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Clinton and Elizabeth | weddIng | Kleinkaap (Teaser)
What a wedding! Clinton and Elizabeth celebrated their wedding at the gorgeous Kleinkaap Boutique Hotel!
Wow, what a wedding yesterday!
Clinton and Elizabeth celebrated their wedding at the gorgeous Kleinkaap Boutique Hotel.
In my years of photographing weddings, I have yet to see a prettier dress…Liz you looked incredible! The rain made couple shoot photos slightly complicated, but oh so beautiful!
Enjoy the teaser!
Ferreira and Michelle | Engagement session | Hertford Country Hotel
Wow, how beautiful! Just love Ferreira and Michelle’s engagement photos!
Ferreira & Michelle | Engagement session | Hertford Country Hotel
Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.
Audrey Hepburn
I always love coming back to Hertford Country Hotel, and I absolutely love the upgrades they did recently. The entrance has moved to Malibongwe’s side where the Spar is. Just love the beautiful little fountain at the gate!
Ferreira & Michelle are getting married at Oakfield Farm later this year and I really can’t wait for their wedding. I mean, they are really keen for me to try new things, like for instance the haziness in some of the photos was created using Atmosphere Aerosol South Africa. I over estimated the amount of fog it creates and obviously it doesn’t create fog like a smoke grenade where you are outside, BUT we really had a laugh! Ferrreira was holding the can and sprayed the fog behind them while I was taking photos. The ones on the inside of the venue I sprayed and stepped back to capture the moment. It’s fun, but I must say if you are looking for some serious fog then a smoke grenade will do the trick!
I also love my new Godox AD 200 flash, which allowed me to shoot at High-Speed Sync, ie. shutter speeds of more than 1/200s. Wow, this opens up so much new doors to creativity…LOVE IT!
In any case, I loved capturing Ferreira and Michelle’s engagement shoot and I can’t wait till the wedding! They are such a cool couple and I had loads of fun!
Beautiful make-up and hair by Chantelle Landman - Hair and Makeup.
Enjoy the photos and please leave a comment at the end!
Teaser! Ferreira & Michelle | Engagement session | Hertford Country Hotel
Wow, how beautiful! Just love Ferreira and Michelle’s engagement photos!
Teaser! Ferreira & Michelle | Engagement session | Hertford Country Hotel
Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.
Audrey Hepburn
Here’s a sneak peak from Ferreira & Michelle’s engagement shoot at the always beautiful Hertford Country Hotel.
The haziness in some of the photos was created using Atmosphere Aerosol South Africa.
Beautiful make-up and hair by Chantelle Landman - Hair and Makeup.
Enjoy the photos and please leave a comment at the end!
Love rooted in Him | Winter Mini Session | Jhb Botanical Gardens
Tebogo and Lihle looked amazing for their beautiful and intimate couple shoot one cold winter morning!
Love rooted in Him | Winter Mini Session | Jhb Botanical Gardens
"And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ..." Eph 3:17b-18
Every now and then I have a crazy idea to create cool photos...well this was one of them.
I went past the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens one winter morning and saw the mist and said to myself I want to do a couple shoot there early one morning to catch the mist. I knew it will be cold, and it had to be, otherwise there will not be mist....well...I didn't know its going to be this cold. It was absolutely freezing....and I love how the mist and frost accentuates the fact that it's freezing cold!
Another thing I misjudged was that I thought the sun would rise at around 6am, but in fact it rose at 7am...so we ended up creating a few images before sunrise.
Tebogo and Lihle, thank you for embracing the cold with me! Your chemistry and love is sweet and may it be rooted in the One Above!
Enjoy the photos, and if you would like me to create photos of you showing your love and happiness....please head on over to my contact page and get in touch!
Dane & Ashleigh | Fun in Parkhurst | Engagement shoot
Wow, I had fun with these two for their engagement shoot. Dane and Ashleigh are adventurous souls and they were almost silly in every photo...which I loved.
Dane & Ashleigh | Fun in Parkhurst | Engagement shoot
A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you. Unknown
Wow, I had fun with these two. Dane and Ashleigh are adventurous souls and they were almost silly in every photo...which I loved.
