Author archives: joannemarkland
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Blouberg | Schalk & Dune
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5 August 2017 - Romantic proposal... Schalk contacted me a few days before the proposal asking if I could capture that special moment for them. He told me what he wanted to do, where he would be a [...]
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Blouberg | Jacques & Madelein
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4 March 2017... Jacques and Madelein will be getting married in June this year at Buffelsfontein along the West Coast. Before their big day we decided to do a little test run and get them use to b [...]
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Cape Town | John & Faye
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26 January 2017... Faye emailed me a few months ago, she and John live in China and were coming down on holiday to Cape Town in January and wanted to do a couple shoot. We decided on a beach s [...]
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Llandudno | Scott & Lindsey
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Scott & Linsey's engagement photo session Scott and Linsey are from America and decided to come on a short holiday to South Africa. They recently got engaged and Linsey thought it would be a g [...]
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Camps Bay | Paul & Jenny
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Paul & Jenny Couple shoot Paul & Jenny are currently living in the UK. Jenny organised her wedding with the huge help of her mom who lives in Hermanus. They came down a week before the we [...]
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Houtbay | Tim & Wendy
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Tim & Wendy's couple portrait session in Houtbay Tim is an Anaesthetist and Wendy is a General Surgeon and they met whilst waiting for their patients who were going into theatre. They got chat [...]
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Houtbay | Ashton & Erika
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Ashton & Erika's couple shoot in Houtbay Ashton & Erika will be getting married in less than 3 weeks time! We wanted to do a couple shoot at Noordhoek beach but the wind has been crazy lat [...]
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Llandudno | Gerhard & Carike
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Gerhard & Carike's couple shoot Gerhard and Carike are getting married in a months time!!! They both don't like being in front of the camera so I always encourage doing a couple shoot before h [...]
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Camps Bay | Zack & Heidi
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Zack & Heidi's couple shoot Zack & Heidi will be getting married on the 18 April this year at the beautiful Delvera Estate. I suggested we do a couple shoot because like most of us, they not [...]
Couple Shoot | Elton & Erin | Cape Town
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Elton & Erin Couple shoot in Gordyns Bay Elton & Erin are getting married very very soon, like in 3 weeks!!!! As a practise round we decided to do a couple a shoot because for some silly rea [...]
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Tokai | Nic & Sandy
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Nic & Sandy's Couple Shoot These two lovebirds are getting married on the 21 February 2015. Its such a great idea to do a couple shoot before the wedding because when it comes to taking the phot [...]
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Liquorice & Lime | Kyle & Chanel
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Kyle & Chanel's couple Shoot at Liquorice & Lime Kyle and Chanel live in Johannesburg and will also be having their wedding there. They were coming down to Cape Town to attend a friends wedd [...]
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Century City | Gareth & Bertha
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Gareth and Bertha's engagement shoot Gareth and Bertha met through friends, they fell head of heels for each other and next year they will be getting married at Zevenwacht. I love doing engagement s [...]
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Hawksmoor House | Justin & Ange
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Justin & Ange were our models for a recent styled shoot for the Nuptial Network which we did at the beautiful Hawksmoor House. We were struggling to find models and Nicola from Nicola Jane Weddin [...]
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Blaauwberg beach | Pita Family
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28 August 2017 - Beach family photo session... Maaike met Jose Luis about 3 years ago, he is originally from Portugal. He has two sons Luis (16 yrs) and Diego (11 yrs) who live in Almeirim in Port [...]
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Blaauwberg Beach | Möller Family
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4 April 2017 - Beach family photos... I photographed Fredrik and Minna's wedding over 2 years ago. They live in Sweden and have a business called Sydafrikaexperten which plans tours for Swedish pe [...]
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Blaauwberg Beach | Botha Family
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19 August 2017 - Beach family photoshoot... Renee lives in Port Elizabeth and her two daughters Janah and Michelle live in Cape Town. She wanted to organise a beach family photoshoot while she was [...]
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Llandudno | Gerber Family
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23 July 2017 - Beach photoshoot... The Gerber family live in Auckland, New Zealand. Roberta contacted me a few months ago as she wanted to get some family photos on our beautiful beaches. Ivor [...]
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Blaauwberg | Chen Family
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April 2017 - Puppy love... Where do I start with this post, well I met Kath at a baby shower. She was interested in photography and was taking some photos at the baby shower for her friend. I got [...]
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Sunset Beach | Ferreira Family
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3 June 2017 - Family portraits... I have known the Ferreira family for quite a few years now. I can still remember taking some photos of Charlie when she was a newborn and she is 6yrs old now! By [...]
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Blouberg Beach | Thom Family
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2 April 2017 - Family Portraits... This is the first time in a few years that the Thom family have all been together. Chris (dad), Corrie(mom) and Cornelia(sister) are all living in Cape Town. El [...]
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West Coast | Clearkin Family
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Family Portraits - 16 March 2017... Peter, Andrea and their 6 month old son Aidan came down from Johannesburg for a relaxing holiday in Cape town. They stayed at a beautiful house in Shelley Point [...]
