Part 2 of Andy & Victoria’s wedding at Vrede en Lust in Franschhoek.

Victoria and Andy met in a restaurant in London. They were both in the restaurant business and have a great love good food and wine.

Their wedding was a classical, gorgeous celebration at one of my favourite venues in the winelands, Vrede en Lust. While Victoria was getting her hair and make-up done, I got to shoot her amazing Jimmy Choo shoes. I have admitted this before, but beautiful shoes make me super excited! And these ones were to die for! Sophisticated elegance in a gorgeous cream coloured shoe! ‘Perfection’ is the only word that comes to mind!

Mary-Anne and Matt had a gorgeous garden party for a wedding. The wedding was a morning event followed by a whole day party in Mary-Anne’s parent’s garden in Constantia! The tables were decorated with pink and purple flowers in tea cups and other beautiful vases. The day was a celebration with friends and family from all over the world.

Meeting Mary-Anne, I could she that she had a very close relationship with her doggies. Her one doggie actually walked down the isle with her :)

My cousin and I had so much fun together as kids. I still remember the holidays we spent with them. Now we’re all grown up and we’re both married :)

My cousin, Janel is a very creative person and she decided to have a full on DIY wedding. All the details on the tables were made by her and her family. Janel printed all the menues, decorated all the sweetie tins and even made, every single little bird in the centre pieces. In stead of flowers, the tables were decorated with colourful-bird-trees and tins filled with sweeties.

By now you know I love stories. And one of the things I love to ask my clients, is to know how they met.

Victoria and Fraser has a fun story :) But let me start from the beginning. Victoria is originally from Santon, Johannesburg and Fraser from Cape Town. These two both moved to London for work and this is where they met for the first time.

I have a very soft spot for any weddings on the west coast. The west coast is on of those places where the air is blue and the open spaces go on and on. It feels so free, open and clean to me!

I had the privilege to shoot Peter and Tanja’s intimate wedding on the private beach of Jakkelsfontein. This German couple, together with the pastor and saxophonist declared their love for one another on the beach of South Africa. The clouds and sunset was indescribable. Nothing less than perfect!

I asked them why they chose to get married on the 14th of February. She explained that they jokingly said they were going to get married on Valentine’s day. But Ian actually thought it was a great idea, because not only was it Valentine’s day and their anniversary on one day, but also Clare’s birthday. Ian was one lucky man. All these important dates in one date. 14 Februray. I’m sure he wouldn’t forget any up and coming birthdays or aniversaries :)

I loved André and Louise’s wedding! Despite the fact that it was probably one of the hottest days of the year! They had a wonderful intimate wedding on Morgansvlei, a farm in Tulbagh. Louise is a interior decorator and she did all the co-ordination and stationary designs herself.

I love these photos so much! I shot Anna & Steven’s wedding in January, but some how I forgot to blog them :) I just love the cute and quirkiness of this couple. They were so sweet! Their wedding day was extremely hot and as the venue had very little shaded areas, we decided to use the hotel room for their couple shoot. I just love that mirror!

I love to hear people’s stories. Estee and Jacque has quite a cute one and it goes something like this… Estee came from Namibia to study here in Stellenbosch. Little did she know, this was where she was going to meet the man of her dreams. Estee lived in a girls’ residence and Jacque worked in their catering department. Jacque soon laid eyes on Estee in the food hall. After a few lunches, he apparently stole her phone number from the log book. He then invited her for a drink and the rest is history.