Cazpix Photography

The boys move a year forward Tweet
220 days ago

In the last week, my oldest son has turned four, started school, and re-signed up for SWIMMING lessons! My youngest son turns one on Tuesday. After honestly, the worst year of my life last year, I am SO thrilled and excited to say he "made it" to one!!! It has been THE most INSANE roller coaster ride, with bad health, near death experiences, emotional shatterings never mind breakdowns, family issues [extended, not internal ;)], husband travelling a whole ton more than usual. It was awful. This year, as the boys turn a whole year older, I feel empowered. There is a light at the end of this very long tunnel, and I can FINALLY see it.
Congratulations my angel boys....here's to many more years *clink*

 
The soccer/name Cupcakes for Matti



The Bear cupcake for Reilly (we call him Bear]



Bear



The decor for the tiny kiddies - modelled here by George



Soccer blowers - much cooler than those twirl out party blower thingies :)



The aprty pack/bucket/food container - each child had a Lazy Town character on their bucket.



The front cover of the CD invite. They left the party with all the party images on a CD - memories for years to come as a thank you - party pack gift, and in place of party pack sweets. Yay me :)



 

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Butterfly World shoot Tweet
232 days ago

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Rainy summer day Tweet
233 days ago

 

  This is one of the largest old trees I have seen in this area. There are quite a few of them, but still, I never have my camera, and the grace of this one is remarkable.



 


 

  
The rain was so welcome, and left all too quickly. The children had a ball dancing in the rain and splashing in their wellingtons - how many of us can *actually* say we have danced in the rain? :)

 

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14th January 2010 - playing Tweet
236 days ago

Just messing around. Today, only labels or an arb comment :)







This spaghetti is, in actual fact, blue. It's really for the babies in messy play - tactile and visual stimulation [and a bit of nosh too haha], but it seems it keeps the older kids fascinated as well :)










 

 
Tomorrow brings more sunshine and opportunity :)




 

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Summer day Tweet
238 days ago

Sometimes, lots of words are needed to explain things. Sometimes, only images. Today, is one of those only images days.






 

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Gran Tweet
240 days ago

My Gran leaves Cape Town tomorrow and travels back home. It's been so nice seeing her again - although sadly I didn't see as much of her as I would have liked. We have been so busy - and she and my mom have been gallavanting haha :)

This is what I take away from today:

My Dad planted the Rosemary out - it has since gone mad. Yay :)


Matti hiding - I didn't take this shot, but how cool is it anyway? :)


The herb garden goes mad....


The tamato flowers on the plant that is actually out of control - it's huge!


A cool shot of my love.


Best way to mark any occasion in my house - BRAAI :) [Bbq]


Reilly leaves a pile of toys now everywhere he is plonked. He learned to crawl [well he started] today, and so the pile is now left behind for newer, funner things :)


What happens when you grow your own maniacal tamato bush? It produces lots and lots of tomatoes :) Very nice ones too - we may have to go into the sauce business however!!


 

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Water marking 2010 Tweet
241 days ago

Resized images have now seemed to be the only way to do this. The watermarking looks awful. So images will be smaller.....



Matti Liam


Comments? Advice?

 

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Last butterfly world post Tweet
242 days ago

The last few images I decided to include today:






The above two images are of Marmosets


 



 
Would love your thoughts
If you would like to see more images from today, please email me - I have uploaded them elsewhere.




 

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Butterfly world continued Tweet
242 days ago

More images


 



Clearly, the above are Iguanas :) we really should give each a pet name though?



Ick - a spider - a tarantula I think. 





 

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Butterfly world Tweet
242 days ago

My mom decided to take us to butterfly world today - was very cool, considering none of us had been yet. I took the camera along to see what I could play around with. I had fun! Will post the images over a few posts - please comment or email me if you know the name of the animals? Thanks!

 



 


 







 

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Tinkerbell turns one Tweet
247 days ago

The fairy God-daughter turns one on the 5th January. Her stunning party was yesterday. The cupcakes were AMAZING....well done Tinks' mommy :) A lovely relaxed party, where I got a chance to "practice" my photography. Yay me. 

 

Pretty flower cupcakes





Cutesy-wutesy tootsies



Beautiful little baba



Puppy cupcakes



Bear and Tinkerbell



Cousins: Bear, Bell and Matti
These little ones really love each other so much - it's too cute for words!

