Few things give me this amazing satisfaction, than taking a shot, through a mechanical machine, and then having it come out as breathtaking when opened. Some models just seem to have what we like to call poetry in motion, and with this lovely girl, it was exactly the case. She has a vision to become a model, and has chosen it has her carrier, and one very critical skill any aspiring model must learn is definitely to take good direction, sometimes the direction we are moving in is great, but with a small tweak the pose is perfected, and she seemed to understand that. I am always grateful and feel privileged to work with such promising people; they inspire me too, and make my job such a joy. Times seems to just fly by in a shoot like this, because the more we get into it, the more we find a great groove, and the more we want to discover what we can still do together as model and artist.

She had such a great time, and was extremely proud of herself, something which I wouldn’t even take the credit for, she completely pulled it out of her own self, and found her magic inside.

We always want to do what we like in any kind of job or career, it doesn’t always work like that. But if you set the intend to do magic, and to work with great people, and get to do amazing things, the lesser great times are so much easier to handle. A shoot like this will make me smile for very long still, because I get to be inspired, and I get to hand people a product that they can be proud of.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Model photography

Girls have that wonderful way of literally blossoming into who they are to become one day. When they’re young and these little pig-tailed beauties, they are mostly just cute and adorable, when they get a bit older, they have this wonderful in-between stage, where they so badly want to be grown-up, but still have no restraint when going to jump in the swimming pool, like the kids they still are. They love posing, and actually make for great models, because they have a youthful energy and spunk within them, and when I photograph it, I truly enjoy the craziness.

These days, they get to grow up in an era, where many things are technology fast-forwarded and advanced, and to still try and have them keep onto that everything that still keeps them young, is futile, the world makes time go by extremely fast. Obviously as photographers we understand the significance of photographs and how they are meant to last forever. We not do a job, or provide a service, we form a bond with you, and join in the fun you get to have on your special day, we create memories with you, and we provide you with a product that will make you proud every time you get to look at it, and think bad on that mad day with us and your special shoot.

Booking a teenage photoshoot for your girl and her friends, is an amazing idea, the experience of it will stick with you for many years to come still.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Teenage birthday party ideas

I always strive to give all clients who require modeling/or portfolio photos of themselves done, the very best of my ability, and I’m always proud to hand them a high-quality product, so that they can look at it, and hardly fathom that they had been able to bring that magical ability we all have to captivate out from within.

I always take it on as my responsibility, to make sure they show some of their personalities and surprise even themselves with the results we get to achieve in the studio. Many of the people, who require about modeling or portfolio shoots, aren’t professionally trained models – they don’t per inherently know how to pose or use the lines of their body to create images that shows of their appeal. That is why we as photographers guide and assist them, knowing what they light does, where the shadows will fall, and what needs to be accentuated.

A modeling shoot, is a tremendous amount of fun, and anyone who are interested would enjoy it so much, because it’s all about feeling even the more amazing as we go along, and when we get to show our clients what we do on the back of the camera, they are amazed, because standing on the other side, makes a huge difference. Trusting us with what we do, is a privilege we never take for granted and always aim to give great modeling shots, done professionally, showing you of in the most beautiful way possible.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Feminine modeling portfolio photos

When this lovely lady came to enquire about a portfolio shoot, I was very excited – because she is very gorgeous, and had the most amazingly bubbly personality. She works in an interesting industry and what good portfolio-type of shoots done for use on her website. She was full of excitement when she got her make-up done by the lady we use at our studio, and who have been doing make-up for us for literal years, Samantha Pretorius. This is the type of shoot when you actually don’t quite know what to expect, because for many of us, posing and using the lines of your body, doesn’t actually come easily.

She took such great direction, and her images are great, she is extremely proud of herself, which we feel she has every right to be. Even if your goal isn’t per se to use your images for a website, or get a portfolio together for yourself to use as presentation for agencies, to have such a shoot done, is still very liberating, because you get to be free of all preconceived notions, and just relax and have us the artist do what we do best. We use the light and the lines that your body creates to make great combinations which work, which put the right highlights and shadows in all of the right places. Come and enjoy one of the most satisfying and freeing experience you might ever have, by getting a great portfolio shoot done for yourself, or even a friend.

Yolandi Jacobsz

portfolio photoshoot

Sharing my very dear friend KC’s photos from her special shoot, is quite extraordinary, mostly because doing these types of shoots, are always challenges in various ways. Portfolio shoots are always done with people who are trained, professional model, many times we get to do them with people who would like great shots done of themselves, but aren’t always aware of what to expect or exactly what to do.

I’ve know KC for years when we spent some time overseas, and I have always seen her trough my artistic eyes, knowing she would make for great photos with her light complexion, an icy eyes. She stunned me out of my boots. To have been able to do this for her, not only made me feel proud to be her friend, it made me humble in this position, knowing how we get to have such a great opportunity to transform people, and literally dragging their inner magic out of them like a piece of rope.

KC is an amazing woman, full of life with such full personality, always laughing from ear to ear, and being true to who she is. I love her whole-heartedly, and I feel very inspired and lifted in a way after her shoot. She was amazing, and our shoot was such quality time spent together. Knowing how tentative she was before her shoot, and how became this vixen who suddenly just made for amazing photos, makes me confident enough in saying – through the skill of our photographers here at LDP, and our love for what we do and our clients, we shall always strive to bring out the very best in each and every one.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Funky modeling photos

Shooting with any person, who come and have their shoot done under the label of “portfolio/modeling”, is such a thrill of mine. It’s a shoot I really enjoy, mostly because of the very extraordinary moments of the subject, or model amaze themselves, seeing the results and not even thinking that they would have been able to achieve such amazing results. We all have our own mannerisms, many people are more in touch and in tuned with their bodies, and know how to use their features for appealing images, some are quite shy, and only wanted good photos of themselves, but haven’t had any sort of training whatsoever so they need good guidance from the photographer – and even then, we manage to make magic happen here at the studio.

As photographers we take on the responsibility of your image, which to about everyone on earth is a precious thing, and we would all like to look our best. Photos are forever, so it’s important for me, to push those shoots, to get the very best out of all of our clients who are interested and come for such a shoot. The transformation that happens, sometimes literally right in front of my eyes, amazes sometimes even me, and I get to see people feeling liberated through it, and feeling much more free and secure within themselves.

We can all do this, and make for great images, so I encourage anyone interested to come and enjoy and LDP modeling shoot – this girl, was a first-timer, and she blew my breath away.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Photographic Modeling portfolio

We all have dreams of what we would like to become one day, and as everyone are different and unique, so are these dreams and aspirations. If you perhaps have the dream to become a model one day, the very first place to start is by getting a portfolio made of yourself. Models have to have the ability to take good direction, because people like photographers and art-directors, have a very clear idea of how they would want their shot to look, and if you’re able to mould into that vision, you will be successful in it. A modeling, or portfolio shoot, is tremendous amounts of fun, and even more so for me, because I get to play around with the medium that is the foundation our profession is based on – light. Photographers get as excited about light as small children would about Christmas presents.

In about all of my modeling shoots, my subjects surprise themselves, which I feel a privilege to be part of the moment, and I can see the end-product in my mind, knowing what I want to achieve with the shot, and the look I want with it. I would encourage anyone wanting to get good photos done of themselves to come for a shoot by Louise Diesel Photography, you would be pleasantly surprised and awed with your amazing product.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Lauschagne

Model photographer