Good day, and welcome to my website and blog.
My name is Coreen. I’m a photographer, caretaker, lover of everything beautiful, and mother.
I’m from Cape Town, South Africa, but I spend a lot of time in North America with my partner who lives in Texas.
I am grateful for my family and friends, as they have been a great support system for me. It is because of their encouragement that I am here today, typing and posting to my photography blog.
I have always loved photography, and even though I didn’t have a decent camera, it didn’t stop me from taking photos with my little Pentax and Kodak cameras. In 2009, my ex-husband bought me my first DSLR, a Canon EOS 500D, and my dream of becoming a photographer became a reality.
Although I had no formal photography education, I believe that God gave me a talent, and I am thankful for the opportunity to capture the beauty that surrounds me. To improve my skills, I started reading up on photography, refreshing my memory, looking for ideas in magazines, and following other bloggers. Every day is a learning experience, and with each shoot, I can see improvement.
I enrolled in a photography course at The Photography Institute after returning from Scotland in 2019 to take my photography skills up a notch. I am proud to have graduated on June 10, 2021, and have learned a lot about myself as a photographer and my camera.
If you want to become a photographer, it’s important to get to know your camera and gear, take your time to get the shot right the first time, push your boundaries and try something new, go out and look for that wow photo, enjoy what you do, and practice, practice, practice.
I put my heart and soul into each photo, particularly when I’m doing a photoshoot of a family. My goal is for my clients to enjoy their photoshoot, which results in lovely photos.
On this blog, I will showcase some of my work and inspire and motivate others. I may post some personal stories from time to time and share some photos from my travels, along with information about the places I have visited.
All of my photos are for sale, and I will tag the post with #photoforsale. Additionally, all of my inspirational and daily affirmation photos are also available for purchase. If you want more information, please email me.
Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you enjoy the photos and stories.
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
Walt Disney
Coreen
Coreen, your photos are very good! And, I like your quotes!
Thank you Sandy. Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.
It was my pleasure!
Hello!
Congratulations on being my 200th Follower! Thank you very much for following and for liking lots of my posts.
I love your photographs of a country I fell in love with many years ago and which I have visited three times. I shall enjoy following you in return 🙂
Hi there,
It’s my pleasure. Love your posts.
I also love Beautiful things and my passion is to capture the beauty in everything.
Thank you for following my blog. 😉
My pleasure! 🙂
Thank you for dropping by my blog, Coreen. I am pleased to meet you and check out your pages. 🙂
It’s a pleasure love meeting new online friends…
Cool Coreen! I finally subscribed to your blog and I didn’t know you lived in CapeTown! It is such a gorgeous place! I visited about eight years ago and fell in love with SA. I hope to make it there again! Do you follow Rory Alexander at all? He is another South African blogger and photographer that I enjoy. I also follow Another Day in Paradise and 2Summers. Lots of great bloggers coming from South Africa! 🙂 nicole
Hi Nicole,
Thank you for subscribing. Yes Cape Town is lovely. I only really started to following the different blogs a few weeks ago. I always wondered how everybody got so many likes then I saw they follow allot of blogs. I love travel and photography so those are my first choice in blogs. I also follow Another day in Paradise will go have a look at Rory Alexander. LOL I was not really an active blogger till I got my new camera end of March 2012. Now I can’t wait to get blogging. This weekend I entered some challenges and I must be honest I can’t wait for the next ones. When you come visit South Africa again feel free to look me up. Love meeting new friends… 🙂 Coreen
Thanks Correen! Yes the photo challenges are a great way to get involved, get more subscribers and meet other fellow bloggers who you will want to follow to. It is hard to follow a lot of blogs. I subscribe to a lot because I love reading them. Yet it gets hard to always read all the posts when there are so many new ones each day in my Inbox! I try to pick and choose but it is hard. 🙂
😉 I love reading about other people and their travels. I can get lost in their photo’s. When hubby works night shift I usually catch up on all my blogs.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by and follow my blog. I appreciate your support, and look forward to hearing from you in the future 🙂
Only a pleasure Marianne. 🙂
So glad you stopped by my blog today so that we could meet. You have some beautiful work here, and I totally agree to the practice, practice, practice part; that is something that is helping me along 🙂
Only a pleasure Angeline. Thank you for stopping by my blog. I believe that you never will know everything that is why I constantly read up, look at other peoples work and practice it myself. 🙂
Thanks for liking my “Balancing.. ” post!
