Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day in Mauritius was, as I feared, cold and windy. It drizzled mischievously with some rare sunny rays and having scheduled a shoot for early morning, those rare sunny interludes were the moments during which I managed to shoot today's subject: Sudha. It has been weeks since we were preparing for that shoot, but being busy and being still a "gimp", I had to manage my time and get some rest if I want my ankle and foot to get better. Today, we finally did the shoot, with Sudha's cute chipmunk Noshie accompanying us with her cheerful mood. It was the perfect Mother's Day gift for Sudha.

Here are the first teasers from the shoot:

Dress and necklace: ENVY shop (Kendra, St-Pierre)

Dress: ENVY shop (Kendra, St-Pierre)

If you want to book a shoot for yourself, for your family, or for your kids and yourself, do send me a mail at minerve.khatleen@gmail.com

It would be my pleasure to capture memories of your family. Mothers sometimes need to be reminded that they are also a woman and that they deserve some "me-time". And guys, it is sometimes the perfect way of telling your woman how much you love her. So don't shy away.

And now,

a big thank you to all moms out there for being cool, 

for being overprotective, 

for being annoying, 

for being there, 

for pampering us, 

for feeding us, 

for cleaning our mess, 

for being patient, 

for yelling at us, 

for telling us stories about life, 

for inspiring us and 

for being always and forever loving. 

You shaped us since the very first day.

And to the superdads, 

thank you for letting us be your daddy's girl 

and your little man.

G'Night!

Little Miss Chloé

Some babies are just impossibly cute. Added to the fact that they got wonderful parents, you can be  sure that you are going to enjoy shooting with them. 

I had the pleasure some time ago of photographing Chloe on her first birthday. It was truly a wonderful thing to meet the lovely family of this beautiful baby. We shot in the colonial decor of the Chateau de Labourdonnais and I have now decided to share a few of the pictures with you. I hope you'll like it.

Family Portrait

Chloe and her grandfather

The proud grandparents of Chloe

The proud grandparents of Chloe

The proud godfathers of Chloe

Shiv looking totally dope with Tim's sunglasses

Father and Daughter

Chloe and her gorgeous mom

Little Mathis

Hello people,

I hope you're doing well. With all the things I have been up to, I almost forgot I had to update my blog and other websites. I updated my Behance Portfolio last night (at least partly) and now it's time to put some materials on this blog. 

Some time ago, I did the shoot of a little baby boy. His name is Mathis and his parents had ordered a shoot to do a beautiful family portrait as well as some creative shots of their boy in different themes. They wanted to do a calendar  I proposed we applied an idea I had seen somewhere on the web. It was that of a woman who would photograph her baby boy when he was asleep, creating different decors from fabrics of all colour. I sure as hell did not pull something as great as her, but we tried with Mathis and his parents. We disguised him as a pilot since his dad works on a plane; he was also pictured as a little chef, as a bookish little man, as a DJ for his dad's love of music, as a traveler in the desert to evoke his parents' love for travels, as a Parisian as a "clin d'oeil" to his French family; in Chinese outfit to remind us of his Chinese heritage; and we did a few other things too. But here are my favourites:

    

  

I hope you like the pictures as much as I enjoyed the shoot with this beautiful baby boy and his family. It's truly the most satisfying thing to shoot a family and babies! No wonder we go crazy for babies! (Well not all of us, but you know, what I mean!)

Have a great day.

One. Two. Three. Sisters.

"Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there."

Last Christmas, I had a wonderful session with the Saddul sisters. They were three gorgeous girls with bright smiles and distinctive personalities and I feel so lucky to have contributed to help them make a beautiful gift to their parents. Because of time constraints, I totally forgot to post a few pictures from the shoot but here they are now: