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I get people asking me about the cameras I use when taking photos of the kids. And so I thought I’ll share a little bit about it today.

>> I (almost always) have my Canon IXUS 850 IS in my bag. And I take most of my photos with this.

And so far I’m very happy with it.

It’s compact enough for me and reasonably light-weight. It comes with wide-angle lens too (which is ‘necessary’ for my case since I take lots of self-portrait of me and the kids, hehe)

Other than its many functions, I’m pretty happy with its video function too!

Really. It lets me keep memorable actions and sounds of the kids that photos alone can never ’show’.

[This is me in December 2006, holding my one-day old IXUS]

>> When we’re at home, I sometimes use my hubby’s Nikon D200.

Fortunately, since he’s a photographer, I get to enjoy his camera lenses too, hehe.

Shots taken with his camera - like those of the kids above - naturally turn out ‘nicer’, hehe.

[oh btw, that's still-pregnant-with-Vai me taking a self-portrait in front of a mirror in May 2006]

>> I usually switch off the camera’s built-in flash and take advantage of ‘natural light’.

Colours turn out much more natural this way (when we use built-in flash, generally we get ‘brightly-lit’ objects with dark background).

>> I have certain preferences as to how I’d like my blog photos to look, and so all photos here in my site go through some colour enhancements process in photoshop.

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Well, after sharing all that, I think I need to let you know too that I’m not a photoshop expert nor a photo expert. Actually, I’m VERY far from it! Most of the time I use the camera’s ‘auto’ settings! And so yes, I’m still learning, testing and fiddling as I go along.

One thing is for sure though, I’m passionate about capturing moments, especially those of the kids, because I feel time flies real fast, moments go unrepeated and kids grow in the blink of an eye.

And with my rusty memory, I would love to look back one day, browse through our photo and video collection (however huge they’ll be), and be reminded again of those moments our loving God has blessed us with through the years.