Bali Vlog: My Cookbook Photoshoot Didn't Go as Planned

I travelled to Ubud, Bali with my self-published bilingual cookbook for a dream photoshoot—but the experience didn’t unfold quite as planned. When the finished edits never arrived, I decided to complete the photographs myself. In this quiet cinematic vlog, I’m sharing the preparation behind my cookbook and yoga photoshoots, a private Balinese cooking class, a peaceful birthday dinner, and the friendships that made this journey more meaningful than I expected. 🍽️ GET ALL 4 BALI RECIPES FREE Join my email list and I’ll send you the four recipes from my Bali cooking class: https://christinachanmakes.kit.com/08b5e29c4b You’ll also receive occasional recipes, stories and updates from Christina Chan Makes. You can unsubscribe anytime. 📖 MY BILINGUAL COOKBOOK The Mrs5Cookbook features 53 approachable recipes in English and Traditional Chinese: https://www.christinachanmakes.com/cookbook/ 🤍 JOIN MY YOUTUBE MEMBERSHIP YouTube members receive 10% off my cookbook: https://www.youtube.com/@christinachanmakes/join If you enjoy thoughtful cooking, travel and creative-life videos, please subscribe to my YouTube channel. Thank you for watching and supporting my work. CHAPTERS 00:00 The story behind the photoshoot 00:32 Preparing alone in Bali 01:11 An unexpected villa upgrade 01:47 The cookbook photoshoot 02:43 The yoga photoshoot 03:24 The morning after 03:36 When the finished edits never arrived 03:48 Finishing the photographs myself 04:12 A private Balinese cooking class 06:27 A quiet birthday dinner 07:00 YTT, friendship and gifting my cookbook CONNECT WITH ME Website: https://www.christinachanmakes.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christinachanmakes/ 我帶住自己出版嘅中英雙語食譜書，去到峇里烏布完成一場期待已久嘅拍攝。但旅程結束之後，原定嘅修圖一直未完成，最後我決定親自完成呢輯相。 呢條 vlog 記錄咗我點樣獨自準備食譜書同瑜伽拍攝、完成照片後期製作，亦分享咗私人峇里烹飪班、生日晚餐，以及瑜伽導師訓練期間遇到嘅珍貴友情。 🍽️ 免費索取 4 款峇里烹飪班食譜 訂閱我嘅電子報，我會將完整食譜寄到你嘅電郵： https://christinachanmakes.kit.com/08b5e29c4b 📖《The Mrs5Cookbook》 一本收錄 53 款食譜嘅中英雙語食譜書： https://www.christinachanmakes.com/cookbook/ YouTube 會員可享食譜書九折優惠： https://www.youtube.com/@christinachanmakes/join Filmed in Ubud, Bali · June 2026 This video is not sponsored. Music: http://dova-s.jp/ #BaliVlog #CookbookPhotoshoot #UbudBali