Some of you might remember this couple from one of my first workshops. Daniël and Andrea are friends of my sisters and they went to varsity together. When I needed models for my workshop a few years ago, Lydia (my sister) suggested that I ask them. So, the two of them modeled for the workshop and I totally fell in love with them! They are SO CUTE! Totally adorable and super in love! A photographers dream!
Anneri and Pieter met at University in Stellenbosch. They booked me for their wedding in March 2011 and afterwards decided that they want to do an engagement shoot as well. Funny thing is, the first three times we tried to do their shoot the weather was just no good. So we had to postpone it every time. Last week I woke up to some clouds and wind and couldn’t believe that we might have to cancel again, but this time it cleared up and we had a gorgeous shoot on Pieter’s family farm.
In the first week of October I hosted another workshop here in Stellenbosch. This time the theme for the workshop was fun, quirky and very colourful. In general I tend to go for the very simple, down to earth colours, but this time I challenged myself to do something a bit bolder. :) The funky flowers were done by Mariette from Varsliefde and the decor and stationary by Anelle from Seven Swans.
Pretty things make me so excited! I did my embracing ‘happy dance’ once I downloaded these images, because it was just SOOOO PRETTY!!!
Nicola and I spoke about the idea of doing some styled shoots for The Pretty Blog some time ago and now it finally became a reality. This theme was ‘Boere chick” in our fields of gold. The shoot was done in a big open field on a friend of our’s farm. The grass was nice and long and poor iaan struggled with hay fever, as he helped with the setup. But he didn’t mind the sacrifice, all in the name of ‘pretty things’ :)
When I looked at my calendar, I saw I had two couples this month with the names Andreas and Nina. At first I thought it was a mistake, but then I realized I actually had two couples with the same names. And they were both from Germany. How strange :)
Nina and Andreas got married in Germany last month, but decided to fly their wedding clothes all the way to South Africa, to take some more pictures in Cape Town, on their honeymoon. I met them at the Fire and Ice hotel in Cape Town. One of the most funky hotels in the city.
For their shoot, I tried to include some city landscape, as well as the gorgeous sunsets we have here in the Western Cape. I love the one lucky shot, where the birds flew over them as I took the photo. :)
Ok, I’m not an interior photographer, but every now and then I like a challenge :) So when Banksia Boutique Hotel asked me to photograph some of their interiors, I packed my bags and tried my best to capture the mood of this gorgeous little hotel in Cape Town.
It’s was one of those weddings where I just knew it was going to be a fun one. When you meet the bride and she greets you with a smile, with no worries, no fuss, then you know – this is going to be a fun one! I love relaxed brides. They create some sense of freedom for photographers. They let you be. They let you create. And they let you see.
An then, on top of being an awesome relaxed couple, this wedding has quite a fun story. Christal and Anders decided to have a surprise wedding on Glen beach in Cape Town, only about a week ago! Yes, one week! Luckily for them, they got hold of Kate from Wedding Concepts to organize the whole thing in only seven days.
Nina and Michael dreamed of seeing South Africa and in the process get married on a beach on the coast of Africa. This dream came true when they said their vows on a private beach at Grootbos. I’ve never visited Grootbos before, but I’m definitely going back! It’s a gorgeous five star lodge, in a nature reserve on the [...]
As our anniversary month approaches next month, I’m looking back at 12 months of absolute bliss! I know we stay this quite often, but I can’t believe it’s been almost a year ago! And what a lovely reminder of our happy day, when our wedding was featured in the latest Sarie Bruid. Sarie Bruid is definitely one of my favourite wedding magazines. Thanks to the editor and team for featuring my and iaan’s wedding. It’s a privilege to be associated with such a gorgeous edition!
I love gorgeous products! A few weeks ago I had the privilege to photograph a close friend of mine’s mom’s linen collection. The shoot was inspired by René’s love for France and anything made of linen. René recently launched a range of linen, Trousseau made by her and her husband.
