Family shall always be the cornerstone of our studio, no matter how many events we had been able to photograph, how many wonderful people we got to meet, or how many different shoots we are booked for, families share something united, and getting a picture of all of that is what makes them unique, fun, and a joy for us to photograph. Because all families are different, they have children ranging from small babies to elder children, and in each phase there is something interesting to capture. We do all but about stand on our head to get some people to smile, and many people walk out of our studio, feeling like family. We have a relatively small time to create a bond with the family, to have them feel comfortable in the studio and not shy away from us, to get images that that family will look back on for lifetimes to come, and to photograph technically as perfect as possible, to that skin tones appear natural, and colours stand out nice and vividly.

When you decide to become a photographer, you do so for many reasons, and it’s one of those industries, where you’re also not sure where you’ll end up. You have an inherent idea of what you perhaps want out of it initially, and then it turns out that it might end up putting you on different paths to other places not even imagined.  When I first started I didn’t think families would be the main focus of my career, but now, I have the blessed opportunity to photograph so many different people, seeing their kids grow and change, having them connect with us and us with them, and having so many clients feel like family at the end of the day.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labuschagne

Family Photos in JHB