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Llandudno beach | Wostmann Family
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Family photoshoot - 14 March 2017... Wow what a family shoot, everything was just perfect! I couldn't have asked for better weather conditions and the kids were so well behaved and I just loved th [...]
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Kirstenbosch | Clark Family
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Kirstenbosch Gardens - 13 March 2017... James, Sierra and their daughter Dylan came down from the USA to visit James's parents here in Cape Town. They decided they wanted to get some family photos [...]
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Blouberg | Back Family
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12 February 2017 - family portraits This was quite a special family shoot because so many of the family members live in different parts of the world and this was the first time in a long while that [...]
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Blouberg | The Jardine Family
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16 February 2017... I was so excited when Nathalie contacted me to do a family photo session while they were on holiday in Cape Town this year. Nathalie and I were in high school together and she h [...]
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Llandudno Beach | Mary & Mary-Anne
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25 January 2017... I absolutely loved this shoot, these two ladies were so much fun for their mother and daughter shoot. Despite the sand blowing into their faces half the time, they had so much f [...]
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Noordhoek | Hauvette Family
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23 December 2016.... Catherine & Sean and their two boys, Owen and Joshua, came down from Johannesburg for a Xmas holiday in Cape Town. While they were here they wanted to get family portrait [...]
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Llandudno | Müller Family
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16 December 2016...... This is the third time that Florian and Ramona have been to Cape town in the last 2.5 years. I met them when I photographed their wedding in Seychelles in 2014. They were [...]
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Cape Town | Olivia
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7 December 2016...... This little girl is definitely an angel, Olivia is the sweetest little girl with such a gorgeous smile. I must admit this was a very hard shoot for me to do but I wanted to c [...]
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Somerset West | Evans Family
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26 November 2016.... It was so great to see the Evans family again, the last time I saw them was 2yrs ago when we did Lara's newborn shoot and look at her now! Dylan and Danielle have the sweete [...]
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Buffelsfontein | The Schipper's
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19 November 2016... For Heather's 70th birthday, her 4 children gave her a family photo shoot as a gift. We decided to do the family shoot at Bufflesfontein which is just past the West Coast Natur [...]
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Claremont | Baby Ella
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19 November 2016 I have been photographing the Puccini family for over 5 years now. First I photographed Giancarlo and Angela's wedding, then little Alessio came along and we did some family shoot [...]
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Blouberg | Cape Town
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Fun with the Lee Family My son attends Milnerton Pre Primary School and for Mothers Day they had a raffle. I decided to sponsor a family portrait session as one of the prizes. Jessica, who' [...]
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Blouberg | Baby Emily
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Baby Emily turns one This adorable little girl turned a whole big one in May. For her birthday, Kim wanted to get photographs taken of Emily with all the special family in her life. We did a sh [...]
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Llandudno | Rix Family
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The Rix family portraits I have become completely obsessed with beach shoots, its my absolute favourite place to take photographs. Everytime you go its always different, whether its the light, the [...]
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Seychelles | Delport Family
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The Delport Family Attie and Corrie have been living in Seychelles for about 12 years now, they have two lovely children, Kara and Adam. I met the Delport family while I was in Seychelles photog [...]
My Jaime turns two
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Happy Birthday Jaime Wow, I can't believe she is two already! I didn't know what to do for her this year and then saw a photo of kids painting and decided to photograph her painting her own canvas [...]
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Seychelles | Mondon Family
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The Mondon family I can't believe it has been a month since I was in Seychelles. I miss it so much, especially the warm weather and sea. It also makes you realise that you don't need material thi [...]
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Blouberg | Van Eyssen Family
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Van Eyssen Family Lizette, who is from Johannesburg, decided to celebrate her 21st birthday in beautiful Cape Town. Her sister Joanne(nice name) who lives in Cape Town decided she would organise a [...]
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Blouberg | Malia Family
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The Malia's family portraits I have to giggle when I think back to this shoot, everything started off perfectly and then we got to the beach and then the boys ended up in the water fully clothed. [...]
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Greek Christening | Baby Alexandra
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Baby Alexandra's greek christening Alexa was christened at the Greek Orthodox Church in Woodstock on the 12 March 2016. You might remember her big brother, Pericles, from the photos I took at his [...]
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Noordhoek | Osborne Family
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The Osborne Family The first time I met Ariella was at a birthday party when she was about 14 months old, she was adorable then and a year later she is even more adorable AND very smart too. We de [...]
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Camps bay | Wagner Family
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Cape Town Beach Family portraits I met Leigh-Anne in 1993 when she started at my High School. Her parents had moved from Johannesburg down to Cape Town. We became friends and I have known her fam [...]
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Melkbos | Potgieter family
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Beach family portraits Ané lives a stones throw away from Melkbos beach. Her family were on holiday in Cape Town during December and they decided they wanted to get beach family portraits. Now as [...]
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Noordhoek | Clinton Family
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Family portraits Noordhoek beach The lovely Clinton family, who live in Harare, came down to Cape Town this December holiday. While on holiday they wanted to get some family portraits on Noordhoek [...]
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Constant | Spicer Family
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Constantia family portraits I met Simon & Kimberly 2 years ago when I photographed their wedding at Monkey Valley Resort. Since then they have a new addition to the family, gorgeous little Br [...]
