Jenya Zhivaleva Photography – Garden Route. South Africa.
Family | Portraits | Events | Content creation
I had the privilege of capturing another unfolding love-story on the breathtaking Garden Route of South Africa.
High School sweethearts Carla and Gerhardt exchanged their wedding vows on the 1st of August 2015, in front of their family and close friends, at the farm-style wedding venue Uitsig.
Utsig is situated at the foot of the scenic Outeniqua Mountains, outside George, and the venue offers a beautiful garden, ideal for wedding photos, with lots of fresh air to keep the nerves calm. There’s also the odd cow and some beautiful trees, which offers the perfect setting to play with the soft afternoon light.
Here are some highlights from their special day for you to share and enjoy!
Photography: Jenya Zhivaleva. Your Foto Story
Dress: Besters’ Bridal Boutique
Make up: Bianca Professional Make Up artist
Hair: Tangled Unisex Hair Salon ( Carinie Grobler )
Venue: Utsig Wedding Venue
I had the privilege of capturing another unfolding love-story on the breathtaking Garden Route of South Africa.
High School sweethearts Carla and Gerhardt exchanged their wedding vows on the 1st of August 2015, in front of their family and close friends, at the farm-style wedding venue Uitsig.
Utsig is situated at the foot of the scenic Outeniqua Mountains, outside George, and the venue offers a beautiful garden, ideal for wedding photos, with lots of fresh air to keep the nerves calm. There’s also the odd cow and some beautiful trees, which offers the perfect setting to play with the soft afternoon light.
Here are some highlights from their special day for you to share and enjoy!
Photography: Jenya Zhivaleva. Your Foto Story
Dress: Besters’ Bridal Boutique
Make up: Bianca Professional Make Up artist
Hair: Tangled Unisex Hair Salon ( Carinie Grobler )
Venue: Utsig Wedding Venue
Boudoir photography is the art of capturing the sensual nature of femininity. It is a celebration of a women’s beauty.
I imagine boudoir style to be a mixture of elegance, sexuality and internal beauty shining through. Boudoir photoshoots can become very therapeutic through accepting your body and celebrating its beauty. Brides also love to order boudoir photographs to surprise their grooms on their wedding day.
Most of my boudoir photographs stay unpublished due to the privacy concerns. On this page you will find a small collection of photographs from some gorgeous ladies that felt brave enough to let me showcase some of their photographs.
Jenya Zhivaleva Photography.
Your Foto Story.
It was an amazing, fairy-like ceremony in the forest of Jubilee Creek and reception at Totties, outside Knysna. What a pleasure that was to photograph such a romantic couple, not to mention unique and creative decorations. Thank you Ilze and Tal for a wonderful experience! Full photostory is coming up soon, keep an eye on my blog or subscribe to follow, click the button on the right.
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.
These two love birds couldn’t stop laughing throughout the whole engagement shoot. Deeply in love, playful and beautiful – that is how I would describe this couple.
Before the shoot we scouted some funky places in and out of Knysna. We started off by taking photographs in a cafe “Trobb” (Knysna) with a very cosy and creative set up and slowly moved to beautiful Buffels bay. I found out that both Ilze and Tal are fond of nature walks, hikes, swimming and surfing. therefore we were looking for spots that would represent their nature spirit. Buffels Bay river mouth, ocean rocks and foresty hills of Buffels Bay became our backdrop.
Ilze looked like a real fairy. Their genuine love was shining through.Thank you, guys, for an amazing shoot. Enjoy the photographs of our photo adventure.
Photography: Jenya Zhivaleva. Your Foto Story.
Garden Route. South Africa
These two love birds couldn’t stop laughing throughout the whole engagement shoot. Deeply in love, playful and beautiful – that is how I would describe this couple.
