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Photographing this beautiful family is turning into a tradition: from pregnancy with their first child to big busy family with two kids. It is exciting to watch Viljoen family grow and to capture their journey.
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Family photo shoot as a tradition.
It is always such a privilege to continue telling a story of a family. Suika and Justin trusted me to capture their family photos, when beautiful Kate was a baby bump and Jake was still waiting on meeting his little sister. Human family once again welcomed me into their world to capture memories.
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During my travels this winter I visited family in Russia. I haven’t been in Russia for more than three years, which made the visit even more special. My cousin Sveta gave birth to a gorgeous girl Sonya 6 months ago. I couldn’t resist and not to take photos of these two special people.
Here are some highlights from a new family photo story of mother and daughter.
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Meet Du Toit Family.
This happy bunch first appeared very shy in front of my camera. But few playful tasks for boys, couple of Russian words and some encouragement helped them to open up! I find it is always easier to photograph families with kids in a very playful way. We have been crossing rivers with crocodiles, jumping from one ship to another, climbing trees and just being silly. Parents love to play along and help transform common park into a real scene of action. Thank you for such fun photoshoot, so blessed!
Photos by Jenya Zhivaleva. Your Foto Story.
Mossel Bay. Garden Route.
South Africa.
Meet beautiful Terblanche family. Tania and Ian have two farm princesses: Karlien and Jana.
They are always outside, either chasing cattle together with their parents or playing with chickens or just rolling in the grass!
What I liked about this shoot is that, we followed all those little family trails and tried to follow their daily routine. Ok, Tania did make them look very clean and pretty for the shoot =), but otherwise..they were in their element!