Babies give us such joy, because when they get to that stage just before they get their actual teeth, but they already have some personality, they tend to give you these gummy smiles, and it’s something that only makes your heart melt. Little kids rule the world, and they will only smile if they feel like it. So many people show us photos of these babies at homes giving the biggest smiles, and when they are in the studio, they tend to be out of their comfort zone some, and the smiles do not come so easily. We do everything but about stand on our head to get them to smile, and we get great results with our shoots, as these are natural smiles, and special moments of baby.

They really grow very fast, it’s from the one stage to the next, and one should capture these little milestones of theirs, and what better to do that than to have professional photographs of baby. We understand that your kid might not quite know what is going on, with strangers trying to get them to smile, but we really entertain them with all sorts of sports.

Bring your baby for a shoot by us, you’ll have images you’ll treasure forever.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Baby Photography

Babies have cute expressions, cute little hands, cute little smiles and they can’t seem to do anything wrong.  We want to capture that amazing phases of them, while they still spontaneously give them, that’s we try and make all our clients as comfortable as possible in the studio, a space that can sometimes intimidate people a great deal.

Everyone wants good photos of themselves or their children, but few people are completely relaxed in front of the camera. Our clients end up feeling like family after their shoots, as we get the chance to see how they interact some, what their relationship with their children is, at what age the children are and how different they react because of it. It’s a joy to be part of all of it, and we try and fall into step with the family’s sense of being.

Babies, more so than any other person at any age, give big, gummy smiles, they laugh in a way that it sounds like bells and they are pure perfection. They grow so fast though, and it’s always a great idea to capture who they, when they are at that stage.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Baby Photography studio

Families are the cornerstone of our business and we welcome them with open arms, for so many reasons. In relativity, it’s actually such a small amount of time we get to be with them in the studio, that’s why we have to try and make a good connection that will insure the family of our professional service. Families consists out of many different parts, and they are all different, with some already having older teenage kids, others young parents with smaller babies, and others being privileged to have grandchildren already, and we get to photograph the generations in the studio

People sometimes get very intimidated in the studio, the moment they see the big backdrop and lights, and many people might be concerned that they won’t be guided well enough to get good shots. We make sure to give good guidance, and to create the space for natural poses to happen. One want to look back at your photos in years to come, and only remember the great time you have had in the studio, and the manner in which the photographer worked with you.

It’s great to have so many laughs with so many families that walk through our doors, we see the strong bond they have and how they get to evolve into their own unique little families with children of their own. Be sure to know that our client’s become like our own families, and we treat them with the warmth we would our own.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Professional Family Photography

Babies will always have this amazing ability to be cute, and they go through the most beautiful phases with only two bottom teeth, or stunning smiles and expressions, and they grow way too fast out of them again. One of the most extraordinary phenomena’s here by us, is seeing small children or babies, or a mommy with a beautiful pregnant tummy – and you get to see that newborn when they present themselves, or babies already older and doing so much more like crawling or walking, and a few months later, that kid has grown something tremendous.

It’s lovely to capture those little smiles, and we try our best to get baby to give them to us, so we encourage all parents to bring little one for their own special photoshoot, or we make sure to entertain them when we do a whole family shoot, so that some smiles can be captured. Friendly babies make any heart melt, and no grandparent will leave the parents alone if they knew stunning photos were taken of their precious grandchildren.

With family shoots, many grandparents come along, and it’s very special to get the generations together for a shoot, and one can see so much of yourself in the little ones. Know for sure that the atmosphere at Louise Diesel Photography, The Real Life Studio, is a warm, welcoming one, where we’ll always try our best to get smiles out of your family.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Professional Baby Photography

We love babies in our studio. I always say, babies bring a sense of honesty to this world, as they can’t fake anything, and won’t be stopped if they want to cry right NOW. But somewhere, that baby had to come from a very pregnant mommy, with a very round tummy. Maternity shoots are actually very technically inclined, as we use the light a lot, to accentuate shape and form, and that gorgeous belly, is quite a distinctive shape.

In photography, one unfortunately loses a dimension, and through some means or another, that dimension has to be gained back again to the viewer. In food photography for example, it’s quite challenging, as the very thing photographed is made to be enjoyed through the taste and smell of it, and those things taken for granted, are taken away, through photography, with an image reduced to a print on a medium as thin as paper. Using light to accentuate the shape of things, so that it doesn’t look flat and lifeless, is the essence of photography. With maternity photography, the shape is quite evident, and we use that to the ultimate, with side-lighting which creates a gradient of the roundness.

Maternity shoots are quite arty, and has a different element to it, than family photos, as it’s quite personal and intimate. That little baby is brought back a while later for their own special shoot, and then we complete the circle, with mommy’s tummy having had a chance, and baby being brought into this world later on.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Pregnancy Photoshoot

Babies, keeps us young, and it’s astonishing, how such a little person, can already have such a strong will of their own, and they definitely have their way of making themselves heard. Babies express without any resistance and so truthfully and honestly, and it’s exactly because of that reason, that we enjoy photographing them so much. Not to take away from the high cuteness degree though…

Best times to photograph babies, is not set in stone to specifics, just importantly, when they’ve been fed, and they’ve had a healthy nap so that they are giving us their ultimate amount of smiles. Its better just to bring them, when they have had the above, as it will benefit mostly them. The studio could be a place unlike any other they’ve seen- as it’s not grandma’s house, or their own, and they could be a bit overwhelmed by a large white backdrop, and big studio lights, so we would want to have them at their friendliest.

People often ask us, what do they need to wear, and we say, what works well, is dressing uniformly, in like colours, or all just being brightly dressed. Especially babies have such lovely personalities; it has to be brought out by dressing them all brightly. Whatever age though, they still stay cute and wonderful, and a baby shoot at Louise Diesel Photography studio, is a great idea.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Baby Photography

Cute baby photos is all about capturing their expressions…

  From big time frowns, to the wide open mouthed smiles (just gums everywhere    )  Yes, ages and stages is one of the most beautiful things babies go through and the best way to remember every little thing is to have professional baby photos taken.  Take little Hudson (nice name don’t you think) for instance, he is one of few babies who actually prefer lying on his tummy rather than sitting up all by himself.  Everytime I smiled at him he just  smiled right back.

  I think this is part of the magic of babies, they are so innocent and just give love freely to anyone who would take a minute and talk to them.  I can see many girls lining up at your doorstep with this gorgeous “big” little boy in the house.  Baby Photography is an art which we have perfected, give them a little bit of love and attention and they will give you smiles (and maybe a little of drool if your lucky   ) all the way!

Riani