Sharlene & Rene celebrated their love under the trees of the sundial garden at Simon’s at Groot Constantia. I met up with Sharlene and the girls where they got dressed at the 12 Apostele’s Hotel in Camps Bay. Thereafter we drove over the mountain towards the Constantia.
I totally have the best clients ever! Every time I receive an email or a thank you or a little note, I smile. And in some or other special way I feel like a friend rather than their photographer when I leave the wedding. And this wedding was no different! Lindi & Anton enquired for their wedding a few months ago and unfortunately I was booked, but then Anton said they were going to move the wedding to a date that I was available. Wow.
This was a very special morning, but let me start from the beginning. I received an email from Anriette that said that she and Francois was going to have a very small wedding on monday morning the 19th of April. She wanted me to do some ceremony, couple and family portraits.
Claude and Bridget met at church, just like me and iaan :) Claude apparently saw Bridget a few times at one of their services and then he asked a friend who the girl was. He says it was great love a first sight. They later met though mutual friends and from there on it was only a few months, when Claude went down on one knee. And Bridget’s answer: A big YES!
Alexé and Raynie are close friends of ours and their little baby boy, Obet-Eden was born in April. Iaan and I arrived at their home and I literally had to stop the tears from flowing. Life is so beautiful! I held him in my arms, only 5 days old and it was the most incredible feeling I could describe. A new life…a new hope…a new adventure ahead. Congratulations to Raynie and Alexé on your beautiful baby boy!
Gemma has the sweetest smile. When she looks at me I can see she’s actually a little shy, but that’s what makes me love her so much! She is just Gemma, no one else. As soon as Cobus becomes a part of the photos she forgets all about the camera staring at her and she looks at him. He’s her safe place and he makes her feel at home.
I think this is what any relationship should be like. Your partner should make you feel at ease, make you feel comfortable and most of all, make you feel loved. This is exactly what Cobus does.
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.
About a year ago I got booked for Kyle & Salome’s wedding in Durban. The wedding took place over the easter weekend and seeing that I haven’t really spent time in Durban, iaan and I decided to stay in Durban for the whole weekend. And then I indicated the visit to Durban on my online calendar.
Melissa then saw that I was going to be in Durban over that weekend and asked me to shoot her wedding at Lynton Hall. Lynton Hall is about 1 hours drive from Durban on the South Coast. The venue is an old colonial style building with a very lush garden, it looked like fairies could live in those trees. The streaks of sunlight was soooo amazing! The ceremony was held under a huge tree and the reception was under a fairy light lit beduin tent in the garden.
Alet and Nick was super lucky with great weather after a very stormy Friday evening. On the morning of the 27th of March, there was still a heavy cloud cover and a few drops of rain, but Alet was determined to have her wedding outside in the garden. On our way to the ceremony, the bridesmaids were still organizing some umbrellas for the guests, but lucky for us, there was no rain during the ceremony or the photo shoot.
Over the easter weekend, iaan and I flew to Durban to shoot Salome & Kyle’s wedding at Zimbali. Iaan and I arrived on the airport and with very little knowledge of that Durban looks like or where everything is, we picked up our rental car and that’s where the journey began. It’s so strange to drive around in a place where you have no idea where anything is. So we had to rely 100% on my little Garmin GPS. To be honest, I don’t think he felt so familiar in Durban either, but after a few random turn we finally got onto the N2 and headed to Zimbali to meet Salome and Kyle. Salome & Kyle are both originally from Durban, but currently live in the UK.
