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54/365 – Fun abandoned

And it was back to reality today…

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - February 25, 2010 - 8:40 am

Great picture!

Janet B (55 comments.) - February 25, 2010 - 7:55 am

Abandoned! What was he off doing?

31/365 – Just a little grumpy

Bradley was keen for a few photos until he realised he wasn’t going to do anything exciting… the grass was too wet for that.  Instead all I got was a whole pile of grumpy faces.  It suited me in the end, because I love the results actually considering it was quite dark already and I got to play with some shadows:)

These were taken with my Canon 70-200mm f2.8, which is my lens of choice for February.

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

Marylin (29 comments.) - February 2, 2010 - 10:40 pm

What gorgeous pics! I love getting pics of my boys being grumpy… it always makes zack laugh once he’s “over” whatever it was that was making him moody to begin with! ;)

dinkum (1 comments.) - February 2, 2010 - 4:16 pm

What gorgeous photos. You have really captured a mood.

Lea White (14 comments.) - February 2, 2010 - 12:41 pm

Beautiful!

Kelley @ Magnetoboldtoo (35 comments.) - February 2, 2010 - 12:30 pm

I could eat up that grumpy face with a spoon.

Jackie K - February 2, 2010 - 9:19 am

These are amazing photos

Girish (78 comments.) - February 2, 2010 - 5:01 am

Cool shots. The light and shadows really create the mood.

Anelle (47 comments.) - February 2, 2010 - 2:43 am

What nunu expressions, Jeanette!!!! Love the moody black and whites!

Heidi (8 comments.) - February 1, 2010 - 10:20 pm

Love the mood and the post processing. Must say, at least you get moods to capture, I just get their soles of their feet as they run away. Honestly, they don’t have any love for my camera! (Except Kayli maybe when she’s in the mood for pulling funny faces) :-)

Corey~ living and loving (210 comments.) - February 1, 2010 - 10:06 pm

ooo yes… so very grumpy, but fun moody black and whites. :)

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - February 1, 2010 - 9:37 pm

Aaah !! Bradley Bear!

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - February 1, 2010 - 9:37 pm

They are great!

sass (30 comments.) - February 1, 2010 - 9:31 pm

i love that your boys are such willing subjects! :)

Yvy (10 comments.) - February 1, 2010 - 8:14 pm

Oh lol shame man – definitely not impressed.
Totally gorgeous though :)

Boudoir maternity in the veld

A few weeks ago, I did this boudoir-styled maternity session in the veld.  This was my first boudoir-styled shoot actually, and because the farm workers were really curious about what we were up to and it was getting so very hot in the sun, we hurried it a bit.  These are my favourite shots from the shoot, and they just lend themselves to monochrome and dark sepia treatments.

This first one is my absolute favourite

Huge thanks to Y for letting me put these on my blog

Alet (37 comments.) - January 7, 2010 - 8:44 am

These are magical

Carole (14 comments.) - January 6, 2010 - 10:35 pm

beautiful pregnancy shots jeanette

Stella (25 comments.) - January 6, 2010 - 8:08 am

LOVE the first one!! stunning!

Akil Bennett (1 comments.) - January 5, 2010 - 11:13 pm

great pics…love how you played with the light and shadows.

Fiona - January 5, 2010 - 8:50 pm

Yolanda looks stunning and I”m sure she is very happy with the pics Jeanette. Really lovely!!!

Fairy Girl (31 comments.) - January 5, 2010 - 2:35 pm

Wow, they are beautiful pics. Now I’m sorry I never took photo’s whilst preggy with Logan :( Miss my big belly :)

Firefly (284 comments.) - January 5, 2010 - 9:22 am

Superb shoot. I’m sure not many women would be keen on such shoots, but when somebody is you have to grab the opportunity with both hands.

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - January 5, 2010 - 9:16 am

Oh they are beautiful Jeanette.

Gilz (177 comments.) - January 5, 2010 - 9:10 am

I love the first one. Its so beautiful

Nicole - January 5, 2010 - 9:03 am

Stunning stunning stunning Jeanette!!!!

