I always strive to give all clients who require modeling/or portfolio photos of themselves done, the very best of my ability, and I’m always proud to hand them a high-quality product, so that they can look at it, and hardly fathom that they had been able to bring that magical ability we all have to captivate out from within.

I always take it on as my responsibility, to make sure they show some of their personalities and surprise even themselves with the results we get to achieve in the studio. Many of the people, who require about modeling or portfolio shoots, aren’t professionally trained models – they don’t per inherently know how to pose or use the lines of their body to create images that shows of their appeal. That is why we as photographers guide and assist them, knowing what they light does, where the shadows will fall, and what needs to be accentuated.

A modeling shoot, is a tremendous amount of fun, and anyone who are interested would enjoy it so much, because it’s all about feeling even the more amazing as we go along, and when we get to show our clients what we do on the back of the camera, they are amazed, because standing on the other side, makes a huge difference. Trusting us with what we do, is a privilege we never take for granted and always aim to give great modeling shots, done professionally, showing you of in the most beautiful way possible.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Feminine modeling portfolio photos

I recently did a fun-filled family photoshoot for my brother and his family and I can’t tell you just how hard I had to work…  Obviously the boys thought they could get away with a lot more because they know me, well well did I have a surprise for them!

My sister-in-law had the great idea to print moustache’s for each of them just to make the shoot a little more funky and the boys had such a giggle when they had a look at the photos J

The twins had some funny ideas all of their own which included dancing which they refer to as electric noodle and each took a turn to pretend to be a horned-ram jostling into the other to make him jump up in the air…lol.

The smallest little guys also brought his absolute favourite suit “THE fire chief” along for some very very adorable shots.  But in the end we captured some beautiful family portraits which portray the essence of who they are!

As you can see they colour matched their outfits to be jeans and black shirts which brings an element of unity into the photos.  So if you are looking for a fun filled family activity contact us for a day you will never forget :-)  -and you will have the memories to show…

Riani Labuschagne

Fun-filled family photoshoot

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d for advice on modeling all the time, and the biggest tip we can give any person, is to start with a photo portfolio, and then have it taken by a professional photography studio, as you would want to give a potential agency, the very best representation of yourself. Agencies want to envision you in all aspects of modeling, whether it is ramp work, or photographic modeling, or using you for advertisements in media & television. And with a photographic portfolio you can provide them with a varied aspectual glimpse into who you are and what you can offer.

Many inhibited people have walked through our studio doors, wanting good photos and trusting us with their image. I myself, love fashion and modeling photography, and it’s always such a great challenge, and a pleasant surprise to see the end-product in front of us.

We use good equipment, professional lighting making you look your best, accentuating all your positive aspects, and using your body shape, face structure and some coaching into getting great shots.

At Louise Diesel Photography, it’s an ultimate goal, to have our clients be in awe of their products, and we use our skills and abilities as professionals to always provide the best.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Johannesburg model photographer

He has always been a big fan or R&B and so it comes as no surprise that his music falls right into the R&B genre and you can definitely put him right up there with artists like Neo and Justin Timberlake.

Donté stumbled onto his talent one day when he sat down in front of a keyboard and tried out some notes just for fun.  It just felt so right he told his mom and he hasn’t stopped playing since…

On average he can write one song a day (or more) when he really puts his mind to it.  Amazing hey?  He says that sometimes its like the typical thing of a song just randomly popping into his head and he needs to write it down, but more often than never he sits down and works it through at his own time.

When Donté sings it’s like a transformation that takes place within him, when you listen to his heartfelt lyrics you realize that it touches some part deep within your soul…

Donté I think you are heading for great things and I am privileged to have been a part of your journey so far and I look forward to creating your image with you creative input…!

Riani

He also loves to read now that he can read himself and it’s so special to listen to him…. makes me so proud!!!

His favourite thing to do is play video games of course. So it’s no surprise that we bought him a new game for his birthday – he got the new Avatar game for his Nintendo Wii (which granny and grandad bought them for christmas 2 years ago) He loves it – it’s also their favourite programme at the moment. And we often have a slight disagreement at 6pm every night when Avatar starts and the boys get ready to watch because Demi has discovered Barney and she is not too fond of Avatar….. interesting times ahead of us!

Well, it’s days like these that make me so grateful to be a mother. I look at my children and see how quickly they are growing up and it reminds me to appreciate my time with them, but also tho appreciate each day and everything I do, because this is it! This is my life! And I better not miss it while I am making other plans….

So Happy Birthday my boy!! Mommy loves you lots and lots and lots and lots…….

Mwah!!

This may be the same idea for a lot of the baby clothes you will buy, because they will not fit well after a while,so make sure your child can grow into them, especially since some baby clothing items that may be enticingly cute will be expensive and will be a poor deal for the amount of time and use that your child gets out of them while they use them. That is not to say that there is anything at all wrong with splurging on your kid every once in a while, but the cost of having a child through the years is enormous and remember that they will want to go to college and have medical bills later on.

As usual, the kids had a ball and Demi ended up in the plants first, eating all the sand and leaves and then in the box of water and finally in the pool with her granny. And boy did she love it…..

I just couldn’t resist and had my camera out like a shot – I am always taking photographs (wherever I go) but when it comes to taking photos of my baby girl, I am a sucker…. I just can’t help myself – she is sooo cute! Guess I will have to do another post of my other 2 babies and put up some photos of them too – they are really photogenic but then I am biased (lol).

Makes me think of my mom – Ryan always teases her because when we had Jamie – her first grandchild – she always used to say that he was so advanced! Then Mikey came along and she said the same thing. Then my brother JJ had Jordy (the cutest kid on the planet) and you guessed it – he was advanced too!!

So it was no surprise when Demi was declared advanced as well and granny still claims that they all are advanced and she doesn’t care what anyone else thinks! Guess that’s what grandparents are for…..