I still remember how excited I was and how my mom screamed joyfully as we heard the good news. My parents are officially a grandpa and grandma, and I am a very proud aunty! The maternity photoshoot took place at their apartment in Mannheim. As usual, since I was (and still am) not so confident in using any flash, I tried my best to use natural light available.

And soon enough, Little Edward came into our world and stole our heart.

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I met him in his room a few weeks ago. He's so adorable! But I must admit it was quite a challenge for me to capture a good photo of him. First, he moved so fast. Plus he found my camera as an interesting object and moved toward it a lot... and again, he moved really really really fast, so I must react super fast too.

Also, the light situation wasn't so good and I'm not good with flash (another thing to add on my must-to-learn list). So I must manage to get a decent photo without it. We had the light in the room on, then later I realized it made quite a strong shadow on his face, especially below his eyes and nose. Thank God, not all photos have these disturbing shadows.

Anyway, it was fun. I learned my lessons and had so much fun with him. He's just too cute!

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I have 2 good news. First, after a long wait, I bought myself a new camera; a Canon 5d Mark iii. Second, I had an opportunity to meet a new kid in town; Baby Nicky. Let's say that Baby Nicky was the first model for my brand new camera. I must say, there're still a lot of things to learn; to know more about my new toy, and to capture a nice picture of a 2-months-old-baby-who-never-gets-tired-to-move-around. And here are the results.

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Hello World, my name is Rafael Ananta. I'm 1 week old. Actually, my arrival was 3 weeks earlier than expected (yes, I did some surprises back then). Yesterday, my aunties and uncles visited me for the first time. But I was too sleepy to play with them, that's why I had my eyes closed all the time. It's not that I'm not photogenic, trust me, I was so exhausted because I played with mom and dad all night. Next time I'll do a better pose in front of camera. I promise! But now, please enjoy a couple of (cute, of course!) pics of me.

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