With Valentines day just around the corner, I’m very excited to announce a big competition in association with the Somerset Mall. The first prize for the competition is a styled shoot with me. The winning couple will be supplied with clothing from Old Khaki and Poetry, their hair will be done by Sasha International and their make-up by The Body Shop. The second prize will be an unstyled couple shoot and there are some other prizes up for grabs too!

So, if you’d like to enter the competition, you’ll have to visit the Somerset Mall, spend R300 or more (you can also combine smaller amounts together to make up the R300). Then you have to fill in one of the envelopes at the designated areas in the Mall and hold thumbs! :)

As I was editing these photos, I once again relived the love and joy I experienced on Nikki and Andy’s wedding. Their day was a true combination of friendship, family and lots of excitement. The gorgeous yellow colours of their reception made me smile. Yellow is such a fresh and happy colour! The details were absolutely spectacular and showed Nikki’s creativity through and though! The little birdies on the line, as a table seating and the wishing tree was one of my favourite details of their day.

What an honour to photograph the amazing couple, Michele and Schalk Burger’s wedding! I have been eagerly waiting to blog this one, but I had to wait for Sarie magazine to publish their wedding first.

Schalk & Michele’s wedding was held at Schalk’s family farm in Wellington, Welbedacht. The reception was a very stylish event under a bedouin tent, over-looking their magnificent dam. With Michele’s experience as an interior designer, the details were nothing short of absolutely gorgeous! With loads of white (my favourite colour!) and touches of green.

This wedding is definitely ranking as one of the most fun weddings I’ve ever photographed (and some crazy and interesting things, I’ve never experienced before, like breaking plates :) Mario and Demi are both Greek and when they booked me for their wedding, in Bloemfontein, I was very excited! I’ve never photographed a greek wedding before, so this was a highlight on my calendar.

There will be a few blog post following new week, with some of last years weddings, some new portrait sessions, new for the new year, as well as the update with the whole story about the robbers and how they were caught! But first, tonight we have the wedding of Tharine and Schalk on the blog.
Tharine and Schalk enjoyed their wedding day on the same venue, Iaan and I got married on, in 2010. Therefore, Kleinevalleij has a very special place in my heart! Here are some of my favourite moments of their wedding day…

Since our break in, Iaan and I have been working with the police and we decided to compile a list of stolen cameras and lenses. If your camera or lenses has been stolen the past few months, please list it here. Please also FB, tweet and share this link to as many people as possible, so that we can get a decent list asap. Thanks.

My heart is broken. Can’t really describe the feeling. All I know is everything is gone.

My dad phoned us in the morning to tell us they broke into our new house. Iaan and I just moved there a week ago and things were still half unpacked. But now EVERYTHING was gone. All electronics, all cameras, all lenses, all my hard drives. Our tv, all my jewelery & engagement ring, some of our kitchen and every single thing in our offices. (except my laptop that I had with me)

I’ve always thought the idea of a wedding picnic is a beautiful, fun and relaxed way to celebrate such a special day and so did Renette and Benn. When Renette told me about the ideas for they wedding, I was very excited. They started the day with a morning ceremony in the garden of Allée Bleue in Franschhoek, followed by a lunch picnic under the oak trees. Everyone enjoyed a glass of bubbly and some yummy fresh snacks, where after they left to their hotels in Cape Town for a little nap. The celebrations continued the evening, with a dinner and some dancing in the Grand Daddy hotel in Cape Town.

In previous posts I’ve shared about my sister’s amazing fashion talent. She just finished her fashion degree in Cape Town, I’m so proud of her!

For her final year she had to work on a full collection. Here are some photos of the fashion shoot I did for her portfolio, as well as a few pics of her final fashion show.

Over the weekend I photographed Schalk Burger and Michele De Munck’s wedding in Wellington. The weddings was so gorgeous and Michele looked absolutely stunning! Unfortunately I can’t release any photos yet, but what I can show you, are the two photos that were published on the front page of the Rapport, Sunday Times and Monday in Die Burger.

The photos will be on my website in February, after the full story is published in the Sarie February edition. So make sure you buy a copy!