Booysen Family Shoot

In 2012, I had the honour of taking Mario and Judene's wedding images - presently they live in Durban and on a family holiday to Cape Town, December 2013, they asked me to please do a family shoot as their first wedding anniversary gift to themselves. They extended their family of three by adding the very gorgeous Rio, an absolute pleasure to work with. We settled at Tokai Plantation and then made a stop at the train station, unfortunately Rio fell asleep - the afternoon's activities proved a little too much for this happy 7 month old, all in all as my last photoshoot for 2013, I was happy to spend time with this blessed family.

Peace.Light.Love
Kim

Radley & Celeste - Engagement Shoot

Last November, I had the misfortune of having my camera stolen after I had completed Radley & Celeste's engagement shoot in the Cape Town CBD area. Blessed with my new camera, I was able to re-take their engagement images but because of time constraints, we were only able to do their shoot after their wedding in December 2013 - but it was great fun, went a lot quicker and gave me the opportunity to spend more time with this peaceful and very special couple.

Peace.Light.Love

Kim xxx

Happy New Year - Flourish Baby Flourish!

Wow - 2014 just creeped up on us - but i'm so thrilled with the possibilities that lie ahead for this amazing year. I had a really busy festive season  and to be truthful I was quite sick, but that didnt stop me from spending time with really amazing friends and family. I hope everyone had a special Christmas and welcomed 2014 with flair, grace and much anticipation for the rich experiences that awaits us all. 
Below some of my favourite quotes for the New Year - I'm not one for resolutions (mainly because I dont stick to them after a week) but let's all go into the 2014 applying those little tidbits of wisdom so we can recognize character shaping and be witness to our true growth potential.

Lets make the next 363 days the best of 2014!

Peace.Light.Love
Kim xxx

Danica & Kai's 1st Birthday Parties

In 2012, we celebrated the births of two very special babies, both of them so dear to my heart (newborn images were taken Dec 2012).  2013 saw us celebrating their very 1st birthdays, I was a guest at both parties, but there was no way that I was going to celebrate their special days WITHOUT taking any pics! I decided to add their pics together in one post instead of posting repetition and to showcase the different party themes.
Danica celebrated her birthday 15 November 2013 with a Piglet party theme and Kai celebrated his birthday 14 December 2013 with a Noddy party theme - both parties just a month apart. I loved watching these precious angels grow in the last year by coming into their own little personalities - both such happy, healthy and absolute blessings to their parents and everyone else they get to cuddle with. 

Below are some of my favourite images -looking forward to party number TWO :)

Peace.Light.Love

Kim xxx

Wedding Day: Radley and Celeste

I had the honour of taking this gorgeous couple's wedding images - 7 December 2013. Unfortunately their engagement shoot was stolen along with my camera - so we have decided to reschedule after the engagement shoot - stay tuned for those images :)

Driving to their wedding was actually quite funny and could have ended up in disaster, because I hadn't been at the venue yet, which was quite far out - I decided to follow behind the couple, only to realize I had no petrol in my car - EEEK I can only thank God that I arrived safely :) 

Celeste has the most calming nature - nothing seemed to have upset her radiance on her wedding day.  The weather was hot, but right before we did their bridal party images we were blessed with some cloud cover - no complaints from me on that front as everyone knows I love working in overcast conditions and of course I'm still crazy about the black and white application :)

Peace.Light.Love

Kim xxx

Matric Farewell Dance: Olyn-Che...

So, I had one of the worst things happen to me in the last month, my precious camera was stolen *sniff sniff* but I'm facing the grief of my loss head on - and after fighting with my insurance to payout for a new camera, my first shoot with my new Canon 650d was Olyn-Che's Matric Farewell Dance 2 weeks ago. I met Olyn when she was about 16 years old. I took her older sister's pre-matric dance images as well but I was pleasantly shocked when I arrived at their home, first because I didn't realize that I was taking her images when she contacted me and secondly at how beautifully she has grown since 2 years before. The colour of the dress and the dress itself suited her so well. At the moment I'm in a black and white phase, most of the images are black and white (bear with me) I'm loving this application so much - seriously can't get enough hehehe

Peace.Light.Love

Kim xxx