Sean contacted me a few months ago to organise his family photoshoot.  He’d seen the photos that I’d taken of his friend JP, and decided that I needed to take his family photos too… what an honour!  It was the first time that I’d been flown to another part of the country for a lifestyle photoshoot!!

And oh my, what an amazing weekend it’s been.  I flew to George yesterday morning, and was met at the airport by Sean and his family, who drove me to Mossel Bay where they live.  I stayed in a gorgeous self catering place in Point Village, and was completely spoilt all weekend… but more about that in tomorrow’s blog post.

I met up with the family in the late afternoon yesterday to take advantage of the end of day light, and we drove to Little Brak beach for their photoshoot.  We chose that beach because of the expanse of sand, and because they have had very many special family days on that beach so it means a lot to them.  It was very very windy, but other than that the weather was absolutely perfect for the shoot! After the beach, they took me to the Vaaljapie restaurant in Little Brak which is in a disused railway station… and I couldn’t resist taking more photos there.

It was such an amazing weekend, and I cannot thank them enough for asking me to take these special photos.  I think they did enjoy the shoot, because on the way back to Mossel Bay after dinner, the kids, Lara and Haley were both quite sad that they weren’t going to see me on the Sunday… that’s a good sign

I’m taking the photos at Amit’s barmitzvah in a few weeks time, and in preparation, I met him and his family at the Johannesburg Zoo this afternoon for his portrait photoshoot.  These portrait shoots are done quite a while in advance of the actual mitzvah so that the photobook can be designed and printed.

I’ve been a bad daily photographer, and I’ve been far too busy to pick up my camera much this week, so I have to cheat and show you a photo from a few weeks ago.  You haven’t seen this particular image yet, but I just love it! I took it during Gerda’s family shoot, and I love the light through the grass and the angle of her body and… just everything about this photo.

In other news, I’ve hopefully got some exciting news to tell you all in a few days about my photography workshop, and in addition, I’ve decided that my blog needs a revamp so I’m getting a new logo designed and I’ve been hunting for a new blog layout… busy busy busy!!

I do enjoy doing mom and daughter shoots, and this shoot was just so special.  I met Gerda and her daughters, Bianca and Anya, at Delta Park this afternoon in the most perfect light for their photoshoot, and had some fun and laughs walking and running around the park.

I met the Mosley family at the Hermanstad FOTR Steam Train station today for a photoshoot, and it was so cool taking photos of Adele and her family again.  I last saw them when I took their photos almost 2 years ago!

We had a blast, and Caleb seemed to be in his element clambering in and out of the engines.  It’s such an awesome place to go, and what;s so cool, is that every time I go, it’s slightly different.  There are different coaches on the tracks, and even the grassy patches with sleepers are different… so I get to vary the photoshoots a lot which is fabulous because no-one ever gets the same photos.

One of the coaches was opened for us, and it happened to be the manager’s coach… and it was perfectly intact… so we pretended to go on a trip.  The kids were fascinated by the compartments, and the lounge area and the kitchens that we found in the coach.