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

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 ;-)

Fielies & Melissa {I’m yours}

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!

Hylgard & Charlien {family lifestyle}

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! :)

Adele & I

This post is definitely long over due, these were shot at the end of January this year…yup, I’m behind on my personal posts. If you don’t know who Adele is, here is the story; We met our first year at Stellenbosch University, 2001 and became good friends. Adele is also a photographer, visit her blog here. At the moment she lives in Seattle, USA. Her husband is in the US Army so they move a lot, every year since 2008 I go visit them in the Sates, here are some photos that I took of their little family in 2008, Abigail is my favourite ;)

In January Adele came to visit me in Johnnesburg, when we decided to do a little spur-of-the-moment-shoot, it turned out to be, not only a lot of fun but it was ridiculously hilarious. Our abs were so sore at the end of our shoot, we found ourselves to be a little confused and did not know what to do, I’m sure a lot of photographers experience this, we are so used to being behind the lens that once in front of it, we go blank, we forget what to do. Adele and I just decided to be silly, laugh it off and act like kids – which is in fact what I love to do with my clients, once you have a little fun, you forget about the camera and just enjoy the moments you’re in. I hope I can always be a little silly behind and in front of my lens.

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Adele Cabanillas - I LOVE IT!!!!!!! Just seeing this makes me giggle!! We’ll do this again in September right? Roadtrip??

rensche - Yup, I cant wait, Cape Town: Here we come!

Maria - Love the long hair Rensche. Two beautiful and talented gals! Very nice pictures indeed

Candice {The Beautiful Mess} - These are so great! You two are too cute! :) Love the hair pieces and the adorable outfits!!

Julia - Adele is a gem.

Lucia - Mooi julle!

Jeanette Verster - wow, these are awesome!

Tieka - Stunning pics – as usual. En dit lyk na hope pret. Lekker

Martine {Potbelly}

Martine is a beautiful person with the saddest eyes I’ve ever seen – she says it just looks like that because she felt a little sick on the day of the shoot – I think she can get anything she wants with those sad eyes ;) like that cat from Shrek. Martine is expecting a little baby boy and he is due in a few weeks. I hope he gets his mommy’s eyes.

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Lucia - Stunning photo’s. Sick or not sick Martine, you look beautiful!

ouma leila - Kan daar ‘n mooier iets wees as ‘n pregnant vrou? Martine lyk so tevrede. Ek is so dankbaar.

Martine - Baie dankie Lucia!!

magda - ai my kind,darem sien ek jou nou swanger!maklik die mooiste swanger mamma wat ek nog gesien het!geniet dit,dis so gou verby.pas jouself mooi op!

Elmari Buitendag - Jy is pragtig!

Natha - WOW Tien!! Dit is awesome mooi foto’s! xxx

Martine - Baie dankie julle!!!

Johan & Tieka

Johan & Tieka are from Hartebeespoortdam. They are getting married in Oktober and I just cant wait for their wedding. These two are both a little shy infront of the camera, but once we got to know each other better it was a peace of cake photographing them.

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Andreas Hauke - Well done! Great photos, especially the sunset ones…I am impressed! Cool I am doing the DVD for them…looking forward!

Johan en Tieka - Rensche, jy is die besste! And it was so much fun (laggen). Ons is gek oor ons fotos, Dankie vir ALS.

Lucia - Pragtige foto’s! Waar is dit afgeneem?

Adelene Trosello - Wow, Wow, wow!!! Julle dit is sooooooooooo mooi Well done!!!
xxx Adelene

Zurelda - WOW! WOW! WOW!!! Tieka dit is beautiful!! Ek kan nie se wat my favourite een is nie hulle almal is so mooi!!!!!!!!!

Susan Janse van Rensburg - Stunning Fotos! Stunning Couple! Stunning Fotograaf! Julle is awesome!!!

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