They were a bit on their nerves but its understandable. The reason why I love doing engagement shoots is for my clients to get over the awkwardness of being photographed and I want it to be during their engagement shoot (I mean everybody who is not a model is a little unconfortable in front of the camera), and not the during the wedding. They will be much more relaxed during the wedding, and I am sure their personalities will shine even more during their wedding especially when they are at ease!
Ashleigh really wanted an urban shoot so we went to Parkhurst, Johannesburg, and walked the streets. We also had a quick coffee at Vovo Telo and did some creative shots in the restaurant.
They are getting married at Rosemary Hill later this year and they need photos for their save-the-date and wedding invite website, and they told me their computers were stolen very recently so they don't have any pictures of them together! Now I am even more convinced their engagement shoot photos will be super special to them!
Makeup: Face by Geraldi (Geraldi Spurling)
Enjoy the photos and please leave a comment at the end!
Teaser! Dane & Ashleigh | Fun in Parkhurst | Engagement shoot
Wow, I had fun with these two. Dane and Ashleigh are adventurous souls and they were almost silly in every photo...which I loved.
Teaser! Dane & Ashleigh | Fun in Parkhurst | Engagement shoot
A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you. Unknown
Wow, I had fun with these two. Dane and Ashleigh are adventurous souls and they were almost silly in every photo...which I loved.
They were a bit on their nerves but its understandable. The reason why I love doing engagement shoots is for my clients to get over the awkwardness of being photographed and I want it to be during their engagement shoot (I mean everybody who is not a model is a little unconfortable in front of the camera), and not the during the wedding. They will be much more relaxed during the wedding, and I am sure their personalities will shine even more during their wedding especially when they are at ease!
Ashleigh really wanted an urban shoot so we went to Parkhurst, Johannesburg, and walked the streets. We also had a quick coffee at Vovo Telo and did some creative shots in the restaurant.
They are getting married at Rosemary Hill later this year and they need photos for their save-the-date and wedding invite website, and they told me their computers were stolen very recently so they don't have any pictures of them together! Now I am even more convinced their engagement shoot photos will be super special to them!
Enjoy the photos and please leave a comment at the end!
Duane & Tanya e-session {Bryanston Pine Forest}
Duane and Tanya's beautiful engagement photos are on the blog! They look so much in love and I can't wait for their wedding this Saturday!
“True love stories never have endings.” —Richard Bach, American writer
Wow, I just love it when my clients love it to be in front of the camera! Duane and Tanya are no exception. I took them to the Bryanston Pine Forest, and they just loved it! I must say every time I do a shoot there I am amazed at the results! This place is magical, and paired with an amazing couple, just makes for magical pictures!
I am involved with the youth at my church, and and I got to know Tanya's sister while she was attending youth at the church. But that is not how Tanya found me. She had seen some of my work on Instagram and contacted me, and only after we had our first meeting that I realized that I know her sister...a small world! Wow, what a privilege to capture their engagement shoot, as well as their wedding. Their wedding is this Saturday and I can't wait!
Enjoy the pictures and please leave a comment at the end!
*Teaser! Jorge & Kerry-Ann | Royal Jhb & Kensington | Wedding
Here is a sneak peak of Jorge and Kerry-Ann's epic wedding at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensing Golf Club!
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” —Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
Here is a sneak peak of Jorge & Kerry-Ann's epic wedding. What a lovely celebration with laughs and tears, and they both looked absolutely gorgeous!
In fact...I have never laughed this much at a wedding before! Thank you for the opportunity to witness such joy and I pray that you keep this joy in your marriage and family!
Venue: Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club
Make-up: Courtney Chadwick Make up
2nd shooting: Corinna Tainnan
Love is the bridge | Brand & Vanessa's E-session | The Bridge Muldersdrift
Teaser. Here is a sneak peak of Brand & Vanessa's beautiful e-session this past Saturday!
Love is the bridge between you and everything - Rumi
Here is a sneak peak of Brand & Vanessa's e-session at the beautiful Bridge Venue in Muldersdrift!
David & Kate's South African Wedding {The Forum The Campus}
Kate & David's South African Wedding is on my blog!
