After all that excitement, I was kept busy finalizing my little girl’s birthday bash. This year, we found Haley having such a great time with her little friends that it made it all worth it for me.

I finally got some breather in the following weekend during my little family getaway to Perhentian Island. Some great diving, spending time with my family and some good friends by the beautiful cove of Bubbles Dive Center. Good times!

March has been a month of illness to the household too. Everyone fell ill with flu or cough or a combination of other things throughout the month. Those are some stubborn bugs, I tell you! I am still recovering from my cough and Haley is still fighting her flu & cough at the moment. But good thing is she’s been happy & active all the time which made it less stressful to us.

Anyway, the entire craziness of the month is subsiding now but it’s not over yet. So, this blog post is going to be a short one. I am just very excited to share with everyone here on a project which took me (and my wonderful team of friends & families) almost a year to complete it.

Here I present Asther Lau Photography’s feature video. Hope you like it.

Special thanks to:
Eddie Lee’s Moving Pictures for the creation of this awesome video.

Habgood Music for the beautiful background music!

Hope you like it. Thank you so much for your continuous support to bring ALP to where we are now.

Oh! Recently we received an email from Frugal Dad informing us that ALP’s website has been selected as part of their latest Top Parenting Blogs list. How cool is that!

I hope April will be a more relax month for me so I can get more time to share with you more beautiful sessions I’ve had had in the recent months. For now, have a wonderful April ahead and watch out for ALP’s monthly giveaway game on our Facebook Page!

Cheerios!
Asther

Music credit: Akvalung

Yup! I’m finally conducting a photography workshop with 3 of my awesome friends. *excited* Wow oh Wow! It’s been a busy busy few months for us, preparing for the launch of our workshops. I’m really happy that it’s finally here and we can go to the next phase!

Want to know more? Head on over to our website at BLOOM Workshops Malaysia. Hope to see you there!

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Music by Akvalung

Want to know more? Stay tuned and everything will be revealed pretty soon.

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Su with her precious boys! She was pregnant with her little girl when this photo was taken.

She is a mother of 2 boys & 1 really cute baby girl.

She is a beautiful dedicated wife to her handsome husband.

She loves CHOCOLATE! (a per-requisite to this job I must say… )

She is a pro in multitasking.

She home-schools her boys.

She is breastfeeding her 4-month old baby girl exclusively.

She does some designing work occasionally.

She is my good friend.

Starting this month of November 2011, Su will be helping me in organizing my biz operations, such as handling all emails communication & calendar management just to name a few. We hope that as this little family grows, we will be able to improve in everything we do, especially towards making our clients happy & building up mind-blowing creativity in our photography industry.

Welcome on board, Su! VERY VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. Let’s rock & roll!

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“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” ~Washington Irving

Suggested theme:

• “Mommy & Me” ~ Happy, huggy, giggly portrait of mommy & child/ren.
• Daughter wearing mommy’s favorite thing. ie: reading glasses, necklace, shoes (yup, oversize but still cute), bag, etc.
• Daughter/son holding mommy’s favorite thing. ie: hand-phone, camera, laptop, sewing kit, cooking/baking tools, etc.

This mini-session will be a great Mother’s Day gift for your mother or wife (or pregnant wife!). Even for yourself! Grandmas-grannies are welcome too! Sessions are by appointment only and space will be limited, so hurry & write-in to have your slot booked to avoid disappointment.

Sweet Kisses for Sweet MaMa!

Mommy is the pillar of the family!

ALP will be offering additional gifts ideas during the session such as canvas prints, Mother’s Day cards, storyboard prints, etc. So feel free to enquire and let’s see what we can do to make your Mother’s Day a lot more special this year!

Confirmation of booking is by full-payment of RM100 and signing of a photography contract.

Hear from you soon!

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“Two is a company, but THREE is a PARTY!”

It’s March again and we do love March! Cos it’s our birthday month (Little Haley & I shares the same birthday) and this year, we’re throwing a big party for Little Haley. We’re so busy planning & preparing for the happy day and things are starting to unfold excitingly. With lots of candies and CHOCOLATES, balloons and colorful fabrics, delicious cakes & desserts and fun-filled activities of magic shows, puppet show and swimming pool splash!

Don’t worry if you don’t get to come to our party, cos here’s an early birthday treat from us to you.

Template courtesy of The CoffeeShop Blog.

Hurry & write in to us soon. This birthday giveaway is only valid for bookings confirmed in this month of March 2011 (invoice dated March 2011). You can book for your sessions anytime in 2011 and it doesn’t need to be taken place in March only. Our calendar is pretty filled up til May 2011 (with only very limited days left) so hurry to avoid disappointment.

Please visit our favorite vendor, Storybook, at their website and Facebook Page for beautiful inspirations & pretty little things which will tickle your heart & soul.

