I had the pleasure of hanging out with Cherie and John a few weeks ago on a gorgeous Autumn's day. We shared about our lives, basked in the warm sunshine and laughed our heads off while being bashed by a gigantic red balloon flying in the wind. It was a joy seeing the way that they interacted with one another as we carpooled from location to location. There were times when we had no idea where we were going and we were just cruising and chatting. It was great! While John was sharing about how he proposed to Cherie (on a hot air balloon at the crack of dawn - "Awwwh") the gigantic red balloon made an escape. You see. It was too big to fit into their car so Cherie held onto the string while the balloon was floating outside through the window. It was really comical actually. The car looked quite personified... Like a child holding onto a balloon. All John's idea!! Yet, when the balloon made the great escape, they were both unphased by it. I, on the other hand, was completedly devastated. But I soon realised... They didn't care about their fun props/objects, they just LOVED hanging out with each other. That made me smile...

Even though I won't have the pleasure of photographing their wedding in a few months time, I was incredibly thankful to have met them...

It's not about objects and material things, but the object of your love and affections.

Picture two love birds (for argument sake, let's call one #1 and the other #2). They have an amazing run of exciting, fun yet profound dates. There was an obvious mutual attraction between the two. Then suddenly the busyness of life swept lovebird #2 away. #2 didn't attempt to contact #1, but there was the unspoken promise of meeting again. Understandably #1 felt incredibly neglected. #2 felt incredibly guilty for neglecting #1. Those close to the two encouraged #2 to contact #1. So after 6 months (yes, I am amazed that #1 waited that long) they reunited again... Picture it... The reunion was a crazy mish-mash of pent up emotions...

... Strangely enough. This is how I feel towards my blog right now. I decided to use an illustration to paint for you, my relationship with my blog. Sad/pathetic isn't it? But hopefully you would understand. Yes, I am #2. I feel incredibly guilty and awkward right now... It has been about 6 months since I last blogged. So much has happened since then. So I have absolutely no idea where to start...

Those who follow me on FACEBOOK know that the past few months has been an incredible whirlwind of craziness. But lame excuses to the side, I have had the pleasure of meeting and photographing a countless number of amazing people, who keep reminding me as to why I love what I do.

... In time, it is my hope that I will be able to share with you all the things I've been able to photograph. So here is a short post on a sweet engagement session I shot 3 weeks ago...

Please forgive my hiatus from blogging. I know it has been a while, but believe me, there have been a ton of images being shot and processed through the LingLing's kitchen - esp during this crazy wedding season. I am going to keep this short. But I will be updating this blog now and them with sneak peaks - so that those who don't follow my facebook page, can also enjoy what's going on in the LingLing image making kitchen.

I had the pleasure of shooting Nida and Vu a few months ago - which produced an absolute favourite of mine. I am really looking forward to photographing their wedding in a few short weeks time - I get to work with the amazing film masters of Papercranes :D

How can I ever complain when my job consists of hanging out with people, getting to know them and enjoying the sun?

A heap of sunshine,
Linda :D

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