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Mother & Daughters Family Shoot | Monateng Safari Lodge

These ladies made such a huge and beautiful impression on me when I met them at Monanteng Safari Lodge for a mother and daughter shoot.

Every year, they go away for an entire weekend together. I don’t really have a lot of family left, so I really envy their closeness, the love and respect that they have for one another and it was beautiful to see how compassionately they treat their mother.

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Rosemary Hill Maternity Shoot | The Venter Family

We are so excited about baby boy Venter on the way!

I met the Venter family last year when I did Milan’s newborn shoot and now we are waiting for her little brother to arrive!

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Personal Brand Photography | Sam Schröder

When I started my Personal Brand Photography journey I did a brainstorming exercise where I had to envision my ideal client. I almost instantly realized that it is other photographers which was a somewhat terrifying thought because let’s be honest, most of us are more insecure about our work than we care to admit. But, my dreams are bigger than my fears, so when Sam contacted me I was so excited…

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Jacaranda Mini Photo Shoot | Nieuwoudt Family

The Nieuwoudt family visited me all the way from Middelburg for a Jacaranda Family Session.

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Jacaranda Photo Shoot | De Vries Family

What a fun bunch! The De Vries family woke up before dawn for a Jacaranda Photo Shoot in the streets of Brooklyn. It was also Dad Eddie’s birthday, so we had to celebrate with cake and sparkling wine!

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Irene Farm Photo Shoot | Adriaanse Family

Happiness is… happy, loyal, loving clients!

I met Jacobie, Petra, and Elné just over 2 years ago when I did their first family shoot at Irene Farm. Since then, little Mia was born and they decided to do one last family shoot in Pretoria before moving to the Western Cape after Jacobie retired from professional rugby.

You will be missed, but I will definitely come to visit you in Cape Town…

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Friendship Photo Shoot | Angelique & Lara

Meet best friends Angelique and Lara!

A photo shoot is such a fun way to celebrate friendship and capture precious memories!

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Jacaranda Photo Shoot | Peter & Laetitia's Engagement Session

Jacaranda Photo Shoot | Peter & Laetitia’s Engagement Session

These two beautiful people got engaged!

I met Laetitia and Peter earlier this year when I did a personal brand photo shoot for Laetitia who’s a very talented cellist, and I was so happy when I heard the news of their engagement. Congratulations!

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Matric Farewell Sessions 2019 | Carli & Cornel

The most precious matric dance session I have ever done…

Every person who has ever had a child in grade 12 will probably relate to how I feel about this year. It went by in such a rush that I feel like I missed most of it when I blinked for a moment. We’ve been so busy and there was so much that happened and needed to be planned and executed in my personal life while trying to run business…

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Modern Vintage Styled Shoot | Candice Weber

Candice is an actress, presenter, dancer and singer who has acted in local films and TV productions like Seun, Treurgrond, Trouvoete, Verskietende Ster, Die Muse and Generations and international TV and film production like The Looming Tower, Hell Trip and The Last Days of American Crime opposite Shalto Copley.

She is currently seen on the KykNet TV show Vat Jou Goed en Trek and her web…

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Modern Vintage Styled Shoot | Reze Wessels

Reze-Tiana has been dancing since the age of 5 years.

She passed her RAD Advanced 2 ballet exam in her matric year, with distinction and managed to maintain her standing record of distinctions for ALL her ballet exams.

Reze also an avid Irish dancer and in 2011 represented South Africa at the All Ireland Dance Championships where she was the 1st South African female dancer to get a recall…

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Modern Vintage Styled Shoot | Luandri Reynders

She is a strong, creative, hard-working woman, who never gives anything less than her best.

Luandri realized from a young age that being able to create is a gift few are allowed to embrace, which motivated her to pursue her career as an actress.

She enrolled herself in the Performing Arts Lifestyle Institute’s (PALI) Teenagers classes in 2013. After matriculating at Afrikaans Hoër Meisies…

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Modern Vintage Styled Shoot | Zoë Hare

Zoë Hare is a fun and warm, young up and coming writer and actress who portrayed the role of Antoinette in the well-known soap 7de Laan as well as Nina in the play she wrote called Fragment. Fragment was one of the select few plays to be accepted at the Aardklop Fringe festival of 2019 and it received multiple standing ovations.

Zoë has also been a finalist on more than one occasion for RSG’s…

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Modern Vintage Styled Shoot | Lara Lourens

I loved having Lara in front of my lens. Such a dynamic, fun and inspiring young woman!

Lara matriculated from Hoërskool Waterkloof in 2011, earning 6 distinctions, commencing her studies at the Performing Arts Lifestyle Institute (PALI) in 2012. In 2014 Lara graduated from PALI, receiving awards for best director and best production.

The following year Lara started working as a production…

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Modern Vintage Styled Shoot | Lande Milne

Meet Lande Milne!

Lande is an Accountable manager at a maintenance organization for aircraft in the Aviation sector. She is happily married to her best friend Robert and they have 2 children.

Lande says life can be challenging sometimes but also very rewarding. She overcame many obstacles and has beaten cancer a few years ago. That has given her a new meaning in how to live her life to the…

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Modern Vintage Styled Shoot | Danielle Retief

A few weeks ago Viki Pienaar approached me to collaborate in a celebrity styled shoot with Glare , Hartistic Jewelry, Beauty Vibrations and Villa Jana Guesthouse.

I am always up for joining in something fun and creative and I really enjoyed my time with each of these beautiful women.

Danielle was first in front of my camera.

Danielle grew up in the entertainment industry, but her first…

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Location Couple Shoot | René & Cicilia

René, Cicilia and I visited Montana Family Market for a fun location couple shoot.

These two are an inspiration! They have been married for so long but are still best friends and so in tune with each other.

The market turned out to be such a great and colorful backdrop for their shoot.