Family Photoshoot , East Coast Park

One of my favourite spots for a family photoshoot in Singapore: East Coast Park. On one side, the beach and the other, gorgeous rainy trees and enough space for the kids to play around and have fun while capturing some memorable photos!

One of the main concerns about scheduling a session is: the weather. What if it’s raining or cloudy? During raining season, it’s certain to expect some showers in the afternoon, specially. But I love to photograph on a cloudy day. One of the scariest things for the Photographer is to manage the highlights on the photos on a bright and harsh light. The deep shadows on the face, the background too bright… Can be a nightmare! But when the rain is gone, we can play around with the deep contrast and the moody tones.

Thank you, Anne, for the patience on waiting for the rain to cease and wishing you all the best for your gorgeous family!

My dancing heart

Fotos dança contemporânea by @DanielleTeixeira

Meus últimos anos fora do Brasil tem sido essa metamorfose cigana, coisa doida—quando acho que meu casulo está pronto para se abrir, eu me perco entre caixas de mudanças e recomeços. Eu sempre recomeço. É a resiliência berrando dentro de mim numa conversa infinita sobre sonhos e demônios, muita saudade, força e fracassos—muitos fracassos. Muitos risos. Cada recomeço era uma chance de mudança, de revolução. Evolução.

E ainda vivo essa transformação. Ela é infinita. “Não há nada fixo ou permanente, somos processos em transformação. Em cada encontro, nos transformamos. Cada pessoa que encontramos nos transforma.” —Sábia Monja Coen. É ilusória essa perseguição por perfeição. Tudo é movimento. Todo fim é chance de um recomeço—serei sempre vários casulos em constante metamorfose.

Minha fotografia evoluiu. Ela busca sua linguagem própria—como uma criança que aprende palavras, estou ainda procurando a minha voz dentro da fotografia. Estou sempre em movimento—aprendendo. E cada ensaio, cada cliente, cada alma que fotografo é um pedaço de transformação dentro de mim. É um processo lindo—não consigo fazer nada sem paixão. E aprendo que não existe perfeição. Existe aquele momento único—por mais que a lente tente repetir, ele já se foi... passou! Assim como todos nós! Amanhã já não seremos mais o que foi hoje. Amanhã, é a chance de ser outra coisa—linda na sua imperfeição, guerreira na sua evolução.  

Nota: Tenho uma gratidão infinita por esse ensaio! Obrigada, Carol! Espero termos feito revolução juntas!

Mother & Daughter Photoshoot | Rio de Janeiro

Those little pumpkins grow up too fast! Time is never enough next to them. The reason why every single moment is important—it stays forever in your memory.

A family photoshoot doesn’t need to be a big event in your day. It can be simple, spontaneous, real—like a short walk around the park near your home. The true purpose of the photography is to stay true, capture that moment in your natural beauty. That’s exactly what make it so special—like this smile.

Mother and Daughter Photoshoot

“Her mother told her she could grow up
to be anything she wanted to be,
so she grew up to become
the strongest of the strong,
the strangest of the strange,
the wildest of the wild,
the wolf leading the wolves.”

                                                   —Nikita Gill

About taking family portraits ❤️

One of my greatest pleasure about being a photographer is moments like these—not always the photoshoot goes as you planned and you must challenge yourself and remember that the perfection on a photo is not only the best pose to make you look slimmer and younger, but the smile and good memories that photo will give you!

Photographing kids is always a challenge! They want to run free, to jump, to explore and not to loose that moment to be still and pose for a stranger behind the camera. A true portrait of a family at the park is full of spontaneity, the favourite toy—even if it’s not the prettiest one—a big laugh—doesn’t matter if it gives you a double chin or not, it should be a true reflexion of that moment, that happiness, that second that got frozen in your memory forever.

Each family photoshoot is unique! I don’t follow poses or recipes—one portrait is never the same as the other, simply because each person is unique and each family has your own dynamic. And I believe my work is to portrait the best of them and give them the best memories they could have—something that they felt and not posed for!

Dani's Birthday Party | The Superman

We live among super heroes, but not the kind with impossible powers as we see on movies. They are around us, every day, fighting in silence, seeking all the good they can find in such hopeless times. They work tireless to keep up with the full fridge, the coolest game, trendy shoes, best school—they are always giving their best to give us the best. They learn how to hide their tears with smiles, just to see us smiling; to hide their fears just to encourage us to be fearless. Our father and mother could never fly over the clouds, but they could give us their heart just to see us living under the blue sky.

His smile on these photos are priceless. Superman and Batman might be his super heroes, but I’m sure the big heroes behind all this are his mom and dad! Congrats, folks, for such accomplished mission!  

Espaço K Lingerie | Goiânia

First time working with a professional model and I loved it! She is the sweetest girl and the photoshoot was super fun! @EspaçoK.Lingerie is launching this gorgeous lingerie collection, comfortable and all in french lace and invited me to take a few shots while I was visiting Goiânia. Thanks, both of you, girls! You rock!

About loving yourself

Artemis Girl

“There is something moon soaked

and dawn flavoured about her.

Something kissed by the wild

and loved by lightning.

She looks like Artemis

after a night of storm hunting.

She looks like the sun as it rises

after kissing the dawn.”

–Nikita Gill

Mirror

The mirror always told the stories

That I kept hidden 

Inside makeup and poses

My wrinkles

Ashamed of my age

Told me that the beauty lies 

On the youths

My flaws and imperfections

Was a reflection of my weakness

I was told to hide

My curves

Spots

Marks

Myself

I was told to dislike all

That was not perfection

We all drown on such hate for ourselves

Chasing a perfection

An illusion to sabotage ourselves

An exhausting effort pretending to be someone else

Punishing our body to a fake happiness

While all we should do is love

Just because of how unique each of us are.

When the portrait is real

For this testimonial, there’s no words enough to describe my feelings about this session. Forgive me, my English can’t fill these lines, so my heart will sing in Portuguese!

Os conheci quando minha vida estava do avesso. Vivendo uma vida sem chiclete—meu antigo blog contava um pouquinho sobre a loucura que foi ao me mudar para Cingapura em 2013—eles surgiram como um bálsamo para uma alma perdida em saudades do Brasil. Eles se tornaram parte de mim, do meu coração. Se tornaram meu Brasil. Minha família, meus amigos. Minha inspiração. Não tinha cerimônia—”chega aí para tomarmos um cervejinha”. E a noite ia embora entre gargalhadas e planos, sonhos.

Eles me ensinaram a ser leve. A me expandir, me descobrir. Me ensinaram a explorar—quem diria um dia eu viajaria de mochilão para Sri Lanka! Me ensinaram que a vida pode ser simples—é o amor que alimenta. Somos nós quem construimos nosso caminho—e como caminhamos, é nossa decisão. Eles sempre foram minha inspiração—com eles, comecei a ver beleza na imperfeição.

Me ensinaram que a vida não tem graça se ensaiada. E fui treinando meu olhar para a simplicidade—a beleza não está no retrato perfeito, mas no sorriso que arrebentou meu coração naquele momento do clique. A beleza de verdade, não tem filtro. Mas o amor fica alí, preso naquele instante—e ecoa no peito. Em cada retrato tem um pedadinho de mim—e os deixo aqui, para que me relembrem das coisas boas da vida quanto a tarde estiver um pouco cinza…