Aleit and Madri adopted a gorgeous baby girl a few months ago. Yesterday I had the privilege of photographing Kateline in their beautiful home in Somerset Wes. I was so excited when I saw that black and white wall, as well at the stunning little pink table! How gorgeous is that picture?!
I met Nicola and Wynand at church and we just clicked! Nicola loves cooking and loves beautiful things. I’m very excited to shoot their wedding on the 28th of November.
After chatting to Nicola about their wedding, I realized they would be the perfect couple to pose for us on the workshop. They aggreed and so we started planning the shoot. The most important aspect when it comes to an engagement shoot is to ask the couple if they have any interests, things that are close to them or a theme that would bring out their personality. Nicola looked at me with a big smile and then she told me about “THE BUS!”.
The past two weeks have been manic here in the office and for a good reason. I organized my first ever photography workshop! For a long time I’ve been thinking about my career and where I started out, what I learned along the way and where I’m heading and then realized I had something to share with people.
I’m not a super technical person, but I definitely a very practical one. I realized that there is a big need from photographers to be educated, inspired and encouraged in a practical way. So I decided to organize my first workshop. I’m also a one-on-one kind of person and I’m not to keen on a huge group of people, therefore I decided to keep the class small. The idea of the workshop was like a group of friends sitting around a dinner table, chatting about the things they love!
Yesterday I met Ava. She was so tiny, I was scared to touch her! Apparently she only weighed a little more than 2kg when she was born. Ava was only 2 weeks old when I photographed her. Every time I photograph a baby I realize how amazing life is!
I recently blogged about my friend João, also known as J’something. He is an amazing artist and has a super awesome voice! He is magically talented and as I said previously, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, you guys have competition on its way! So it you like acoustic music, join J’something’s fan page on facebook to be updated about his cd releases. João is going big!
Last weekend we decided to do something fun, unplanned and this is what happened*…
*Side note: Sunset is soooo the best time to take photos!
My little sister, Lydia asked me to do a shoot of her and her best friend Marelize. If you know my sister, you’ll definitely agree that he constantly has a smile on her face! She is super friendly and loves people!
Over some coffee I asked them why they chose South Africa over Norway and then Lena explained that they loved good food and that when she stayed in Cape Town she’d always walk past Charly’s Bakery. She then said that there was just no place in Norway that made the same delicious chocolate cake as Charly’s Bakery! You’ve got to love that story! Priceless.
Our last stop on the trip was staying in the Magothlo lodge. Magotlho means camel thorn, which is a local tree. The lodge is build on a river bank, with a very big “stoep” (wooden deck) that overlooked the river.
The island experience was probably the one thing I will NEVER EVER forget in my life! Just to give you an idea: No bathrooms! No electricity! Just a little hanging shower from a tree! And luckily an awesome chef called Royal!
The first morning we headed out on the boat at around 6am to catch the sunrise. I’ve never seen anything like that. It was totally beautiful! Seeing the colors change on the horizon..a little golden ball appearing and then higher, higher, LENS flair! WOW! Absolutely gorgeous!
After 2 days in Mankwe lodge we drove to the Mboma Boat station in the Okavango Delta (through Moremi Game Reserve). In Moremi we saw our first lions and not just off there in the distance, super close up!
