STYLE & STORIES PORTRAIT PORTFOLIO: Elize

BY ERIKA

Thanks to good old Facebook, I reconnected with my school friend Elize again after about 35 years. At first it we only kuier-ed in virtual reality but in 2012 Elize moved from Limpopo to Stellenbosch and we just carried on where we left off years ago.

It has been a wonderful experience getting to know Elize as an adult while at the same time enjoying the familiarity of a friendship that started in Grade 1 in 1968!!!

At the beginning of this year Elize who has been practising yoga since 1988, established the AnahatYoga & Wellness Studio in Die Boord, Stellenbosch with two partners, Candice Jones and Johan Kotze.

The name Anahat, Elize explains, refers to the Sanskrit name for the heart chakra, anahata which means “unstruck” or “unhurt. It implies that underneath our human existence lies a wholeness that is eternal and boundless.

“We chose Anahat for the name of our studio because it beautifully brings the energy of “the Heart of Yoga” to our studio and we wanted our studio to resonate with the love of the path of yoga, shared from the heart, with the people of Stellenbosch.”

It is in the lounge of this beautiful and tranquil space that Martin chose to photograph Elize for her STYLE & STORIES PORTRAIT PORTFOLIO.

“The big windows on both the east and the west sides of the lounge as well as neutral wall colour makes it an ideal place to do natural light portraits,” he says.

“It also helped that on the day of the shoot, we experienced a typical Boland winters day with cloud cover and rain for most of the day creating a huge soft box on all sides.”

As we always say at MVNP, in the right light and at the right time, every woman is extraordinary.

MAKE-UP ARTIST: Candice Harker http://www.mobilemakeupartist.co.za/

Martin, Elize and Candice make-up artist cum photographer's assistant
in the lounge of the Anahat Yoga Studio in Stellenbosch 

Candice working her make-up magic with Elize 

SPOTLIGHT # 3 : Annie at The Playhouse Theatre in Somerset West

BY ERIKA

Annie, the musical based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie is currently being performed at The Playhouse Theatre in Swalle Street, Somerset West. 

Local director Darryl Spijkers who just last month had a huge success with To Kill A Mockingbird also at the Playhouse, tackled this evergreen production with two casts. A brave man indeed.

For an evening of singing, dancing and shedding a few tears, book your tickets now! They are going like hot cakes.

The show runs until 28 June and tickets range from R70 to R110 (R5 from every ticket sold will be donated to The Sunflower fund) sold via  Computicket.

BUSINESS PORTRAIT # 4: Roslyn Grosch & Xtraordinary Women, Somerset West

BY ERIKA

Roslyn Grosch of Era Grosch, an estate agency in Kuilsrivier was one of the business women who attended the June meeting of Xtraordinary Women at Erinvale in Somerset West recently.

The guest speaker was business advisor and project planning expert Nicola Fourie of Pin Point Projects who guided the local business women through a project planning exercise.

More images can be viewed on the Xtraordinary Women Facebook-page  

FLASHBACK # 8: Corvette / 2011

PHOTOGRAPHER: Martin Van Niekerk

CLIENT: Garage Magazine, September 2011
PUBLISHER & EDITOR: Barry Ashmole of  The Garage, Classic Custom Creations, Blaauwklippen Road, Stellenbosch 

GRAPHIC DESIGNER (Page Layout): Ronel Van Heerden, NineNinetyinNine, Strand

MODEL: Katerina, Ice Model Management

STYLE & STORIES PORTRAIT PORTFOLIO: Tanita

MAKE-UP ARTIST: Candice Harker http://www.mobilemakeupartist.co.za/

FLASHBACK # 7: Madelein in the Blue Dress / 2010

Madelein in the blue dress photographed four years ago.

STYLE & STORIES PORTRAIT PORTFOLIO: Madelein

BY ERIKA

Whenever Martin and I talk about which of his modelling portfolio photographs we like best, one of us will mention 'that one of Madelein in the blue dress'.

Four years, one engineering degree and one wedding later, we were fortunate to have this graceful and beautiful woman back in the MVNP studio. 

And the results did not disappoint! See for yourself.

Madelein Dreyer definitely puts a different face to the stereotype of an engineer. She is currently doing a Masters in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cape Town investigating new control systems for myoelectrical protheses. 

Quite a mouthful but we are sure, it is nothing she can't master! 

MAKE-UP ARTIST: Candice Harker http://www.mobilemakeupartist.co.za/