Pamela emailed me some time ago with a few questions she had about photography. She and her husband, Ingram are photographers in Namibia, north of South Africa. A few weeks ago, she emailed me again, but this time with a different request… She wanted to book a couple shoot. She excitedly explained that she’s never been in Cape Town and that she and Ingram would be coming down for a holiday. She then told me that they do a couple shoot every year and this year they wanted me to do it. I was so surprised when I met Pamela, who spoke fluent Afrikaans. Quite impressive, as she is originally from Austria :)
Danielle and her husband Estefan got married on the island of Bali a few months ago. But after returning they never expected to see such a sad face…Danielle’s sister’s little one was very upset that she never got to be a flower girl. After careful consideration, Danielle decided to get back into her dress, get all dolled up and take some more photos with her family and her flower girl here in Cape Town…what a cool idea :)
A few weeks ago I met Julie & Derik in the parking lot of the famous Charlie’s Bakery in Cape Town. She smiled and greeted me like a old friend! She told me that it feels like she knows me so well. “I read your blog every day!…So I feels like I know exactly who you are.” Wow, that was so cool to hear. I really do see my blog as a extension of who I am.
Nikki and I studied Graphic design together, thereafter we (nikki, iaan and myself) opened a business called Creative Lounge, which specialized in many different aspects of Graphic Design. Nikki was the head of the wedding stationary department and Iaan was the head of the web design, I on the other hand was so busy with my photography that I hardly had time to do anything else. Soon Nikki started to persue her photography career and she was an instant success!
If you get back home after a shoot and edit all the images straight away, you have to know: This was a GOOD shoot! And this is exactly what I did yesterday after coming back form Getha and Llewellyn’s e-session.
Llewellyn is the friend and videographer of Ricky & Marinelle (this is still on my very old blg :), one of my first weddings in Yzerfontein. I met Llewellyn at the wedding and we just clicked. He has such a good sense for business and is a phenomenal entrepreneur
Gemma is originally from Guernsey Island and Cobus is a South African. They were both working for the same company in Guernsey and met at a work function. Gemma told me that at that stage Cobus was a bit home sick and she chatted to him in Afrikaans…and that’s how it all began.
Apparently they have a special place close to a light house they walk to every day and one day on their walk Cobus decided to propose. Gemma and Cobus booked me for their wedding in April 2010, but they were in Cape Town recently to sort out all the final arrangements for their wedding and I did an engagement shoot for them on the beach of Campsbay.
Claudia arrived with 3 suitcases of clothes and accessories. At first I was a bit overwhelmed, but then I saw the most dress designed by Kobus Dippenaar and I knew that was it! I almost did the entire shoot with that dress. It just suited Claudia perfectly!
Claudia told me the story: “The actual story started on the day before my 21st birthday. Ricky and I were on the Greek Island of Santorini, Greece, aboard an 18th century style-like boat cruising into the sunset, listening to the soft music of a saxophone, myself and Ricky were romantically watching the beautiful sunset…
Daniella contacted me a few weeks ago to shoot their wedding in Plettenberg bay, unfortunately it didn’t work out, but when she read about the “trash the dress” session on my price list and she was very interested. They got married on 09/09/09 and then returned to Cape Town, before they return to the UK.
The couple lived in Cape Town for some time and fell in love with it. Doing the shoot in the “signature” areas of Cape Town, such as the colourful houses in the Bo Kaap and Long street was their ideal setting for the photo shoot. Daniella loved the idea of putting on her wedding gown but to trash it was not really the idea :)
I met Nicola and Wynand at church and we just clicked! Nicola loves cooking and loves beautiful things. I’m very excited to shoot their wedding on the 28th of November.
After chatting to Nicola about their wedding, I realized they would be the perfect couple to pose for us on the workshop. They aggreed and so we started planning the shoot. The most important aspect when it comes to an engagement shoot is to ask the couple if they have any interests, things that are close to them or a theme that would bring out their personality. Nicola looked at me with a big smile and then she told me about “THE BUS!”.
