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Canberra can be hip

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I met my hubby Alan in Canberra, so Canberra bears a special place in my heart. Every so often, we get comments that Canberra is boring, but I tell you Canberra can be fun if you let it be. If you are sociable, active, artsy and fun – Canberra can be the place you want to pursue your hopes and dreams. Let me see… fashion designer, Anthony Capon won Project Runway in year 2009? Timomatic won Australia’s Got Talent 2011, Mark Webber, Red Bull Formula One, and Lauren Jackson, NBA basketballer all come from Canberra?

Anyway, as we were driving through one of Canberra’s hippest street, Lonsdale Street, we found this funky graffiti caravan. I hauled the car and directed Alan to take the camera out and take a few cool shots of me. I wanted to mix my bright winter outfit against a vibrant old caravan, and this was the perfect design set. All I needed was to work on a few poses. Yes, 99.95% I’m always behind the camera, but I think it’s just as important to be in front of the camera to see which hand movements, angles, poses, body language works for me and the person I’m photographing.

Sic here’s me. Hopefully looking chic than awkward. Images taken by Alan Woo.

My outfits: knit skirt from Marc Jacobs, drapey grey top from doo.ri (purchases from Paris99), sky high tops from Nike and yellow jumper from Manoush, ASOS.

 

Last image. Front, nor back. Which way am I facing?

 

 

Bye bye summer and here comes Autumn…

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I’m sad to see summer go, but boy hasn’t Melbourne summer been a little crazy? Apparently March 2013 has broken the heat wave records. Now it’s time for adding layers. I personally love autumn winter because I can mix and match by adding layers to create different looks. Trench and structured coats and knits are my staples. I always tell my friends to invest in a beautiful quality coat because it’s practically the first outer piece of clothing people get to see. What’s your opinion?

I’ve been a little busy over the summer with my weddings and portraits, so as you can see I’m way behind in blogging *sigh*. I’ve laughed with and captured many incredible families, cried a few tears at wedding parties and got a handful of fashion tips from fashionistas! Therefore, I’m really delighted that I’ve become one of Jess Dempsey’s (popular stylist blogger from What Would Karl Do) personal Blogtographer. I’ve been creating natural street style images for her blogposts with good use of daylight, and contrasting her outfits with the right textured and coloured backgrounds. No good positioning her against horrible backdrops that doesn’t sell the garments she puts together!

I have limited spots, so if you are after natural and vibrant street style images, drop me a line at hello@karenwoo.com.au.

PS – All work is commissioned and copyrighted, so it’s uncool to use these images without our permission xo.

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Jess Dempsey is an ambassador for ASOS, so it’s kinda neat to see some of my images featured on ASOS.

 

Shu adds spice into my 30 something life

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I never thought celebrating 30 something would be filled with such glitz and glam. I was treated to the exciting taste of sichuan food cooked by the very talented Shu, surrounded by fashionable company of close-knit friends and even had the surprising pleasure of meeting and hearing Brian and Craig and Mcdonald brothers sing. They were actually the 4th runner up in UK X-Factor 2006. Oh boy, they are surely were handsome and beautiful sounding duos.

Shu’s food is simply gorgeous. He takes a modern approach towards provincial chinese cooking, where his creations combines authentic chinese flavours with fresh and unique ingredients. It’s definitely on my top 10 list of favourite restaurants. Not only is he a cook, he is super creative. I can’t believe he made all these wall hanging features out of coat hangers and a chandelier out of spoons. Do yourself a favour and book yourself and a few friends who love spicy food that doesn’t numb your tongue at his stylish and contemporary restaurant.

 

 

No party is complete without your hubby and your buddies!

That’s me with Shu on the top left, Van-Anh Nguyen (concert pianist and composer) in the middle and the Macdonald brothers on the top right.

Bottom left and right with Cathleen Tan from Cathleen Jia Designs and Cecylia Kee from Cecylia.com.

 

Shu restaurant

 

Mmm, I guess turning 34 isn’t so bad after all….xx

What would Karl do with one ultra chic mama?

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Meet Jess Dempsey, the founder behind one of the stylish and well-known blogsites called What Would Karl Do? WWDK for short. I’ve been an adoring fan of WWDK for a few years so when she asked me to blogtograph her latest outfits (all effortlessly styled and put together) I couldn’t resist. She is definitely one chic mama with loads of practical wardrobe advice which any aspiring yummy mummy should follow. I just love the way Jess reworks her wardrobe making it look fresh and fun. She’s also associated with one of world’s largest fashion online store, ASOS! Besides being so fashionable, Jess is actually a sweetheart with a big heart. She’s great to hang out with, and she has the cutest 15 month tot. In fact, our tots are only 9 days apart.

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Jess is spotting Oasis chambray denim top and knit skirt. Go visit Jess at WWKD to see get her latest fashion tips, otherwise stay tune here for more of our blogtography!