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Stellenbosch | Baby Elisa
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Baby Elisa's family shoot in Stellenbosch I met Theo & Coralie a couple of years ago when I photographed their wedding and engagement shoot. 10 months ago, baby Elisa made her arrival and instea [...]
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Blouberg | Baby Grace
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Family - "The life of Grace" I met beautiful little Grace when she was just 3 weeks old, while I was photographing her uncle & aunty's wedding in January this year. Finally I got to do a fami [...]
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Blouberg | Baby Zoé
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Beautiful Baby Zoé Zoé is almost one years old, I can't believe how quickly the past few months have gone. It felt like yesterday when I did her newborn portraits. Its so nice to have clients com [...]
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Johannesburg | Baby Sebastian
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Pienaar Family portraits I went to visit a friend in Johannesburg a few weeks ago and while I was there I finally got to meet little Sebastian and do a little family shoot of him and his parents. [...]
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Durbanville | Davel Family
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Little Daniel's Newborn Family shoot I met Hennie and Marlein quite a few years back when I photographed their engagement shoot, wedding and first newborn shoot. Now they have a gorgeous new addit [...]
Blouberg | Bartz Family
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The Bartz beach family shoot One reason why I love my job so much is because I get to meet so many different people and families from across the world. Stephanie, who lives Germany, emailed me and w [...]
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Rondebosch |Puccini Family
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The Puccini Family I photographed the Puccini family about a year ago when Allessio was just under a year old and I photographed his mom & dad's wedding about 4 years ago. I love it when cli [...]
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Cape Town | Sebastian
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Sebastian's Family photoshoot This adorable little guy is 6 months old. This shoot was meant to be a newborn one, but we all know as moms how it goes and before you know it the time has gone by so [...]
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Cape Town | Tristan
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Nel family photoshoot I met Vicki about three and half years ago when she was still pregnant with this little man. We did a maternity shoot and then a year later we did a family shoot and another [...]
Blouberg | Baby Blair
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Baby Blair Newborn Shoot I have known Angela (mom) for about 8yrs now. In those 8yrs I have heard all about her family but never met them. Finally, last week I got to meet them all when she asked if [...]
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Greek Christening | Anastasia
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Anastasia's Greek christening at the Greek Orthodox Church Anastasia was christened on the 8 February 2015 at the beautiful Greek Orthodox Church in Woodstock. This was my third christening that I h [...]
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Greek Christening | Pericles
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Pericles Christening Pericles was christened on the 4 January 2015 at the Greek Orthodox Church in Woodstock. Ian and Karin who live in the UK came down to Cape town on holiday and for the christeni [...]
Somerset West | Evans family
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Evans Family Portraits I met Danielle when we were in the same class in high school together. I haven't seen her in quite a few years so was very excited when she asked if I could do some family por [...]
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Greek Christening | Maria
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Baby Maria's Greek Christening I photographed Maria about 2 months ago, she is just the cutest little baby. This was the first time I was photographing a Greek Christening and I really enjoyed it so [...]
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St James | Reynold's Family
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Reynold's Family Portraits The best Xmas present is having all of your family with you on Xmas day, especially if they are living in other cities or countries. Pamela(Mom & granny) has 4 daughte [...]
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Durbanville | Baby Maria
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Baby Maria I met Maria when I had a meeting 3 months ago with her parents, John & Chrissie, about her Christening which will be at the end of November. Chrissie decided she wanted some family po [...]
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Noordhoek | Flitton Family
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Flitton family portraits I met Rogan and Pippa when I photographed their wedding in 2009, and now a few years later I got to meet and photograph their little boy Brad. When I went to say hello to t [...]
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Camps Bay | Van Zyl Family
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Van Zyl's Family portraits The Van Zyl family were down on holiday from Dubai and I met them via a mutual friend who was also down on holiday from Dubai. Karen wanted to get family portraits while t [...]
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Rondebosch | Puccini Family
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Puccini Family portraits I met Angela about 3.5 yrs ago when she and her fiancé Giancarlo came to SA to visit family and also plan their wedding. Their wedding was on the 9 December 2011 and I was t [...]
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Johannesburg | Rhoode Family
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"Rhoode" Family portraits I met Olivia nearly 4yrs ago when I photographed her wedding and ever since then I have felt like I am part of their awesome family. Through Olivia and Ernest I have met so [...]
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Camps Bay | Katharine-Ann
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Family Portraits with gorgeous Katharine-Ann Carmen and I have been friends for a quite a few years now, we studied at the same Technikon and also ended up being roommates on cruise ships many moons [...]
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Muizenberg | Verwey Family
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Verwey family portraits I met Candice last year when my son was going to the same play school as her 2 beautiful girls, Gemma and Kelsey. They also have a one year old boy called Zac who is such a c [...]
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Llandudno | Julie & family
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Family shoot on Llandudno beach I met Julie when I took photo's of her beautiful little baby Charlotte a year and half ago. Julie owns a cute cake studio, Julies Cake Studio, in Newlands Quarter. G [...]