Pleasure 😉
Your work are great contribution for entire blogosphere 🙂
Thank you so much for that huge compliment Jake. :d
Your photos are breathtaking! I’ll be back to discover more about South Africa.
Thank you for stopping by. Please do. South Africa is a lovely country.
PS. Thanks for the link under “Blogs I Follow” 🙂
Only a pleasure. 🙂
Congratulations, I´ve nominated you for the “Family of Bloggers Award”, to see what is involved check out my blog. If you choose not to accept the award I will not be offended, I just wanted to show how much I enjoy reading your blog and also to say thank you for your support and encouragement! Have a great day,G 🙂
Thank you very much Giana, Sorry for only replying now but It was hectic this side of the world. Getting ready for a few days away on holiday and trying to finish up some work. I am honored and I accept this reward. I will over the weekend work on this award. The Matric Farewell’s is keeping me busy right now.
Thank you again.
Coreen, thank you for taking a peek at my newly developed blog. Its so fun and at times daunting to try and stay up with the dozen of post and comments etc, etc. Please come back often as I will continue to develop and explore my poetry and soon I will start a new page with what I hope are not senseless ramblings, rather a thought provoking diatribe of varied view.
It’s a pleasure Sean Pierre, looking forward to more post. Will keep a lookout.
Thanks for the liking! Enjoying yours all the time!
Hi Coreen, Beautiful photos. I enjoyed my trip to Cape Town- you live in a beautiful place! Thanks so much for following my blog. I look forward to yours.
Thank you Jane glad you enjoyed your trip to Cape Town. Looking forward to your blog to.
You have received the ‘Very Inspiring Blogger’ Award. Congratulations! Keep those posts coming…
Please see here: http://healthyglownutrition.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/very-inspiring-blogger-award/
Regards,
Éva
Thank you very much Eva. Wow I feel so honored. I will work on this over the weekend. The Matric Farewell’s is keeping me a bit busy just before my holiday.
You’re very welcome Coreen! You have a wonderful blog and are truly worthy of many awards!
Regards,
Eva
Thank you Eva.
My pleasure!
Hello Coreen,
I have nominated your blog for the Liebster Blog Award! Congratulations!
Pick up your badge and information/rules on how to pass the torch at:
http://healthyglownutrition.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/liebster-blog-award/
Have an amazing day!
Éva
Thank you very much Eva. I will have a look at it as soon as I return from holiday.
Hugs
Coreen
You’re very welcome Coreen!
Enjoy your holiday 🙂
Éva
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and gifting me with an award, I am very flattered because your blog is truly amazing and I aspire to become such a good photographer. 🙂
Only a pleasure. Thanks for stopping by and keep up the great work.
thanks for following my blog, and thus allowing me to discover yours. Beautiful pictures!
Your welcome. Thank you for stopping by. 🙂
You are very gifted! All photos are gorgeous.
Thank you very much. A Big thank you for stopping by.
Hello, thank you for calling in and liking my posts! i wonder if you can advise me? How do I put a watermark on my photos? Do I have to have special editing stuff? I use iphoto on my Mac and don’t do anything to my photos at present other than cropping. I’d be really grateful if you could point me in the right direction. 🙂
Hi there, my pleasure.
I use PhotoScape to put my watermark on my photo’s. It’s a free download. I don’t know how iphoto work.
Hope it helps.
Thank you. I shall try that. 🙂
Hi Coreen,
Thank you for visiting my humble blog. I’m following you now so I can learn from you 🙂 Like you said, it really takes practice, practice, practice. I got my DSLR only in August last year. Before that I just use point-and-shoot for my photos. So I’m also learning anew.
Have a blessed weekend!
Warm regards,
Mary
It’s a pleasure Mary. Thank you for following. Yes practice is the best. I am still getting to know my new camera that I got a year ago. Pushing boundaries and keep trying new settings by the time I need to upgrade again I hope I mastered this one…
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and liking my photo! I appreciate it very much. 😀
Thank you for popping in. I would certainly visit your blog again.
Lovely photography Coreen. Thanks for stopping by my blog, much appreciated.
