Hydrophilic Allysa | Lifestyle Photography

Some of the best moments are shared in a tub!

I'm sure some of you have the luxury of owning a bath tub at home and if you do have one, I have a question for you: how many times do you soak yourself in it? I bet not many! Unlike us adults, children tend to not let such luxuries go wasted! They'll enjoy the tub, even if you don't. Every time I have a course assignment to work on, I would turn on the tap in the tub and let my little girl enjoy her bath for an hour. This is what I will see, every single time. Kids will always be kids!

These were taken at home, on a weekday, when we both had nothing better to do actually :-) as part of my Project 365 - a picture a day project, that I quick-share with my fans at my photography page at Facebook (www.facebook.com/rimamcdonaldphotography).

I'm so glad I get to capture moments like this!

At the Creek Yesterday | Lifestyle Photography

For college students, the word "weekend" does not exist in our dictionary; we're expected to prepare for the following week's lectures and laboratories (usually for science majors) on weekends. But I always make it a point to spend my so-called "weekend" with my five-year old darling out of the house, at least for an hour.

The closest place I could think of yesterday was the Buck Creek in Old Town Helena, AL. It was a hot Sunday afternoon and I could feel the sun was burning up my skin the minute I got out of the car! But Allysa was not complaining at all. I guess she was just too happy to be able to get out of the house!

As usual, she made a new friend.

I didn't get to take a lot of pictures yesterday though; I almost fainted after thirty minutes of walking around with Allysa, right under the sun! I'm glad Allysa agreed to go home with me when I told her I could not take the heat any longer. How can I not love her?

A Walk To Remember | Lifestyle Photography

The main reason for getting myself into lifestyle photography is to be able to beautifully document every single event that goes on in my child's life. However, I realized that I took so many pictures of her doing things that she enjoys doing, without me being in any one of them! So here's my first attempt to document moments of my life with her.

My other reason for getting into this sort of photography is to force myself to go out and spend some quality mother-daughter time despite the urgency to complete daily important tasks! As a result, I have to force myself to effectively manage my time as a mother, wife, a full time college student, and a domestic maid! hahaha I'm still trying to balance my lifestyle, by the way.

So yesterday, we made a decision to take a little walk on a trail near where we live. And so we did. While it was a short trail, we spent a good half an hour walking and talking about "trail walking" until we saw some kids screaming and running wildly with so much excitement at a nearby playground that we couldn't resist to join in the fun!

Allysa is a friendly child; she has no problem approaching little strangers to be her friends. All she needs to do is say, "Can I be your friend?" She gets a nod or a "yes!" every time.

When she is not the focus of my attention, this is the result!

She played hopscotch for the first time too, but she has to draw one first!

I have a blog too!

YEYYY! I finally did it!

I have been putting off this idea of having my own blog for many years now, mainly because I didn't have the time to think of something interesting to write about every day. But now that I have immersed myself into this beautiful world of lifestyle photography, as a way for me to document my daughter's childhood, I have so many things that I want to say about each photograph that I took!

Let me start off with telling you a little bit about this self-portrait image that I've produced yesterday. My five-year old daughter, Allysa, can be a good sport when it comes to letting Mommy take pictures of her. However, she gets tired and bored easily when her Mommy has to take at least 5 minutes to figure out the best setting for capturing a sharp and crisp image. By the time I set the camera on the tripod for this shot, she is already bored to death! And this is the result; a picture of us together, with her not even looking at my camera's lens! I have to convince myself that there's always other opportunities for me to take pictures with her and yesterday was not that day.

A Picture Says a Thousand Words
While I do not have the time to write a thousand words each day, I bet a paragraph or two like the above is good enough to keep you entertained. And that's what I'm about to do here; I'm going to show and tell short stories behind every images I've produced.

My only hope is that you'll enjoy viewing my images and reading every single thing that goes on in my journey of becoming a lifestyle photographer, in the midst of pursuing a degree in healthcare!

Oh one more thing, please do not hesitate to share your thoughts with me on this blog and do share my images with your family and friends, if you like any of them, as long as you credit me for them.