It’s amazing how often conversations in the Cranberry Studio circle back to the same theme: personal transformation. Recently, I’ve had several inspiring conversations with clients who are deep into their own fitness and weight loss journeys. While I can’t share their private stories, those conversations truly motivated me to share a chapter of my own. We all walk similar…
Welcome to the Portrait Stories newsletter! I’m Amanda Hsu, and I run a Portrait Studio – Cranberry Studio here in sunny Malta. I’m writing a portrait book filled with beautiful images and inspiring stories. Sonia is a passionate runner. This year, she completed the 2024 La Valletta Full Marathon!! It was a crazy 42.2-kilometer full…
40 Over 40 Exhibition 2022 at Cranberry Photography Studio Malta Here’s something I haven’t mentioned before.Many different types of visitors came to our studio to view the 40 over 40 exhibition while it was on display.I mostly received great feedbacks. I was unsure if I ought to mention the negative ones, so I didn’t.Both women…
When I photographed Patricia last year, she was 77 years young, she had finished her chemotherapy and hair was already growing back. I remember the time when she started the treatment she shaved her hair off, she was brave and couldn’t care less what other thought of her. Her son also saved his hair off…
I never thought I would learn dressmaking and enjoy it so much. My job gives me a massive amount of opportunity to be creative and learning new things, I’m so grateful to be able to do the job that I love everyday. This sky blue dress was made from stretchy cotton, thick, strong and very…
It was real fun to photograph four artists and all of them utilize different media to express their art. I think artists are the most playful, they were like children in my studio. I photograph babies and young children and babies every week, so I’m well trained. I often get the compliments, “Amanda, you are…
Darrin is an excellent photographer, his most renowned work is ISLE LANDERS which covers the stories about the migrants from Africa. His work is a part of European history. He had an solo exhibition last year in December. Before the exhibition, the magazine Sunday Circle wanted to do a story about him and they needed…