This wedding, like any other, has it’s own story. I love stories! And that’s probably the one thing I love the most about photography; the ability to tell stories. I’m a visual person and the fact that I can put images together to tell a story, makes me happy. One day I’d love to combine great words and awesome grammar, with fabulous images, but for now I’m sticking to images :)
Abi and James visited South Africa a few weeks ago to meet all the service providers for their up and coming wedding in December. While they were here, it was the perfect time to do an engagement shoot for them. Abi and James chose the Houtbay harbor in Cape Town. The fun colours and boats made for some fun and relaxed photographs. Photographing these two was a pure joy, as they smiled all the way!
This is part 2 of Michelle and Dawid’s wedding….for part 1 click here.
A gorgeous Canadian girl. A beautiful dress. A pretty smile. A wonderful location. A South African prince charming and two ‘i do’s'… A recipe for a fairytale day. And so it was. Michelle and Dawid celebrated the biggest day in their lives at Webersburg Estate a few weeks ago.
I could tell by their engagement story that Steven is a very romantic guy! For every anniversary they would take turns in who organizes the event for that year. The tenth year was Steven’s turn, and it being the 10th anniversary, Steven knew this was the year he was going to propose. So he organized a trip away to Hawaii. He wrote a note, to ask her if she would marry him and stuck it in a wine bottle. Then he phoned a helicopter company and asked them to take them on a trip over the volcanos. Before the trip, he asked the pilot to hide the bottle on a private beach. At this stage Janaine still didn’t know anything!
Part 2….if you missed Part 1, have a look HERE.
Lene and Henk’s wedding was one of those that seem like it’s out of a fairytale! The two of them are PERFECT for one another and everything around their day was perfect too. Previously you might have read that one of my favourite colours is white. Well, when I walked into their reception venue all I saw was white AWESOMENESS. I kinda freaked out. It was just so gorgeous! Their wedding decor was combinations of white and cream elegance! Something any photographer would dream of! And then to top it all, Lene and Henk are just fabulous people. It was a pure joy to photograph their wedding.
Iaan and I got to know Monique and André over a lovely bowl of pasta in Stellenbosch and I have to say, they are some of the most generous and friendly people I’ve ever met. When they asked me to photograph their wedding I was thrilled!
Over the months of preparation, Mounique kept me up to date with all the details of the day. Their dream day was a very relaxed, yet romantic event, with friends and family in the Franschhoek valley. And that is exactly what it was. They had their wedding outside in a festive style. The flowers and details were beautiful and the colours very rich and tasteful.
It was probably one of the craziest weeks this year! I shot a wedding on the Friday, again on the Saturday and the Monday at 5:30am I was on my way to Johannesburg, only for the day. It’s the first time ever, where I was flown up to do a shoot for only one day :)
Lisa and Howard tied the know at the beautiful 12 Apostle’s Hotel in Cape Town. It was just the two of them, myself and the pastor :) The wedding was an intimate celebration with an amazing sunset!
