Ruan, Jana, Marna & Jaco | Sneak Peak

I'm big on family. I love my brother and sisters.
Maybe that's why this photoshoot was so special to me.
When Jana emailed me and said she wanted to do a shoot with her husband and siblings, I knew this would be fun. How could it not be when you throw siblings together in one shoot? 
She wanted something unposed, natural and exciting.
That's exactly what we got!
I've only just started going through the photos on my computer and with each one, the smile on my face gets broader and broader.
What a happy bunch - more photos to follow soon.

Lloyd and Kirsten | Engagement

Lloyd and Kirsten are set to get married in October 2013 and I was fortunate enough to photograph them in an engagement shoot. 

Lloyd is a dairy farmer in the Normandian area so we used the gorgeous farm just outside Newcastle for this shoot.

Would love to read your comments and see what you have to say - please do comment below!

Trent | Children

I recently launched my facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TanyaJacobsPhotography)  for all my photos and was so overwhelmed with the support I received.

I didn’t expect that in the same week it was launched, I’d have my very first photoshoot! I felt so proud and determined and even a little uncertain. How could I possibly expect someone to pay for  my work?

I was so nervous for the shoot that I forgot the address and had to rush home (cell phone wouldn’t load my email account. Note to self: Write down/ save address. Never rely on 3G) to check for the email that carried the address.

Nevertheless, the little two-year-old I was photographing quickly showed me his sandpit and had me running around after him, snapping away before I could even think of how nervous I was. Trent is a very energetic little boy and bubbling over with life and love for his mom, Tanya. It was so much fun shooting him, capturing all that energy on camera!

Trent has such a collection of tractors (even a John Deere!) and cranes and loved showing these off. When he wasn’t in his sandpit, he was running around, playing with his tractors, on his trampoline or in the trees.

Hope you enjoy the pics!

Desiree and Kai | Family

How gorgeous are these two? Desiree is a model (can’t you tell?) and her son, Kai is so cute. They look like they’ve been plucked from the pages of a magazine.

Thank you for letting me photograph you two and I hope you are both very happy in South Africa (they’ve just moved to SA after many years in Edinburgh, Scotland).

xx

Nathan and Kaylee | Children

When we eventually have children, I pray they're as adorable and well behaved as these two.

Kaylee is less than a year old although she'll be celebrating her first birthday very soon and Nathan is hitting big school next year.

So before her children are all grown up, Rene arranged this fun Christmas-themed shoot.

Thank you Rene for letting me photograph your beautiful babies. Next time, I'm stealing them.