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My trip to Seattle {Travel}

Monday, September 6, 2010 2:39 pm

I know I should have posted these sooner, but I always say better late than never, right? Here are some photos of me and the Cabanillas family, Phablo, Adele & Abigail Reese taking a day trip to Seattle. It was exactly what you would expect of Seattle…rainy and cold! But I suppose that adds to the experience, remembering Seattle as a sunny place would not quite give me the satisfaction of being in a place where it rains 6 months in a year. We went to the Farmers market and just walked around. It was pretty darn cold and very wet all over but a great outing. The photos of me were taken by the talented Adele from AbigailReese Photography (yes her business is named after her daughter (and my favourite girl in the world))!

And to make this post a little more special, Adele will be landing at O.R. Tambo tonight. Adele, WELCOME HOME! I know you are only staying a little while but we are so glad to have you back in SA!

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Lucia - Beautifull!

Eileen - Wow – such beautiful photos, as always. I was really looking forward to meeting Adele, but she isn’t coming anywhere near Durban:(

Ellie van Tonder - Pragtig, mal oor die foto’s waar Oscar die Hasie ook feature!

schantel - Ag jy maak my so lus om ook te gaan, wens ek het nie soveel planne gehad nie. Dis baie mooi fodies!

Candice {The Beautiful Mess} - i heart seattle. ahhhhh. seriously. love these!

Toni & Catherine {I’m yours} – Picksee Winner!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:33 am

This year I hosted my first bride of the year competition. One of my winners are Catherine, she won a couple shoot by just choosing a bride from the list of all my brides of last year. Look out for the competition next year January to see what is up for grabs!

So it has been a very busy year and poor Catherine had to wait until now for me to have a booking opening. But I think it was the perfect time to do the shoot. It is winter (and it still felt a like winter when we did the shoot 2 weeks ago) but the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens looked like Fall. I’m so glad it is starting to warm up, I love spring!

Catherine and Toni have been dating for 9 months now and are soooo in love ;) Everytime she went into his arms they both smiled. With most people, meeting a stranger in a park and letting him/her take photos of you is a very weird experience, but it took Catherine & Toni a couple of minutes to get used to me. We had so much fun, Catherine was very cold, but held her pose and did everything I asked – Thank you :) and Toni… probably the first guy I’ve photographed who really looked like he was having fun, he reminded me of a little boy having fun without worrying what people around him thought, everyone should still have a little kid in themselves and come out to play now and then.

It was a wonderful experience photographing Catherine and Toni and I hope everyone enjoys the photos as much as I do! Give the gif a minute or two to load South Africa :)

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Ellie van Tonder - Stunning. Love the pic where she is tossing back her hair / looking up.

Joanne Fenn - Catherine is a very good friend of mine and seeing her so happy and in love in these photos makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Lets hope that you get to do their wedding photos soon…hint hint ;-)

Boeta & Malenke {Wedding} Part 2

Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:40 pm

Part 2 of Boeta & Malenke’s Wedding. See part 1 here. Boeta and Malenke were superstars on their wedding day! Thank you for sharing it with me. I wish you the best of luck on your journey ahead. See you at Ruan & Mary-Ann’s wedding :)

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Lucia - Stunning foto’s!

Charlien Lourens - Ag dit lyk of almal dit so baie geniet het.Soo romanties….dans in die sand….Die tafels en tent het pragtig gelyk.Mis julle komatipoorters sommer baie as ek na die foto’s kyk!!!

Rouan Lerm - Wow, looks beautiful!, Can’t believe my little niece scrubs up so well. Wish we were there! Congratulations!

Andre Lerm - Mooi fotos,PRAGTIGE mense,heerlike troue!Weereens baie geluk-Rouan gooi bietjie afrikaans man!

danelle coetzer - waar is al die foto’s ek wil nog sien………..?????????

Sarah-Marie - Wow, wow, wow !

Hannalee - Gorgeous bride, attractive groom and beautiful setting. What more could one ask for? A talented photographer? Full house! Well done, Rensche Mari, these images are stunning!

