November 25th, 2009
If you’ve read the “About page”, you will know that ZaraZoo Photography was named after my feisty young daughter Zara. She’s one of a kind! Even though she’s only turining 4 in 2 months, she has already taken our whole household by storm. There can only be one boss… and that is Zara! She’s a free spirit with little interest in conforming to normality. If you visit us, you will probably find her dancing around in a fairy dress and singing a song that is totally made up! We love you Zoo!
Here are some images of Zara and her cousins Emily & Annabel on our recent holiday in Paris.
Photography by Stefan Steenkamp.
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November 23rd, 2009
This is the 3rd and final post on Rene & Martine’s wedding at Mofam River Lodge near Elgin. The image above sums up the day perfectly! See the other two blog entries on this awesome wedding.
30 Kids at a wedding
Water Ski Groom Arrival
Photography by Stefan Steenkamp & Andre van Niekerk
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November 18th, 2009
Adventure and Surprise are Rene’s middle names! He was always going to make a grand arrival at the wedding, but no-one expected him to come on a wake board! Martine’s arrival drew an equal number of ooooo’s and aaaah’s from the crowd. See more photos below.
Tomorrow we’ll post the rest of Rene & Martine’s wedding photos – Subscribe to our RSS feed so that we can remind you when this post is live.
Photos by Stefan Steenkamp & Andre van Niekerk.
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November 17th, 2009
“Did you really give this enough thought??”…. was mulling through my head when Rene & Martine first told me that no less than 30 kids would be attending their wedding. But they did think it through… and that is what made this wedding a huge success and one of my top 5 weddings ever shot!
The secret formula:
- Get a child friendly wedding venue – Bingo – Mofam River Lodge near Elgin.
- Entertainment is crucial – Hire a petting zoo, a clown, a puppet show and plenty of toys.
- Make sure their sleeping spot is very close – in this case the Mofam cottages just 30 meters away!
- On the day, be chilled and relaxed and make sure your schedule is very flexible.
This wedding was full of surprises. Tomorrow we will do a blog post about the special way in which the bride and groom arrived at the ceremony – Don’t miss this!
Photography by Stefan Steenkamp & Andre van Niekerk
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November 17th, 2009
For some reason the Blog devils corrupted Rouan & Marinique’s E-session in Kalk Bay we did a few weeks ago. Here it is again.
It was so refreshing and inspiring to walk around this quaint little harbour town while doing the shoot. Rumour has it that up to about 20 years ago, Kalk Bay was a real dump and then the artist community moved in. Nowadays it is totally transformed to a bustling little town with very interesting nooks and crannies and hidden alley ways where you will discover the most interesting clothing boutiques, secondhand stores, art galleries and cosy coffee shops!
Photography by Stefan Steenkamp
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November 16th, 2009
No-one will disagree that we’ve had a bit of freak winter weather here in Cape Town for the last two weeks. We nearly dodged the bad weather last Saturday with Karien & Ludwig’s wedding in Hermanus, but it unfortunately caught up with us by the time we did the photo session! Despite this Andre still got some great shots!
See Karien & Ludwig’s E-session done in Cape Town.
Photography by Andre van Niekerk
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November 5th, 2009
Rene & Martine will be getting married next weekend in Elgin at Mofam River Lodge. These two love the outdoors, so they opted for a wedding with a difference. There will be some surprises… I can’t let the cat out of the bag now, but keep your eye on the blog for their wedding photo post around the 18th of November.
It seems like Rene likes the surprise element. He popped the question to Martine in quite an unusual manner. Rene organised for a helicopter to pick them up at Buitenverwachting Wine Estate and then fly over their house in Hout Bay. There, without the knowledge of Martine, he painted “Marry Me” on the roof of their house! So, for their pre-wedding shoot, we returned to Buitenverwachting, a place that is very close to their hearts.
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Photography by Stefan Steenkamp
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November 4th, 2009
Love Kills! Andre will be shooting Karien & Ludwig’s beach wedding this weekend in Sandbaai, close to Hermanus. He hooked up with them in Cape Town to do some informal pre-wedding shots.
Photography by Andre van Niekerk.
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November 2nd, 2009
This boy can really fly! He’s not even touching the ground! His name is Christian Alan Steenkamp, the sister of the amazing Zara & Aaron and the son of the amazing Niki! I love you all!
Photos by Stefan Steenkamp.
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November 2nd, 2009
Andre and Fralene, recently trekked all the way to Durban to shoot David and Amanda’s wedding at Insingizi Game Lodge.
Photography by Andre van Niekerk
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ZaraZoo in Paris!