Durbanville | Bekker Family | Cape Town
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Maternity Portraits of the Bekker Family I met Michelle at a wedding I photographed last year. She is also in the wedding industry and owns a wedding coordinating company called Michelle's Occasions [...]
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London | Matt, Beks & Cape
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Last year February I photographed Matt & Beks wedding at the lovely Diemersfontein Wine Estate. While we were taking photos of Beks getting ready she told us she was 6 weeks pregnant. I didn [...]
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Muizenberg | Cindy, Josh & Matt
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I didn't know how to start this blog post as there are so many things I could say but one thing which I am sure everyone is that Cindy is the most amazing person and mom. The family shoot we did was [...]
Blouberg | McIntosh Family
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I met Paul & Taryn at a friends birthday breakfast. At the time she was over 8 months pregnant and I was about 6 months pregnant, we met up again at a mom's group and both our babies had been bor [...]
Blouberg | Baby Taya
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1 July 2017 - Studio maternity portraits... Baby Taya is due around the middle of August and her parents are waiting patiently for her. Nichole wanted to get some semi nude pics of her bump so we [...]
Noordhoek | Michael & Thamar
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22 April 2017 - Maternity Portraits... Michael and Thamar are expecting their little girl any day now and I cant wait to meet her. I met Thamar at a baby shower and we got chatting and now Im so g [...]
Constantia | Ashton & Erika
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Maternity - 26 February 2017... I photographed Ashton and Erika's wedding almost 2 years ago and a month ago I did their maternity shoot. Their little girl is due very close to their wedding anniv [...]
Constantia | Tony & Kate
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11 February 2017... From their engagement session to their wedding, their first maternity session to the newborn shoot and now their second maternity session, I love it when clients come back and I [...]
Tokai | Kogan & Tarryn
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26 November 2016...... I photographed Kogan and Tarryn's wedding a few years ago, it was such a nice surprise to get an email from Tarryn asking if I could do maternity portraits for them. At the [...]
Somerset West | McLaren Family
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McLaren Maternity portraits Ian and Kate are expecting their second child any day now. I photographed Kate when she was pregnant with her first child, Juliet, and also did their newborn session. [...]
Llandudno | Zack & Heidi
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Zack & Heidi's maternity portraits I have known this couple for about a year and a half now and during this time I have photographed their engagement session, wedding, maternity portraits and [...]
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Houtbay | Nic & Janine
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Nic & Janine and Baby who All I can say is I am so excited to meet this little person that Janine has been carrying for a while now! I met Janine quite a while ago at a wedding and then photogra [...]
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Llandudno | Ian & Kate
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Ian & Kate's maternity shoot Ian & Kate are expecting their first child sometime in the beginning of January. They are not sure whether its a boy or a girl and don't want to know either. [...]
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Blouberg | Tony & Kate
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Tony & Kate's maternity portraits I met Tony & Kate when they asked me to take their wedding photo's almost 3 years ago. It was a really nice surprise when Kate contacted me asking if I woul [...]
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Camps Bay | Allen & Margaux
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Allen & Margaux's preggie belly shoot Allen & Margaux Knibbs, from the band Unison, are expecting their first little bundle very very very soon. Logan is expected to make his appearance with [...]
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Cape Town | Brits Family
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Brits Family Portraits Any day now little Zani will be welcoming her sister Janica into this world :-) Zillah wanted to get some family portraits of the three of them and the bump before she arrives [...]
Durbanville | Bekker Family | Cape Town
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Maternity Portraits of the Bekker Family I met Michelle at a wedding I photographed last year. She is also in the wedding industry and owns a wedding coordinating company called Michelle's Occasions [...]
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Milnerton | Baby Stella
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26 June 2017 - Newborn portraits... The Budde family welcomed their second little girl into the world, little Stella Budde. My daughter and Lauren's daughter, Grace go to the same school together [...]
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Hout Bay | Baby Nash
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16 June 2017 - Newborn portraits... Meet gorgeous little baby Nash :-) Nash's dad, John, is originally from Canada and has been living in South Africa for about 20years. John met Ashantha (Nash' [...]
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Tokai | Baby Madelein
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15 June 2017 - Newborn portraits... Little baby Madi was born on the 7 June and she is absolutely gorgeous. I been photographing so many cute babies recently I am starting to feel broody but NO JO [...]
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Cape Town | Baby Eve
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28 April 2017 - Newborn portraits... I finally got to meet gorgeous baby Eve! I absolutely love her name which means "life". I photographed Erika's baby bump about 2 months and I cant believe tha [...]
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Cape Town | Baby Joshua
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Newborn portraits - 17 March 2017... While I was busy editing these photos, I realised I have been with Tony and Kate through so many important events in their lives. I captured their first couple [...]
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Cape Town | Baby Aimee
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Newborn portraits - 14 January 2017....... Carl, Bronwyn and baby Aimee left Cape Town 2 weeks ago and moved to Port Shepstone. Their very good friends, Brent and Jisca, surprised them with a newbo [...]
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Somerset West | Baby Harry
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Baby Harry's Newborn portraits I finally got too meet the McLaren's family new little addition, Harry, who arrived on Fathers Day. Most dads would be getting socks, chocolates or biltong on Father [...]
