Every bride is beautiful. It’s like newborn babies or puppies. They can’t help it.”
Emme Rollins
What with Mr T having toodled off to Australia for 7 weeks I’ve been kind of busy, doing my chores plus his chores (I’m clocking up brownie points by the minute and expecting a nice pressie when he gets home!). The fact that he arrives home 4 days before my birthday means….MORE PRESSIES! If you are reading this while languishing on the couch in Melbourne Mr T, the holiday present and the birthday present cannot be lumped together in one lumpy present, okay?
Anyway back to business, while he has been away, I have so far managed to do the lovely Scruffy & Didi photo session in Knysna and another one with the mischievous Marley in our own little village of Sedgefield.
What a hoot Marley is, more energy than a packet of crackers and bright as a button (yes I also noticed all the metaphors) I certainly had my work cut out for me with that little monkey, every time I lay on my belly to try and get some low shots, he’d run over, lick my face and bite my hair.
I spent the first half of the shoot photographing Marley in his home and for our outdoor shots we took ourselves off to Scarab Village, then I went home and had a few glasses of wine and a hot bubble bath to recover!
Here are the images from that day….
I began this post with one of my favourite images and I’m ending it with another, what a precious little sausage he is.
You can access Marley’s Animoto video here. In case you were wondering, the music that accompanies the video is a very catchy song called “I like the way you love me” by Cynthia Felton.
All my love
moi ♥
moi du toi photography 
Incredibly beautiful! You know just how to capture the moments…xx
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Thanks Char, just so privileged to be able to witness such moments. 🙂
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Speaking of lumping presents together – May is my month: Mother’s Day, Anniversary and my Birthday. I almost always go for the lumped gift in this instance. It usually works out pretty well for me. It’s how I got my current camera. 🙂
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Hmmm fiendishly clever you are :), not a bad idea…
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marley is the most amazing puppy – and Les has done such a good job with being his friend but you have captured them both so beautifully well done
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Ricky, that is the kind of compliment I treasure because showing the bond between owner and pet is what I strive for. Thank you ♥
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Great photos and what fun you had. I agree on not lumping the 2 deserving pressies into 1. You need one the day he gets back and one (at least) on your birthday! xS
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Thanks Shirl, see we girls think alike, ha ha.
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What beautiful photos. I love them.
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Thank you TSC for the lovely compliment, I had such fun with that cute pup.
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You are a Star, and so good with animals. Marley just loves you!
Love, Lesley
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Aw Lesley it was great to spend time with you and the little superstar, I loved every second.
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Marley is a nunu!
🙂 Mandy xo
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Isn’t he just the cutest?
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Wow – such clear, sharp photo and they just capture that gorgeous puppyness. Brilliant!
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Thanks so much RTBL, to get them sharp always focus on one of the eyes and make sure that your shutter speed is not lower than the focal length of your lens (e.g. 50mm lens don’t go lower than 1/60th of a second) You’ll need a much higher shutter speed than that if your subject is moving though.
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Are you shooting with 50mm in these photographs? They are lovely, and the shallow depth of field is delicious!
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Thanks Carissa, yes I am. I only have 2 lenses so far, the 18-55mm kit lens the camera came with and then my gorgeous f/1.4 prime 50mm lens.
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Moira, you can just SEE the love in these pics. They’re beautiful!
And yes, absolutely Mr. T – no trying to combine homecoming gift with birthday prezzie:)-
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Always in my corner, thanks Kiss Kiss, miss you ♥
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