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Jingle Bells! Jingle Bell!

Yup Yup Yup! Christmas is nearing and we’re offering a special day with mini-session spots open for booking with us!

Date: 20th November 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. (mini-session spots will be allocated within this time)

Location: At my place in SS2, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. (indoor & outdoor options available)

Here are the details:

Christmas Mini-Session Package = RM280 which includes:

♥ 15-20 minutes session
♥ 5 high resolution digital photos (to be emailed to you after editing)
♥ 3 (Christmas designs) x 5 (holiday ornament cards) = 15 holiday ornament cards for your Christmas tree decoration!

Like these?

Example of 3 designs

Nice to put them up on your Christmas tree!

Each session can include up to maximum 6 person but the number of people per portrait is at the discretion of the photographer. This is because we will have limited space to accommodate such a big group when it comes to certain angle & pose required, especially if it’s an indoor studio set-up.

Bring your own outfit if you want. (we have some outfits for babies but VERY limited selection & sizing)

♥ if you don’t have anything for your baby, birthday suit with a cute hat will be cutielicious enough!

♥ red and green scarfs, Christmas hats or socks, anything which shouts Christmas will also do!

Here are examples of how an indoor studio portrait will look like.. (portraits were taken during our recent charity bazaar.)

Single Portrait

Or TWO!

Or a family!

If you’re interested to make a booking, please email us at enquiry@astherlau.com with the subject “Christmas Mini-Session” to set up your appointment.

♥ Bookings are on a first come first serve basis.

♥ Bookings are only confirmed upon FULL payment & signing of photography contract.

Space is limited so hurry!

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Am going to write another “fast” post here just to keep you updated with what am caught in at the moment. After the event was over last weekend, I have to settle a few post-event matters (accounts, paper-works, etc.) as well as to catch up on my work, especially the MANY deadlines that requires my main attention at the moment.

But I’d like to share with you the results of our photobooth contest during our charity event.

Our Photobooth Poster by Storybook

Our Photobooth Contest details

We got 2 ladies of different backgrounds, 2 children and a gentleman to be our judges for the contest. And here are our winners!

Pregnancy Portrait Winner - Claudia W

Open Category Winner - Stephen Wong's Family

Baby Portrait Winner - Emily Chew's Baby

Once again, we would like to thank CANON Malaysia for sponsoring the printing papers & loaning us 2 units of excellent printers for our photobooth. Printing quality was excellent!

We would also like to thank Baby Bump Maternity, Borders Malaysia & Getha Beddings for sponsoring the contest prizes which amounted to RM600 for each category.

We’re VERY thankful to those who came & supported us. I hope to post our post-event write-up once it’s completed sometime in the next week or so. So do stay tuned & come visit this blog space soon.

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This is just a short post to let you know that I’ll be busy with the preparation & execution of the Gift Of Love Charity Bazaar 2010 event this whole week.

If you’re in Klang Valley & find some free time this weekend, do drop by & visit us. There are various activities going at the same time for you & your entire family. Big & small alike.

Here’s our stage activities schedule. We’d like to invite fellow mommies & their child/ren to join us on stage this Saturday morning (11 a.m.) for the ribbon cutting ceremony to launch the event.

Come & show off your cutie pies in our Fun Fashion Show for Kids. Dress them up to your heart’s content. Hehehe… I’ll be bringing my Little Mouse.

I’ll be back on replying emails & such next week after this event is over. Thank you for your understanding.

Hope to see you at the event!

xoxo

Asther

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Entry #2 = Jozuana A.D

Entry #5 = Jinelle Chay

Entry #10 = Adeline Low

Entry #12 = Sharon Leng

Entry #13 = Low Hsiao-Ju

Congratulations to the winners. And a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who contributed & shared their thoughts on breastfeeding. Very encouraging indeed!

We will be sending the winners an email soon on how to claim your FREE Canon print from our Gift of Love Charity Bazaar’s Photobooth.

Our event is just around the corner. 24-26 September 2010 (Friday to Sunday). You’re all invited to come & join us in the fun of shopping, having your portaits taken and joining our various stage activities & contests.

ALP together with a few other volunteering photographers will be at the photobooth, ready to help capture your beautiful portraits. You will be able to purchase a 4R print or A4 print of your portraits taken from our booth.

1 x 4R = RM10                    1 x A4 = RM30                            1 x 4R + 1 x A4 + Contest Entry = RM50

There will be three categories for you to enter:

1. Child Portraiture (age 3 and below)

2. Group Portraiture

3. Pregnancy Portraiture

Amazing prizes awaits, including a FREE photo session with ALP among them. Contest entry closes at 3pm on Sunday, 26th September 2010.

So looking forward to seeing you there! More info at: Gift of Love Charity Bazaar 2010’s Facebook Page

Till then, have a great week ahead!

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