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Nadia the Belle

My first chromakey background and studio light photo

Today is the happiest day of my photographic life. I finally opened up my boxes, the studio light and the chromakey background. For those who don't know what chromakey is, it is the color of the background (blue or green) which was originally used in the TV for weather channel, so if you had gone to NYC and had a tour at NBC TV station, they explain everything about chromakeys, so the weatherman/woman will be shot in front of green background, and the green background will be digitally changed to the map, etc. Now you know why the weather man never wears any green color clothing article of having green eyes.. because with the software they are using, the green eye will look transparent.... hahaha.

So my kids were the first model for me to try the first shots of my studio lighting. 

After extracting the background and change it to the brown muslin background.. here it is.. it's very cool.

Indonesian's Independence Day

Nocturnal

I have been very happy with Nadia's and Aidan's Montessori School which is located 2 minutes away from our home and which Nadia has been attending for the last 1.5 years.

She learned so much about space, continents, world, animals, plants, flowers, math, reading, drawing, crafts, etc.

Sometimes she just came up with something like this :

Nadia : Daddy, do you know what nocturnal is ?

Daddy : What ?

Nadia : Nocturnal is when the animals are so active at night only, like owls, wolves, bats.

Daddy : Where did you know something like that ?

Nadia : From Miss Janet. She knows everything and she teaches us everything.

Daddy : That's cool. Do you know anything about Nocturnal Urination ?

Nadia : No.. what is that ?

Daddy : That's a disease sometimes it happens with kids, when they keep wetting their bed, pee in their pants at night. Thanks God you have been so wonderful never wetting your bed.

Nadia : I am so good, Daddy!

Finally

Nadia has been very very sweet with Aidan for the last 4 months, since Aidan is playable with.

She usually tells stories to him, gives him kisses, hugs him, and reporting to me if Aidan doing something bad/dangerous, following my request to 'drag' him from dangerous thing, etc.

I over heard her saying : "I am finally in love with you, A!!" 

I laughed and said... " After all this time ?"