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West Coast | Baby Zandri
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Zandri's newborn portraits Introducing gorgeous little Zandri who was only 9 days old when we did these newborn baby portraits. I remember quite clearly what was going through my mind when I had m [...]
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Claremont | Baby Carli
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Baby Carli This little girl is one very special baby, a miracle really. Her mom had a very complicated and stressful pregnancy and were told that Carli may have Oesophageal Atresia. This basically [...]
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Noordhoek | Dunn Family
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Dunn Family & Newborn portraits I met the Dunn family about 2 weeks ago when baby Olivia was just 10 days old. Kyle and Carla have another beautiful daughter called Isabella who is full of smile [...]
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Noordhoek | Baby Ross
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Baby Ross Newborn Portraits I met Nick and Tandi quite a few years ago when I photographed their wedding and was so excited when they contacted me to do a newborn portrait session of their new little [...]
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Milnerton | Baby Emily
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Baby Emily's Newborn shoot Everyone has been waiting for this little cutie to arrive, only a week late but she's here and I couldn't wait to do her newborn portaits. I met Kim and Steph about 6 ye [...]
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Claremont | Baby Thomas
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Baby Thomas's newborn family shoot Baby Thomas was almost 2 weeks old when we did this newborn shoot. As luck would have it, on the day I come to do the shoot Thomas decided he wasn't going to sle [...]
Blouberg | Baby Blair
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Baby Blair Newborn Shoot I have known Angela (mom) for about 8yrs now. In those 8yrs I have heard all about her family but never met them. Finally, last week I got to meet them all when she asked if [...]
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Somerset West | Baby Juliet
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Baby Juliet's newborn shoot I photographed Juliet when she was still in her moms tummy, a perfect little bump! Kate & Ian didn't want to know the sex of the baby but I guessed it was a boy and w [...]
Somerset West | Evans family
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Evans Family Portraits I met Danielle when we were in the same class in high school together. I haven't seen her in quite a few years so was very excited when she asked if I could do some family por [...]
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Milnerton | Baby Zoé
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Baby Zoé's newborn shoot Here she is beautiful Zoé (Sorry Kate I wasn't sure if it was é or ë). I photographed Tony & Kate about 3 weeks when little Zoé was still inside her moms tummy. She w [...]
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Cape Town | Baby Mason
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Baby Mason's newborn shoot I met Taryn, from Taryn Nicol Photography, quite a few months ago when we had a little photog get together. I have been following her on FB waiting for this little guy ar [...]
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Durbanville | Baby Logan
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Baby Logan newborn portraits About 4 weeks ago I did a maternity shoot of Margaux & Allen. When the due date arrived little Logan didn't want to come out and eventually after another week he dec [...]
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Rondebosch | Baby Scarlett
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Newborn portraits of little 3 week old Scarlett Its always exciting to do newborn portraits because every baby is different which always makes its interesting. Baby Scarlett was born on the 24 April [...]
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Durbanville | Baby Lente
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Lente's Newborn shoot Its so nice when clients keep coming back to you for more photoshoots. I photographed Hennie & Marlein's couple shoot, wedding and now a newborn shoot of their new tiny add [...]
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Cape Town | Baby Anna
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Newborn Portraits of little baby Anna You may remember Carl & Robyn from their couple shoot and also their wedding which I photographed last year. I was so excited when they asked me to do a new [...]
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Cape Town | Baby Ava
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Family portraits with tiny newborn Ava I have been waiting for ages to see this little cute face, so when Heidi asked me to do family portraits with their 4 week old baby Ava, I was super excited! [...]
Blouberg | McIntosh Family
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I met Paul & Taryn at a friends birthday breakfast. At the time she was over 8 months pregnant and I was about 6 months pregnant, we met up again at a mom's group and both our babies had been bor [...]
My Jaime turns two
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Happy Birthday Jaime Wow, I can't believe she is two already! I didn't know what to do for her this year and then saw a photo of kids painting and decided to photograph her painting her own canvas [...]
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Family | Alex Turns 4
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Happy 4th Birthday Alex Alex, my little sweetie pie, has turned four years old today! I am not sure what the 4's have in store for me but it has to be better than the terrible two's and cheeky three [...]
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ALEX turns 3
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My first birthday with my new sister Everytime I write a blog about Alex's birthday I say I can't believe how fast time has gone by and now another birthday is here. Well this lucky boy got a sister [...]
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"Alex" is 2 today!
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Can't believe how fast time has gone by! Our little Alex all grown and almost ready for University, yes he is that advanced people and definitely gets his brains from his mom. Hopefully he doesnt sp [...]
Time goes by so fast.....
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Every mom will tell you that time goes by so fast when you have kids and you never believe them! Well unfortunately or in some cases fortunately it is true.When your kids were babies all you wanted t [...]
Band Portraits | Acoustic Element
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Band portraits of Acoustic Element taken at 15 on Orange You might remember this musical duo from a shoot I did at the beginning of the year (Click here). When Jody and Callen from Acoustic Element [...]
Hawksmoor House | Opulence Elegance
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I was so excited to be a part of the Nuptial Network's Styled shoot "Opulence Elegance" inspired by Downtown Abbey. All the suppliers put so much effort into this shoot and it turned out b [...]
