I met Adii a few years ago and since then iaan and I have become friends with him and his beautiful fiance Jeanne. I’ve done a few shoots for Adii as well as his company WooThemes, but when he asked me to shoot his wedding I was super excited! Adii and Jeanne are two every down to earth individuals. They love a great dinner and spending time together. When we planned their engagement shoot I suggested a kitchen and something fun.
As you probably read in my previous post, I had the privilege to host my second workshop a few weeks ago. The most exciting part for most of the girls was doing the shoot. The theme for this shoot was a vintage, country style shoot. Everything came together so beautifully, but there would have been no way I could have pulled it off if it wasn’t for all the amazing service providers that helped me out!
I have this really bad habit to wake up in the morning and checking my emails on my iphone before I get out of bed. Every morning I have the same question. Why do you do that? You should rather wake up, get ready for the day and then check emails when you walk into the office. But for some reason checking emails in bed prepares me for my day ahead. I know it sounds strange, but I like to plan ahead and know what’s coming. By glancing through my inbox I know what to expect before I walk into the office. This morning there was a HUGE smile on my face!
Kaycee is one of those super friendly bubbly people! Our first contact was via email. She found my blog through Photo.net and sent me a super sweet email to tell me how much she loved my work. Those always make me smile and she totally made my day! I couldn’t believe that anyone from New York was actually looking at my work!
Since then Kaycee has been following my work and claims to be one of my biggest fans. When she heard I was coming to the USA she booked a couple shoot with me in New York.
We met in the lobby of our hotel and it was like I knew her. So strange when you finally meet someone you’ve been in contact with for some time, but never physically met before. Kaycee couldn’t stop laughing and made me feel at ease straight away. We headed to Times Square to take a few pics and then headed downtown with the subway. After the shoot we ended up in Starbucks talking about Lightroom, editing, marketing and everything else, over a cup of steaming Vanilla Latte’s :)
I can’t believe Kaycee has only been shooting weddings for about a year. Her work is soooo beautiful! You have to check out her blog!
Was great meeting you Kaycee! I hope you enjoy the photos…
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.
