Meet Me
Hi! My name is Charlaine Pienaar.
Ever since my dad bought me my first camera for my 10th birthday – I’ve been in love with photography!
I studied Photography at the Central University of the Free State, starting with black and white film photography in my first year and digital photography from my 2nd to 4th year.
After obtaining my degree in photography, I worked at a photo lab and started working on my portfolio, shooting weddings over weekends.
I met my husband in Bloemfontein, we got married and now live on a farm with two beautiful children. Any mother who can work from home and raise her own children is very blessed – that’s how lucky and blessed I am.
Photography is my passion! I simply love capturing moments between people. A photograph can stir up so much emotion in each one of us. It takes you back to an exact moment in time that you will never get back again. This is why photography is so important to me. It ‘freezes’ time…and takes you back to a moment, an emotion
I believe that photography should be full of emotion, spontaneous and honest. I have a more documentary approach to photography.
Join me on this amazing journey of life and love!
Some of the family photos: Seven Quarters Photography, Our wedding photos: Life on Earth by Lynne Slettevold