I met the Cerutti family this morning at Delta Park for their family photoshoot.  Nichole had been given the photoshoot as a birthday gift by her friend Lee-Anne whose baby photoshoot I did at the end of last year.

Today’s photoshoot started off a little dramatically when Isabella fell while I was taking photos of her baby sister Sophia, and the only thing that got her smiling again was the playground … normally the part that I leave til last because the kids don’t usually want to leave there once they start having fun.

Isabella was a little preoccupied with her sore knee

Hasn’t she got the most gorgeous green eyes?!

I just loved dad’s tattoo of Isabella’s name

There are also a few more images on my Facebook page

This was SUCH a fun family photoshoot! I met the Buchanan family this afternoon at Delta Park for a family Lifestyle photoshoot, and their son Matthew is such a cute little one year old boy that made me smile so much.  As you do with one year olds, the photoshoot went at his pace and we did what he wanted to do… today this meant hardly any seated photos and a LOT of him being walked.

And very excitingly… he took one independant step today on the grassy slopes Another first for him was the fun he had at the playground… he was enthralled by the bright jungle gyms and the other kids screaming and running around.   He’s just dying to get going with his walking, and I’m sure it’ll be a few days and he’ll be properly independant.  Too cute!

I just LOVE it when kids start walking and their hands are up in the air for balance

The planes flying past were very distracting for him… and perfect for photo posing LOL!

Standing….

… look I took a step…

… oh no…

A “buuurrr” (plane)

It was a fun afternoon I’ve put these and a few more on Facebook too… leave the family a message in the comment section here… or on Facebook

Mike contacted me a few weeks ago to organise this photoshoot for his wife’s 60th birthday.  I met them at their house in Victory Park to start the shoot in their garden with the dogs, and we ended it at Delta Park.

It was nice having a gentle shoot in a garden with a short walk through the park… I realised today how much of a workout my photoshoots are for my clients.  One of the things I did enjoy was trying to capture their dogs… they’re border collies, and the youngster Fletcher was such a bundle of energy… running around their garden at a rate of knots!  And the older dog, who was 16, did her best to stay up with young Fletcher I’m glad they did part of their shoot at their home with their dogs… it makes the photos just that more real, and reflective of their lives.

It was quite amazing to see how different Delta Park was compared to the shoot I did there a few weeks ago… the cosmos flowers have all but disappeared.  It was lovely going to park with Heather and Mike… because they stay so close to it, they walk their dogs there all the time. With Heather being so interested in the environment, it was interesting listening to her talk about the trees and which ones were indigenous and how the park had changed over the years.

I met Heidi and her family in Delta Park this afternoon for their family photoshoot.  Heidi has booked a few photoshoots in the next few months leading up to the birth of their new baby, and then a baby shoot afterwards, and I’m thrilled that I’m going to be seeing them again… today was that much fun!

The kids were so lively, and it was so awesome to experience the wonderful relationship that they clearly have.

Our timing could not have been better actually… the cosmos was flowering all over the park and it was just a perfect setting for all the girls in the family

I met the Webb family at the Johannesburg Zoo this morning for their family photoshoot.  I’ve just implemented a new questionnaire for clients to complete after booking a shoot, and although Natalie booked this photoshoot months ago, she was the first client to actually complete one of these forms a few weeks ago.  And it really helped me so much… I felt that I knew so much about them by the time I met them so I think it made them feel at ease a lot faster, and it definitely made it easier to customise the shoot just for them.

Natalie booked this shoot to celebrate their youngest son, Duncan’s first birthday, but it was essentially a family shoot. Duncan’s big brother David, was so sweet, and collected a few pine cones for them to play with on the walk from the entrance to the park area where we started.

I cannot tell you how I love taking photographs of firsts… this was the first time Duncan stood… EVER!!