It all started off as a simple competition to get parents to enter their cuties into a competition where the winner will receive a photo shoot in my studio. The results and reaction to this has been overwhelming! I mean the cute little girl who is taking the lead has over 100 votes and I've had mothers, cousins and friends enter cute little ones from all over reaching from Kokstad to Cape Town! My cousin even entered my niece (Jordan) hehe
With just over 24 hours to go, anything is possible as Shannah (Cazlia's mom) told me, so she's still campaigning for her daughter.
The winner will be announced first thing Thursday morning on my photography fan page "Ayesha van Staaden Photography" as well as Twitter (aavanstaaden) and right here on my blog...
This is the 2nd of many more competitions to be held by Ayesha van Staaden Photography so keep your eyes right here and be the first to know :)
"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" This is my e-trail
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
CJ's 2nd Birthday
I met the cutie pie a few months back and I was known as puppy until recently when he tried to pronounce my real name and now I'm Andrien lol.
When Lorenzo first told me about the plans for his birthday I was in, the thing about CJ is that he says the dornest things and has the most beautiful eyes... I could swear I'ma marry him one day... yeah yeah 20 years is huge lol.
Because of the number of events I had for the day I thought I wouldnt make it but I swore nothing would stop me.
When Lorenzo first told me about the plans for his birthday I was in, the thing about CJ is that he says the dornest things and has the most beautiful eyes... I could swear I'ma marry him one day... yeah yeah 20 years is huge lol.
Because of the number of events I had for the day I thought I wouldnt make it but I swore nothing would stop me.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Ivan's 40th Birthday
I received a call from Caroline (Ivan's wife) saying that she heard about me from Adiel (The best florist and deco guy in town!). She asked if I'm free on Saturday, yes the same Saturday to take pictures at her husband 40th Birthday party. After getting a call from Feroz who I havent heard from in ages... I said sure only coz he knows them.
Hamida, my sister was not impressed because she was on holiday and here I am working almost every other day and we cant go on our crazy trips cross country... or as of late racing around Africa :)
So the morning of the party (20 November) I had to take pictures at Vela School's graduation and at CJ's party (featured below). 7 o'clock came and I had to make my way to the party, I can swear I passed myself somewhere on the road lol. As my dear friend said "one day you going to see yourself running past yourself" and that day I swear I did! lol.
Anyway, Adiel done the deco and as always the hall looked stunning! As seen below
This was one of those moments where I meet my client at the event. The beauty of that is that my clients trust me and trust that I will do my best and produce nothing but the best quality pictures. Below is the birthday man with his wife
What strikes me about this event was the closeness of everyone, family and friends everyone had a great time and there was just this vibe where no one was being stuck up or pretentious. It will remain one of those events where I loved my career path.
May you have 40 more Ivan :)
Hamida, my sister was not impressed because she was on holiday and here I am working almost every other day and we cant go on our crazy trips cross country... or as of late racing around Africa :)
So the morning of the party (20 November) I had to take pictures at Vela School's graduation and at CJ's party (featured below). 7 o'clock came and I had to make my way to the party, I can swear I passed myself somewhere on the road lol. As my dear friend said "one day you going to see yourself running past yourself" and that day I swear I did! lol.
Anyway, Adiel done the deco and as always the hall looked stunning! As seen below
What strikes me about this event was the closeness of everyone, family and friends everyone had a great time and there was just this vibe where no one was being stuck up or pretentious. It will remain one of those events where I loved my career path.
May you have 40 more Ivan :)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Ursula & Tony's Wedding
Rushing back for Zim, flights all day. A transfer from Zimbabwe to Zambia, a flight to Johannesburg then a flight to Durban and a night in Durban. JET LEGGGG!!! lol
After the most amazing trip to the Vic falls I'm ending my vac in Port St Johns taking pictures at Ursula and Tony's wedding.
Its 2pm and the wedding is suppose to start. Upon arrival at the wedding, I find Ursula still running around in her "bride to be" little ears!
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She even made sure Hamida and I get settled in in a room where Hamida can chill and rest from the jet leg. This awesome bride still took time to welcome soooo many people before putting on her beautiful white dress and talking down the... erm... stairs to meet her future husband.
This was no traditional wedding, it was totally different! It was fun and entertaining, from the goom wearing an African shirt, to everyone being bare foot to the fire dancers!
The deco was second to non!
Some fun with the bride and bridesmaids :)
The entertainment... The fire dancers from Port St. Johns
Fun pictures with the family
Since I met the family there has never been a moment without smiles and laughter. Ursula and Tony are the bubbliest couple I've met, love ya lots Ursh, may you and Tony have a awesome life together as husband and wife... Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Gaitskill :)
After the most amazing trip to the Vic falls I'm ending my vac in Port St Johns taking pictures at Ursula and Tony's wedding.
Its 2pm and the wedding is suppose to start. Upon arrival at the wedding, I find Ursula still running around in her "bride to be" little ears!
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She even made sure Hamida and I get settled in in a room where Hamida can chill and rest from the jet leg. This awesome bride still took time to welcome soooo many people before putting on her beautiful white dress and talking down the... erm... stairs to meet her future husband.
