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Elliet’s Batmitzvah celebration at HOD

I LOVE going to batmitzvah’s and barmitzvah’s and Elliet’s batmitzvah today cemented that feeling. It was awesome!! It started at 10:30am and was held at the HOD in Orchards Johannesburg. I just love all the tradition and custom and ceremony that happens with these celebrations, and today’s was no exception. I love that every single batmitzvah I’ve been to has been slightly different. And I just loved that everyone danced with such gusto so early in the day!!


This was the first batmitzvah I’d been to, where the women and men were dancing seperately

I just love this little moment that I captured

LOL, and this one is my favourite from the whole event

The food, supplied by Gary Friedman, was just magnificent!
Elliet’s grandfather blew the shofar.

This made me smile… guess what they’re singing? Waka Waka of course:)

Venue: HOD in Orchards
Band: Zenith
Catering: Gary Friedman Caterers

Marcia (1 comments.) - August 17, 2010 - 11:38 am

P.S. Please will you mail me back – I’m trying to use your contact form and it’s not working for some reason. Then I will paste in what I want to discuss with you :)

Thanks

Marcia (2 comments.) - August 17, 2010 - 11:32 am

I LOVE the one of the lady dancing – it is magnificent!

Colleen Sevitz (23 comments.) - August 16, 2010 - 8:28 pm

Love these Jeanette, absolutely stunning as usual

Fiona - August 16, 2010 - 9:51 am

It looks like great fun!!! Your photo’s have captured the day so nicely

Jackie K - August 16, 2010 - 9:43 am

Stunning pics !!

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - August 16, 2010 - 8:46 am

Great pictures – I love the table settings!

Gina (30 comments.) - August 16, 2010 - 8:41 am

What beautiful amazing pictures!
Such a happy event and you captured it perfectly!

melanie janse (12 comments.) - August 15, 2010 - 11:34 pm

These pictures are absolultey stunning, and those food pics…awesome. I love the emotion and expression you captures in these pictures!

The Waddicor Family

I met Andrew, Belinda and their kids at their home today for their photoshoot as they’d wanted the photos taken in the grounds of the estate, north of Fourways.  What a beautiful setting!! The shoot was originally booked for last weekend but because the river had flooded due to the rains, we’d had to postpone it… and thankfully the rain stayed away today!

And we had such fun!!  Clio and Liam definitely did, because when we finished off at the partly built house, they both moaned because they wanted to carry on:)  I think there are some models in the making here!

Alet (37 comments.) - February 8, 2010 - 4:10 pm

Love the photo with everyone’s head together on the grass:)

Cazpi (6 comments.) - February 8, 2010 - 4:00 pm

awesome shots – looks like loads of fun!

Jackie K - February 8, 2010 - 3:07 pm

These are all so gorgeous.. Belinda looks hot!!!!

Janet B (55 comments.) - February 8, 2010 - 1:46 pm

Lovely! Can’t believe how Belinda’s kids have grown!

Firefly (284 comments.) - February 8, 2010 - 10:48 am

These kids have got the model look down.

Leanne - February 8, 2010 - 10:36 am

Oooh, love the ones with the walls! *shiver*

Gilz (177 comments.) - February 8, 2010 - 10:32 am

Gorgeous family. That young lady is gonna be a stunner!!!

JessicaGiggles (13 comments.) - February 8, 2010 - 10:27 am

These are such gorgeous pics! Absolutely love the one where they are all jumping, and the one of just their faces in a circle. Beautiful!

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - February 8, 2010 - 9:03 am

Beautiful pictures. I love the ones with the kids at the rough stone wall in B&W and the swing shots are just beautiful.

Girish (78 comments.) - February 8, 2010 - 8:12 am

Superb photos. I am extremely in love with the venues you have got there. Great lighting and nice backgrounds.

Keep it up.

Angel (192 comments.) - February 8, 2010 - 8:10 am

They’re fantastic! I love the energy!

Anelle (5 comments.) - February 8, 2010 - 5:34 am

LOVELY! I love the two of the little girl in her yellow shirt and all the family ones.

Looking up

These photos show a little bit of the fun we had on the shoot on Sunday morning with Angel et al.  It didn’t take very long for Damien to figure out how to climb on top of the walls of the old ruin. As you can see the house has NO roof at all, and loads of trees growing in the middle of it.  While I was taking photos of the other 2 boys, Damien took to climbing up… and every now and then I’d catch a glimpse of him and take a few shots.

On top

Spot on the roof

Climbing

In a tree

Mandy (15 comments.) - November 20, 2009 - 4:05 pm

ha ha love Angels comment, that must be his mum, he seems full of life, i ejoyed the photos, fav one is the tree one

Gilz (177 comments.) - November 19, 2009 - 1:08 pm

Monkeys like to be high.

JaneW (4 comments.) - November 19, 2009 - 12:54 pm

I met him in December, he is so cool. Nice shots!

Kathy - November 19, 2009 - 11:36 am

Jeanette these are fantastic!! I got quite emotional when I saw them. Damien is gorgeous!!!! You definately have an eye to photograph people. Well done.

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - November 19, 2009 - 9:54 am

Very special! Captured as a parent would see, not normally photograph. Moments like this are usually in our memory bank which eventually fade as time goes by – triggered sometimes .. but usually forgotten. These are for keeps.

Angel (192 comments.) - November 19, 2009 - 7:29 am

Oh Jeanette! This is my boy!
And he’d had his meds that day too… :P

angie (2 comments.) - November 19, 2009 - 7:05 am

These shots are phenomenal…..love the action and clarity!

Meriel - November 19, 2009 - 4:31 am

they are a special gift for a mum. i bet Angel is loving it.

Night Owl mama (1 comments.) - November 19, 2009 - 12:18 am

I think those are wonderful photo’s I especially like the first and second one.

