Author archives: joannemarkland
Neethlingshof | Zhang family
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8 February 2019 - Neethlingshof family portraits... For Vivian's first birthday, Shirley wanted to get some family portraits taken at Neethlingshof as this is where she and her husband got married. [...]
Beach Elopement | Emil & Rebecca
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15 January 2019 - Elopement Llandudno beach... Emil and Rebecca are from Sweden and came on holiday to Cape Town with their daughter and Rebecca's parents. They planned their elopement through Syd [...]
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Blouberg proposal | Jason and Jayde
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10 December 2018 - Beach proposal... I met Jason about 2yrs ago when I was in Seychelles photographing a wedding. At that time Jason and Jayde were living in Seychelles but now they have moved bac [...]
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Cape Town | Thursten & Jaclyn
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28 January 2018 - Couple portraits... Thursten and Jaclyn will be getting married on the 17 March 2018 at Steenberg Estate. I cant wait for their wedding because they are naturals in front of the [...]
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Llandudno Beach | Hannes & Elisabeth
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Couple beach portraits - 14 December 2017... Hannes & Elisabeth are from Germany and came down to South Africa over the December holidays. When we were shooting I kept joking and telling Hanne [...]
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Stellenbosch | Johan & Charmaine
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8 September 2017 - Powder Paint Couple Shoot... I just loved this couple photo session, I had so much fun with these two. Johan and Charmaine are getting married at the end of November this year. [...]
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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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Steenberg | Müller Family
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17 March 2019 - Holiday family portraits... The Muller family, who live in Germany, came down for their annual holiday in Cape Town. I met them in Seychelles in 2014 when I photographed their wed [...]
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Blouberg beach | Alexander Family
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3 March 2019 - Fun family portraits at Blouberg beach... Chanel was my sons Grade 1 teacher last year. My son absolutely adored her and so as a thank you for all the hard work she did through out [...]
Neethlingshof | Zhang family
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8 February 2019 - Neethlingshof family portraits... For Vivian's first birthday, Shirley wanted to get some family portraits taken at Neethlingshof as this is where she and her husband got married. [...]
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Llandudno | Siekmann Family
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7 February 2019 - Fun family photo session Roger and Iris are from Germany and I first met them 7 years ago when I photographed their elopement at Llandudno beach. They have been to Cape Town a coup [...]
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Kirstenbosch Gardens | De Santis Family
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7 January 2019 - Kirstenbosch Family photo session... I met the De Santis family a year ago when they came down on holiday from Germany. They booked me for a beach family photography session last [...]
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Llandudno Beach | Schnablegger Family
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4 January 2019 - Cape Town family photographer... I was the photographer at Roland and Catherine's wedding at the Range a couple of years ago. They now have a gorgeous little boy called Kai. He w [...]
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Camps Bay | Parks Family
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23 December 2018 - Holiday family photos... Veronica contacted me a few days before their holiday in Cape Town enquiring about a family photo shoot. Veronica, Derron (her husband) and Derron's mom [...]
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Llandudno beach | Jensen Family
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21 December 2018 - Holiday family photo session... Kristin is from Norway and has been living in CT for quite a number of years. This December her family decided to come on holiday to CT and final [...]
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Clifton beach | Reid Family
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21 November 2018 - Windy day on Clifton... Rebecca contacted me a couple days before the photo shoot. Her family were on holiday from USA to celebrate her dads birthday. Her parents are originall [...]
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Llandudno beach | Abrahams family
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11 November 2018 - Beach family photo session I met this awesome couple about 6 years ago when I photographed their wedding. Now they have a mini version of themselves called Kate. Kate is super [...]
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Llandudno | Kriel Family
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7 September 2018 - Early morning photo session ... For Clyde's birthday, Chantel gave him a few options he could choose for his birthday gift. One of the options was a family photo session. He wa [...]
Milnerton | Baby Daniel
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8 September 2018 - Newborn portraits... I met Sandy and Clifton about 2 years ago, her two little girls go to the same school as my kids. We have become friends and its so great to be able to capt [...]
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Blouberg | Myburgh Family
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20 August 2018 - Blouberg Beach... The Myburgh family were finally all together in the same city, so this was the perfect opportunity for a family photoshoot. We decided on Blouberg beach because [...]
