Denton and his family were one of the first families that I took photos of almost 3 years ago.  It was awesome seeing them again this afternoon.  We even used the same venue… their house and a nearby park… and I tried to make sure that the photos weren’t the same as the last time… which wasn’t that difficult considering my style has developed since then.  This time there’s also a new addition to the family.  Their youngest daughter is 7 months old… and so cute!!

It was actually so much fun doing a family shoot where the ages of the kids were so varied, and I had a baby, a child, a tween and a teen … so I got to do baby photos as well as more funky photos to get the best out of the older girls

They’re going to be relocating soon, so I know that I won’t be using the same location for their next shoot… they’ll just have to fly me to where they’ll be living and do a shoot on the beach at sunrise.

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.

Deidre contacted me a while ago to organise this huge family photoshoot for her parents.  I’ve done a few photoshoots for Deidre over the last few years, but only with her and Skye… and this time she wanted to organise a shoot for her entire extended family.  So we met up this morning at Walter Sisulu gardens… with her parents, and their 5 children and all the spouses and grandchildren… 17 people!

It’s such an awesome reason for a professional photoshoot… it’s not easy to get family photos like this and they’re so important for memories.

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.