Trash the Dress at Gold Reef City
This photo was taken during a Trash the Dress shoot at Gold Reef City in October. We had to wait until the theme park was closed for the day and then we had free reign to run round as we pleased to take photos. I like to make photo shoots as fun as possible and [...]
One man and his dog
“My Passion has never been for photography “in itself”, but for the possibility – through forgetting yourself – of recording in a fraction of a second the emotion of the subject, and the beauty of the form; that is, a geometry awakened by what’s offered. The photographic shot is one of my favourite sketchpads.” – [...]
Doggy Portrait Photography – The “Township” Project
In South Africa a “Township” dog refers to a pooch of mixed breed decent, that originates from an informal settlement or (aka township) where dogs are left to their own devises and pro-create prolifically! I’d not really paid much attention to the “Township” breed of dog until I started to volunteer at the SPCA [...]
The Mason Family Portrait Shoot
The Mason’s are very good friends of ours and as it was Suzie’s birthday two weeks ago, we celebrated with a family portrait shoot. It was also an opportunity to take the first official photos of daughter, Serena without her braces on! We took the photos at their house, some in the garden and some [...]
The birth of Baby Bodhi
Birth photography is obviously about capturing the arrival of a baby, but it is also about documenting the story of the birth including the moments leading up to it and also afterwards. It is quite a challenging event to photograph because lighting can be low (the D700′s 6400 ISO has been tried out a couple [...]
Jeremy Valentine Sausage, our SPCA rescue dog
This is a picture of our big dog Jane (left) and the newest addition to our family, Jeremy. We got this little chap from Sandton SPCA last week and he’s lovely. Due to the fact that we had a puppy with Parvo in the house (please click here to read the explanatory blog) another puppy was [...]
Fine art baby portraits
This is Tuesday morning’s customer, a 5 day old baby boy. Photographing newborns is one of my favourite things to do, babies change so rapidly in the first few months that to be able to capture a permanent record of what they looked like within the first few days of being born is really special [...]
Puppies in Pet Stores
If you’re thinking of buying a puppy or kitten from a pet shop, please read this first. On 22nd January 2011 my partner, 7 year old daughter and I bought a mini dachshund puppy from Pets Corner in Eastgate Shopping Centre. Frankly I should have know better than to purchase a puppy from a pet [...]
Toddler Taming
Timing is everything when photographing small children. Invariably there is a window of opportunity for smiley, happy photos that is only open for a limited time, so I have to work efficiently to make the most of it. This little girl was no exception and our shoot was timed in between naps to ensure we [...]
Baby Al at 6 days old
Here are some photos of baby Alasdair whose birth I photographed on 19/12/10, these pics were taken six days later. It’s quite amazing how quickly babies change, in the space of six days he’d started to lift his head and stretch his legs out. Toni and I made several attempts at getting him to curl [...]
About Emma
Emma is a British photographer living in Johannesburg with her partner, six year old daughter and Jane the ridge-back. She has two passions in life; people and photography.
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Trash the Dress at Gold Reef City
This photo was taken during a Trash the Dress shoot at Gold Reef City in October. We had to wait until the theme park was closed for the day and then we had free reign to run round as we pleased to take photos. I like to make photo shoots as fun as possible and [...]
One man and his dog
“My Passion has never been for photography “in itself”, but for the possibility – through forgetting yourself – of recording in a fraction of a second the emotion of the subject, and the beauty of the form; that is, a geometry awakened by what’s offered. The photographic shot is one of my favourite sketchpads.” – [...]
Portrait shoot packages and products
Packages & Products for your Photos My mission as a photographer is to capture beautiful, unique images of each and every client and to provide a range of presentation options that cater for differing requirements. I take a great deal of care to provide photography and service of the highest possible level and have tailored [...]
Sandton SPCA Calendar 2012
Over the last few months I’ve been busily shooting and putting together a 2012 CD calendar for Sandton SPCA. The calendar features 13 portraits of dogs who have been adopted from Sandton, including Max the Daxi, Charlie the Cocker Spaniel and Maverick the Labrador and has been printed size 12cm x13cm so it will sit [...]
