A Mommy & Me (more like mommy & us with twins) maternity session in Blouberg
You may well recognise this gorgeous gal from a set of personal branding portraits I shot for her at the beginning of 2020 (you can see those here) so we took glam to the next level with her maternity session on Blouberg beach in Cape Town.
I’m not Cape Town based, however I often visit Cape Town for client shoots and we managed to fit this maternity session in whilst I was in Town for 24 hours at the end of November. As is often the case in the Cape, the weather was a bit all over the show, however unlike a cloudy day in Joburg, overcast skies make for the most beautiful lighting on the beach.
We just had to negotiate with the wind a little….as well as the twins.
Twins are a tad on the challenging side and we could only schedule this shoot late in the day, so there was some bartering going on to maintain smiles rather than sand fights.
I like shooting outdoors with small humans, it gives them plenty of space to run, play and let off steam. I’ve been photographing these two since they were newborns, so whilst I’m not sure if they remember me, I at least know how to work with them.
To get this shot, the twins were invited to wipe their hands on mom’s dress which worked like a charm.
We got together just before the fam moved to Cape Town to shoot a pregnancy announcement photo with the twins and a bunch of balloons. This took a few attempts, seats needed to be swapped, balloons had to be secured and there were some tears amidst the smiles. But we did it!
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