The other morning i opened my email to find this very exciting message :

Dear Jacki,

We have great pleasure in advising you that this image was selected as a finalist in the Nikon AfricaPhotographic Awards.
Only a very small of percentage of the entries made it this far and you can be justifiably proud of your achievement.
Congratulations once again on being one of the top achievers in a very competitive field.

Kind regards

Michelle van Dyk
Project Coordinator

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I was very excited to see that my photos of the very lovely young singer, song writer and musician were used in an article written about her by Buhle Mbonambi of the Sunday Tribune. See my previous post titled H O L L Y for more pics and click on the link below to read more about her debut album http://www.durbanlive.com/live/news_view.jsp?news_item_id=18537

I am not going to say too much about this pic other than that i took it down in the Transkei and i just love it.

I  recently had the pleasure of photographing Holly Wasserfall, a wonderfully talented singer, song writer and musician. I am much more of an image person than a words person, but what i can tell you, is that, if the word talent could be defined by a sound … young Holly would fit right in there. At only 14 years old she has a string of accolades behind her, including having released her debut album Strawberry Skies. The first time i heard her perform i actually had a lump in my throat … her lyrics have a social awareness and a maturity which go way beyond her age. Besides that, her songs are really funky, catchy and have an african twist combined with a a modern organic flare.

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When they say it takes a village to raise a child they forgot to mention that it takes a town to make a wedding!!! Well in this case it did. These are really just sneak peaks so I am not going to get into too many details, but let me tell you that just about everyone in Port Edward got their hands dirty and made this wedding very very pretty!!!! I am really looking forward to blogging this whole wedding!

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I am so very behind with all my wedding editing at the mo as i recently fell quite ill and so did my computer which has resulted in quite a backlog!!!! I have a few very patient couples who are quietly bearing with me which i appreciate so so sooo much. Thanks Michelle and Kelvin for being so wonderful about everything. Look how gorgeous you both look!!!! I promise that the wait will be worth it!!

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Here are a few sneak peaks. I will be blogging the whole wedding very soon I promise!!!! Nearly nearly finished editing this very special one.

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Aretha and Justin got married in a sweet little stone chapel and went on to celebrate their reception in an African castle (!!) ….otherwise known as Stonehaven. This venue is just a hop skip and a jump away from Hillcrest but definitely feels miles away from tropical Natal. Aretha reminds me of a little fairy …. well if fairies look like Michelle Pfeiffer then that is definitely her. She looked absolutely amazing and so did her lovely man.

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Here is a photo of a truly special man, a person who has given me more than any words could every describe. Here is a picture of my soul mate, my love, my inspiration, my support and my best friend!!!! This is the love of my life Stuart Andrew Frangenheim. It’s taken a long time to find this special soul but all the time spent looking is worth it as he lights up my spirit and makes me a better person. I took this photo early one morning when the sun rose to make that beautiful burst of light in our rondavel in the Transkei at my sisters amazing guest house … swell tours.

Francie and John had an English country garden themed wedding at the very delicious Lynton Hall down in Pennington on the South Coast of Natal. Besides the fact that they are such a gorgeous looking couple, Lynton Hall is spectacular so it really was a photographers dream wedding.

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