Before the shoot we scouted some funky places in and out of Knysna. We started off by taking photographs in a cafe “Trobb” (Knysna) with a very cosy and creative set up and slowly moved to beautiful Buffels bay. I found out that both Ilze and Tal are fond of nature walks, hikes, swimming and surfing. therefore we were looking for spots that would represent their nature spirit. Buffels Bay river mouth, ocean rocks and foresty hills of Buffels Bay became our backdrop.
Ilze looked like a real fairy. Their genuine love was shining through.Thank you, guys, for an amazing shoot. Enjoy the photographs of our photo adventure.
Photography: Jenya Zhivaleva. Your Foto Story.
Garden Route. South Africa
Being an in-house photographer for Unravel Surf Travel , gives me an amazing opportunity to photograph these amazing adventures.
It’s a family affair. Myself and my husband Hermann, we organised individualised surfing and yoga tours in South Africa and neighboring countries.
From our winter expedition to Mozambique via Kruger Park, South Africa.
Text: Hermann Vivier,
Photography: Jenya Zhivaleva
It’s difficult to believe that all of it really happened… But it did! And it was incredible!
Johannesburg. Kruger Park. Wild animals, in their natural habitat. African border crossing. Mozambique. Beaches. Yoga. Surfing. Waves. And more!
I always emphasize the point here that every Surf Tour with Unravel Surf Travel is unique. There’s no packaged itinerary winding down a beaten path. Every Tour we do is fresh. Every Tour is different. And every Tour is personal.
It is us. It is what we do. Jenya and I. For you. Personally.
We customize every experience according to the people we’re on Tour with. That’s the way we operate.
ure, we could standardize every Tour, buy a bus and become just another Tour Operator zipping up and down the coast. But then Surf Touring will become our job. Something we do simply to earn a living.
We don’t want the bottom line to become more important than your experience. Because your experience is our experience. And that experience is our focus.
The way we do it now, that’s the way we like it. It is a way of life for us. On tour, we travel as much as our clients do. And, as an added bonus, we provide our customers with an awesome experience, surfing and exploring Southern Africa!
This particular tour started in Johannesburg, took us to Malelane and into the Kruger National Park. From there we drove to Komatiepoort, crossed the border into Mozambique and reached our final destination, Tofo, Inhambane, where we surfed every day and had a whole bunch of other incredible experiences!
The Kruger Park is always impressive. There’s nothing quite like it. Driving through the gates of what remains a truly wild experience! We spent two entire days exploring the southern part of the park, which is the size of a small country, and spotted many wild animals, roaming about freely! As intended it to be.
Crossing the border into Mozambique was wild! There’s a definite change in the air as one moves from one African country into another. The roads were long and often slow, but driving through the landscape gives one a true taste of Africa!
The bewildered looks of locals met our looks of fascination. And somewhere in between was that feeling only true travellers experience.
The surfing in Tofo was awesome! Tofo is definitely one of those places that easily accommodates every surfer, from beginner to advanced. Those that surfed for the very first time were as stoked as those of us who were progressing to an intermediate level and beyond.
The beach-break offered great waves for learning the basics while the point offered world class walls with some super fun barrels! And there’s talk of plenty other mind blowing surf spots in the area! Something we’ll definitely look into when we return!
And we will return! We’re definitely considering making this an annual Surf Tour! The wild animals of the Kruger Park, the humpback whales of Tofo, the waves, the people, the food, and how could anyone forget the sunset Yoga sessions on the beach!
We’ll definitely be back in Mozambique! Check our Surf Tours Page, Facebook Page and sign up for our newsletter to stay updated on upcoming Tours!
But, for now, enjoy the photos of our trip!
For more info on our Surf Tours visit our Surf Tours Page, or for direct enquiries send an email to: hermann@unravelsurftravel.com
Yours in surfing, love and life!
Hermann
Sometimes spontaneous moments are the best. No preparations and scheduled photo shoots, just grab the camera and photograph giggly couple in the sunset. That is what happened with Anne and Bernhard. Sunny, spontaneous, light and very much in love:)
Jenya Zhivaleva Photography - Garden Route. South Africa. 