Making Picture-Perfect Memories for life
Myriad memories frozen in time
Rika from Flowers by Rika sponsored three lovely bouquet’s for a bridal shoot we had at Rhodes Memorial on 18 November 2012. I had to pick up the bouquet’s the day before the shoot and decided to take the some photo’s in the studio.
Thank you Rika for the lovely Bouquet’s it looked absolutely beautiful in our Bridal Shoot.
If you are in the Cape Town Area feel free to contact Rika Senekal for a quotation.
Email: senekalrika@gmail.com
Cell phone: 079 497 5873 or 074 029 5842
I photographed Mellisa the first time 27 December 2011 she was 4 weeks old. Today she turned 1 and I had the honor to capture her Cake Smashing…..
A year ago I met Helen, Paul and Jaennine for a family shoot. Paul is not a big lover of photo’s but little sis Jaennine just love the camera. One year later everyone had fun.Just love this one…
Little Wihan is a very serious little boy but mom got the right sounds and actions to make him laugh out off his tummy… Priceless….
The Rules:
1. Thank the person who nominate you.
2. List 7 things about yourself.
3. Nominate 15 bloggers and inform them.
A while back I received a nomination for Very inspiring Blogger Award. I was so busy that to date I had not had the chance to properly accept the award.
1. Thank you Eva of Healthy Glow Nutrition for my nomination. Sorry for only accepting now.
2. 7 things about myself:
I must be honest it is very difficult to choose only 15 bloggers. Every one of the blogs I follow are brilliant and I love each and everyone of them.
3 My nominations for this award:
Here are the rules to accept this award:
1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award
2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award.
3 Please include a link back to this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award – and include these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!)
4 Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them
5 You can now also join our Facebook page – click the link here ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award Award and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience
6 As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars…
ok, let’s start…
My blog was nominated by Frankfurtmalin for the Blog of the year 2012. Thank you Malin for the nomination I really appreciate it.
I love all the blogs I follow and wish I could nominate each and every one of them.
I am going to nominate only a few tonight on a later stage I’ll nominate some more.
This bouquet was made for our Bridal Shoot at Rhodes Memorial. Rika Senekal of Flowers by Rika sponsored us with three lovely bouquet’s.
I am busy editing the Kottnitz Family shoot. When I saw this one I decided on the spot this is my photo of the day. Mom just finished changing baby and big brother observed… Just look at that little eyes…..
Yesterday when I looked out the window at my friends house in Britannia Bay I spotted these flowers growing between the leaves of the tree. It was a bit high and I had to stand on my toes to get these shots. While taking the photo’s the ants big ones decided to attack me.
I took this photo in my friends garden. I could not really edit it so I just converted from RAW to jpeg and sharpen a bit. My photo shop keeps telling me I installed it on to many computers. So I used PhotoScape to resize the photo.
“Sometimes, the most important lessons in life are the ones we learn the hard way.” Unknown
“Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.” Dame Edna Everage
“Peace can become a lens through which you see the world. Be it. Live it. Radiate it out. Peace is an inside job.” Dr Wayne Dyer
Appreciate those who love you. Help those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Forget those who leave you.
“The days you are most uncomfortable are the days you learn the most about yourself.” Mary Louise Bean
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” Robert Brault
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today Sunette and I had lots of fun. This is just one of the over 400 photo’s taken today. More on this shoot at a later stage…
Mother and Son enjoying a playful moment.
On 9 November I had the pleasure to capture the Kottnitz family. Little Ewald was only two weeks old on the day of the shoot. I started editing their shoot today and came across this photo and it spoke to me. I took it with my Canon EOS 500D and my Canon EF 50mm 1: 1.8 lens. This is the first time that I use this lens in a studio shoot. Got a few out of focus photo’s but I was to close. I would love to get to know my 50mm lens better. I’ve heard that it is an awesome lens for portrait.
“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” Henry Ward Beecher
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.” Buddha
“Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.” Leo Buscaglia
“Enjoy all you have while pursuing all you want.” Jim Rohn
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Saint Francis of Assisi
“Those who possess strength have also known adversity.” Byron Pulsifer
Edited this photo today. Just love to capture little kids while they are having fun…
I took these photo’s on 16 June this year when we went to a poultry show in Worcester with my son’s class. I was so busy and only got to edit them last night. I wanted to give Lian’s teacher a DVD with all the photo’s on it before I got to busy again. I like this one it looks like the rooster has a big earring on.
Please note that the following collage can be disturbing for some.
On Sunday we visited a Dairy farm as you know. One of the cows had complications during the birth of her calf and her hind legs got paralyzed. So the farmer had to put her down. While we were learning all about the production of milk and the udder I found it very fascinating. The Farmer asked me if I would like to some photo’s of the udder after the cow was slaughtered. I just could not let an opportunity like this past me by so yesterday the farmer phoned and told my the udder is waiting for me.
I always thought that it was an big sack of milk until Sunday. Call me stupid but I think I am not the only one who thought that. It is made up of blood veins and glands. And the best of all the milk is in the blood of the cow. WOW that blew my mind completely. I still want to learn more about this interesting organ.
On top the udder with two pairs of mammary glands. Just below this is the other side of the udder. Beside this is the udder cut open with some milk. Note there are no blood in the milk.
Yesterday afternoon we visited a Dairy farm not far from where we live. I learned allot and took a few nice photo’s. I want to go back for another tour and with a list of questions. WOW never thought that cows and the process of milking can be so interesting. The best of all there is much to learn and yesterday I could only make mental notes. So I will write down what I could remember and just make double sure of the facts before I post the article.
“Dreams are the touchstones of our character.” Henry David Thoreau
“Four very powerful words to say to your child: I Believe in you.” Kevin Heath
“Dreams are necessary to life.” Anais Nin
“By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.” Grenville Kleiser
” You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.” Zig Ziglar
“The more you care, the stronger you can be.” Jim Rohn
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein
This morning I had the pleasure to take photo’s of Daniël De Kock’s Breakfast at Rusticana Hospitality Estate. Here is Daniël protecting the youngest little guest’s ears from the loud noise of the speakers. I must say I had a different photo in mind for my photo of the day but, when I saw this scene I changed my mind. I just love this photo….
This afternoon I had a photo shoot with a two week little boy and his family. His little three year old brother got a bit bored because his little brother is getting all the attention. I caught this one of him while mommy was giving little brother milk.
The more I edit Riaan and Madelein’s photo shoot the more fun shots I get. Just love that naughty look in his eyes.
On Saturday Lian had another cricket match. Here he is keeping a eye on the fielders while waiting to bat.
“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.” Benjamin Disraeli
” An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind.” Albert Schweitzer
“It is health which is real wealth, not pieces of silver and gold.” Gandhi
” All you have is now. The measure of our peace of mind and the measure of our personal effectiveness are determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment.” Andrew Matthews
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.” Helen Keller
“Life flows on within you and without you.” George Harrison
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” Mahatma Gandhi
Today I am posting early, Hubby is coming home and Lian got chosen for a six a side Cricket Tournament. Today I am splitting myself and my time in two. Support Lian one half of his tournament and the next few hours I need to support Armand at the cricket club. In between all the cricket my dear friend is bringing hubby home from the airport.
I just love this photo when I saw it this morning I instantly knew this is my photo of the day.
I must admit it is hard choosing a photo of the day while editing Theresa’s photo’s. Does not matter how she sit, stands, look, smile or don’t smile the photo’s comes out stunning. I still have about 170 photo’s of her photo shoot to work through so at least I can spoil you all with her beauty tomorrow again…
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