Boeta & Malenke {Wedding} Part 1

Thursday, August 19, 2010 9:00 am

What a wonderful wedding to celebrate! I am happy to report that Boeta is doing great, he had the bullet removed a couple of months ago and is going strong. For those of you not in the know, here is Boeta & Malenke’s post on what happened the day of their couple shoot.

Boeta and Malenke got married on the 24th of July at Kwa Madwala Game Reserve, near Hectorspruit in the Lowveld. Kwa Madwala means Place of the Rock, and you’ll soon see why. This magical place has rock everywhere and its so beautiful. The Reserve have a lot of game including lion, rhino, elephant, and occasionally leopard that guest can see on their game drive. The reception was set in a dried up river bank in the middle of the bushveld, and the food made by Stoep Cafe in Komati was delicious! Oooh, now I cant wait for Ruan and Mary-Ann’s wedding next weekend…nom,nom,nom :D Part 2 coming in a couple of hours.

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Leanne - Stunning!!!! Ek love love love jou fotos!

Lucia - Oe dis prentjie mooi! Malenke, jy lyk pragtig! Ek kan nie wag vir die volgende foto’s nie! Rensche, jou werk is stunning!

Sharon - Dis pragtig! Almal lyk so mooi, eks mal oor die fotos waar Malenke regmaak en die fotos van Boeta en Wihan by die rotse. Malenke het stunning gelyk! Goeie werk Rensche!

Zelda & Michiel - Julle is pragtig!! Mag julle altyd terugkyk na hierdie pragtige foto’s en elke detail van julle dag weer herleef! Ons het elke oomblik saam julle geniet. Dankie Rensche vir jou stunning werk om hierdie mooi dag vir ewig te kan vaslê in hierdie pragtige foto’s.

Estelle - Wonderskoon! Boeta & Malenks, julle kon modelle gewees het! Jul diep gevoelens en emosies is vir ewig vasgevang deur Rensche se lens en vir my voel dit of ek elke oomblik saam met julle meemaak……. Wonderlike fotos van twee wonderlike mense! Malenks, my liefste ding, jy was stunning!

Corne en Lara - Stunning Rensche! Like al die fotos en part 2 is ook fantastic! Kan nou net nie wag todat ek en Lara op jou blog is nie ;-)

Charlien Lourens - Julle het stunning gelyk.Mag die Here julle huwelik sommer baie seën.Mag hierdie dag altyd vars in julle geheue bly!!
WOow Renschè!!!

Maria - Oooooh! Its beautiful! Stunning bride, groom and stunning pictures!

Alma Rademan - Ai dis so mooi. Dis so lekker om julle klomp te sien trou..die ou Komatipoorters!!! Sjoe kannie glo hoe tyd vlieg.

Fielies & Melissa {I’m yours}

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 3:05 pm

So I’ve had some shy couples in the past, but these too were by far the shyest I have come across, and I have to admit I really loved it! When someone is that shy, the moment they show someone emotion it 1st off means they trust you (thank you guys) and second of all shows the truest emotion. I met Fielies and Melissa a couple of days before they booked me for their wedding, and we got to do this amazing engagement session on Fielies’ family farm in Hectorspruit. It was a warm day on the farm, and we took some lovely photos at a farm house and an old building, but when we got to the cows the light was perfect sun set, and the dust was kicked up by the cattle – 2 of them decided to fight, I always get lucky enough to see animals in a fight (not that I like it, but hey, it is nature) – I almost didnt want to leave the spot because it was perfect! Thank you to my lovely couple who shared their afternoon with me.

Fielies and Melissa are getting married in a month on their farm in Kaapmuiden, in the Lowveld. Can’t wait to be part of their day.

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Lizelle Lotter - LOVE sulke locations wat by die couples pas! Well done!

Tieka - Dit lyk sommer lekker om daar te wees . . . ver uit die stad en gejaag uit. Stunning shoot.

Lucia - Pragtige foto’s! Verlang sommer terug na my beeste!!

Candice {The Beautiful Mess} - love these! her eyes are SO BLUE!

