The Grand Daddy Hotel is one of my favourite recently discover venues. It has the sense of modern elegance to it. Very urban, clean lines and super city chick! Love it!
On Thusrsday Iaan and I was so lucky to attend the little pink book launch at the Grand Daddy. It was packed with people from the wedding industry. Nikki, Stefan and the rest of the team did a suppurb job!
(The little pink book is a wedding directory guide that promotes quality service in the industry. They only have a limited amount of advertisers and it makes a great gift for a bride to be. Read more about the book on their blog.)
Candace & Nic had an outdoor wedding at the Nooitgedacht Estate in Stellenbosch on the 15th of February. Candace arrived at the ceremony on a carriage, which she told me is something she’d always wanted to do. This couple were one of those couples who just enjoyed every moment and nothing could upset them!
At the end of last year my friend Jean Pierre Uys asked me to help him out and be a second photographer at Dee and Alex’s wedding. Jean Pierre covered the main parts of the wedding, such as the bride getting ready, couple shots, ceremony etc, while I covered the reception area’s decor as well as the guest, drinks and canapés. I looooved this job, because I’m actually totally in love with decor shots.
I’ve never done a wedding at the Vineyard Hotel before, so I was really excited about photographing this one. The Vineyard is in Newlands, Cape Town and has the most magnificent gardens and restaurants. I arrived at the reception venue and it looked like something out of an english wedding magazine!
René & Lee tied the knot on the 7th of February. When René came to meet me the week before I couldn’t believe how blue her eyes were and I immediately became excited to photograph their wedding. The wedding took place on Zevenwacht under a free form tent overlooking the dam. I was so excited when I arrived there and saw the overcast weather. My favourite!
Tonight I received a very exciting email! One of my images went through to the final round of the Profoto Awards, which is one of the largest and most prestigious photographic events in Southern Africa!
Please vote for my image by visiting the Profoto website, click on “the awards” and then select People’s choice awards. Among all the other great photos you’ll find this one. It was a photo that was taken in Duban at Thea and Garth’s wedding.
I will be going to the gala evening in Johannesburg on the 19th of March…and holding thumbs!
I arrived at Ongegund and it was boiling hot! Tarra wasn’t sure weather she should keep the ceremony outside or wheather they should rather move it into one of the venue halls. But at the end she decided to keep it outside. It was a sunny day and the view was beautiful!…little did we know Tarra was going to faint through the ceremony! Luckily she was ok after a bit of sugar water :)
I really can’t believe I haven’t posted about this yet! But December was probably the crazies month of my life so far. I had 6 weddings in 1 week. So no wonder I got a bit side tracked and never made a post on my meeting with Gene Higa :)
I’m busy cleaning up my desktop and I came across these fun pictures of Gene Higa, Ann Hamilton, Jean Pierre Uys, Iaan van Niekerk and me. And then I realized I never told anyone…well now you know: I MET GENE HIGA & ANN HAMILTON :)
My friend David Jay hooked me up with Gene and Ann when they were over here in Cape Town to shoot a destination wedding. Gene and Ann shoot together on most destination weddings, even though they are both photographers in their own right.
Lizelle helped me out for about 4 months, by assisting and editing. Soon I saw that this girl had much more to offer!! I decided to start advertising her as a second photographer and soon she had 10 weddings booked!
Danielle emailed me some time ago to get a wedding package quote, but soon after she discovered my family photos. Her sister (Ronette) and her niece (Liza) was over in South Africa and it was the perfect time to get some photos of their mom and the girls.
