Abigail Reese Photography » Portraits

Cloete Family. Cape Town, South Africa

Adele — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:58:47 +0000

Meet this beautiful family. I have known both Zanelle and Stiaan for about 8 years now. We attended the same University, the University of Stellenbosh, in the Western Cape. I was so excited when Zanelle asked me to photograph their family, there is nothing more special to me, than to photograph old friends and their adorable new family member, Sebastiaan.

I flew to Cape Town and spend a weekend in Stellenbosh, the weather played along perfectly, and I am thrilled with the way this session turned out. Thank you Zanelle for inviting me to photograph your family. I wish you guys a Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2012. I hope to see you guys in the USA one of these days.

Location: Klein Constantia ( Where Stiaan is a wine agriculturist ). Klein Constantia is one of the most beautiful wine properties I have visited. If you ever get the chance, please do stop by and taste some of their amazing wines.

Adele Marie. Newborn

Adele — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:02:38 +0000

I was lucky enough to photograph this little girl (Adele) on the morning before I flew out to South Africa. Isn’t she just too adorable?

As many of you know, I am currently in South Africa and will be here until end of January. I am always available via email to my clients or anyone potentially interested in a session. Please note that my response time might be a little slower than usual.

I now offer Gift Certificates.

Adele — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:42:34 +0000

Hello everyone,

Thank you for stopping by today. I am really excited to now offer Gift Certificates. I believe giving someone the gift of a professional portrait session is high up there on the list of awesome gifts. It could be a birthday gift, a baby shower gift or just a “i love you” gift. I am really happy to now be able to provide new and old clients with this neat little personal gift. If this is something that you are interested in, please contact me for more information on how this works and please share this with friends/family.

Thank you, Adele XOXO

Moore Family – Lacey, WA

Adele — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:27:24 +0000

I’ve know Susan for over a year now and when her Mother contacted me to surprise her Family with a photo session I was so excited. It was kind of hard keeping it from Susan as she always figures things out.

The day of the session turned out to be a very cloudy, dark and rainy day.. the crazy part is most people would think that’s a horrible time to take pictures, and it could be, but I chose an area where there are lots of open space.. water and no dark shades. These images have a moody feel to them which for me makes them that extra bit special.

I love these Images. I hope you do too.

Location: Tolmie State Park, Lacey

Some old work – Part 2.

Adele — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:04:47 +0000

Sessions Photographed in 2009. I have gone back and selected some of my favorite Images from the past 2 years.

I recognize how my work has changed and I’m learning from mistakes I’ve made. Being a Photographer for the past 5 years has had some enormous ups and downs. I honestly LOVE what I do, but I am also my worst critique.. and delivering products that I am proud of is my first priority. I remember way back in the day in one of my many biographies on my many different blogs I wrote that: ” I would not be happy giving a client a product that I, myself am not 100% satisfied with and proud of. ” This is still my goal today.

It has taken many years and many mistakes to be the person/photographer I am today.

This is how I speak, this is my language. I am fortunate to have visited, resided in many different states, different countries. I’ve realized that each state has it’s own “language”… I don’t always speak the right language, I am not always able to express my true feelings, my true meaning. I am thankful for photography. I am grateful for a talent that I’ve come to realize is so precious.

Please feel free to leave a comment.

Some older work.

Adele — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:01:28 +0000

I photographed this session at the end of 2009. I have great memories from South Carolina (where these were photographed) and it makes me happy to look at these images. I’ll be posting a few old sessions.. sessions that’s never been shared on this blog.

I loved that little Children cottage in the garden. I wish I could build something like that. Lately i’ve been doing some building of my own. I”ll share images once I am done. I am making Abigail some frames for her playroom.

Location: Children’s Garden, Columbia, SC

Holbrook {Family} Lacey, WA

Adele — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:24:07 +0000

Another familiar face to my blog. I was super excited to do a session with this gorgeous family. Joanne lives a few houses down the street from me and as I’ve mentioned in an earlier blog post, she is also from South Africa.

We’ve talked about doing their family session once daddy comes back from his deployment and the day finally arrived. It was one of those rare sunshine days between al the rainy ones, and I am so happy with the results. Thank you Holbrook family for inviting me to document your family’s love, it was such a treat to photograph you.

Don’t squeeze the animals!

Adele — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:08:07 +0000

This little one LOVED South Africa. She visited over there for 3 months and had an absolute blast. She was spoiled from the moment she opened her eyes to the second she went to bed. She is loved my so many.

I hope to raise Abigail to know where she was born, to know where her Mommy was raised. I love South Africa, I miss my family every single day. I am so grateful that I got to spend to some time with them, especially my grandfather.

For now, enjoy this cutie face. Can you believe she will be 3 in December. THREE! amazing.

Strauss {Family} South Africa

Adele — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:44:50 +0000

This past Sunday I had the pleasure of Photographing this gorgeous young family. I’ve know Ingrid since High School and I don’t think we’ve seen each other in about 10/12 years. It’s always so special to meet up with friends, meet their loved ones and then get to document their family. I am honestly so lucky to do Photography as a job. We visited Irene dairy farm close to Pretoria in South Africa and the weather was just perfect.

Thank you Rayno and Ingrid for inviting me to document your beautiful family. I hope you enjoy looking at these Images as much as I enjoyed taking them.

Tien & Lize {Couple} South Africa

Adele — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:42:57 +0000

I had the pleasure of doing a mentor session during my time here in South Africa. With a mentor session I teach how I plan, photograph and process a photo session. Also how I handle the business side of being a professional photographer. (not my favorite thing to talk about, but definitely vital to running a photography business)

Thank You to Irmgardt for joining me for a whole day to talk about Photography. I had a great time getting to know you better. Good luck with your journey, I know you will do great. Also thank you to Tien and Lize for being such great friends and willing to do this session with me. (You two look great together btw)