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Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - July 10, 2010 - 9:23 am

Just to add – … and really beautifully presented!

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - July 10, 2010 - 9:22 am

It is a beautiful book (I have seen it!) – a wonderful collection of photographs – very very special !!

Girish (77 comments.) - July 10, 2010 - 4:18 am

Great..looks nice.

Byron Rode (3 comments.) - July 9, 2010 - 9:11 pm

WOW! This is an amazing photobook… Quality looks fantastic!

Lisa-Jo @thegypsymama (3 comments.) - July 9, 2010 - 9:10 pm

Oh my word – just stunning!!

Natalie G - July 9, 2010 - 9:06 pm

Good job, my talented photographer friend! I think photo books are so much better than prints, unless you’re specifically framing the prints.

Sharon (49 comments.) - July 9, 2010 - 9:00 pm

Wow Jeanette this is stunning!

Testimonial from a maternity and baby client | Jeanette Verster Photography - July 21, 2010 - 9:07 pm

[...] email was from Lerato, and was in response to her receiving her photobook and DVD’s with photos from her maternity shoot and Kutloano’s newborn [...]

Jun 27 2010

Baby Isabella is 10 days old

Posted in Babies Tags: Baby, newborn, Project 365

Even though today was a warm winter’s day, we still had to have the heaters on high when I went to take photos of Isabella at the family home in Inanda, Sandton. She’s such a little cutie with such very delicate features and long feet

Because of the cold weather, there are more photos with her wrapped up than I usually do for a newborn shoot, but it works… she is a winter baby after all. And I loved playing with all the blankets in the house, and the textures on the walls! In fact, that brown blanket was just the ticket to make her blue eyes really stand out!!

I’ve also put one or two more photos on an album on my Facebook page

Posted in Babies Tags: Baby, newborn, Project 365

12 comments

Heidi - June 30, 2010 - 6:54 pm

Aaah Sands, I cried a lttle when I saw these photos…she is so beautiful! Congratulations to both of you. I have been thinking of you so much, so thanks for sharing these fab photos with us. xx

Angel (186 comments.) - June 29, 2010 - 10:17 pm

Aaaawwww…

Corey~livingandloving (64 comments.) - June 29, 2010 - 6:33 am

beautiful!

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - June 28, 2010 - 9:45 pm

These are gorgeous!!! Love the first one .. and the basket one – contrasts in textures and shades are lovely

cat@juggling act (187 comments.) - June 28, 2010 - 12:54 pm

Oh she is so cute. I love that brown blanket picture.

Stella (16 comments.) - June 28, 2010 - 10:26 am

Love the one in the brown blanket…those eyes !!

nicole - June 28, 2010 - 8:39 am

AH MAN!!! She is gorgeous!!! Love the hands and feet LOVE the first pic and the one in the basket. Wish my boy was the well behaved for you Jeanette hehe

Girish (77 comments.) - June 28, 2010 - 6:58 am

Awesome shots. I like the light in all of them. The black background works wonders. Keep it up.

Texan Mama (1 comments.) - June 27, 2010 - 11:14 pm

Your baby is gorgeous.

But, winter baby? I’m assuming you’re in the S. Hemisphere? Australia maybe?

Cazpi (7 comments.) - June 27, 2010 - 9:26 pm

Absolutely gorgeous – actually LOVE her in the blanky – all snuggly winter baby

Wenchy (49 comments.) - June 27, 2010 - 9:03 pm

Wow. The pic of the gorgeous girl with her parents hands are my favourite… sometimes people don’t know about me, I love hand photography. I think it says so much.

It was wonderful seeing you today. I hope you had an awesome birthday and always remember that I loves you big.

Tanya (83 comments.) - June 27, 2010 - 8:38 pm

Oh Jen those are exquisite!!! The third one…breathtaking!!!

May 29 2010

Baby Rhys is 9 weeks old

Posted in Babies Tags: Baby, family, newborn, portrait

Rhys’s mom, Jacqui, contacted me earlier this week after seeing the photos from the baptism last week and fortunately I was available today, so we did a photoshoot at their house in Bryanston. Even though Rhys is 9 weeks old, and newborn shoots are normally done so much earlier; I was so pleasantly surprised with how the shoot went. Rhys was a dream, and only got ratty after nearly 2 hours; which wasn’t surprising considering the number of poses he was doing for usHe was a champ though, and I’m very happy with the way the photos turned out.

I just loved using all the soft toys in the bedroom, and was very happy when Reece was happy enough to play along with my little game with him amongst the piles of soft toys.

We gave him a bit of a rest and he played a little on his playgym…

…before starting again…

I was thrilled when Jacqui suggested using the garden… it’s not often that I get to play outside with a tiny baby and thankfully it was quite warm today

Posted in Babies Tags: Baby, family, newborn, portrait

10 comments

Kim (78 comments.) - June 2, 2010 - 1:27 am

I love the one where he is in the hands looking straight at the camera.. adorable.. wonderful portraits..