Brenda (1 comments.) - November 18, 2009 - 11:03 pm

I love the way these pictures look, nice job

Wenchy (11 comments.) - November 18, 2009 - 10:11 pm

I need one of these done. I am always taking the pics, would be nice to see how others see us.

I love you, gentle soul of a friend. x

My Damien In Pictures! — Angels Mind - November 19, 2009 - 7:49 am

[...] Jeanette published a few more of the pictures of my knucklehead that she took on Sunday. [...]

The Angel, the Glugster and the Knucklehead

Angel’s blog was the first local blog that I started reading when I started blogging 3 years ago, and I’ve been an avid follower of her blog, as well as her profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr, ever since.  I’ve been honoured to get asked by her and Neels (Glugster) to take their wedding photos next year, and I was equally thrilled when they asked me to take family photos for them too!

We met in Honeydew at my favourite ruin and Damien had a ball exploring the place and dreaming up parties and camp outs with his friends to decorate the place with more graffiti.  I really wouldn’t mind actually, the place could do with more colour LOL! And imagine the photos I could take there then!

We did make new engravings on the walls though, when we saw that the LOVE wall was in the sun… and I needed shade for the best light;)

Love between them

Love is in the air

Angel

Neels

Damien up close

Fist carving

In progress

Damien

Metal wall

Laughter

Mother and son

Dreamy veld

Daydreaming

And I’d better stop there, because I know Angel is chomping at the bit to see them:)hope she likes them!

Alet (37 comments.) - November 19, 2009 - 12:01 pm

Beautifully done!

Tanya (86 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 10:59 pm

oh you have outdone yourself here Jen!!! These are amazin!!! LOVE the ones of Glugster and the “metal” wall and the one of him giggling :) :)

cath (3 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 10:30 pm

THESE ARE AMAZING!

They absolutely capture one of my alltime favourite families!

Thank you!

X

Sue - November 17, 2009 - 10:29 pm

really really cool pics :)

Tamara (22 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 12:36 pm

Gorgeous! What divine pics. So nice to see your photies of Anglug and Damien ;-)

Wenchy (11 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 11:41 am

Oh wow!!!! I need to do this. Is gorgeous

Meriel - November 17, 2009 - 11:25 am

WOW. Wow wow.

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 10:24 am

Jeanette, these are stunning! Love the last one, and of course, the “love” ones.

The Jackson Files (12 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 9:31 am

so beautiful. oh my goodness.

Gilz (177 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 9:23 am

Brilliant. Angel you look gorgoues!

Julia - November 17, 2009 - 8:50 am

These pics are fabulous!
Angel’s make up is gorgeous and the knucklehead is a complete Rock Star!!!
My favourites are the ones of knucklehead.xx

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 7:54 am

These are amazing! You get better and better! Well done, my girl!

acidicice (3 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 7:16 am

WOWEEEE! These are FANTASTIC! Both Angel and Glugster look gorgeous…not to mention The Knucklehead!!!! I really love what you’ve done with the “Metal” picture and the one of his fist. ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!

Kathy - November 17, 2009 - 6:44 am

Jeanette these are fantastic. I love reading Angels blog and her son is grogeous!!!! WELL DONE!!!!!

Angel (192 comments.) - November 16, 2009 - 10:58 pm

OMW these are so awesome!!! Wow!!! I cannot WAIT to see all of them!!!

[...] and it turned out amazingly!! It was the last photo of Damien daydreaming on the wall from Angel’s shoot.  It’s now hanging in the stairwell in Angel’s home and it looks magnificent (if I may [...]

[...] The photographer was none other than our own Jenty. She really knows her stuff. And because of her awesomeness we have asked her to be our photographer at our wedding next year. So you can have a look at the sneak preview of the photos over here. [...]

Lookit Our Photoshoot!!! — Angels Mind - November 17, 2009 - 11:56 am

[...] must go and look on Jeanette’s page for a sneak-peek of the photos from our family photoshoot! I am so uber excited about what [...]

Stef and her boys

Stef is a blogger, not that she’s blogged in a while which is SUCH a pity, and I was so thrilled when Angel asked me to take photos of Stef and her boys as a Christmas present to her friend.  I met both families in Honeydew for their double photoshoot, and hopefully they enjoyed it as much as I did… and they like the sneak peak:)

Stef and the boys

Stef and her boys

Stef

Justin up close

Kevin up close

Justin against the wall

Justin

Kevin

Between the pillars

Kevin seated

I’ve decided now, that I really enjoy taking photos of teens… just love the moodiness I can inject into the photos.

Avril (Mom) (385 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 11:52 pm

I have at last seen these – it wouldn’t download.
Wow – they are fabulous! Excellent photos of the teens – captured so very well. Well done, my girl !!

cat@juggling act (218 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 10:31 am

Really stunning! Got to love the teenager attitudes shining through.

Gilz (177 comments.) - November 17, 2009 - 9:22 am

Kevin especially…what intruiging expressions.

Kathy - November 17, 2009 - 6:48 am

You are definately a fanatstic photographer!!! you capture the moods so well I get goosebumps when I see your photos.

Stef - November 16, 2009 - 10:21 pm

I am thrilled!!!! they are freakin fabulous!!!! ah jents you rock girl :) i think this is the best prezzie eva tjom, thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!
jenty you are such a great photographer, you have such an easy way about you, thanks i had great fun!
aren’t my boys just gorgeous!!! wow… i love it :)

Angel (192 comments.) - November 16, 2009 - 10:00 pm

Oh Jenty!!! These are spectacular!!! She’s going to be so thrilled!!!

[...] finished Stef’s gallery tonight, finally, and while I was finishing off the editing these photos caught my eye.  I [...]

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