that's why… I married this man… who I married to… ^_^

This afternoon, I was asking baby to pose pose and let me take photos…

After that, I still was standing in front of our balcony, trying to take more photos, while everybody was getting ready to go out…

Then, I excitedly showed him the pictures that I took, using the camera apps, camera360…

Just before I wanted to explain more to him, about the newfound interest of mine, ie. japanese style photography… those zen-looking type…

（日式攝影，日系攝影）

He saw the photo I show him, and he was saying…

"oh… I know what picture you're taking, it's like those japanese, very zen type…"

O.o

Ooh… kinda killed my thrill in telling him something THAT exciting…

So I asked him why he know what I was about to do? Or tell him?

He said, just from that cheeky smile on my face…

Same as baby, she's that type of smile too… when she's doing something…

Mm… new? Exciting? Thrilling? Interesting??

Well… according to him, this type of smile, runs in our family, ie. my mother, my brothers, and me, and yes, my baby… (though I'm not sure if baby no.2 has it!)

Anyway,

This was the photo I was about to show him… haha…

café...

I saw a photo just now.. (online, and I'm not going to show you, ^,^)

And that made me feel a bit "beh gam wan", (hokkien, means "not happy with the result", ok, I'm trying my best to translate, it may not be that exact!)

And that!! I pulled out one of my old photos, and photoscaped it!

There it is…

Memory, in print...

One of my online contact mentioned that, photoshopping (PS) your photograph is like putting up makeup on a person, ie. to make it looks nicer, and prettier…

Ok, since I'm not so a person who's into makeup, cosmetic and so on, (I do not want to be harsh in using the word "against" ^_^)

I therefore, do not agree with what she's stated…

Anyway, not that it concerns anybody…

And also, therefore, I do not really believe in PS-ing your photographs, ok, minimal, maybe, but just not overdoing it…

However, lately,

I start to believe in PS-ing your photographs…

Still not the over-do type, (well, to me, it's not an overdo!)

All because of 1 person,

I love her photography, absolutely…

Very very very very very love!!!

Gabriel Kai,

I love her photosets… simply lovely…

If you look further into her photographs collection, all of them are about the same theme…

Maybe you still think it's very heavy PS… ya, maybe I used to think of it that way too,

However, looking at her works lately…

I feel like, it's looking into one's memory, looking into what one sees…, and what's left in one's mind… maybe forever… maybe for a few years…

I've always thought that, the way a person takes photo, is, basically the way, a person sees the world…

That's my belief… our camera represents our eyes, what we see, we store in our memory, what we snap, it's stored in the memory card,

And therefore, same place, same object, same person, but different people come and snap a picture, the picture will look different…

That's why, I love seeing photos my friends take… cos, if eyes can't lie, well… to a certain extent (unless you heavily PS your photos) photos can't lie too…

It tells me, what my friends really see, or truly see, when they travel to a place…

That's my perception, about photos… which, maybe it's common sense, however… forgive me for putting it in such lengthy and maybe… confusing paragraph… ^_^

BUT, with Gabriel Kai,

I love the way she "sees" things, and people, and sceneries…

And I love the way she presents these works… it feels… close!!

Close to our hearts, or, at least, my heart…

It just like, these are the things that stay long ago, in our memory, which, sometimes, we've forgotten,

We've forgotten that,

Life's is so simple, yet beautiful…

Browsing through her photos, don’t you think so???

Sharing: Gabriel Kai's Photography - Small Things

I saw this on her photography site, and I thought it's…

BEAUTIFUL…

The wording makes it even more…

BEAUTIFUL!!

 

http://gabriellekaiphotography.com/