landwehr maternity shoot {sneak peek}

i got to do another maternity shoot yesterday, which was a lot of fun. a lot of my friends have had babies recently, so you'd think i'd be used to preggy people, but it's still not the easiest thing for me to pose women with gigantic bellies, and understand that simple things like getting up and sitting down are not so easy :)

here are a couple of shots of bronwyn & greg, who are 31 weeks pregnant. the weather was so mercurial throughout the day -- i often found myself looking up to a sky of black rainclouds. but the weather cleared and the light was amazing. 

my fave has to be the photo with the "made in germany" barcode -- germany is where their baby girl was conceived :)

it's really cool to be a part of such exciting times in people's lives. 

x

nicole & willem sneak peek

if you know me, you'll know i'm not a morning person. at all. but waking up at 5:30am on an almost-winter saturday morning was completely worth it to shoot nicole and willem's wedding. 

the amazing tim gerges (check out his photo blog here) and i had done their engagement shoot a few weeks back and it was a lot of fun (even when it started to rain!), so we were really excited about shooting their wedding as well.

i could not be happier for nicole -- she absolutely glowed on her special day. she also had the most beautiful bouquet i've seen. and willem looked so dashing in his perfect pin-stripe suit. thanks for trusting me so many times -- asking you to take off your shoes and climb in a freezing cold pool and loads of other stuff. but thanks, especially, for being so authentically in love.

here are a few sneak peeks, enjoy x

diepsloot

so yesterday was one of the raddest days ever. i did another set of photos of microfinance clients in diepsloot, a squatter camp bordering dainefern in the north of joburg. there are loads of pics, but these two are my initial faves. i love to photograph kids -- they just have no inhibitions, and don't feel self-conscious in front of the camera.

 

if it's not all right then it's not the end

last night i attended a preview of the film "the best exotic marigold hotel", hosted by barry ronge. it was a great film -- a stellar brit cast headed up by the always-dignified judi dench, a great screenplay and it's set in india. really now, is there any excuse to not see it?

there were a few things that resonated with me. i loved the humanity of the characters. the fine balance between humour and poignancy. most of all, i loved the message that it's never too late for redemption, second chances. 

sonny, played by slumdog millionaire's dev patel, who is the unquenchable optimist, has a great quote in the film: everything will be all right in the end... if it's not all right then it's not the end.