Intimate portraits of a life cut short by Oscar Pistorius - PHOTO+VIDEO

As her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius begins a five-year jail sentence for her manslaughter, they offer a poignant insight into the innocent and beautiful life he cut tragically short.In one set of photographs, she is seen posing happily on a beach in South Africa, while others show her enjoying sleepovers and hot tubs with her university friends. They were captured by close friend Kerry Smith, 37, who attended university with Reeva in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where they both grew up.The images were a 'bittersweet reminder' of Miss Steenkamp for Mrs Smith, who spoke at the 29-year-old's funeral days after she was shot dead by the Paralympian on Valentine's Day last year. Mrs Smith said: 'Looking at these pictures, seeing Reeva laughing - going from that and then having to speak in front of her coffin, it's surreal. You just can't wrap your head around it.'An aspiring photographer, she tested her camera skills using Miss Steenkamp as her subject - and the result was a beautiful set of photos of the then-aspiring model. (dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az