Girish (78 comments.) - January 5, 2010 - 5:37 am

Good to see new experiments. The black and white look very nice.

You could have carried (don’t remember what it’s called) to block the harsh sun and get soft shadows, isn’t it.

Corey~ living and loving (210 comments.) - January 5, 2010 - 12:14 am

ooo so fun! she is a great sport out there like that. love it.!

Natacha (38 comments.) - January 4, 2010 - 11:08 pm

Lovely!!!

Katie (7 comments.) - January 4, 2010 - 9:49 pm

Super pretty set. I really like these!

Hanlie (6 comments.) - January 4, 2010 - 9:46 pm

I hope one day you will be able to do a maternity shoot for me… when you’re on business in Cape Town!

Gina (58 comments.) - January 4, 2010 - 9:43 pm

Gorgeous!

Introducing Nicola

The arrival of Nicola has been hugely anticipated in the local blogging and Twitter community, as her mommy Louisa has been blogging for years and Louisa even tweeted on her way to the hospital!  I couldn’t wait to take her photos, so I took it upon myself to give Louisa a voucher for a photosession at her babyshower:)  (it was my first voucher that I gave out!)

And OMW she made us work hard today.  When I got to Louisa’s house, she was telling me how Nicola sleeps all day and is awake all night… well she proved her mom wrong:)  Eventually Louisa’s mom got her to sleep!

As soon as I saw the kist in the lounge I knew I had to use it somehow!

Then as I walked out, I noticed this heirloom sewing machine that’s been passed down from daughter to daughter, so poor Louisa had to undress her again! But I think it was worth it, don’t you?

Fiona - January 4, 2010 - 7:31 pm

Oh wow, she is such a gorgeous newborn!!! What stunning photo’s Jeanette. You really do just get better and better.

Annelie - January 3, 2010 - 4:05 pm

Ek kry sommer trane in my oe van die pragtige fotos!!
Stunning!
Jy gaan nog baie bly wees oor die ongelooflike foto’s!!!

Laura (47 comments.) - January 1, 2010 - 10:09 pm

I actually think these may be some of your best baby pics Jeanette. They are absolutely stunning.

And she is BEAUTIFUL Louisa :)

Kim (78 comments.) - December 30, 2009 - 6:45 pm

How adorable each one of these photos are!! And I love the old sewing machine!! Great job on these!

Angel (192 comments.) - December 30, 2009 - 7:21 am

OMW Jenty- you’ve outdone yourself!

Girish (78 comments.) - December 29, 2009 - 4:52 pm

Lovely photographs. I got your website from a reply on Joe Mcnally’s website. Glad I clicked on the link and showed patience for the images to load ;)

Love the presentation of the photos. Saw a lot of them. Very very inspiring for a amateur like me.

Adding you to my bookmarks and rss feeds :)

Alet (37 comments.) - December 28, 2009 - 10:39 pm

How beautiful! Such a little miracle

melody (5 comments.) - December 28, 2009 - 8:56 pm

Jeanette! Omiword – these pics are spectacular – I especially love the sewing machine one. What a lucky mama to have you photograph her beautiful newborn.

AngelinAfrica (7 comments.) - December 28, 2009 - 6:57 pm

Wow. Stunning stunning stunning, Jeanette! And how beautiful is little Nicola – well done Louisa :)

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - December 28, 2009 - 2:36 pm

Aaaaw – what a beautiful, gorgeous baby girl! You have captured her beautifully – well done my girl! Just love the sewing machine, too! She fits perfectly on top .. and one day it will be hers!! Mom should give Nicola the framed photo when she inherits the machine!

