Saturday 3 December 2011

Francois, Katrien & Andreas | Family | Beautiful Durbanville Home

Straight off the bat, I have to tell you that these are some of my very favorite images that I've ever taken and I am SO excited to share them with you :) I feel so very privileged to have had the opportunity to have met this precious family :) That is one of my favorite things about my job - I love meeting new people, and I am floored every time by how generous people are with showing their love for my camera, in whatever form it may be.... It is such a blessing for my heart :)

Katrien and Francois had it all -10yrs of an amazing marriage, a thriving business, travel, friends, family. They had decided their lives were complete without children, until last year they thought 'maybe'. And now, a year later, they have been blessed with the most precious little baba - Andreas :) To see their love for each other and this gorgeous wee human was so humbling for me. And I relate to their decision too - hubs and I plan to wait a good 10yrs for our own kiddos, and seeing how well it worked for them blesses my heart immensely :)


Katrien & Francois have built and decorated the most beautiful home, I use the word home specifically as you see so many beautiful houses which just don't feel 'livable'. Not so here - though everything in their home is beautiful, it is wondrously functional too :) And just happens to have the most perfect light streaming in from just about every angle, SUCH a blessing for a light-mad gal like me!

Thank you, dear Du Plessis family, for sharing your joy and love with me :)


Andreas' room is gorgeous, perfect for a little boy :)


Precious baba :)

There's just something about a baby's eyelashes...


I love the map print they chose for his cot!


Teensy, perfect fingers :)


The wonder of being a baby :)


Mom had to put on a serious show to get a flicker of a smile!








Feets!


Love love love this image :)








And how GORGEOUS is Katrien??





On the day we were joking that these will be Andreas' slideshow shots for his 18th birthday ;) I hope he won't hate us too much - his baby bum is, after all, edible!


Francois gave Katrien this beautiful bracelet when Andreas was born :)





Loove these two :)


The happiest wee family :)


Such a precious bond between Dad and Son!





A very good-looking family indeed ;)




















I Love Katrien's frame wall - so many wonderful memories!








Beautiful Mama :)





Nothing like seeing how much a Mother can fall in love with her child :)





Couldn't resist - just a few of my favorite things ;)


How stunning is Haasie?! Those eyes... If I could have stolen her, I would ;) This madam is trained - she only sits on her blankies around the house, who ever thought a cat could be trained?


Magical.





This is one of my faves.











If you're still as in love as these two are after 10 years of marriage and with an 8 week old baba, you know you have it set!





Too precious :)


I told Francois to whisper something in Katrien's ear, hehehe, love the result!


Engraved on the front door - how awesome?


Mini wine-cellar!








Gorgeous!


So that Haasie didn't feel left out ;)


And couldn't resist, love this image in B&W too :)



11 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! Your photos tell so many stories of a happy family! Cat is so cute, as well as baby feet :)

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  2. Well done Tiff! You should really be so proud of these images. You have a gift....

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  3. @Heather, thank you! :)

    @Kath, thank you so much for such a beautiful heartfelt comment, makes my heart incredibly happy! Thank you lovely lady!! :) xx

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  4. Babies are amazing. Starting a family is one of life's greatest joy's and you have captured it so well. Gorgeous photo's!

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  5. these are incredibly beautiful tiffs! that last one in black and white as well as those of andreas sleeping are simply stunning!

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  6. @Bonnie Thank you so much, and indeed, such a blessing :)

    @Nastassja Thank you sooooo much lovely lady!! :) :)

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  7. You are so talented, beautiful friend! I have so many 'tiffany shoots' ideas running through my head :)

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  8. Ag Jules, you're an angel ;) And adorable to boot!! :) xx

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  9. These images brought tears to my eyes!! So beautiful hun!! Your gift at telling the story of love in any form is magical - and your fave shot is def one of my faves, but I have many!! Awesome work!!

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  10. Ag you are so incredibly sweet my friend! Thank you soooo much :) xx

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  11. OMG! What a gorgeous family! Snugga bugga, I just wanna hugga that darling baby boy!!! I could almost smell him. Him mamma is drop dead gorgeous. What more can I say. Oh yes, their home is amazing. What a great shoot, Tiffs.

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