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Zoya Naturals {Product Photography}

Zoya Naturals' product pictures are on my blog!

Marcia Notsh has launched new haircare products called Zoya Natural.  

I am in love with the logo, and I believe she will be doing great with these products.

She is sharing office space with me, so to help her out, I have done some products shots for her and I believe they came out amazing!

The products are for sale on their website! www.zoyanaturals.co.za

Venue: Little Green Number, Bryanston offices (boardroom)

Please tell me what you think by leaving a comment at the end.

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Patio Inspiration - Karen Kelly from Lovilee - Styled Shoot

A mini styled shoot done at Karen Kelly from Lovilee's house!

A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms. — Unknown

Styled Shoot

What I recently realized was the fact that Karen Kelly (Lovilee) and I attend the same church. So I met up with her, had a great coffee at The Whippet in Linden (Oh I love this place) and we just talked on how we can start a journey together as creatives. So what happened is that she asked me to do a mini styled shoot of her patio in exchange for a listing space on her blog, and the rest was history! Amazing. I just love it when we as creatives can work together and assist each other. 

Please see the before-photos at the following link:

http://www.lovilee.co.za/2016/patio-inspiration/

And the pictures just came out "Lovilee"! (pardon the pun, and I am sure Karen is used to all the sarcasm by now)

And it is featured on Lovilee...yeah! feeling super stoked and proud! Here is the post!

http://www.lovilee.co.za/2016/patio-revamp-prominent-paints/

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Location: Karen's house

Other collaborations: Sugar and Vice, MRP Home / Mr Price Home, Prominent Paints, Creative Carpenters

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Ivan & Maryke's love story begins here!

I cant wait to do the wedding for Ivan and Maryke! its going to be epic!

I am looking forward to the wedding of this amazingly beautiful couple!

Maryke and Ivan blossomed in front of the camera and I thoroughly enjoyed capturing their funky engagement shoot. Maryke's mom works at Roedean School South Africa and she organised that we can have the shoot at the school, which is such a beautiful venue. The gorgeous historic buildings, the lawns, the view of the Johannesburg General Hospital chimney in the background, and the majestic gardens makes this a stunning venue. The school was opened in 1903 and there is a lot of heritage here, and I believe that it meant a lot to Maryke to do this shoot at the school.

I definitely take my hat off for Maryke, because she had food poisoning or something on the day. Every 20min she had to go to the bathroom, and she still smiled and looked so beautifully. And Ivan looked great as well. It's always a challenge to capture photos of a photographer, which meant that I had to up my game. The amazing reality of this is it shows in the pictures! I believe this shoot came out amazing and that they will have a good taste of the pictures to come at their wedding day!

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God is Groot | God is Great | GiG 2015

God is Great / God is Groot Praise and worship event held in Aug 2015!

God Is Great | God is Groot | GiG 2016 23 April 2016

God Is Great | God is Groot | GiG 2016 23 April 2016

The church I go to, Reformed Church Linden (GKL), hosted a Praise & Worship GIG Concert at the Louw Geldenhuys Primary School. The concert was held on the 23rd of August. The GKL Praise and Worship Band led a community of Christians across all different church denominations in song and worship. There was also performances of well-known artists such as Joe Niemand, Retief Burger, Elvis Blue, Chris Chameleon, Helene Bester, Cobus Bester and Deon Meiring (Glaskas) who will all unite in praising the Lord.

What an event it was! I believe the pictures reflect the passion and energy of the day and the performances, but I also believe that "performance" is not the correct term. The day was full of praise for the Lord and I believe the pictures reflect the way the Spirit has moved in the heart of Johannesburg!

All the Glory goes to God!

Check this video!

The some of the pictures are featured in this video!

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