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Llandudno Beach | Voyatjes Family
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1 August 2018 - Beach family photoshoot... The Voyatjes family are off on a new adventure to Dubai. So literally the day before they were leaving they had a beach photoshoot on one of my favourite [...]
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Cape Point Vineyards | Maya's Christening
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Catholic Christening - Our Lady Goodhope Catholic Church... What a special celebration this was! Family and friends came down from Johannesburg and Dejana's parents came all the way from Croatia. [...]
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Cape Town | Dove Family
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3 March 2018 - Beach family portraits... The Dove family live in Johannesburg and for Martin's birthday, Helen surprised him with a family shoot in Cape Town. We got up early on the Saturday and w [...]
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Camps bay | Toräsen Family
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16 December 2017 - Beach family photoshoot... Michael, Linn, Max and Tilda are all the way from Sweden. Linn contacted me a month or two before their holiday wanting to book a family shoot while t [...]
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Cape Town | Spillebeen Family
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25 February 2018 - Camps Bay family portraits... Daniella contacted me a while ago because her and her husband were planning a trip to Cape Town and a little family reunion. They had the family re [...]
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Simons Town | Resman Family
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7 January 2018 - Simons Town family photoshoot... The Resman family are from Sweden and came down to South Africa for the Xmas holidays. They were staying in Simons Town so I thought it would be n [...]
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Cape Town | Lombard Family
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20 February 2018 - Forest family portraits... I met Vicki almost 7 years ago when I photographed her maternity shoot. My son, Alex, was born about 3 months before Tristan and I still remember havi [...]
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Llandudno Beach | Gjerstad Family
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6 January 2018 - Beach family portraits... Okay so I am probably going to get this all wrong as I have met so many international families this past Xmas holidays. So Heidi is from Norway and Dusko [...]
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Noordhoek | Beck Family
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Beach family photoshoot - 19 December 2017... The Beck family got together over the Xmas holidays, Sarah and her family live in Dubai and her brother lives in Johannesburg. Because their parents l [...]
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Llandudno Beach | De Santis Family
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Beach family photoshoot - 12 December 2017... Fabio, Fredericke and their daughter Carlotta live in Germany and decided to have a photoshoot while they were on holiday in beautiful Cape Town. It j [...]
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Cellars-Hohenort | Hafner family
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Family photoshoot - 11 December 2017... The Hafner family are originally from Germany but currently live in Johannesburg. They came down on holiday to Cape Town and stayed in the Cellars-Hohenort [...]
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Constantia | Spicer family
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Family portraits Constantia - 17 November 2017... Its so nice when you have repeat clients because I get too see how everyone has changed and meet all the new additions in the family. I met the Sp [...]
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Simons Town | Gilmour Family
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8 January 2018 - Simons Town Family photoshoot... Fergus & Andrea are originally from Zimbabwe but now live in Australia. They have a very cute and busy little boy called Tyler and Andrea is a [...]
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Llandudno Beach | Mellin & Möller Family
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Beach family photo session - 13 November 2017... I met Minna and Fredric for the first time when I photographed their wedding a few years ago, Wilmer their son was not even a year old then. Since [...]
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Blaauwberg beach | Prütz Family
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Table Mountain family photo shoot - 9 November 2017... Jessica, who lives in Sweden, contacted me a few months ago about doing a family photo shoot of her family when they come down on holiday. Sh [...]
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Bo-Kaap | Lambert Family
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B0-Kaap family photo shoot - 5 November 2017... I photographed Kogan's and Tarryn's wedding a few years ago and then I did their maternity photo shoot last year November. I have been dying to meet [...]
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Kirstenbosch | Ezomo Family
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Kirstenbosch family photo shoot - 28 October 2017... Gabriella is Esther and Gabriel's gorgeous little daughter. We had been chatting via email and she sent me a photo of her in this yellow dress [...]
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Camps Bay Beach | Larsson Family
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13 March 2018 - Family photoshoot... The Larsson family are from Sweden and have been to CT a few times before. This year they decided to do a beach family photoshoot in our beautiful city. Of co [...]
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Blouberg | Mahlatsi
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20 September 2017 - Beach family photoshoot... Where do I start with this amazing family. So Allen is originally from Denmark and Lars is originally from America. They met quite a few years ago i [...]
