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

When businesses plan their year, many moving parts make up the whole, and many things have to be put into place, not just from production side, to predicting the economy to see how the business would grow, but also how the business’ image would be showcased to the public, as certain places have different images they would like to portray, and for all of their marketing needs, photographs have to taken. Many people think that corporate photography has to be static & boring, but times have changed so much, that we can now do modern corporate photography, without it looking to stiff, posed, and formal.

Our studio has done corporate, event- and function photography for many big companies, and we had been privileged enough to work with many esteemed, well-known and successful businesses, understanding that they have a certain authorities image to portray, and therefore, our professional equipment, ensures good quality, great colour on all various skin tones, and even if the situation calls for it, we bring a professional studio light and stand with, to make sure, there are as little as possible unflattering shadows, and to give you as company the desired result. Annual repost, are just that – updated yearly, as staff change, and the business evolve. Make use of our studio in the choice of your business next shoot for annual reports, website updates or marketing – we’ll be sure to give you professional results, and high-quality products.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labsuchagne

Annual report photography

Certain different cultural- or religious groups have different ceremonies, functions or practices that are important to them, and a special event in a person of Catholic faith’s life, is when they get to have their first Holy Communion at their church. Kids grow so fast, and this is one of those moments, where you as a parent suddenly realize how quickly they are growing older, when they already get to be part of their first Communion, and understand the meaning behind it a bit more.

Most special events, require good photographs, and there would be no-one more equipped that a professional studio, to capture those kinds of photos, so that the day can be remembered with fondness. With such events like these, it’s held n a church, many of which don’t have a big amount of natural light that flows in, therefore we use good external flashes with our cameras to have everyone be carefully lit and well exposed.

We always try and get all the details and make sure we capture the event from start to finish. We try and accommodate our clients as far as we can, and go the extra mile even if not always expected of us, we believe in not just good service but great service and believe that our clients can trust us with their memories, it is after all what we live and breathe.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labuschagne

Professionally photographed first Holy-Communion celebration 

Kids have this ability to grow way too fast, and before we see it, we don’t know when the moment came that they weren’t fitting into their clothes anymore, and new ones has to be bought, and they aren’t these chubby babies anymore with gummy smiles, they can actually run away when you want to catch them, and they have little milk teeth, and the most interesting expressions.

When you decide to have children, you make such big promise to them, and to yourself, to be the best parent you could ever be, and one way to always remember how they were once little and very dependant, to older and more self-efficient, is to have a great photo shoot where you get to have fun, and enjoy the moment.

We love children and their mannerisms and would want to encourage all families to add to their collection of photographs in all other walks of their lives, by coming for a professional photo shoot, and enjoying the environment, where we get to clown and joke around.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labuschagne

Real life studio photography

Kids are plain cute, and they unfortunately have this magical ability to grow up faster than we realize. This little girl we had been able to do a shoot for last year, and when her Mother brought her back or her annual fun shoot, we could immediately see how her little face has grown to look a bit older.

They only keep that magic to see imaginary things, and yell for balloons, and get fascinated by something as simple as a piece of rope for a short while, and while they are in that world of their own, they are an inspiration to each of us to just be ourselves and never try and impress the world by being something put-on.

We will always try and do whatever we can to make all kids smile, some of them require some harder work, and we about pull out all stops to clown around and be big jokes to get some giggles out of them. This little girl is such a natural and we always enjoy their visit to our studio. She makes for amazing photographs and gets to be a natural poser while still fully being herself and we adore her character.

 We shall forever strive to present our clients with images they will love and be proud of, and our studio’s aim is to do it nothing less than professionally.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labuschagne

Real Life Studio Photography

ll birthdays are special occasions to be celebrated and especially when you have smaller children, you get the see the magic of it all through their eyes. This family has had a shoot with us before, and now the twins turned 3. Their mom made the theme of the party all in relation to the sport golfing and it made for such great decorations.

I enjoyed the energy of these little kids so much, and realized that kids are only small for a short while, before they grow up and see the different sides of the world more, so when still young, we have reasons to still give them these amazing parties.

With any event, a lot of planning went into the idea or concept, and we always make sure to photograph those little things that form part of the atmosphere, and the things that you would want to remember. An event isn’t an event without great photographs to remember it by, so rather go the professional route where you know you’ll receive a good-quality product.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labuschagne

Kids Party Photography

I have to share this lovely young lady’s Matric Farewell photos with you. We have had the privilege to photograph quite a few of these recently, we find it becomes more of a need for parents and the young couples to have professional photos done of their kids’ special evening, as it symbolizes the end of their school career.

I have had a shoot with her Mother before, and they are such great people, that when her lovely daughter’s big night arrived they wanted our studio to take some beautiful photos of her. When you have a lovely garden at home, it makes for great photographs that we can use, to add some ambience and atmosphere to the images.

She had on an amazing deep-green dress, and just sparkled of excitement. The photos are always a joy to edit, as it is all about making a beautiful girl, look even more amazing. Because the matric dance is an evening function, the photos are usually taken round about just before the couple has to leave, which makes for that lovely time of day when the colours in the sky are rich and warm, and the sun is almost about to set.

I truly enjoyed this shoot tremendously, as I know our lovely clients will too.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labuschagne

Matric Farewell Photography