Beauty for Asher

 

The word says that God will provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. Isaiah 61:3

This is what I am at present. 

I am in the middle of that scripture, dwelling under the shadow of God's protection, under his wing, hidden from the world.  

There in that place where sorrow and joy melt together like coloured wax, creating a beautiful blend  from the contradicting sides of mourning and grief, the joy and worship of being within the confines of the saviour's hand, safe in His care.

My handsome and I lost our little Asher Makaio.  He was 9 days old.

Walking through the pain, the sorrow, the grief and the change is real.  

It's life changing.  

It's a winding journey.  

There are ups, on the hills where you have great perspective and the view of what's to come is beautiful and stretches on for miles.  

There are down's, in the valleys where you cannot see over the hill in front of you, where the shadows fall and the chill sets in.

But through it all, there is a warm presence, a safety that surrounds our hearts.  The wonderful presence of God, that hovers over us, shadowing us, keeping us, securing us and ensconces our hearts.

We are sheltered under the wings of the most high.

Maternity Shoot III

The third and final chapter!

I must be the most photographed pregnant lady in the area!! ;) 

My friend Carien, from Catharine Swayde Photography asked if she could photograph me, and at 35 weeks, I said yes! 
She'd just acquired a lovely new piece of gear, and was dying to test it out on someone.
(it's Nikon, so I can't mention it...as my Canon loving heart just.won't.do.it.)...she understands ;)

Carien, thank you for a wonderfully peaceful photo shoot.  Although we did traipse through somebody's garden (what we wouldn't do for the perfect location!) I think the pics are beautiful, and so does my handsome!

Maternity shoot II

 

 

Had a second maternity shoot with my friend and amateur photographer, Heidi a couple of weeks ago, and here is the highly anticipated result!

My friend Courtney did my hair and make-up for the shoot, and I must say, she matched the make-up with the look perfectly!

Canon 6D ... am I drooling?

Canon's newest baby in the DSLR range is the 6D, launched mid last year (2012), it's trumping the 5D mark II on most fronts and proving to be a great accompaniment to any photographers arson.

Here's what Mathew Saville at SLR Lounge had to say about it.  
For the FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE.

Launched my personal photographic page today!

So with one eye shut, I dove into the deep end and launched my personal photographic Facebook page today.

*insert nail biting here.

I am pretty nervous, I won't lie, about going "freelance".  At least I have a gap in between BEING freelance and now that will allow me time to get my ducks in order.  I will be available for photographic work in September 2013 only.

In the meantime, you are welcome to browse the images I have placed on my page, and you can order photographic prints from them!

This is a very exciting time for me, and I'm stoked to be getting the ball rolling with a more passive side of business by having prints available for sale!

For more information contact me on kimvanvuuren@true.co.za.

x

Cherub Tree nappies have arrived!

My son's cute little bum cheeks are going in there!!

So my Cherub Tree nappies arrived today!  A little soft bundle of packaged eco-friendly, baby loving goodness!

You can be sure you will see many more posts with these bad boys as a feature, we are going to do combination diapering (disposables and washables) to start to get into the swing then, hopefully, if all goes well, we will move over to just washables! 

I am so excited about trying something new, although handsome is not so sure, so we will grace him and his man-ness with disposables till he gets the hang of it ;).

*still waiting for my nice new camera to arrive, until then, it's cellphone photos I'm afraid!

Studio Maternity Test Shoot

So here are some of the shots from the first maternity shoot.  

These where taken by the young Amy Mason, who is now Impact Photographic & Designs new photographic intern! 

Well done Amy, for the first time in studio, you did a great job!

It was all quite sudden really...a normal day at the studio, I just happened to be wearing a full face of make-up and dressed rather decently (if I do say so myself) when the chief called to say she was bringing Amy into the studio to do a test shoot.

*insert panic face here

 

Handsome happened to pop into the studio just as we got going, and got roped into the deal (work clothes and all - he's an IT techie)!

It was strangely surreal as it all happened so quickly neither of us had a chance to prepare our "photo faces", and I felt so odd being the other side of the camera for the first time in a long long time! 

Better brush up on my posing for the next two shoots hey ;)

All in all a fun, impromptu experience and some great photos of handsome and I together!

Thanks again Amy for letting me put the photos onto my blog! I love em!

 

Handsome & I trying to look relaxed...is it working?