Thanks to the family for the chance to "play" - hope you like the preview :)



 

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New Year 2010 - moon Tweet
248 days ago

The moon eclipsed partially, and was considered a Blue Moon - on New Year's Eve! What a good sign of things to come - things new and strange and out of the ordinary. I believe a sign of good things to come....


moon 1



moon 2



moon 3


Had a need to do a bit of research - so here is what I found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon#Blue_moons_between_2009_and_2016

There are more links from there - interesting to know, that even though it happened like a firework display from the cosmos on New Years, it will happen again - soon ;)



 

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A tiny speckle of Christmas days... Tweet
255 days ago

So much has happened over the last few days - most importantly, Matti-monster has discovered the *magic* that is Father Christmas :) He has had such a ball, that he has fallen asleep TWICE in the car - something he has not done since he was about 17months old!!! 




Happiest guy - EVER :)



 
Shame these two hatched on the braai grid at my parents house - and there they will stay, high enough to be out of reach from Kimbah, the border collie, who LOVES birds....too much.


I LOVE this shot - yay me :)


  Be a "real" man.....as opposed to?



My 3year old, in his Big School Hat - ready for Grade 00 next year. *sniff a bit*




My two big boys :)

Thanks for looking!



 

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Baby shower time :) Tweet
262 days ago

So exciting - I love everything about babies....from the "snot sucking out of their ears" [a shower insider joke] to the smelly little toes  - they are too too cute for words! The excited-ness about the imminent arrival, the families getting together, the friends with wanted and unwanted advice hehe. It's all perfect. 


 

 





 

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Last Christmas shots Tweet
262 days ago

Just had to add these - love them a little :)


 
 

 


 





 

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Images 15 December Tweet
266 days ago

So, this, is what keeps me going :



I will always think of my niece and my sister-in-law when I see butterflies - my SIL loves them :)


My angel oke smelling the orange leaf....


We will call her George. She is so loveable...always smiling - just like my Reilly baba - they are about the same age too...


Beautiful. Nuff' said.


One of my favourite boys in the world - My Matti-goggo


It has taken me NEARLY FOUR YEARS to get him to be over his insane fear of face painting....he is, and today, for his first ever attempt, he was a Tiger....he growls rather well hehe.


I just love this pic. Mr Tiger #2...he was a spider, but then growling is so much more fun ;)



 

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Musings 15 December Tweet
266 days ago

So things have calmed down to a calm panic, and now I really do feel somewhat at a loss for what to do with my time haha. It was always rushing around like a lunatic - now it's tying up loose ends, fetching completed products, dabbling here and there with pics. I found these quotes to keep me "inspired" as it were:

The camera can photograph thought.  ~Dirk Bogarde
Well enough said really :)

“The camera is an instrument that teaches
people how to see without a camera.”
~ Dorothea Lange

Amazing that something so seemingly profound, is, in fact, blatantly simple, and obvious. Things I would never have been excited about a few months ago, are suddenly neccesary. I must capture moments, memories, smiles, frowns, toes [hehe], little hands, wrinkles, sunlight, leaves - well, everything. It's AWESOME.

“If I could tell the story in words,
I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.”
~ Lewis Hine


Wow. Never ever would I have EVER placed myself in a category where words did not suffice :) I love literature, teach it, use it, and devour it. And yet, until I took some meaningful photographs, words were yet to really fail me. Now, they do - quite often as it turns out hehe.

"Photography is a means of recording forever
the things one sees for a moment."
~ Aaron Siskind

 

“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”

Dorothea Lange

 

" A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words"

Ansel Adams



The quotes above, actually sum up, really well, what I said in my first post - I WANT to capture time, moments, memories, pieces of the soul, so that when moments are forgotten, and worlds have moved, I have a piece of that - a part of my life, and a part of the person in the image's life. Something to hold dear....the moments in time that create the journey.

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Ballet Fairies Tweet
272 days ago

As a momi who has always wanted a girl - but been blessed with the world's most divine boys, it almost broke me today to see the darling ballet fairies doing their "thing" :) I say *almost*, cos my oldest son was there - waving his wand and loving every minute of it....cringe? Naah - he had a ball, and I got my little share of "pink" for the day :)


Posing - supposed to be pointing toes ;)


All in the circle, shaking fairy wands....


Jamming - as only she can ;)


I am officially blown away by this shot - surprised myself :) Yay me - I like it



The joy of being a little girl huh?