This was no traditional wedding, it was totally different! It was fun and entertaining, from the goom wearing an African shirt, to everyone being bare foot to the fire dancers!
The deco was second to non!
Some fun with the bride and bridesmaids :)
The entertainment... The fire dancers from Port St. Johns
Fun pictures with the family
Since I met the family there has never been a moment without smiles and laughter. Ursula and Tony are the bubbliest couple I've met, love ya lots Ursh, may you and Tony have a awesome life together as husband and wife... Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Gaitskill :)
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe
Originally Hamida and I had decided to take a trip to Namibia for a week, while planning the trip and trying to get our flights sorted out we found that our flights from Durban - Jhb - Windhoek will cost over R10 000 for both of us! Ridiculous! So thats when we decided that we should change the plans and rather go else where, thats when we found an advert saying "Victoria Falls from as little as R2499.99" and we were stuck! Eventually we found the perfect package to the Vic Falls for 3 nights accommodation, flights and breakfast included for a fraction of the Namibia trip!
Hamida wanted to spend her birthday in South Africa so we organised with a family friend of ours, whom we havent seen in 10 years, to spend the weekend with her and her daughters. So we spend Friday til Monday with them, what an eventful weekend. We met her kids for the first time, Layla - 10 years and Zeena - 8 years old, we also met Simon and his two sons, Dylan - 15 years and Gareth - 11. Jhb was awesome we had lovely family dinners and even went ice skating on Hamida's birthday (Sunday). Unfortunately our stay came to an end on Monday morning when we had to catch our flight out from O.R Tambo international to Zambia International airport.
Upon arrival in Zambia we had Thompson's Travel waiting for us to take us to Zimbabwe - We decided to stay in Zim because all our activities would take place there. We checked in at the hotel and rested a bit before going on our Game Drive where we saw 3 of the big five, we had dinner at the game park and returned back to the hotel to rest. Tuesday we went for a helicopter flight "flight of the angels" over the Victoria Falls as well as up the Zambizi River. Later that day we were signed up to walk with lions in the game park, they were three cubs ages 12 months, 15 months and 18 months. As young as they were, they were huge!
Wednesday we took the long walk along the Victoria Falls and learned about David Livingstone and the Falls. Unfortunately or fortunately we went when the falls werent as huge as in June/July so we got to take lots of pictures and enjoy getting drenched in the mist. Later the afternoon we went on a cruise up the Zambizi and experienced the first rain in 5 months. Thursday it was back to Jhb with a connecting flight to Dbn where we spent the night and back home on Friday afternoon.
Zim was amazing, everyone was super friendly and more importantly we felt completely safe, we didnt have to worry about anyone robbing us or messing with us. SA could learn a lot from them. We could feel the difference in service when we got to OR Tambo international, SA people in service are sooo sour! You getting paid to do a job, deliver and deliver well... with a smile ;)
It was a life changing experience for me, it wasnt just one of those holidays that when you get back and return to work it feels like you never left. NO! This was the best holiday ever! Definitely heading back to Zim next year :)
Hamida wanted to spend her birthday in South Africa so we organised with a family friend of ours, whom we havent seen in 10 years, to spend the weekend with her and her daughters. So we spend Friday til Monday with them, what an eventful weekend. We met her kids for the first time, Layla - 10 years and Zeena - 8 years old, we also met Simon and his two sons, Dylan - 15 years and Gareth - 11. Jhb was awesome we had lovely family dinners and even went ice skating on Hamida's birthday (Sunday). Unfortunately our stay came to an end on Monday morning when we had to catch our flight out from O.R Tambo international to Zambia International airport.
Upon arrival in Zambia we had Thompson's Travel waiting for us to take us to Zimbabwe - We decided to stay in Zim because all our activities would take place there. We checked in at the hotel and rested a bit before going on our Game Drive where we saw 3 of the big five, we had dinner at the game park and returned back to the hotel to rest. Tuesday we went for a helicopter flight "flight of the angels" over the Victoria Falls as well as up the Zambizi River. Later that day we were signed up to walk with lions in the game park, they were three cubs ages 12 months, 15 months and 18 months. As young as they were, they were huge!
Wednesday we took the long walk along the Victoria Falls and learned about David Livingstone and the Falls. Unfortunately or fortunately we went when the falls werent as huge as in June/July so we got to take lots of pictures and enjoy getting drenched in the mist. Later the afternoon we went on a cruise up the Zambizi and experienced the first rain in 5 months. Thursday it was back to Jhb with a connecting flight to Dbn where we spent the night and back home on Friday afternoon.
Zim was amazing, everyone was super friendly and more importantly we felt completely safe, we didnt have to worry about anyone robbing us or messing with us. SA could learn a lot from them. We could feel the difference in service when we got to OR Tambo international, SA people in service are sooo sour! You getting paid to do a job, deliver and deliver well... with a smile ;)
It was a life changing experience for me, it wasnt just one of those holidays that when you get back and return to work it feels like you never left. NO! This was the best holiday ever! Definitely heading back to Zim next year :)
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