Band Portraits | Acoustic Element
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I met the guys from Acoustic Element (click to see their FB page) at an event which I was photographing. I fell in love with their music and love how they play anything from ABBA to "Somebody I use t [...]
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Buffelsfontein | Jacques & Madelein
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8 July 2017 - Buffelsfontein Wedding... I met Madelein at her sisters wedding about 2 years ago. She contacted me almost a year ago to tell me that Jacques and her have gotten engaged and they wan [...]
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Moreson | Karl & Joanna
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1 April 2017 - Moreson Wedding ... Karl and Joanna live in Muscat, Oman and decided to have their intimate wedding at the stunning Moreson in Franschhoek. Karl is originally from South Africa and [...]
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Roca Restaurant | JP & Kim
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18 March 2017 - Dieu Donné/Roca Restaurant... Roca Restaurant at the Dieu Donné Vineyards in Franschhoek is such a beautiful place to get married. The views of the Franschhoek valley are incredibl [...]
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Rickety Bridge | Danny & Nicola
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Rickety Bridge Wedding - 9 March 2017... Danny and Nicola had their gorgeous wedding at Rickety Bridge in Franschhoek last month. They live in the UK and so planning their wedding was quite a chal [...]
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Rickety Bridge | Andy & Beth
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Rickety Bridge - 17 February 2017 I have photographed many weddings at Rickety Bridge but this was the first one that I have done where they have the tables set out under the fairy lights in the tr [...]
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Rickety Bridge | Willem & Lee
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29 December 2016 - Rickety Bridge... Willem (South-African) and Lee (British) live in the UK and decided to have their wedding at one of my favourite venues, Rickety Bridge which is in Franschhoek. [...]
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12 Apostles Hotel | Noel & Roseanne
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17 December 2016 - 12 Apostles All I can say is what a lovely couple these two people make, so in love and so happy. The first time I met them at the 12 Apostles, I knew their wedding would be a [...]
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Boorwater Farm | Bruce & Ilze
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A wedding to remember..... Boorwater Farm is a little gem of a wedding venue about 2km from Hopefield. This was their very first wedding and everyone involved did such an amazing job. I have kn [...]
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Mahé Seychelles | Gael & Cathy
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True love on an island.... Cathy contacted me last year about photographing her wedding in Seychelles. I was extremely excited as I love Seychelles and the beach weddings are so beautiful. It was [...]
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Lagoon Beach Hotel | PG & Kerry
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PG & Kerry's Wedding at the Lagoon Beach Hotel I have known Kerry and her family for about 23 years now! I met Leigh-Anne, Kerry's sister, when she started going to the same High School as me. [...]
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La Grenadine | Dereck & Camille
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Dereck & Camille's wedding at La Grenadine Petit Hotel Dereck and Camille have been together for quite a few years, they have travelled all over together and have 3 beautiful kids, Sasha, Mia a [...]
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Morgenhof | Pieter & Debbie
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Pieter & Debbie's wedding at Morgenhof Pieter and Debbie decided to have a small and intimate wedding at Morgenhof Wine Estate. They have been together for quite some time and finally decided [...]
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Grootepost | Jonty & Yolandi
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Jonty & Yolandi's Grootepost Wedding I love the West Coast and was excited for my little road trip to photograph Jonty and Yolandi's Grootepost wedding. After meeting Yolandi for the first tim [...]
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Val De Vie | Tim & Wendy
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Tim & Wendy's Val de Vie Wedding Photographing a Val de Vie wedding has been on my bucket list for a while and last month I finally got to tick that one off. So thank you Tim and Wendy for mak [...]
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Knorhoek | Garth & Angie
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Garth & Angie's Knorhoek wedding I met Angie quite a few months ago and we discussed her wedding ideas and plans for the day. Definitely one organised bride who knows exactly what she wants! [...]
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Yzerfontein | Kent & Rose
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Yzerfontein Wedding Kent & Rose had their intimate beach wedding in Yzerfontein which is along the West Coast. They stayed at the beautiful Villa Pescatori and they had about 8 guests join the [...]
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Rickety Bridge | Wayne & Sarah
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Wayne & Sarah's Rickety Bridge Wedding I met Wayne & Sarah a few months ago when they came on holiday from the UK to plan their wedding here in Franschhoek. They decided on the gorgeous Rick [...]
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Silvermist | Ashton & Erika
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Ashton & Erika's Silvermist Mountain Lodge Wedding Ashton & Erika had their magical wedding at Silvermist Mountain Lodge in Houtbay, all I can say is if I could redo my wedding I would defi [...]
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Granger Bay | Paul & Jenny
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Paul & Jenny's Granger bay Hotel School Wedding Paul & Jenny had their wedding at Granger bay Hotel School. The setting for the ceremony is so romantic as it overlooks the ocean, and I lov [...]
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Delvera | Zack & Heidi
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Zack & Heidi's Delvera Wedding This is the first wedding I have been too where the bride arrived on a tractor! Zack & Heidi, both farmers, had their gorgeous wedding at Delvera in Stellenbo [...]
