Archive for April, 2009

At the Park

Fitness

Took a short break from editing for a breather at the park;
- Jogged 2.2km in 12 mins break 2 minutes before continuing for another 1km which took approx 7 mins. Yes, extremely slow I know -____-”
- 30 pull ups (chest to bar) to cover for today’s pull up challenge from Pushmore. Broke it down into 5′s and 3′s. Gotta watch out for the alignment of my wrists when doing this.
- 100 sit ups in 3:50


WOD04292009

Fitness

Breakfast: Bun & juice (and a bowl of tau foo far in the middle of the shoot)
Lunch: Assorted dishes at White Elephant (client bought me lunch after our shoot. thx! Yay!)
Post workout: A pack of Justea and a can of 100 Plus as well as half a donut :p
Late dinner: 6 pieces of sushi

Gotta start eating regular hours. Had to rush to meet a client after my workout and by the time I had dinner, I was starving 0.o

WOD 042909
“Fran”
21-15-9 of:
Double KB Thrusters @ 20kg
Pull Ups
Results: 12:39 (BB 45lbs, CTB)
The thrusters left me absolutely breathless. Did the pull-ups chest to bar as I had missed two days of the pull-up challenge. Eeeks. After finishing the workout I realised I was supposed to upp my weights, but I think I’ll do that when my shoulders feel stronger :p

WOD 042809
Five rounds for time of:
21 Sumo Deadlift Highpulls @ 32kg
21 Ring Dips
Results: 15:05 (24kg, RD+B)
This workout was fun! But I had to do the ring dips on blue band as my left shoulder still feels sore. I’ll lay off doing shoulder workouts for the next couple of days just to let it rest. Hope it’ll get better by next week >.<

Random Abs
50 Sit Ups (Unanchored)
50 Side Planks (L)
30″ Hollow Rock
50 Sit Ups (Unanchored)
50 Side Planks (R)
30″ Hollow Rock
50 Russian Twist
Results: 9:54 (16kg)
Urgh. Unanchored sit ups suck. Big time.


Nathan & Stephanie: Portraits

Weddings

I didn’t have the opportunity to meet Nathan and Stephanie before their wedding day as they’re based in Sydney and I, in Kuala Lumpur (d-uh!). So, throughout my journey to Krabi from Kuala Lumpur a day before their wedding ceremony, I had butterflies in my stomach (albeit small butterflies, more like cocoons I guess you could say) – wondering whether or not they would like me in person, whether or not they were ‘cool’, how the venue would be, whether or not they would get my stupid jokes, wondering how open they would to be to having a photographer who likes eating with her mouth wide open, etc.

And you know what? All that worrying was for naught cos when I met them, they blew me away with their laidback Ozzie personality, great hospitality and (yes I’ll sound extremely superficial for saying this but I can’t help it!) drop dead gorgeous looks ;)

Arriving in the afternoon a day before the wedding, we had the opportunity for a quick portrait session off the beach of Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas during sunset. I love having portrait sessions with my couples before their wedding day as this gives us a chance to connect and for them to experience what it’s like to be in front of my lens.

Despite never having done a portrait session before, Nate and Steph were absolute naturals and they rocked the session out with some good lovin’! I had so many favourite shots to choose from but I limited myself for fear of bursting the bandwidth!

So before I bore you away with my endless raving about how great Nate and Steph are, here are some of my fave shots from the session. Enjoy!

Can somebody say HAWT?

The moving deck was a source of amusement (not to mention bane :p) for many



I think Steph looks absolutely gorgeous here. Nate’s not too shabby as well ;) 
And check out the heart-shaped leaves! How befitting eh?


Stay tuned for I’ll be blogging pictures from their wedding day soon!


  1. Alex Voon says:

    woww anna shoot couple orang putih pun cun cun wohhhhh *thumbs up*

  2. WOWS… so… yeah. he is… YUMS. wahahahaha.
    where’s my emo emo emo picture ah~~~ ^.^
    *we trade k… your BTS for that… muahahahaha!!!*

  3. Grace Tan says:

    Lovely shots!! Good location with a good looking couple. Jealous! :)

  4. Ed Golding says:

    Wow Anna, Beautiful Bokehlicious Blurrrrr…. It Blows me away!
    Fantastic Shots!!
    Ed X

  5. Sherrie says:

    babe, i LOVE this set :D

  6. Steph Tan says:

    Love this series!! It’s awesome ;)

  7. Nazra says:

    i waited so long for you to upload this one. hehehe that shot on the deck is the hottest! WOOHOO!

  8. Mark Leo says:

    Love the photos Anna, beautiful shots!

  9. Mark Leo says:

    Oh yeah, I love the feel of the shots too!! :P

  10. Sherrie says:

    The last photo (the one on the right) feels damn cinematic. very dreamy :D i love love love it.

  11. abby says:

    Great shots! Love them all! Keep up the good work :)

  12. st says:

    awwwwwwwww….sweet…since no people says he’s hot, i will.

  13. Mun Keat says:

    Hey Anna…..Nice work. Love the mood and the casualness of this series. Keep up the good job and look forward for more. Cheers !!

  14. hayashi says:

    lovely couple, wonderful scenery… and great photographer…. = perfect shots….

  15. Kee says:

    Nice couples! Aisay…aussie somemore……great photos anna!

  16. Anna-Rina says:

    Woah! Thanks for the encouraging comments everyone :D Much appreciated! Yeah, Nate and Steph are an awesome awesome couple to shoot :)

  17. Tina Jo says:

    wish i can be ur mentee. waiseh! sentiasa ternganga bila tgk gmbr u tau. hihi. cantek dah stail!

  18. Jenny says:

    oh, where this place is ?
    it loook faboulous…