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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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Awe & Elandi's winter safari {e-session} - teaser

Awe and Elandi's amazing safari e-session is on the blog! 

“Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.” —Unknown Author

I had such a great experience with Awe and Elandi! They such great people to be around with and I can't wait for the wedding later this year! It's going to be epic!

Awe and Elandi's wedding will be hosted at the Zebra Country Lodge in Pretoria, and they asked that we do the engagement session there as well. So we decided to have an early morning safari...we ended up to be super early...even before the sun was up. This allowed me to do a night shot in the morning...! 

And the light was OUT OF THIS WORLD! Wow. I am definitely doing this again! 

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Irene & David {e-session}

Irene & David's e-session are on the blog now!

"Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own." H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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I just loved my time with Irene & David. We had this huge plan of doing the shoot in between pine trees, which are almost like a little forest just outside their estate. But we soon realised that it was located inside someone's yard and we had no access to it...oops. So I had to put my thinking cap on ones again, and I had to improvise! I love these moments which allows me to show one of my clients that I can think on my feet, which is so very important when strange things happen on your big day!

We still used the area in front of their estate, but I ended up shooting with the trees in the background! The results are epic, and Irene & David looked amazing on their engagement shoot! And Irene couldnt stop laughing. They are such easy going and fun people!

Irene also asked me to incorporate their two dogs in the pics and they added a cool element to shoot way at the end of the day!

I also played around in #Photoshop to create the double exposure shots, and they are definitively my favourite shots of the day! #shotoftheday

Can't wait for their wedding next year in the bushveld!

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Stephen & Gena's urban e-session

Stepen & Gena's urban e-session in the inner city of Johannesburg!

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Wow. This was a super fun shoot. We got to go to the inner city of Johannesburg to do an urban shoot, and Stephen & Gena just rocked! They looked absolutely exquisite, and I just love the way that they contrasted with the surroundings...amazing!

I had a bit of a laugh with Stephen because he was very stiff and on his nerves, and I had to train him in front of the camera. The greatest moment for me was when we were almost at the end of the shoot Gena said: "Wow, I have never seen Stephen smile this much". Thanks for the compliment.

I so wish I was going to take their wedding pictures, which I am not. They already have a photographer booked, but I can just imagine how wonderful their weddings pics are going to be!

We had an interesting moment though during the shoot. My camera was almost nabbed. There was a guy who came up to me and asked that I take a picture of him, but while his buddy was behind me looking for an opportunity to nab my camera (I didn't know this, Gena told me afterwards). Gena went into a praying frenzy and her faith got us out of that situation. The 2 guys left us but our nerves only really settled once we left the area after the shoot.

A big thank you to Fourways Flower Market at Pineslopes, JHB, for the bouquet of flowers!

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Ivan & Maryke's love story begins here!

I cant wait to do the wedding for Ivan and Maryke! its going to be epic!

I am looking forward to the wedding of this amazingly beautiful couple!

Maryke and Ivan blossomed in front of the camera and I thoroughly enjoyed capturing their funky engagement shoot. Maryke's mom works at Roedean School South Africa and she organised that we can have the shoot at the school, which is such a beautiful venue. The gorgeous historic buildings, the lawns, the view of the Johannesburg General Hospital chimney in the background, and the majestic gardens makes this a stunning venue. The school was opened in 1903 and there is a lot of heritage here, and I believe that it meant a lot to Maryke to do this shoot at the school.

I definitely take my hat off for Maryke, because she had food poisoning or something on the day. Every 20min she had to go to the bathroom, and she still smiled and looked so beautifully. And Ivan looked great as well. It's always a challenge to capture photos of a photographer, which meant that I had to up my game. The amazing reality of this is it shows in the pictures! I believe this shoot came out amazing and that they will have a good taste of the pictures to come at their wedding day!

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