Unconditional Love

A new baby is like the beginning of all things: wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.

Eda J Lashan

I could not wait to meet this precious little bundle of perfection. Her mama kept me up to speed on every step of her wonderful pregnancy and birth of sweet Jané. I counted the days until I could meet her.

Babies are bits of stardust, blown from the hand of God.

Larry Barretto

Proud parents

Jaco and Janke took to parenting like ducks to water. It was wonderful to see how relaxed and calm they were, which is evident in how very relaxed and happy their daughter Jané is. I would love to have spent more time with them but alas, time did not allow and unfortunately it will be a while before I get to see them all again, hopefully, sooner than later.

A baby is as pure as an angel and as fresh as a blooming flower.

Debasish Mridha

A mother’s gentle loving touch

A father’s absolute adoration

My friend Sally

It’s the strangest and most fun thing, reconnecting with a junior school friend who in my mind’s eye is still a pre-teen. Then I got to meet her children who are around the age we last saw each other.

I enjoyed the happiest fun day with Sally. We nattered and laughed non stop catching up on a lifetime of stories. I do believe there were a few we never got to finish or even start.

There was some adulting required on our part as we were doing a personal branding and family session. We dedicated the morning to business and the afternoon for the family session.

Proud mama and her youngins

Sibling love

It’s sad when we live so far away from each other – across the oceans in fact so it was wonderful to have our diaries align with each other. Hopefully, it won’t be another lifetime before we see each other again.

Zoro 1st Birthday Shoot

Doing doggy photo sessions are the best fun, although I am inherently scared of big dogs I don’t know so this was a great exercise for me especially as Zoro’s hello was bounding towards me with his bark as deep and loud as a tank!

Once I picked my nerves up off the sand, we quickly made friends and he gently took his favourite sweets (baby carrots) out my hand, then it was all systems go-go-go!

One-year-old pups are like toddlers on a sugar high – full of boundless energy so you have to be super quick and agile to keep up.

Oops, over-shot a little

Hey, you forgot the ball

If there is one thing Zoro loves besides his daddy, it’s playing with his ball – so much so he broke the squicky insert on day one – a supposed indestructible ball is no challenge for this big boy.

The Baywatch look

Striking a pose

I’m such a good looking boy

Seriously look at how gorgeous I am

Admire my bone structure

I can also be silly

Walkies time

Working on using up some energy

Kisses

Thirsty work all this playing

“The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.”

– M.K. Clinton

“Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong.”

– W.R. Purche

Happy 1st birthday sweet Zoro. ❤

J & J

No, not the vaccination, these two love-birds, Janké and Jaco. ❤

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There is no remedy for love, but to love more

THOREAU

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Where there is love, there is life

MAHATMA GANDI

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Working with these two beautiful people was so much fun. I’ve done sessions with Janké before who is an absolute natural in front of the camera as was her very patient, loving boyfriend, Jaco. Their love for one another is very evident and so inspiring to see.

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The best thing to hold onto in life is each other

AUDREY HEPBURN

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Equine Time

There is something very special about photographing horses. They have the most beautiful natures.

Sue’s children gave her a Mother’s Day gift voucher for a session with her horses which she was unable to use until recently because of the awful winter weather we’ve been experiencing so we were both very excited when we finally firmed up a date.

Sue was most gracious in accommodating my requests for posing with her beautiful horses.

It was a little more challenging than I had anticipated getting the horses ears up and forward. I guess much like asking a child do do something they don’t want to do.

I loved that Duke, Tore and Jack were unsaddled and each had their own special bridal.

Do I have something stuck in my teeth?

Kisses

I’m looking forward to spending more time with Sue and her beautiful horses. ❤

Studio Time

Not sure what has taken so long to convert (albeit small) a spare room into a studio at home – best fun decision in a long time.

Sadly the third wave of Covid is rife in South Africa at the moment so booking regular shoots will have to take a back seat for a while but I will thoroughly enjoy using the space as much as I can in the interim.

Corporate Portraiture with Amelia

Those in the know, the proverbial “THEY” say, you should updated your headshot every 2 years, and or if you change position, hairstyle, brand, grow or shave a beard, or have a dramatic change in appearance, be it in weight or aesthetics.

All I know is, it was a fun and happy time with the lovely Amelia taking her photos for updated website images.

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Also, gone are the days of only having headshots in black and white and how wonderful to be able to share them electronically versus having to print them out.

The Olsen’s

Family is where life begins and love never ends

The love of a family is life’s greatest blessing

It was such a fun surprise to have my brother Chris and his family come and visit for a week.

Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of.

This little sister is protected by 3 bigger brothers. ❤

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Now, it would be super special if my other brother, Greg and his family were able to visit. ❤

The lovely Josh and Mareli

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard
but must be felt with the heart.

helen keller

Engagement photo sessions are one of my favourite and Josh and Mareli made it all more enjoyable. They are such a lovely couple. ♥

Love is composed of a single soul
inhabiting two bodies.

aristotle

True to form when doing an outdoor session, the wind decides to blow, blow, blow! The day before there wasn’t even a breath of a breeze.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

audrey hepburn

It’s so easy to photograph co-operative clients. Josh and Mareli were so easy to work with and were so accommodating to my requests. We enjoyed our time together with many laughs despite the wind and bright sun.

Wishing you both the happiest and most beautiful life together. ♥

The Darné Family

“The memories we make with
our family is everything”

candance cameron bure

Family love is infinite

I was really looking forward to meeting and working with the lovely Darné family after having to postpone their family photo session due to weather. Fast forward a couple of weeks and bam, mother-nature threw heavy winds our way anyway! No matter, we worked with it.

“Rejoice with your family
in the beautiful land of life”

Albert einstein

Wind and long hair aren’t the best of friends so it was quite the challenge to photograph sweet Bella and her younger sister Brooke without getting their hair over their faces; so nicely tucked in between mom and dad did the trick.

The sisters were so willing and enthusiastic to participate which makes all the difference for happy shots. All too often little ones don’t want to pose and have their photo taken.

Using the wall and stairs for protection from the wind was a welcome reprieve.

I look forward to working with this sweet family again, hopefully we will be able to book a windless day. ❤