Kristen van Staden Photography, Film & Storytelling

Kristen van Staden Photography, Film & Storytelling Capturing meaningful stories through photography and film.

From growing families to healthcare professionals and purpose-driven businesses, creating imagery that feels honest, considered and timeless.

30/06/2026

Maternity sessions are not about bump photos.

They're about you, at this exact point in time. The anticipation. The way your body feels unfamiliar and entirely yours at once. The quiet before everything changes.

I want to make images that — when you look back in twenty years — remind you of exactly who you were right now.

26/06/2026

I'm Kristen. I've been a photographer for over 15 years.

I started in birth rooms, and I've never really left — though my work has grown to include families, newborns, maternity sessions, and medical practices.

What I've learned in those eight years: people need to feel safe before they'll let you see them. Everything I do starts there.

If you're wondering whether we'd be a good fit — send me a message. I'd love to hear your story.

Welcome, I'm Kristen.For more than a decade, I've been documenting meaningful stories through photography and film — fro...
23/06/2026

Welcome, I'm Kristen.

For more than a decade, I've been documenting meaningful stories through photography and film — from births and growing families to healthcare professionals and purpose-driven businesses.

At the heart of my work is a simple belief: the moments, people and stories that shape our lives deserve to be remembered and shared with care.

Alongside my client work, I'm proud to serve as Head of the South African Birth Photographers Association (SABPA), supporting professional standards and education within the birth photography industry.

If you're wondering why this page feels relatively new, my previous business page was unfortunately lost, so this space has become the new home for my work, stories and community.

This page may be newer, but the work behind it has been many years in the making.

Whether you're here for family stories, healthcare storytelling, professional branding or simply to follow along, I'm so glad you're here.

Kristen xx

A newborn session with me is unhurried.We follow your baby's lead. We wait. We don't force sleepy poses or wedge tiny li...
23/06/2026

A newborn session with me is unhurried.

We follow your baby's lead. We wait. We don't force sleepy poses or wedge tiny limbs into props.

What I'm looking for is simpler than that — the weight of them in your arms. The way you already know how to hold them, even though you just met.

19/06/2026

I put together a short film of what a birth session actually looks like.

The real thing — the waiting, the shift in the room, the first breath, the faces of the people who have been holding theirs.



https://youtu.be/YmlnjUIy2OI?si=oqwJbES1JWy2Q3Gn

Nobody looks at a family photo and thinks: I wish they had stood still more.The best ones are always the chaos. The spri...
16/06/2026

Nobody looks at a family photo and thinks: I wish they had stood still more.

The best ones are always the chaos. The sprint toward the camera, the accidental pile-on, the moment someone said something that made everyone lose it.

I don't direct those. I just stay close enough to catch them.

There is a moment — usually just after — where the room holds its breath.Everything that was happening stops. And what r...
12/06/2026

There is a moment — usually just after — where the room holds its breath.

Everything that was happening stops. And what remains is just this: a person who wasn't here before, and the ones who have been waiting.

I get to witness that. Every time, it changes me a little.

Birth photography is where my work began, and it is still where I feel most at home.

Family sessions with me are not about posing.They're about your kids running too fast, someone laughing at the wrong mom...
28/05/2026

Family sessions with me are not about posing.

They're about your kids running too fast, someone laughing at the wrong moment, the way you reach for each other without thinking.

Those are the images you'll still love in twenty years. Not the ones where everyone stood still.

25/05/2026

A family film is not a highlight reel.

It is the ordinary Tuesday. The ritual you have done a thousand times. The laughter that comes out of nowhere.

Years from now, none of that will feel ordinary at all.
Interested in a family story film? Send me a message.

I became a birth photographer because I know what it means to have a day change everything.That understanding shapes how...
21/05/2026

I became a birth photographer because I know what it means to have a day change everything.

That understanding shapes how I work. I do not arrive as a stranger with a camera. I arrive as someone who knows that what is happening in that room matters.

Find out more at the link in bio.

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Durbanville
7501

Opening Hours

Monday 08:00 - 04:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 16:00
Thursday 08:00 - 16:00
Friday 08:00 - 16:00

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+27722290031

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