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Schaftplaas | Gerhard & Carike
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Gerhard & Carike's wedding at Schaftplaas Langebaan Gerhard and Carike has their wedding in Langebaan at a farm called Schaftplaas. I had been looking forward to this wedding for so long becau [...]
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Constantia | Roderick & Janet
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Roderick and Janet's Wedding at their Constantia Home Janet contacted me last year to do a possible maternity shoot for her, we didn't end up doing the maternity shoot but instead I ended up photog [...]
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Rickety Bridge | Craig & Debbie
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Craig & Debbie's Rickety Bridge wedding Rickety Bridge, in Franschhoek, is a beautiful venue for a wedding as it overlooks the vineyards and has a gorgeous view of the mountains, one of the ma [...]
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Steenberg | Nic & Sandy
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Nic & Sandy's Steenberg Wedding I couldn't wait to photograph Nic & Sandy's wedding at Steenberg Golf Club. I did a couple shoot of them 2 months before the wedding and they were so much fun [...]
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Nelson Wine Estate | Elton & Erin
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Elton & Erin's wedding at Nelson Wine Estate You might remember Elton & Erin from a couple shoot I did a few weeks ago. They decided to have their wedding at Nelson Wine Estate in Paarl and [...]
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Leipzig | Fredric & Minna
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Fredric & Minna's Leipzig Wedding Fredric & Minna are from Sweden and have been living in SA for quite a few months already, Minna has been in SA for a lot longer. They have a gorgeous baby [...]
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Molenvliet | Craig & Renee
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Craig & Renee's Molenvliet wedding Renee is a paediatric nurse and I met her when my son had his tonsils out at the hospital she works at. We started chatting and thats how I found out she was [...]
Couple Shoot | Elton & Erin | Cape Town
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Elton & Erin Couple shoot in Gordyns Bay Elton & Erin are getting married very very soon, like in 3 weeks!!!! As a practise round we decided to do a couple a shoot because for some silly rea [...]
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12 Apostles | Damon & Jacqui
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Damon & Jacqui's 12 Apostle's wedding. Damon & Jacqui decided to have their gorgeous wedding at the Stunning 12 Apostles Hotel & Spa. Family and friends from all around the world flew ov [...]
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Suikerbossie | Kogan & Tarryn
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Kogan & Tarryn's Suikerbossie Wedding Tarryn & Kogan decided to have their wedding at Suikerbossie in Houtbay. The last time I photographed a wedding there, it was the stormiest day ever and [...]
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The Range | Roland & Catherine
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Roland & Catherine's Wedding at The Range Roland & Catherine had their fairytale wedding at the Stone Chapel in Tokai followed by their reception which was held at The Range which is just up [...]
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Hermanus | Jurgen & Isabel
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Jurgen & Isabel's Wedding I photograph quite a lot of German couples who decide to get married in Cape Town. Its usually just the two of them on the beach or at wine farm. Jurgen & Isabel d [...]
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Mahé Seychelles | Florian & Ramona
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A magical day to remember.... Florian and Ramona are from Germany and decided they wanted to elope on the beautiful Island of Mahé in Seychelles. I was staying with friends in Mahé and the couple ju [...]
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Memoire | Kyle & Chanel
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Kyle & Chanel's gorgeous Memoire wedding This was my first wedding in Johannesburg and I have been so excited to post this blog because the venue, Memoire, is absolutely stunning and I had such a [...]
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Rickety Bridge | Ryan & Nadja
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Ryan & Nadja's Rickety Bridge Wedding What a beautiful day for a gorgeous wedding at Rickety Bridge in Franschhoek. Ryan and Nadja recently moved to France but made their way down to Cape Town t [...]
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La Digue Seychelles | Marciej & Katja
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Marciej & Katja's Seychelles wedding This was my 2nd wedding in Seychelles and was on the beautiful Island of La Digue. Marciej & Katja, who live in Germany, decided to have their wedding an [...]
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Zevenwacht | Gareth & Bertha
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Gareth & Bertha's Zevenwacht wedding I couldn't wait for Gareth & Bertha's wedding at Zevenwacht. We did a couple shoot (To view click here) a few months before the wedding and I love the en [...]
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Langverwagt | Steve & Mika
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Steve & Mika's Langverwagt wedding What a beautiful day for Steve and Mika's wedding at the gorgeous Langverwagt Venue in Kuilsrivier. I have always wanted to do a wedding here and finally my ch [...]
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Suikerbossie | Nic & Janine
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Nic & Janine's Suikerbossie Wedding Nic & Janine's had their wedding at Suikerbossie in Houtbay, you would think November would be nice weather wise BUT unfortunately on that particular day w [...]
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Rickety Bridge | Gary & Jody
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Gary and Jody's Rickety Bridge Wedding Gary & Jody are from the UK and decided to have their wedding at one of my favourite venues in Franschhoek, Rickety Bridge. They had to organise everything [...]
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Granger Bay | Brendan & Lizette
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Brendan & Lizette's Granger Bay Hotel School Wedding Brendan and Lizette chose The Granger Bay Hotel School as the venue for their ceremony and reception for their wedding day. It has such a nic [...]