Thanks. Always a pleasure.
Coreen, Thank you for following 4feet2mouths on our travel and food adventures. We appreciate you as a reader this year. ~Nathan
Only a pleasure Nathan
Hi, Corren! Thank you for following my blog! I look forward to seeing what you have done and what you will do in the future! I agree about the formal training. I did take a basics class when I got my first DSLR, and that really helped a lot, but like you I have mostly learned from others’ generosity with information and practice practice practice!
Hi Joylene,
It’s a pleasure and thank you for following my blog. Looking forward to read some more interesting articles on your blog.
I am sorry I spelled your name wrong! Didn’t proofread – doh!
No problem 🙂
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Thank you
Thank you for following my Blog, and so nice to meet you in blogsphere. I am following you now too. Drop by again!
Thank you so much for stopping by and following my blog Coreen 🙂
It means a lot 😀
Have a blessed day 🙂
~Ankush
Only a pleasure Ankush. 🙂
🙂 😀
Your pictures are beautiful.
Thank you Connie. Thank you for stopping by. 😉
Well done for following your dream, Coreen. Thanks for your visits to my blog! 🙂
Always a pleasure Sue. Thank you for stopping by my blog.
Hello Coreen,
Thanks for dropping by Good Stewardship 🙂 I see that you’re stewarding the gifts He’s given you! Beautiful photos! My best friend in primary is South African as well, has a special place in my heart. Take care!
Thank you Mel.The pleasure is all mine.
Hi! Your photos are really awesome!!! I nominated your blog for an award. Visit my blog for your Leibster.
Thank you very much. Will do so. 🙂
Hello Coreen, wow STUNNING photo blog you have. Keep it up! #Della
Thank you Della. 🙂
love your photos and your blog! thank you for visiting mine!
Thank you marthapfeil, My pleasure.
Thanks for your “Like” of my blog post and in so doing, introducing me to yours. A beautiful site, which I will enjoy visiting along the way!
Thank you Mary, Only a pleasure visiting your site. Will drop in once in a while.
Thanks for connecting with Turquoise Compass. It is never too late to dream a new dream.
Jessica, Turquoise Compass
Hello, Coreen; nice to meet you. Thank you for visiting Keith Kreates and for following.
Thanks for following my blog.
Allan
Muchas grcias Coreen por pasarte por mi blog y seguirlo.
Saludos desde España.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and for the follow. I look forward to checking out your blog as well. All the best to you!
M.
My pleasure. Thanks for stopping by. Have a Blessed day.
love the blog. great pictures and very well paired with the quotes.
Thank you Philip. Thank you for stopping by my blog. Hope to see you here again soon.
It is sort of a meditation sometimes to grab the camera and just see what comes along 🙂 Thank you for the visit to my blog and your photos are awesome too!
Hi Coreen, Thanks for visiting my blog. Your pictures are beautiful.
Have a nice weekend.
Hi Coreen, dankie dat jy my blog volg! Jou foto’s is ongelooflik mooi!
Coreen, I have a sister living in Cape Town. Her name is Eleanor Hamilton. I know it’s a very long shot but you never know. And your photographs are superb!
Good morning Paul. Thank you for the compliment. Who knows maybe in the future I will meet her.
Muchas gracias. ?Como puedo iniciar sesion?
Your beautiful images reflect the serenity of your innerself.
Hello Coreen, your website is full of inspirational ideas, photographs, subjects of wonder and more. Your Walt Disney quote is very appropriate to you and your website too.
Stay safe
Thanks for dropping by my blog. I really like your photos!
Pretty! This was a really wonderful post. Thanks for supplying this info.
Hi,
I enjoyed visiting your blog. I am a poet from India.
You can visit mine.
pushkarsbisht.blogspot.com
Regards,
Pushkar
Hi – just wanted to leave a note to say hello and say glad to connect in blog world – your photography is so nice and has your flair 🙂
Thank you, Yvette.🙏🏻🤗
Hi
I visited your site. I read your biography. Very nice your work. Good photography. I like .
“Our Heavenly Father gave me a talent and I thank Him”
You’re spot-on with what you said here and your photos!
Blessings.
Thank you, Lawrence.
Coreen, you’re welcome and keep shooting photos that inspire you and others! Thank you!