Adina’s mom contacted me a few months ago to organise this portrait shoot ahead of her batmitzvah (I’m taking photos of her celebration next month). I took these photos of her, and others of her family in their BEAUTIFUL garden in Johannesburg. Adina’s mom was a little upset because the rain had destroyed most of the roses in the garden, but it worked out just fine for the shoot.
What also worked just fine, was the absolutely perfect weather… cloudy and cool! What a win all around






Such a lovely young lady. The portraits are wonderful.
Your work *always* impresses me.
Drop-dead-gorgeous pictures.
You have every reason to be proud of these.
She must be in love with them!
Sheesh- thats someone’s garden!?? Gawjiss! And what a beautiful youg girl!
WOW. Love the last one. Such a beautiful capture of a moment in time.
Beautiful photos Jeanette!
So beautiful! cant wait to see the bati pics
Just gorgeous!!
Absolutely gorgeous!!!!
What a beautiful girl!
Those are beautiful. What an incredible garden!
I love these – you really captured her essence. The b&w one is my fave
What gorgeous photos capturing the garden and beautiful girl.
Beautiful shots. You take lovely portraits.
Wonderful shots! She must be so happy with them. =)
Jeanette, these are gorgeous photos of a gorgeous young lady!
Very nice photos. I finally searched the meaning of batmitzvah
http://judaism.about.com/cs/barbatmitzvah/f/batmitzvah.htm
Hope this is the right one.
Very pretty girl. Sorry for the roses, but a dull cloudy climate excellent for photos.
that last one is freakin’ gorgeous.
what a stunning girl
Gosh – they’re lovely! .. and what a lovely young lady! Still a child in the third one but the others .. a beautiful young lady! Love the second last one – such warmth in her eyes!
I love the colours of the last photo.
Oh these are gorgeous! The second one is my favourite. x
I love the last one
Stunning work as always
Stunning pictures of a beautiful girl! I love the last one.
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