Amelia Lombard - Fantastiese unieke foto’s! Ek kan nie wag vir nuwe foto’s op jou web nie, dit maak my dag sommer mooi!

Linky - That’s my niece, and she is so beautiful! Shots are beautiful and you brought out the best in them!

Anlie Meyer - Dit is stunning foto’s Melis, en die trou foto’s gaan ook stunning wees…Baie mooi Rensche’!

Hylgard & Charlien {family lifestyle}

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:23 am

I’m posting about my friends Hylgard and Charlien Lourens, parents of two. I’ve done a couple of shoots for them in the past, here is their last shoot. In February this year I met new born, Nicolien Lourens, she has grown a couple of inches now and got a bubbling personality with the new inches. I’m so glad we got to do this shoot, do yourself a favour and go see how much Nicolien has grown in just 5 months, the saying They grow up so quickly is there for a reason. In the first couple of years of your child’s life it is important to capture them as much as you can. We did a family shoot with grandmothers Linda and Roelien and grandpa Willem (if you ask me, they don’t look like grandparents at all) and last but not least, a little cutie called Simone ;) I had so much fun capturing these moments, I struggled a bit choosing the photos for the blog – there were a lot more I wanted to post, and I apologize for uploading so many at once, but I HAD TOO – I just love these shots. Enjoy!

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Lizelle Lotter - so mooi! Hou daarvan dat dit so natuurlik is!

Sharon - Dis so mooi! Almal lyk so pragtig, dis stunning. Kan nie glo die dogtertjies is al so groot nie, hulle is pragtig!

Clara - Ek wil nie he die foto’s moet ophou nie! Dis regtig pragtig en Rensche’s reg – die oumas lyk nie soos oumas nie :)
Wat ‘n fotogeniese familie!

Charlien Lourens - Ek het trane in my oë vriendin!!!!Dit is die kosbaarste foto’s ooit!!!Dankie dat jy hierdie kosbare mense vir ons so stunning vaslê!!!Selfs Simonè sit hier en oe en aa sy geniet die foto’tjies net so baie en sy is 2 jaar oud.

schantel - Ag dis beautifull!

Corne Lategan - Love dit!!!! Baie baie mooi!

Candice {The Beautiful Mess} - the baby girls are GORGEOUS!…and their mother doesn’t even look like she’s had a baby! what a fun shoot!

Charlien Lourens - Ag nee dis nou al die 10de keer wat ek die foto’s kyk , kan net nie genoeg kry nie!!!KAN NIE WAG VIR DIE RES.

Lucia - Ai, Charlene – dis regtig pragtige foto’s. Julle almal lyk so stunning. Daai 2 meisiekinders wil ek sommer opvreet! Die ouma’s lyk ook prentjie mooi! Willem, jy en Hylgard ook! Goeie fotografie Rensche. Jy is maar die beste!

Tieka - Is dit nie net die mooiste baba dingetjie ever nie! Sys so pragtig!

Jeanette - wow these are stunning… I wouldn’t mind getting you to do our family shoot actually.

Roelien - Wow, dit is die mooiste memories wat julle vir die res van julle lewe saam jul gaan dra sus. Dit is pragtig. Wens so ek’s daar om dit saam julle te deel. Almal lyk so sprankelend en gelukkig. Dit is hoe die lewe moet wees!

Rensche, jy beter nog in besigheid wees teen die tyd wanneer ek eendag ook ‘n familie gaan he. Jy het darem maar ‘n talent hoor!!

Wayne Tempel - Ai dit is sooooo pragtig my sus,kry sommer ‘n warm gevoel in my hart as ek daarna kyk. Wens kon julle bietjie weer sien, mis julle baie!

Rensche dis amazing picks rerig!!

Eileen - Really awesome family shoot!! So much fun – beautiful photos:)

Sarah-Marie - Ek kan verstaan hoekom daar so baie fotos is – pragtige familie!

Adele Cabanillas - These are great images Rensche. Well done!! See you one of these day! :)

Anlie Meyer - Wow dit is so mooi!!! Dit is stunning Rensche’ XXX

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