In today’s age and time, almost everything has been thought of or tried and done before and almost rarely is a “new” idea, that new or that unique, as it has sprung from an idea seen or read of or thought of by someone else before. The technology of cameras and the digital age has come a long way, and these days anyone could be an instant photographer with cameras being fairly inexpensive and could be bought anywhere. So being a market leader in a field comes down to a skill being better than a competitor’s and maybe also how your clients are serviced, and the team at Louise Diesel Photography, know that we have that responsibility to deliver a service to a multitude of different clients and it’s still a strive to get it right each and every time.

For us, it’s about bracing ourselves each and every time – taking a deep breath and moving into a zone before stepping into that studio, as the next thing to do – is very simply – to capture brilliance. And it makes us live for this; it’s a rush for that which only the combination of a camera and a finger clicking that in front of you, brings. It’s always a good reason, and good goal to click towards, a way of captivating people long after we’ve captured and they have left our studios. If this profession gets to a point where it’s a chore or a bore – it’s a dishonour to people that expect something they feel they are not able to get themselves, which makes us miracle workers virtually every day. And we step up to that challenge, through everything, only with a love for this job.

Photography has opened the door for life etched onto us, our lives, our computers, our sharing with families and friends close-by & abroad, it’s there not to be forgotten and to realize how we’ve all grown, how situations evolve, how babies become grown and life-contributing people, and in elderly stages of some people’s lives, some get the unfortunate condition of not remembering important aspects of their lives or even their loved ones around them, but it’s been shown that some memories certainly never get lost or fade, and us here feel it our job to give of what we are, to have those great slices of our lives not forgotten – what an honour for us.

Yolandi Jacobsz