Valentine's Day is around the corner and regardless of your Facebook relationship status; four industry professionals have teamed up to offer a stunning mini-makeover and photoshoot to one lucky lady who'll feel the love anyway! The competition runs from 22 January to 12 February 2016 and the winner of the mini-makeover and photoshoot valued at over R3000 will be announced on Valentine's Day 2016.

Prize includes:

• Full colour, cut and blow wave valued at R699
• Professional make-up and touch ups valued at R450
• Full set of eye lash extensions to the value of R500
• Portrait or couple photoshoot to the value of R1600

 
All you need to do is Like the following pages on Facebook:

• Candice Christie Photography
  
• Lynne Harris Makeup & Hair Stylist
  
• I-beauti lashes
  

Become Facebook friends with HairbyKristi

Share the Facebook post on your timeline and tag your friends to take part as well!

Terms & Conditions:
Prize not transferrable and cannot be exchanged for cash. Redeemable in Pietermartizburg, Hilton and Midlands areas only - winner must be willing to travel. Should winner not comply with these terms, redraw will have to take place.

Good luck

Last weekend I had the glorious privilege of photographing one of my favourite people's engagement shoot. Having been friends with Janine for over 14 years, the topic of meeting "the one" has often come up and rightly so for girls who wanted to make sure they found the right one before hitting the chapel in running shoes to meet the wrong one.

It was not only the happiest day for her when her "Mr Right" at last proposed... it must have been his as well, but it was also my happiest day! And when the question of being her matron of honour popped up you can be sure it fast became my next happiest day.

Janine, and Bruce, your wedding in June is going to be one for the books and we simply cannot wait to share in the celebrations with you.

For 2016 I thought it would be a good idea to enroll myself in something that could challenge me in terms of the subject matter I photograph on a normal day. Being the Lifestyle Photographer and Designer for Sutherlands Home Furnishing as my full time job I can photograph up to 50, sometimes more, beautiful pieces of furniture each week... My lifestyle and wedding photography gives me a nice break away from those confines allowing me to interact with some really amazing people. But I still feel like I need to branch out even more so that I can learn new things about me, and my photography, and my camera, as I photograph new things.

I signed up for the "52 Week Photography Challenge" which is open to everyone really - you just have to join the facebook group. The first weeks challenge is "self portrait". For a list of other topics in the challenge visit this link.

My rationale for my submission this week:
Another photographer who prefers being on the side of the camera that captures rather than the side being captured. I'm all the way from South Africa and in this "self portrait" I am sitting on my bedroom floor in the pretty Midlands of Kwazulu Natal. Being of the mindset to avoid the front of the lens still, I thought to portray a distorted image of myself. 3 pics taken with my 50mm (1.8 ISO320 1/250) layered on top of each other at different opacities in post. Self conscious me thought it a good idea that on top of the distortion, black and white would do me well in terms of hiding my "just woken up face and hair".

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Why not join in the challenge... Visit this link: 52 Week Photography Challenge