belle.

This is the last Princess from this photoshoot. You have probably seen pictures of Shirley on my blog if you've been following the past couple of months. She's a dear friend of mine who was my first friend that I made in the fellowship I went to in college. Shirley is super down-to-earth and bubbly! She's been such a great friend throughout all of these years, and I was so glad that she was down for this photoshoot. :) And notice the props. keke. ;)

This was such a fun, creative collaborative experience! I'm so blessed to have such beautiful, talented friends and that we were able to pull this one off! Thanks so much again to everyone!

Another one is in the works with different Princesses. Stay tuned! ;)

cinderella.

Christiana was one of the girls in my small group when I led freshmen. When I posted about this photoshoot, I don't think she was expecting to model. heh heh! :) She is super down-to-earth, sweet, kind, and has such a genuine heart to help others out. Very beautiful inside and out! I'm glad that she was down to be a part of this shoot.

{We were going more for the outfit Cinderella wore before the big fancy dress. :)}

snow white.

This actually wasn't the first time working with Michelle! A few years back, I organized a little photoshoot, and she volunteered to model. Then last year, she modeled for Traci and my collaboration. It was great being able to work with her again in this creative way! She totally rocked the hipster Snow White. ;)

katelynn.

Earlier this week I had the lovely opportunity to meet up with Jen Fuj. She was able to give me some tips and pointers about photography, the business side of it, how to get your name out there, etc. I was expecting only to grab lunch or coffee with her, but she offered to do a mini photoshoot with me! It was such a great experience and my first time working with a model who I didn't know prior to shooting.

Thanks so much, Jen! I definitely learned a lot from talking with you and was so encouraged from our conversations. :) And thanks Katelynn for being such a great model! It was so easy working with you and I had a lot of fun!

You can check out Jen's Facebook page here.

pocahontas.

My friend Elaine dressed up as Pocahontas. She's a very talented, creative individual and has an artistic eye for things! :)

Traci did everyone's make-up! :)

disney hipster princesses.

At the beginning of the summer, my good friend Traci sent me this picture that was going around the internet. She suggested that we do something similar for our next big project. (We got together last minute with this Black Swan-esque photoshoot). We decided that we should actually plan it and see it through. Thus a few months later, with the help of some of our beautiful willing friends, we had our first shoot! Since there are so many Princesses, we are hopefully planning to do another one in the future... :)

The weather was perfect; not too hot or cloudy. We went to the park behind my old apartment. It was so much fun thinking creatively in a photoshoot and working with such talented, wonderful friends!

Since I have a lot of photos and it'd be cool to focus on each separate princess, I figured it would be best to break them up into different posts. This post will be the girls getting ready and the group shots.

Next post: Pocahontas.

sibling hang out.

A few years ago, my siblings and I decided to start doing an annual hang out once a year just to get together and have fun. This year, we decided to have dinner and explore the UCLA area. Walking around UCLA made me think of what it would have been like to be a student there...but I'm still glad I went to UCI! :)