Welcome into the world...Miia

After the labor, new mom Phi was able to shoot of an email with first pics of baby Miia. Weighing in at 7lb 11oz and long 23", Miia apparantly almost gave new dad Juha the one two punch to the mat. Mom and Miia are doing well. Juha is "slowly regaining his composure.(He almost passed out..." Mom's words, not mine. LOL

Thanks for sharing Phi and enjoy these precious time. Miia already looks like she has wonderful eyes and mom's nose.

More photos...

My wifey enjoyed the photos so much from the last session. She wanted to see more. So here are a few more from the same session. Enjoy!

Any hole, crevice or opening...and you're bound to see the head stick through it.

I am not certain what this wheel controls but Terrence spins it like he knows.

Another one in desat b/w. There's just a hint of color.

Pregnant momma...Hot mamma....

Was in the studio working on high key lighting and what's a better subject than a pregnant belly. Here's a couple of grabs from the lighting test. When you're pregnant, your skin looks so healthy and it glows. Pictures help to commemorate the occasion. Isn't it fun to have a studio at home?

More of Terrence at the old Poway train park

I was inspired to sieze the day yesterday and get out for a couple of hours, explore some new shooting grounds and keep growing my skillset. It was definitely hard playing photographer, lighting assistant and watchful parent in the super hot weather. I was sweating like a pig. Terrence was running all over the place, so I couldn't get him lit up like I intended. And not to mention it was nearing his nap time.

Lil Terrence was able to run around, explore, get down and dirty and simply be a kid. He's definitely growing and looking more like a toddler everytime I look at the photos. To think he is barely 17months. Those of you with little ones of your own, they really do grow fast. It appears to me that they look the same each day. But it's through the photos that I can really see the growth and change. So despite all the difficulty and hard work juggling each of the roles mentioned above, it's nice to have pictures like this to look back on. So we may see the actual stages of growth our little one takes each and every day. So it was worth it to stop work and head out for a couple of hours. Enjoy the photos....

How nice would it be to actually have a real Fall season here like they do back east? I would love to take photos of the fall foliage.

Terrence doesn't like to sit still. You can tell he doesn't want to be on this rock.

He would rather be running. Most of the time away from me though.

Of course a old train park will have old train rails. They make for great leading line to the subject of your photograph.

Upclose to one of the train. The red door makes for an interesting back drop.

Here's the view of the door in full. Close up with the fisheye lense.

The back of another train. There's a sign right below Terrence's feet that says keep off. LOL

Scorcher today...

Been coupe up indoors for way too long. The office is too hot to work. Decided to take Terrence out to do some location scouting. I needed something rustic, woody with an old fashion feel to it. Turns out, not too far away from me, the old Poway area fits the bill exactly. It was way hot out today and I was sweating up a storm. Hard to take photos and also keep a watchful eye and good distance to your subject should he get into dangerous areas. Here are a few shots from our time out. Got more from this series. Let me know if you wanna see more.

Video of Terrence

Found this old clip of Terrence. Looking back at this clip back when he just got his first teeth. Didn't remember him being this chunky but I guess he was. :)


Terrence from David Mai on Vimeo.