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Constantia Uitsig | Louis & Nicola
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Louis & Nicola's Constantia Uitsig Wedding Louis and Nicola had their beautiful wedding at Constantia Uitsig, this was the first time I had shot here and I absolutely love this venue. So many pr [...]
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Rickety Bridge | Luke & Lindsay
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Luke and Lindsay's gorgeous Rickety Bridge wedding in Franschhoek Lindsay is originally from Cape Town but moved up to Johannesburg to be with her "love" Luke. They got engaged in Franschhoek and de [...]
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Molenvliet | Michael & Teresa
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Michael & Teresa's beautiful Molenvliet wedding Michael & Teresa live in the UK, Michael is originally from SA and Teresa is originally from Australia. The decided to get married in Cape Tow [...]
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Monkey Valley | Simon & Kimberly
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Simon & Kimberly's Monkey Valley wedding This was such a fun wedding to end the year off with! Simon and Kimberly had their Wedding at the Monkey Valley Resort in Noordhoek. They decided to hav [...]
Villa Maria | Emilio & Andrea
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Emilio & Andrea's Villa Maria wedding I met Emilio & Andrea a few years ago through mutual friends. They have been together for quite a while and I think everyone has been waiting for this d [...]
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Rickety Bridge | Carl & Robyn
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Carl & Robyn's Rickety Bridge wedding. You might remember Carl & Robyn from their engagement shoot I did recently. Heavy rain was predicted on their wedding day BUT thankfully it turned out [...]
Palmiet Valley | Evan & Christy
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Evan & Christy got married at the beautiful Palmiet Valley Estate in Paarl. When I went to take a look at the location, I just knew that it would be a gorgeous fairytale wedding. The [...]
Tintswalo Lodge | Gavin & Clayton
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This is the first time I have been asked to photograph a surprise wedding and it was also my first time photographing a gay wedding. The venue was the Tintswalo Atlantic along Chapman's peak, what a [...]
Rickety Bridge | Danny & Melanie
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Danny & Melanie decided to get married in sunny SA rather than the cold UK. They come over usually once a year and this year Danny decided to do the Argus Cycle Tour and then get married 4 days l [...]
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Grootbos | Richard & Bailey
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Grootbos Nature Reserve I have been so excited to blog about this wedding which was held at the beautiful Grootbos Nature Reserve. Everything about this wedding was so special from the couple down t [...]
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Blaauwberg beach | Pita Family
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28 August 2017 - Beach family photo session... Maaike met Jose Luis about 3 years ago, he is originally from Portugal. He has two sons Luis (16 yrs) and Diego (11 yrs) who live in Almeirim in Port [...]
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Blaauwberg Beach | Möller Family
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4 April 2017 - Beach family photos... I photographed Fredrik and Minna's wedding over 2 years ago. They live in Sweden and have a business called Sydafrikaexperten which plans tours for Swedish pe [...]
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Blaauwberg Beach | Botha Family
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19 August 2017 - Beach family photoshoot... Renee lives in Port Elizabeth and her two daughters Janah and Michelle live in Cape Town. She wanted to organise a beach family photoshoot while she was [...]
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Blouberg | Schalk & Dune
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5 August 2017 - Romantic proposal... Schalk contacted me a few days before the proposal asking if I could capture that special moment for them. He told me what he wanted to do, where he would be a [...]
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Llandudno | Gerber Family
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23 July 2017 - Beach photoshoot... The Gerber family live in Auckland, New Zealand. Roberta contacted me a few months ago as she wanted to get some family photos on our beautiful beaches. Ivor [...]
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Buffelsfontein | Jacques & Madelein
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8 July 2017 - Buffelsfontein Wedding... I met Madelein at her sisters wedding about 2 years ago. She contacted me almost a year ago to tell me that Jacques and her have gotten engaged and they wan [...]
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Blaauwberg | Chen Family
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April 2017 - Puppy love... Where do I start with this post, well I met Kath at a baby shower. She was interested in photography and was taking some photos at the baby shower for her friend. I got [...]
Blouberg | Baby Taya
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1 July 2017 - Studio maternity portraits... Baby Taya is due around the middle of August and her parents are waiting patiently for her. Nichole wanted to get some semi nude pics of her bump so we [...]
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Milnerton | Baby Stella
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26 June 2017 - Newborn portraits... The Budde family welcomed their second little girl into the world, little Stella Budde. My daughter and Lauren's daughter, Grace go to the same school together [...]
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Hout Bay | Baby Nash
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16 June 2017 - Newborn portraits... Meet gorgeous little baby Nash :-) Nash's dad, John, is originally from Canada and has been living in South Africa for about 20years. John met Ashantha (Nash' [...]
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Tokai | Baby Madelein
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15 June 2017 - Newborn portraits... Little baby Madi was born on the 7 June and she is absolutely gorgeous. I been photographing so many cute babies recently I am starting to feel broody but NO JO [...]
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Sunset Beach | Ferreira Family
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3 June 2017 - Family portraits... I have known the Ferreira family for quite a few years now. I can still remember taking some photos of Charlie when she was a newborn and she is 6yrs old now! By [...]