“When there is love in a marriage, there is harmony in the home; when there is harmony in the home, there is contentment in the community; when there is contentment in the community, there is prosperity in the nation; when there is prosperity in the nation, there is peace in the world.” -Chinese Proverb
Jia Lu Wang and Kai-ting Yang (or David and Kate) have been staying in South Africa for a long time. David is from China, and Kate from Taiwan, and something that is custom in China is they do very stylish pre-wedding photos. But when David showed me the pictures from their 8-hour-6-wardrobe-change-photo-shoot I knew the game was on (and the heat was on). The photos, which was done in Shanghai by a Chinese well-known photographer, are exquisite. Head on over to The Wedding Event's Instagram feed...Simone posted a few of the pics there.
Wow, they were made to be in front of a camera. They are so beautiful, and Kate and her bridesmaids looked like supermodels from a magazine. They were also such a lovely bunch of people, always full of joy and laughter!
Kate's dress, which is an Ellie Saab design, were out of this world. The detail and the way it fitted was incredible. Her dress and the exquisite bridesmaids' dresses were bought outside of South Africa, and the same for Kate's beautiful Christian Louboutin shoes.
The wedding was held at The Forum | The Campus, and they delivered the most amazing décor with the most beautiful white orchids. What an amazing venue!
I know Simone from The Wedding Event for a little while now, but we have never worked together on a wedding before, and I really looked forward to this wedding. She is such an amazing wedding planner and everything at this wedding just went smooth (I am not so sure behind the curtains). She is incredible at her job, and if you want your dream wedding, or perhaps greater than your dream wedding, then you need to get in touch with her!
Kate's beautiful make-up and hair was done by Susan Kang Make Up and Hair.
Liam from Wedding DJs - Pulse DJs rocked the music once again! And the cake from Belle's Patisserie was out of this world!
David and Kate, please enjoy your love for each other, which was so event in the way you looked at each other. And the family you guys have are amazing, and I loved the laughing and cheering at your reception dinner at the Lotus Restaurant in Rosebank!
Please enjoy the pictures and do leave a comment at the end!
Michelle & Marcus {Couple shoot in Melville}
Marcus and Michelle's urban couple shoot in Melville is on my blog!
"In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art." Rumi
I recently hosted a competition on Facebook for a #FREECoupleShoot, and Michelle Daniels was the winner. She is currently dating Marcus Ras, and I decided to take them to Melville, Johannesburg, because they wanted to do an Urban Shoot. Wow, they are an amazing couple, and boy oh boy...they are such a photogenic couple. They are such beautiful people and so much in love....the way Marcus looks at Michelle is just mesmerizing!
Venue: Café De La Crème, Melville and surroundings
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Tracey Swanepoel's New Book Launch Party
Tracey Swanepoel's book launch photos are on my blog!
Tracey Swanepoel is one of those people who get a lot of things done, and on top of all that writes a book...and a brilliant book if I must say myself!
The Leadership Riptide and How to Escape
She writes out of personal experiences while working in the mining industry, and she gives an honest view of what she learnt, and what it means to be true leader. Amazing. She is truly an inspiration.
When someone like Brand Pretorius, retired CEO of McCarthy Limited, endorses your book and writes a foreword in your book, then you know it has to be a good book to read.
The book is for sale in Exclusive Books stores across South Africa.
The book launch was held at the The Eatalian Restaurant in Parkmore, Johannesburg. If you haven't eaten there, then you are surely missing out!
The wine from The Taillard Family Wines was also out of this world.
Christo & Laraine's Wedding Celebration {Foxwood House}
Christo & Laraine's wedding celebration is on my blog!
“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” When Harry Met Sally
It has been a while since I have seen two people so much in love with each other! While editing I got emotional every time I saw how Christo looked at Laraine, and I couldn't help but think...that is how Christ looks at us! Amazing.
Christo & Laraine wanted a small and intimate wedding, and that is exactly what they had. The decor was out of this world, and so was the venue...just stunning. I am truly privileged to have captured this special day for them, and I their love story inspired and still inspires me, and I believe that it flows over into their family!
This wedding was also different than what I am used to. For instance they did their couple shoot before the ceremony, but this allowed me to capture the moment when Christo saw Laraine for the first time. What a privilege!
Thank you for being who you are Christo & Laraine, and may your love stay strong and rooted in our Lord Jesus Christ!
Enjoy the pictures and do not hesitate to leave a comment at the end!
Venue: Foxwood House, Houghton
Make-up and hair: ComposureSA
Decor & Wedding Planning: Sonja Ward from Hot Chili Designs
Kenton & Natalie's Wedding Celebration {Oakfield Farm}
Kenton & Natalie's beautiful wedding photos at Oakfield Farm are on my blog!