 

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Christmas Shoot Tweet
273 days ago

The whole idea for this adventure began when, after having completed a Christmas shoot or two, I saw the kids in a totally different light. I wanted everyone to see who they were - almost like they were my babies, and I had to show them off :)
I have decided to share some with you - so that my particular "feel" is perhaps portrayed....


 


 


 


 
Had SUCH a ball doing abstract shots











Such a beautiful little girl....with so much spunk :)




The world's sweetest little girl - so caring, so cute












This little guy is as angelic as he looks here!





Playing with light - and candles



This particular little goggo is mine [above]



Sibling love



 

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Family fun Tweet
273 days ago

The last set of images from yesterday - what a gorgeous little family. Dad was on a plane [as they often are], but it was so cool to have met such a happy little boy and his gorgeous sister :)

I think I learn things from everyone I meet, and this family showed me fun......and love. So cool!







 

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Another gorgeous little fairy :) Tweet
273 days ago

Were you aware that small dogs can hide in the *most* amazing spaces, when needs be? Shame poor fairy child just wanted to love Max the doggy, and Max, well, he wanted none of it :(


Does she not remind you of a fairy at the bottom of the garden? With daisies towering over her :) Too precious man! Such a good little girl too.....


 
She also, as luck would have it, comes set with the cutest pair of tootsies :) Fairy dust included :P

What a lovely time I had with the girls today - thanks!



 

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Tinkerbelle and Christmas Tweet
273 days ago

Tinks had her photo shoot today - what fun, and WHAT a good girl! She absolutely eats up the camera, and I cannot BELIEVE how much I am going to miss this little fairy! She is very very special to me - long distance spoiling it will have to be :P



Just look at how beautiful she is :) Awwww

 

Forgive me for gushing ;)

 

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TinkerBelle Tweet
275 days ago

I don't have a little girl of my own - so Tinkerbelle is as close as I will get :P She is known in my circle as "my pink" - I LOVE spoiling her, and think she is the closest thing to the most gorgeous baby on earth [closest, purely cos my boys were OBVIOUSLY the *most* gorgeous hehehe].





 

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Family Shoot Tweet
275 days ago

A darling little girl and her parents had their first at home shoot with me today - what fun! What lovely people!! Poor little angel was not feeling herself - little bit heat shattered and a little bit tired, but I think we managed to get some very cute shots.


I do enjoy seeing people in their own comfort zones  - and what a loving family this is!


Thanks guys for sharing your morning with me, and a little bit of your sunshine :)

 

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The very beginning Tweet
276 days ago

So how pretty is my photolog? Thank you to my darling husband for making it such a pretty one!

I need to introduce my concept - which is proving more difficult as the days go by and the words seem to elude me. I have done a small amount of thinking, and managed to come up with the following:

1. My photography is very laid back, relaxed, natural. I like the term lifestyle photography - but that *sounds* so pretentious for what I do. The concept is lovely, but not mine.
After much research [this is a continued process of growth], I have discovered that Lifestyle photography, defined as: General lifestyle images can encompass basically anything a person or group of people could do with their day. Any of these topics could be shot using people of any gender or age, with couple or families, and where applicable as groups of friends. It sounds much more posed than what I ever had in mind! Photojournalism is also, defined as where the images tell a story, and should normally be accompanied by words. I feel that, my images don't always need words, so, while they tell a story, it is not what I had in mind at all. 
My images are there to capture moments. Real moments. I might have to coin a term :)

2. I heard once that a person did not want his photograph taken, as it is said to "capture the soul". Well yes, that is EXACTLY what I want to do. I want to show, with my images, the lovely little people behind each one. I want the viewer to know the person in the image. I would love to capture time, and save it gently in a bubble. THAT is what I like doing.

3. I take pictures of little feet to show that one day, when they are 18 and "know better", they were once cute, and pudgy and smelled of lavender :). It is part of my style - little moments in time you can reflect on.

4. I have two boys - one is very slow to warm up to people, and the other loves everyone! So I am very easy going about what I expect. I don't like to force things - if a child doesn't like wearing a hat, they will be happier without one. I would *much* rather see pictures of my children happy, and as themselves, than fake ones! If a child is very serious, rather get lovely pictures of them being themselves, focusing on the truck/sandpit/bird etc - and in this way, have a true reflection of who they are at that moment in time.

I am starting a journey here with my photographs. I hope to share with you my travels, as I meet people, and grow into my new definition of me.

Wish me luck :)

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