MeeA (5 comments.) - December 28, 2009 - 10:21 am

Oh, Wow!! These are such beautiful photos! And such a pretty little girl – Well done Louisa!

acidicice (3 comments.) - December 28, 2009 - 10:02 am

These photos are SOOOOOO beautiful! Really, really amazing! *super impressed*

Janet B - December 28, 2009 - 9:42 am

Oh Jeanette! She is precious. I do like the old sewing machine photographs! What a lovely piece of furniture too! :)

Alta Pretorius (1 comments.) - December 28, 2009 - 8:43 am

Oh, Jeanette! You did such an awesome job of this. I was all teary-eyed and sniffing.
Nicola is so adorable, and you captured it.
Well done and thank you, for sharing this with us.

SwissTwist (7 comments.) - December 28, 2009 - 8:11 am

Oh she is just so precious!!!!! Beautiful photos Jenty :)

Muriel (1 comments.) - December 28, 2009 - 7:18 am

Wow stunning photos.
Congrats Louisa – she’s a cutiepie :)

Chantelle @ Photo Mommy (10 comments.) - December 28, 2009 - 4:11 am

Awesome photos! They are incredible!!

Rubyletters (9 comments.) - December 27, 2009 - 11:58 pm

Wow! wow! wow! wow! These are absolutely amazing!!!! Job well done hun:)
Louisa! you can be a proud moma, she’s gorgeous!!!

Wenchy (49 comments.) - December 27, 2009 - 11:04 pm

Oh dear. She is gorgeous. I love the picture of the ‘kiss’ and Louisa holding her.

Makes me want to have a baby at once. :) Well, one has to dream.

SirNoid - December 27, 2009 - 10:56 pm

Awesome Shots Jenty!

Very cute they are.

Bridget - December 27, 2009 - 10:40 pm

These are the most STUNNING photographs I have ever seen Louisa, Wow! She truly is beautiful. xx

Glou - December 27, 2009 - 9:47 pm

OMW! Jen!!! Such lovely pics. She’s just gorgeous.

Annemari Ruthven (7 comments.) - December 27, 2009 - 9:18 pm

Gorgeous! Nicola is so tiny and beautiful, makes me want one myself ;)

Syllable - December 27, 2009 - 9:05 pm

OMG! She’s so beautiful! So much of hair – lovely! Love the rosebud pout and napping with hands under chin. Many congrats, Louisa – you did good!

Marcelle (8 comments.) - December 27, 2009 - 9:01 pm

There are stunning…well done…as always excellent photo’s. amazing how you have grown since I first started following your blogs.

Gina (58 comments.) - December 27, 2009 - 8:59 pm

Magnificent. Love the sewing machine one and the cacoon one…
and all that hair, so beautiful!

Louisa (42 comments.) - December 27, 2009 - 8:11 pm

Jeanette, these are so gorgeous. Love the kissy face one you caught! *grins from ear to ear*

Thank you so much!

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A new baby brother

I met up with the Henriques family yesterday morning to take photos of Caleb, who is 12 days old.  I ended up spending more time with his sisters, and we had quite a fun time in the garden.

Caleb and dad

Caleb was not very happy with this upset to his routine, and ended up being extremely unhappy with us all.  So, I’m going back next weekend to try again, but I did manage to get some photos which I know Karen is dying to see, so here are a few photos of his older siblings (Sami who is 3, and Layla who is8)

Sami with attitude

Spunky Sami

Peekaboo

Layla with attitude

Layla

Cannot wait to finish the set, and get L to smile properly for the camera… and I’m determined to charm Caleb until he’s putty in my hands:)

Gilz (177 comments.) - December 7, 2009 - 11:01 am

Beautiful girls…good luck with Caleb.

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - December 7, 2009 - 10:11 am

Such beautiful pictures. I am sure next week will be better.

Kelley @ Magnetoboldtoo (35 comments.) - December 7, 2009 - 7:22 am

L looks a lot like my daughter at that age. And we never EVER got her to smile for the camera, they all had to be action shots where she wasn’t aware the camera was on her.

Corey livingandloving (306 comments.) - December 7, 2009 - 3:14 am

I don’t think there are enough words for how much I love that first shot. WOW!

Hayley (15 comments.) - December 6, 2009 - 9:14 pm

Oh man…how sweet is that little one.

Stunning girls!

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