Sometimes you’ve just gotta be lucky to be in the right place at the right time. There I was perhaps spending too much time trying to “see” more into the train station setting when a Malay couple walked into the nearly empty station with their baby boy. Apparently they were there to have their family portrait taken in view of the upcoming Aidil-Adha celebrations. There were about 3 other photographers around the area, so I didn’t know which one was their contracted shooter. Anyway, there’s nothing like a cute baby to draw the attention of the lenses. For a full minute this boy was at the center of attraction.

That was because a tourist family walked right into our frame! This tourist family was beautiful, Mom and Dad were a handsome couple and so were their pair of kids. Thanks to these gracious sets of parents, another clicking frenzy ensued. I regret not shooting more of the babies because the shots I had weren’t tack sharp. But check out the last one on the adorable girl – when my steadied hands showed what an amazing lens the 135 prime is.



Breathtaking! If these won’t make you smile with a warm fuzzy feeling, I don’t know what will. Thanks.
Anyway, their hired shooters were the two girls in headscarfs. You know, one of them was shooting across the track and you said you didn’t believe in shooting from such a distance? I wonder how much they made. Looks like hard work.
Cute! The toughest part of photographing babies is getting them to look at the camera.
Thanks, Anonymous. Somehow I think I know who you are! It’s not really hard work if you love it and take the effort to establish relationships. Taking the time to talk to your customers, putting them at ease will get you more natural poses. I don’t see many doing that here – just click click click… Shoot and run. I prefer long term relationships.
Thanks. To me, they don’t need to always look at the camera. Let the kids interact with their environment, and we get into position. More natural. A couple of direct looks shots are good enough.