Somber elegance. Those two words ran through my head the entire day as I restrained myself from asking them to jump into the air to high-five each other. I can’t imagine it’d be easy to jump in 5 inch heels anyway :). Soiti and Bryan contacted us sometime during the flurries of the engagement season. You know I’m never one to turn down a weekday celebration, so we happily obliged :).
How about happy elegance? :)
Sneak peeks for now, more to come real soon!
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So I told promised myself recently that I would put this post up before Nikhil headed off to college :). Never mind the fact that the kid’s only a year old and the family’s received all our deliverables over a month ago! This is what happens when image catalogues are on different computers and hard drives. (Note: we’re obviously much better photographers than we are computer people.) In any case, we’ve resolved those issues that even a 6 year old could figure out :). So without further ado, allow me to (re)introduce one of my early clients who’ve invited me over once again!
Since our last encounter, the kid had doubled in size…and was now VERY mobile.
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This was actually dad’s hat :).
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Marian, Neel and Nikhil, thank you so much for having me over again! It’s been a tremendous honor documenting your journey as a growing family from day 1 (more or less!). But even more importantly, thank you for your continued friendship after all these years. We look forward to our paths crossing many more times in the future, both on and off camera :). Hope you enjoyed these and Happy Wednesday! Hope ya’ll had a fabulous Valentines Day with your loved ones!
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While I will concede that my photography will always be a work-in-progress, I can say without question that we have the most awesome-ramas, appreciative clients in the whole wide world! For those who’d really like to know, I really do pace around my mailbox every morning like Milton from Office Space, waiting for my truckloads of fan mail to arrive. On most mornings, I’m greeted by my mailman of 6 years (who’s returned to his nonchalant demeanor now that the holiday season is over), who hands me a stack of bills, credit card offers, advertisements and the occasional contract from my clients. And every other blue moon, I’ll miss the mailman and open the door to find a mysterious package at my feet. 99% of the time, it’s another useless dood-dad that Karis bought for our Lil Monster. Then what about the other 1%, you ask?
Well, let me show you!
By far one of the most generous care packages we’ve EVER received, these two were the only items that survived the first week at Ben Lau Photography. The other items included gourmet coffee beans, cheeses, meats, and chocolates! It’s not like my svelte figure serves me any use in this line of work anyway :). Somehow, these clients were able to deduce that we were a house of heavy drinkers (of coffee…and other things): a very astute observation!
In general practice, we do pimp out our son’s ring-boy services to many of our clients in order to sweeten the deal, but these guys just might get the Lil Monster for free! What an awesome, thoughtful gift!
Okay, so this one simply made us LAUGH.OUT.LOUD. Is it unorthodox to go out partying with the clients the night before their wedding? Perhaps. Is there a score-multiplier when we’re I’m hogging the karaoke open mic for the entire evening? You better believe it! And my clients even had photographic proof (oh dear lawdy-lawdy)!!!! What’s even more hilarious is the fact that they included two cans of noni-juice in Red Bull form, either as a hangover remedy or a subtle hint that I haven’t quite met my potential of high energy-ness yet :).
To ALL of you (you know who you are!), THANK YOU SO MUCH for these very, very, VERY thoughtful and generous care packages. We genuinely appreciate all of them, but know that every single one of you has already given us the greatest gift(s) of all: your trust in our abilities to do what we love on such a monumental day in your lives, and most of all – your friendship. You guys are part of the reason why we love what we do, day in and day out. I wouldn’t trade you guys for anything in the world :).
Okay, so that’s my sappy Valentines Day post for the year :). Now I’m off to get some groceries for tonight: Chef Benzamon in the hoooouse!!!
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