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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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Blouberg Beach | Bouma Family
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Beach family portraits - 3 December 2017... Gerrit, Natasha and baby Logan were on holiday in Cape Town this December. They decided they wanted a family photo session of the three of them and also [...]
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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. [...]
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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Constantia | 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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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 [...]
Constantia | Tim & Wendy
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21 September 2018 - Maternity & newborn... I was so excited to receive an email from Wendy a couple of months ago saying she was pregnant. I photographed Tim and Wendy's wedding a few years ag [...]
Camps Bay Beach | Meier Family
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26 May 2018 - Preggy belly beach shoot... So this is another very special couple that I have gotten to know over the past couple of years. I photographed their engagement shoot, wedding, first pre [...]
Stellenbosch | Nic & Janine
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23 April 2018 - Preggie belly... Wow what a journey its been with this super sweet couple. I met Janine at her cousins wedding which I was photographing, then ended up photographing their wedding, [...]
Llandudno Beach | Taariq & Zara
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15 April 2018 - Maternity portraits... Congratulations to Taariq and Zara who welcomed their gorgeous baby boy today, I am so happy for the both you. You are going to be amazing parents. Enjoy y [...]
Signal Hill | Elton & Erin
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7 April 2018 - baby bump... I was so excited when Erin emailed me to ask if I would photograph her baby bump. I photographed Elton and Erin's wedding a few years ago and I always get so excited wh [...]
Stellenbosch | Schultz Family
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28 January 2018 - Baby bump... Here comes another one.....but this time its a little boy, a boetie for little Zandri! I think if the name decision was left up to Zack, he would call him John Deere [...]
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 [...]
Newlands Forest | Damien & Tracy-Lee
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24 February 2018 - Forest maternity photoshoot... Damien and Tracy-Lee are expecting a baby girl in a few weeks. Tracy-Lee wanted to do something different so she was desperate to get some photos [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Milnerton | Baby Daniel
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8 September 2018 - Newborn portraits... I met Sandy and Clifton about 2 years ago, her two little girls go to the same school as my kids. We have become friends and its so great to be able to capt [...]
Constantia | Tim & Wendy
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21 September 2018 - Maternity & newborn... I was so excited to receive an email from Wendy a couple of months ago saying she was pregnant. I photographed Tim and Wendy's wedding a few years ag [...]
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Baby Hayden | Rondebosch
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11 July 2018 - Newborn portraits... Its been 4 years since I last saw Samantha & Wayne and that was when we did Scarlett's newborn portraits. I was super excited when Sam emailed me asking if [...]
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Baby Isabella | Milnerton
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8 July 2018 - Lifestyle newborn session ... I couldn't wait to do a lifestyle photo session with this family. So many of my clients have become so special to me and the Radley family are definitely [...]
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Baby Cora | Tokai
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30 June 2018 - Newborn portraits... I was so excited to meet baby Cora and do her first newborn portraits. Her entrance into the world was not as easy as Eve's and her poor mom had a few little hi [...]
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Baby Elon | Worcester
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24 June 2018 - Baby Elon's first photoshoot After a long drive and getting my passport stamped (lol), I made it too the city of Worcester to finally meet baby Elon. I photographed Elton and Erin's [...]
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Cape Town | Baby Rudi
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11 March 2018 - Newborn portraits... Klein Rudi'tjie is finally here, not as much hair as his sister had but still just as cute. This was definitely a challenging shoot because poor little Zandri [...]
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Baby Isla | Claremont
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30 September 2017 - Newborn baby Isla... I photographed baby Isla's brother, Thomas, about 2 years ago. Thomas is now officially a BIG brother and he takes his responsibilities quite seriously. [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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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On the Rocks | Schalk & Vicki
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9 March 2019 - Blouberg beach wedding... Gosh where do I start, well firstly lets just say how excited I was when Vicki contacted me to photograph her wedding which was at On the Rocks in Blouberg. [...]
Beach Elopement | Emil & Rebecca
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15 January 2019 - Elopement Llandudno beach... Emil and Rebecca are from Sweden and came on holiday to Cape Town with their daughter and Rebecca's parents. They planned their elopement through Syd [...]
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Du Kloof Lodge | Warren & Sanchia
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29 November 2018 - Du Kloof Lodge Wedding... Congratulations Warren and Sanchia on your beautiful wedding at Du Kloof Lodge. Maritsca and I had such a great time and everyone was so nice to us. T [...]
