Emily

Emily Chu is a Crafter/DIYer who really needs to make a blog soon. Everything she makes and decorates looks like a shot from a magazine or Pinterest, including the award-winning Halloween costumes for her puggle Miley! She is going to be a first time Mama and I look forward to making her Maternity portraits!

 

P.S. Miley a couple summers ago. I wonder if she knows a little sister is coming her way?

 

  

 

Asparagus + Fontina Tart

Asparagus + Fontina Tart

Ingredients:

1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
2 cups Fontina cheese, shredded (may substitute with Gruyere or Emmantaler)
1 1/2 lbs asparagus
1 tbsp olive oil
salt + pepper
flour for dusting surface

Recipe:

Preheat oven to 400F. On a floured surface, roll the puff pastry into a 16-by-10-inch rectangle. Trim uneven edges. Place pastry on a baking sheet. With a knife, lightly score pastry dough 1 inch from the edges to mark a rectangle. Using a fork, pierce dough inside the markings at 1/2-inch intervals. This is important or else the puff pastry rises up too much. Bake until golden, ~15 minutes.

Remove pastry shell from oven, and sprinkle the inner rectangle with Fontina. Cut enough of the asparagus bottom to fit crosswise inside the tart. Arrange in a single layer over cheese, alternating ends and tips. Brush with the olive oil, and sprinkle on salt and pepper. Bake until spears are tender, 20 ~ 25 minutes.

Nina

♪♫ Tok Tok Tok - Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite ♪♫

Nina is an amazing athlete, always wears the happiest smile and not to mention drop dead gorgeous and incredibly fit! She really deserved to see how beautiful she is inside out. Like most of those who come to me, this being her first photo shoot experience, she came in a little nervous not knowing what to expect and how she would look. I guided her through all the poses so she didn't have a moment to wonder if it was awkward at all. We took clean professional head shots before changing it up to something fun and glamorous. It's not uncommon for girls with monolids to shy away from trying eye makeup and swing their arms up in defeat for not having a visible lid crease. I say embrace what you have and really rock it! Isn't she just stunning with the deep smokey browns and gold? How's that for monolid love! ^_-

I've done a shoot with a professional model exactly once. Right now I'm more interested in photographing real women and have them reconnect with their own beauty what ever their shape and size may be. Having confidence in who we are is crucial in order for our sisters and daughters to believe in themselves too.

 

Every Day Nina / Smokin' Nina