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Song of Solomon
It's the first time I did a wedding at Oakfield Farm, and I understand the hype around this place - it's just amazing! It offers so much for couples getting married here and the staff are a dream to work with!
Kenton and Natalie were the winners of the March 2016 Country Life Magazine Win a Wedding competition! This is such an amazing opportunity for any photographer, and it was an absolute honor to be a part of this and to work along side so many amazing suppliers!
Kenton is a drummer...yes...he is in a band...and Natalie met him at a rock show! They have been together for almost 8 years, and this is how Natalie describes Kenton and their realtionship:" He is hilarious, he cares, he loves, and he laughs...mostly at me because I am just a clumsy twit, that has a weird, crazy streak in this girly exterior".
They are such an amazing couple to work with, and their love for each other and the way they enjoy each other's company produces such amazing chemistry, such that I literally just captured them while they did their thing! And above it all they are such beautiful people, so they just flowed in their pictures! And I did mention that Natalie cracks up for everything Kenton says or does...she is just one ball of fun and laughter!
Natalie'e amazing make-up was done by Made Up by Kylie!
Kenton & Natalie did most of the planning themselves, but they had help from Barbra from Decorange-it.
The styling and flowers were done by House of Functions, the funky personalized cake was made by Annah Fudge, and sound by Fresh Flava was just epic!
Please enjoy the pictures and do not hesitate to leave a comment at the end!
Natalie and Kenton were so relaxed, and I believe the results speaks for themselves. I am certain that the flask of vodka "potion" Kenton had in his jacket pocket or the Tequila Natalie enjoyed had something to do with it...?
This wedding was held in August, which meant the days were starting to warm up, but the nights were still rather cold...solution...heat up at the fireplace! or just spend time with the wedding party and guests...! They absolutely had a blast, dancing the night away on dance and rock music!
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Wedding Planning Workshop {Bryanston Country Club}
The Wedding Planning Workshop hosted by The Wedding Event is on my blog!
Look at all the pretty that Simone from The Wedding Event came up with! She did such an amazing job hosting this Wedding Planning Workshop with Erin Smylie!
A few bride-to-be's had the chance of hearing some key notes in planning their wedding day, and they had the opportunity to ask industry professionals questions regarding booking booking their Wedding DJ, Photographer, Videographer, Make-up & Hair, Stationary and many more!
Wedding suppliers at the workshop!
Venue: The Bryanston Country Club
Simone Pheiffer from The Wedding Event
Erin Smylie and Shandin Watson from Erin Smylie Hair and Make-up Artist
Stationary: The Crazy Lemon SA
Liam Walsh from Wedding DJs - Pulse DJS
Hand massages by Sorbet Fourways Mall
Denver Paulick from Brightmoon Video & Photography
Wynand van der Merwe from Wynand van der Merwe Photography
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Kenton & Natalie's lovely forest e-session!
Kenton & Natalie's beautiful forest e-session is on my blog! #engagement #weddingphotography
I have found the one whom my soul loves. Song of Solomon
Kenton and Natalie are such naturals in front of the camera, and boy oh boy are they beautiful people! I had a blast photographing them at the Pine Forest in Bryanston, and the element of adding their dog just made this an epic shoot! I think I am going to phone you guys if I need models for a styled shoot, most definitely! I also knew while I was doing their e-session that their wedding celebration was happening in 2 weeks, which made me super excited doing this shoot!
Their love for each other are so tangible which made the resulting images much more amazing!
Natalie's beautiful make-up was done by Made-up by Kylie!
Enjoy the rest of the pics and do not hesitate to leave a comment at the end!
Eddie & Terri's forest picnic {e-session}
Eddie & Terri's forest picnic e-session is on the blog!
"Faith makes all things possible. Love makes all things easy.” Dwight L. Moody
These two, Eddie and Terri, are just fun people to be around! They were full of sports for their engagement shoot, and Eddie is the sweet romantic... they had a picnic basket with sushi, fruits, bubbly and white balloons! They look so happy together and just couldn't stop laughing during the shoot...just amazing!
Can't wait for the wedding in August in Sedgefield! Its going to be epic!
Venue: Bryanston Pine Forest
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