Happy new year folks. I hope you guys had a fun festive season, I had a busy one (photographer life). I went from covering a beach party to covering a brand ambassador for a few events and also a wedding introduction and some more parties, but that's by the way.

Today the photos I have to share with you are from a session I had with a friend of mine. Her birthday was coming up at the time and she desperately wanted a photoshoot, she made me promise to give her one months in advance.

Finally her birthday came around and thankfully for her I wasn't busy at the time. In fact I was in a bad place, my first camera got damaged beyond repair (I will share this story soon) and I had to replace it, and thereafter my laptop crashed. At first I was in such a bad mood and didn't want to give her a photo-shoot like i promised, but after a bit of thinking I decided it wasn't fair to her so I went along with it, and I have to say I am very glad I did.

I really liked the way the shoot turned out, we got great pictures that inspired me to keep pushing and brightened my mood. Talk about a gift in disguise.

Here are some photos from that shoot:

![IMG_9481.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcPMTZwpGyw5aoLfrf6BhemaidxUoXEieCqVdFwfAAd9c/IMG_9481.jpg) 


![IMG_9414.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPorSUaYkL7oJZ4qsf7dSouYya2WmFwZ1tn9ZaHZYksPP/IMG_9414.jpg)

![IMG_9474.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcsXKSFHemv9i1mwAxvfsn13xrvgpMevwpjE7U6tQaW9e/IMG_9474.jpg)

![IMG_9460.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSVCw9gTtTh5G2wcqdRMiyF1RkdWn6fbuVdNCtCeUf53g/IMG_9460.jpg)

![IMG_9378.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdj7VRBAGAzXHQrxw1DRmTRDeMYVYegnTYRRWcdJ9iLRN/IMG_9378.jpg)


And then some with her friends:

![IMG_9486.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRDT6MaemNSpoNquLfTMjV5B9pKYSH5kWbSMTpA4Y3MUf/IMG_9486.jpg)


![IMG_9527_2.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQsn5m5X77mQ9uBBpU3SPtknV7KLXdhDVqiSJfSwe3Thw/IMG_9527_2.jpg)

![IMG_952u8_2.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdy8q1ancoT5JJfwkBBRZebpV6ePtNgnbymi8h8JfU6Zb/IMG_952u8_2.jpg)


All in all, it was a great day.

You can find my photography on INSTAGRAM @thepicturecellar