Events are usually held to celebrated certain milestones – many companies have functions all through-out the year, to award staff for prestige or great production, or to just recollect the year that was, and have a function bring everything that has happened together, having people dress up a bit, and feel fancy and special for one evening of great company.

We are very active and busy at events, because many things are happening, and we go around and capture all little and big things. We know time and effort was spent to have décor and details look good, and we capture those with care, we know speeches are important, and make to capture the speakers as they speak, we know the handing over of awards are important and make sure to get those moments, s people had work hard to get those achievements. We are sensitive to the whole event’s happenings, as we want to hand you a well-polished product that was shot and processed with care, and not done unprofessionally.

Use our studio as the best choice for your next event- or function’s photography, as we will make sure to go with the groove of your event, and capture all the things you took the time to plan, and make it special.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labsuchagne

Professional event photographers in Johannesburg

Although most people think that taking a picture is just as simple as pointing and shooting, there really is an art form to it. Typically, your photos never look quite as good as you imagined they would. However, once you learn the proper techniques, it really is simple to take great pictures.

Though you may not think you need a flash outside, take a look and make sure. The sun can create drastic shadows. If your camera has a “fill flash” option, then use it when taking pictures in bright sunlight. This can help to illuminate even deep facial folds and creases.

You need not stand directly in front of an object to photograph it. Whether you settle on shooting from above, below, the right or left, experiment, or take shots from each angle to decide post-shooting.

When it comes to taking pictures of kids, sometimes the best thing you can do is to just go with the flow and work with them. Children are just not designed to sit perfectly still and pose for photos, they prefer to be up and about and running around. Have some fun instead, and capture the photos of the children in action.

Imagine there are lines traveling vertically and horizontally dividing your viewfinder. Place your subject at the point of intersection, instead of in the middle of the shot, and suddenly your picture has a sense of drama. Move in closer to whatever subject you’re taking a picture of. It’s frustrating for the viewer to not clearly see the details of the subject because the camera was too far away. Try to make it easy on your audience to be able to see images clearly and vividly.

Master photographers agree, less IS more.

You should never have tons of clutter or other elements in your shots. Keeping things simple in your photos is what catches your viewer’s attention; simplicity often creates a big punch!

Learn when it’s okay and not okay to use the flash with your camera. Your flash shouldn’t be on all the time. Too much or too little light has ruined many pictures. At other times, low light makes a flash necessary. So don’t forget to use it when you need it.

Even though people think white is great to wear during a photograph, it is generally a bad decision. Many photographers use the auto focus setting on their cameras. This setting doesn’t work as well if the camera can’t pick up different shades in its lens’ range.

For example, if a subject wears white and the background is also white, the camera won’t focus properly. With white clothing, the camera has a hard time adjusting to keep the whites looking good, while preserving detail on peoples’ faces, and photos can turn out looking under or overexposed.

Adjust the focus to create a unique photograph.

Reduce the f-stop setting to maintain focus on the closer subject. This is especially good for portraits. In contrast, increasing your f-stop setting will also increase the field depth and bring all elements of the photograph into focus in a more even manner. This would be fantastic for landscape photography.

Nighttime photography can totally change how a subject looks. When adequate natural lighting is not available, it is even more important to make sure that supplemental lighting is properly set up and utilized. Make sure you use the flash feature and adjust your camera’s shutter speed setting to shoot better photos at night.

Food photography can be difficult.

Food will melt and shift positions, making it hard to develop the proper shot. That’s why when shooting food, you should have napkins, glassware, and silverware ready first. Make sure you have the right lighting, and then put the food down and shoot!

Pre-focus your camera and move to where your subject isn’t dead centre in the frame. Having your subject in the middle of the picture is very expected and subsequently uninteresting. Try off-centering your shots to make your subject appear more interesting to the viewer.

Make sure you support the camera from below and on the sides, while keeping your arms tucked tightly into the sides of your body. Holding the camera in this way, you will reduce camera shake and make shots that are in clear focus. With your hands positioned at the underside of the camera and below the lens, it will help prevent accidentally dropping the equipment.

Always keep charged batteries in your camera. Using the LCD on a digital camera drains the batteries, so always ensure that the battery is fully charged before leaving the house. You should also carry spare batteries so that you can avoid missing a photograph opportunity.

Your photographs have perhaps disappointed you in the past. You will never face such a complication again, if you seriously implement the information you got right here in this article. With the ideas presented here, you can take breathtaking shots that you want to hang on the wall for everyone to admire.

This special day was set out in Bronkhorstspruit at a gem of a venue called Oxbow Country Estate.  The key difference between this estate and so many other venues is that the gardens are landscaped but by using the natural plants which grow in the area.  So it’s landscaped but wild, if that makes any sense J

The hall was decorated very elegantly and not overdone and it was refreshing to see something unique for a change.  “B” is such a gentleman and we both agreed that he is the type of man to marry, and looking at the special bond he shares with “A” just makes you all warm and fuzzy on the inside.  I know that they will be together for years to come (just as they have been together since school years)

We loved the fact that they gave us total creative freedom and entrusted us with capturing their wedding photos on this day.  They were keen to try each and every idea and pose no matter what we asked and for this I have to say thank you guys J

Wedding photos are all about having some beautiful memories captured so that you can reminisce over them for years to come!

Riani Labuschagne & Yolandi Jacobsz

Johannesburg wedding photographer

Sometimes, when we are in the studio, and we do what we do here in such huge masses of shoots – it’s just good to get back to a raw way of shooting, and shoot whatever it might be that catches your attention, or something you thought spoke to you in a way.

My colleague and I, spent some time in good old Johannesburg traffic the other day, and it just so happened to be my most favourite time of day, right before actual sunset when you have this glaring sun at about eyelevel right in front of you, and it makes for warm, rich colours and long shadows.

I am very much a city girl; I love the energy of a city, and feed of it, as it feeds of off me. One of photographers’ cheap thrills, is to take our camera’s, and literally getting the freedom to take photos of whatever we like, whatever we enjoy, and we all have different likes and appeals. Cityscapes have always been a fancy of mine, and it’s a wonderful feeling to get a great cityscape at the time of day when the colour in the sky, is beautiful. To all inspiring photographers, even professionals, hobbyists or those just trying the art out, go and have fun, this world is our playground.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labuschagne

Professional photography

Few days are as important in a couple’s life as the day they are getting married. A wedding day can be made such a big deal, but the essence of it is to capture a promise a couple makes to each other, a bond they seal, and then they get to do it in amazing outfits and in front of their loved ones of course. It’s a day that kicks of the rest of their lives together as a married unity, and the wonderful expectation of so many amazing things yet to come, like a  bay being born for them, or moving into a new place together.

Most photographers are quite artistic, creative people, being in-tuned with so many waves of the world, and when people get emotional especially at a wedding, the photographer feels that energy too. We capture everything, and we’re aware of what is happening around us, the whole time. There are so many little moving parts that form part of a wedding, and many of it gets lost to the couple, as they only have eyes for one person that day. We make sure to go around the venue and chapel or church, and get all the small things that we’re handpicked to make the day extremely special.

A wedding is a promise that is one of the most important ones you’ll ever make, so you want to remember the day, as much as possible, and it unfortunately goes by so fast. With our images, and products we present to you, you’ll be able to look back at your wedding photos with pride, and a sense of sentimentality, of a day full of promise and love.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labuschagne

Wedding Photography

I have only one nephew, and had the privilege to au pair for a family with whom I stayed for over two years, seeing their small children becoming little people, who spoke and learned to walk, and we get to see so many very cute kids here at the studio, but having the amazing honour to hold your own little small baby, knowing not too long ago it will still moving inside of you, is something extremely special, and we try and capture as much of that when we have our newborn shoots.

Some babies take to the shoot so well, and it’s such a blessing to think they’ll become adults like e are one day, but when they’re so small, and making little noises, being so dependant, one only wants to keep them safe from everything. Newborn shoots can take some time, as there might be a feeding for them in-between, just to sooth them and make them more comfortable.

It’s newborn’s first shoot and we treat it as such – a very special occasion, and something to treasure, as you can always look back at all of the little folds and rolls they had when they were that small, because they grow at a rapid speed.

At Louise Diesel Photography, you will always get great service, and amazing products, of images of the people you love the most, your family.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Newborn Photography in Johannesburg

Being the official photographers of the celebrity wedding of the year, made our studio very proud to be doing what we are. Duduzile Zuma and Lonwabo Sambudla got married the past Easter weekend, in both East London, and Inkandla, Mthatha, where the traditional ceremony was held. Duduzile’s father, Mr Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, was by her side, throughout most of the day.

He looked very proud and it was amazing to see such a tender side of him, which made us realize, at the end of the day, he is just a father giving away his daughter on her wedding day. Dudu’s wedding was partly sponsored by ZAR, operational in Johannesburg and Cape Town, and many of the ZAR-staff attended, some being good friends of Dudu, like Gayton McKenzie, owner of ZAR.

ZAR catered to all our needs, and it was a pleasure to work with them on this event. We had such a perfect day, with such great weather, and the calmness of the couple added to the good atmosphere of it all.

We hope to work again with such a great team, and we feel blessed to have used our talents and skill, to have made Dudu and Lonwabo’s day, even more special, and something they’ll remember forever.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labuschagne

Celebrity Wedding Photographers