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Mats & Annette | Elopement
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1 May 2018 - Beach elopement... Mats & Annette decide to get hitched on one of our most beautiful beaches. They are from Sweden and decided, while they were on holiday, why not plan a little e [...]
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Steenberg | Thurston & Jaclyn
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17 March 2018 - Steenberg weddings... I am so excited to share Thurston and Jaclyn's gorgeous wedding at Steenberg. What a celebration! Thurston and the boys got ready at Steenberg while Jaclyn a [...]
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Steenberg | Chris & Katy
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23 February 2018 - Steenberg Wedding... Chris and Katy live in the UK, Chris is originally from South Africa. They decided to have two weddings, one in the UK for Katy's family and then one at Ste [...]
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Blue Bay Lodge | St John & Shannon
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2 September 2017 - Blue Bay Lodge Wedding... This wedding was definitely a big celebration amongst family and close friends. One thing which I loved about this wedding is how everyone has such a c [...]
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Struisbaai | Johan & Charmaine
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Langezandt wedding - 25 November 2017... I had been looking forward to this wedding for quite some time because when I chatted to Charmaine about it, I loved all her ideas and knew it would be beau [...]
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Blue Horizon Estate | Ben & Siobhan
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7 October 2017 - Blue Horizon Estate... Ben & Siobhan had their wedding at the Blue Horizon Estate in Simonstown. The view from this venue is breathtaking and overlooks the mountains and the oce [...]
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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 [...]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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On the Rocks | Schalk & Vicki
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9 March 2019 - Blouberg beach wedding... Gosh where do I start, well firstly lets just say how excited I was when Vicki contacted me to photograph her wedding which was at On the Rocks in Blouberg. [...]
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Steenberg | Müller Family
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17 March 2019 - Holiday family portraits... The Muller family, who live in Germany, came down for their annual holiday in Cape Town. I met them in Seychelles in 2014 when I photographed their wed [...]
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Blouberg beach | Alexander Family
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3 March 2019 - Fun family portraits at Blouberg beach... Chanel was my sons Grade 1 teacher last year. My son absolutely adored her and so as a thank you for all the hard work she did through out [...]
Neethlingshof | Zhang family
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8 February 2019 - Neethlingshof family portraits... For Vivian's first birthday, Shirley wanted to get some family portraits taken at Neethlingshof as this is where she and her husband got married. [...]
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Llandudno | Siekmann Family
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7 February 2019 - Fun family photo session Roger and Iris are from Germany and I first met them 7 years ago when I photographed their elopement at Llandudno beach. They have been to Cape Town a coup [...]
Beach Elopement | Emil & Rebecca
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15 January 2019 - Elopement Llandudno beach... Emil and Rebecca are from Sweden and came on holiday to Cape Town with their daughter and Rebecca's parents. They planned their elopement through Syd [...]
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Kirstenbosch Gardens | De Santis Family
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7 January 2019 - Kirstenbosch Family photo session... I met the De Santis family a year ago when they came down on holiday from Germany. They booked me for a beach family photography session last [...]
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Llandudno Beach | Schnablegger Family
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4 January 2019 - Cape Town family photographer... I was the photographer at Roland and Catherine's wedding at the Range a couple of years ago. They now have a gorgeous little boy called Kai. He w [...]
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Camps Bay | Parks Family
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23 December 2018 - Holiday family photos... Veronica contacted me a few days before their holiday in Cape Town enquiring about a family photo shoot. Veronica, Derron (her husband) and Derron's mom [...]
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Llandudno beach | Jensen Family
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21 December 2018 - Holiday family photo session... Kristin is from Norway and has been living in CT for quite a number of years. This December her family decided to come on holiday to CT and final [...]
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Blouberg proposal | Jason and Jayde
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10 December 2018 - Beach proposal... I met Jason about 2yrs ago when I was in Seychelles photographing a wedding. At that time Jason and Jayde were living in Seychelles but now they have moved bac [...]
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Du Kloof Lodge | Warren & Sanchia
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29 November 2018 - Du Kloof Lodge Wedding... Congratulations Warren and Sanchia on your beautiful wedding at Du Kloof Lodge. Maritsca and I had such a great time and everyone was so nice to us. T [...]