Our going to Cuenca this day was for two reasons - one was to, of course, visit Cuenca... see how the folks living there are doing... namely, of course, my mom, sisters, brother-in-law, niece and nephew... after all, last we saw them in Cuenca was some time late December (Migs' birthday). Two was basically to celebrate the birthdays of Tizza (14th), myself, and Bernice (24th, today).
We always time our visits with occasions - in this case, the March celebrants get together to celebrate their birthdays in Cuenca - we were even joined by Gerry (another March celebrant), and Fred, with Clorian.
As usual, we would be having lunch, talking a bit with everyone - playing catch up, and I'd be taking pictures of most everything and anyone for Facebook posterity's sake.
Still, it is nice to have any kind of celebration with family. During my birthday, Dict, Tonette, Bea and Ben were at our home to celebrate with Barbie, the kids and me. Now it's my side of the family I'm celebrating with. Our next shceduled visit would most likely be by August - to celebrate Li's Bing's and Patty's birthday. Meanwhile, it makes me think of how fast the kids are growing - and how old I'm getting... hehehe. But of course, age is a mindset, and I'm making sure I'm younger than my body tells me. After all, I'd like to be around to see my kids get old and have their family too. If my mom and dad have reached their 75th year, I forsee the possibility of surpassing that.
Regarding the picture at hand, I did ask Bernice to smile, and I'm glad she can project a smile whenever she wants (practiced? who knows?), and since the lighting inside the house was still bright enough, I did not have to worry about shadows - in fact, in this instance, I did not worry about light sources at all. I'm just glad that any harsh light form outside did not affect my shot. On a professional perspective, the face is well lighted - nothing harsh about it... but if I wanted to capture even a slight clue on the shape of her hair and head, I would have placed some kind of reflector or flash behind her to outline her head with a slight glow.
Milestone comment: From here on, it will just be 15 days to the end of this photoblog. I, for one, will be relieved... while another part of me will think, now what?
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