Angel (186 comments.) - June 1, 2010 - 6:15 pm

Ag man these are fabulous!

Lisa-Jo @thegypsymama (3 comments.) - May 31, 2010 - 11:25 pm

My magtag! Those are just incredible! The one of him buried in the toys? To die for!

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - May 31, 2010 - 10:51 am

Gorgeous!!! Love them all! But specially the basket ones. Last one – extra special – I would frame it!

Stella (16 comments.) - May 31, 2010 - 8:45 am

How cute are the shots in the basket??! Love them

Wahokia (2 comments.) - May 30, 2010 - 4:48 pm

I love your portraits of babies, Jeanette.

JessicaGiggles (13 comments.) - May 30, 2010 - 3:48 pm

Absolutely gorgeous pics! Especially love the one of him in the toy basket…

Fiona - May 30, 2010 - 3:42 pm

These came out so nicely Jeanette! He is a gorgeous little boy.

Marcelle (7 comments.) - May 30, 2010 - 12:28 pm

Wonderful baby photo’s….love them all…very creative.

Wenchy (49 comments.) - May 29, 2010 - 11:28 pm

gorgeous

Apr 05 2010

Introducing Isabella

Posted in Babies Tags: Baby, newborn, voucher

Isabella is 10 days old today; and she was the star of her first photoshoot at her home with her parents, Gary and Bronwyn, in Randburg this morning.

Jessica and Gary had bought Isabella’s parents one of my vouchers for a maternity or newborn photoshoot as part of their babyshower gift. And Jessica even came along to check out the shoot… and moaned a lot about the temperature in the room

We had the heater on for the shoot today. It was a really cold and miserably wet day today, and as you can see Isabella wasn’t required to have many clothes for her photographic debut… so heat is what was needed… and their bedroom was really warm and toasty.

How cute is this little one? She’s got the BIGGEST blue eyes ever, and such a beautiful head of hair!

I took a photo of this beautiful chair in her room, because it belonged to her great grandmother, and her granny made embroidered the cat cushions

And not only the cushions… but also this kitty blanket!

And now, we’re going on holiday for a couple of days, so if you send me emails, I will take a while to get back to you! See you all when I get back

Posted in Babies Tags: Baby, newborn, voucher

12 comments

cat@juggling act (187 comments.) - April 12, 2010 - 11:42 am

Oh she is beautiful. Little man L also had a stork’s bite like her’s – now invisible, apart from when he is sick.

sharon (49 comments.) - April 10, 2010 - 9:20 am

What a beautiful family! Well done Jeanette, stunning photos

Corey~ living and loving (198 comments.) - April 6, 2010 - 9:53 pm

look at all that hair. toooo cute.

Rachel (16 comments.) - April 6, 2010 - 4:15 pm

She is soooo cute! I love the one of her lying on daddy’s arm. Have a good holiday.

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - April 6, 2010 - 3:34 pm

She’s gorgeous!! What a mop of hair and those eyes are just too beautiful! She’s going to be stunner!!

Fiona - April 6, 2010 - 12:47 pm

Awww she is too gorgeous!!! Love the first photo and the one of the rocking chair. Hope you have a good trip down to the coast…enjoy it and relax

Stella (19 comments.) - April 6, 2010 - 10:27 am

She is gorgeous! Love the sleeping one with the pouty lips

Madelein (31 comments.) - April 6, 2010 - 7:26 am

Ag too nunun man. And that strawberry mark brings back so many memories of when Carmen was a baby.Beautifull pics

Anelle (47 comments.) - April 6, 2010 - 3:31 am

Och, Jeanette! What a cutie!! And the story behind the chair and the cushions is precious! Have a lovely holiday!

Colleen Sevitz (21 comments.) - April 5, 2010 - 11:36 pm

awww man she is beautiful! And she has a stork bite exactly like my Tyla had – too nunu!!

Ursula Tocik (4 comments.) - April 5, 2010 - 9:56 pm

Beautiful shoot Jeanette…. makes me want to have another baby …. gorgeous!

Angel (186 comments.) - April 5, 2010 - 9:18 pm

Aaaawww… I can’t get over the babies born with so much hair these days!

Apr 04 2010

Introducing Kutloano

Posted in Babies Tags: Baby, newborn, Project 365

Remember Lerato’s maternity shoot that I did a few weeks ago? Well, Lerato and Tsepo’s beautiful son, Kutloano, was born on 20 March and he was 15 days old today.

I went to Phiri in Soweto this morning to do his newborn shoot at his granny’s house. In accordance with tradition, Lerato and Kutloano are staying with granny for the first month (which is why the photos weren’t done at their home where the maternity shoot was done). I was actually honoured that Lerato’s mom let me do the shoot, because it’s apparently not the done thing for another woman to visit the house during that time.

Posted in Babies Tags: Baby, newborn, Project 365

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