Chanika, a dream to work with!!

I had the honor of doing Chanika's photos at her Matrick Farewell function. What a lovely girl to work with! You've got it all girl! The personality, the looks AND being comfy in front of a camera! 

Hope to work with you again soon!
xx

The Harris Family

When I got an e-mail from Rudessa a few months ago with regard to a photo shoot I never thought that I'd met my match... but alas, the WHOLE family seems to have a sweet tooth (just like me!) and that was a bonus for taking photographs when the lollipops came out!

Another bonus for me was the fact that Rudessa's grandmother joined in the fun.

Guys, absolutely loved to work with you. And THANK YOU for your patience with regards to the edit time!

Legend has it.... A story line (with a story attached!)

Last week I realized with a start that I don't know when the next photo-club evening was. I didn't even know if we had a set subject (all this happened LATE Tuesday afternoon, 6 August!) I rushed to AFO's website and saw that the next club evening was to held on the 12th of August AND that we have to do a story line! The deadline for submitting the photos being the Friday, the 9th, leaving me with only one available date to complete the photos... Thursday 8 August!

I did not have a story line, I did not have photos. We started brain storming and ended up working around Steri Stumpie's for the idea... However, limited time and NOOOOOOOOOOO available models resulted int the following:

1. My poor mom being bullied into playing model.

2. Me buying Steri Stumpies. 1 x chocolate, 2 x strawberries (one for the photos since it's bright and the other for my husband so that I could have the chocolate one without feeling guilty of having a treat only for myself) and 1 x cream soda flavor... also for NICE bright colors on the photos.

3. My one dog being kidnapped.(Poor Gina!) and set loose in a strange environment... ok not that strange since she was almost immediately looking for my mom's cat and going after his food! (She always goes for the food?!)

4. We did the set-up for the photographs... me chewing gum to place at the bottom of the straw once it's filled up with green milk, my mom and dog taking their places on the steps with poor Gina getting withdrawal symptoms after she smelled the Steri Stumpie.

Well here's the results... One Strawberry (still can't believe she finished it) and on Cream Soda (almost finish) Steri Stumpie later... A COM (top score) at photo club and lots of laughter later I can finally share the photos with you!

.... Luckily for me there was no "puking green" in the car on the way home!

A stunning couple, a very sweet baby and a beautiful baby room!

I’ve had the honor of doing some family photographs of Michelle, Tiaan and Olivia, now 6 months old. The fist shoot we did at my studio and the second one at their home. Michelle and Tiaan worked really hard to complete the baby room on time for the shoot and it was each photos worth in gold! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to the next one!

It was one of the most difficult shoots for me with regards of selecting photographs to publish on my Facebook site and on my blog, so if you want to view more photos, have a look at my Facebook page! I’ve started playing around with different colors and effects and ended up multiplying 30 photos to 100! I just can’t decide if I like the color, color-sepia or the black and white photos the most!

I’ve included some of the new-born photos in the blog as well, the baby room as well as some family photographs for your enjoyment!

THE NEWBORN SHOOT

THE BABY ROOM

THE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS AND OLIVIA 6 MONTHS