about control and understand the timing.

One will do well in newborn photography if they can predict accurately when the newborn needed to be feed, when they need to be comfort, when to finish the shoot.

As much as we would love to capture as many images during the newborn photography session, it is very very important not to stress the baby. After shooting hundreds of newborn from different races, I figured out most of the nitty gritty about the newborn in order to make the session easy and smooth. The key is observation and patience.

Rakesh is a keen photographer and understand what makes a good photos hence I felt privilege when they chose me to be their newborn photographer as well as their maternity photographer.

The session for Meera & Rakesh is very smooth and speedy as we seems to understand each other so well…

I am glad that they felt the same… and here is the testimonial that Meera send me via email:

Communication and interaction with Hart was easy right from the beginning. Our maternity shoot was relaxed and casual and Hart made us feel comfortable right from the start. He took a genuine interest in wanting to know our expectations from the shoot and how he could value add to it. We were even more amazed during Hart’s session with our baby! The pictures speak for themselves. Hart was also caring and shared his personal experiences being a parent himself. All of these make us look forward to more sessions with Hart as our baby grows. Tomato photo was a great find at an opportune time for us and we are glad we engaged Hart to document and share this special moment in our lives with us.

Meera & Rakesh

Here are some images taken during the newborn session…

I did the entire session with my new toy, Hasselblad 100mm f2.2 HC… I just love the depth and quality from the system coupled with beautiful Profoto light.

Regards,

Hart
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Wise – newborn photography

Wise is the last name… and it runs in the family.

Cherie and Simon approach me a few years ago to shoot their wedding and I said yes although I don’t really shoot wedding as they are looking beyond a service, they are looking for someone to preserve their important day and I am privilege to be asked to do so.

Recently, Cherie call me and told me the baby is on the way and finally, I got to meet Artie…

Their home is beautiful and full of Simon’s collection.

Artie is a sleepy newborn and certainly slept through most part of the session, expression and emotion are some of the things that I concentrate in when doing newborn photography… though simple to capture, it is very short lived.

I love how the results and both Cherie and Simon were thrilled with them and here is what Cherie wrote me on email:

Dear Hart,

You’ve captured beautifully 2 milestones in our lives from our wedding to our son’s first week. Posing for photos do not come natural to Simon and I but you managed to put us at ease. I’ve realized that these memories are priceless and we look forward to many more opportunities for you to capture important milestones in our family

Love Simon, Cherie, Artie, Wellie and Jem

Here are some images from the sessions…

and of course… what a better way to finish of the session….

 

Regards,

Hart
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Tennis Theme session with Grant family

I had a blast doing something new…

Elle contacted me and wanted me to follow on the tradition that she started some 11 years ago, that is to do a family shoot every single year. It is a very nice as you will see how the family grow over the years and it is something really special.

We decided to do tennis theme this year as they spend a lot of time playing tennis in this soft court in Alexandra area.

We started a little later than usual as dad just arrive back from an overseas trip the very morning… and I am glad it work so well. The session was rather brief due to the lighting.

It is rather unusual way for me to photograph as my preference is always images that closer, but this case, i use rather “wide” angle for the shoot to give the sense of perspective and the activity.

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Hart
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