SWEET COUPLE HOME LIFESTYLE SHOOT
Sweet family lifestyle session at home.
Your Home and Life captured
With so much uncertainty out there it feels kind of silly blogging, but being confined to your home is no easy task, and in the end keeping yourself busy, keeps your mind off doomsday thoughts. So here is a little distraction to hopefully make your home quarantine a little easier. This is the ideal time to practice Slow Living so please be safe and stay home, go out for necessity only. Keep yourself busy with things you have been wanting to do around the house, check out this pin board of things to do with your kids, read a book or cuddle with your furries!
About 8 weeks ago I did this shoot and it was so amazing being part of Melissa & Antonie’s adventure for the past 3 years. These two have expanded their family with two beautiful fur babies, Lexi and Lana (Shetland Sheepdogs). They are so sweet and cute it just makes me want to hug them!
Makeup by Missy Makeup Artist
LUAN & MARNE {HONEYMOON}
A little honeymoon shoot for the soul!
I kiss you and on your lips I taste the sea, and the sea has always been home to me.
Film Session
African safari elopement
Patrick & Caitlin are from New York, they're an adventurous couple who decided to elope while they visited South Africa. I had the honour of capturing their elopement at the Lion Sands River Lodge, the ceremony was held in a dry river bank with the beautiful backdrop of elephants gracing on the river bank! They also enjoyed their honeymoon night in a very romantic tree house over the Lion Sands Game Reserve.
'Fall in love with someone who tastes like adventure but looks like the calm, beautiful morning after a terrible storm.' ~ Nikita Gill
Patrick & Caitlin are from New York, they're an adventurous couple who decided to elope while they visited South Africa. I had the honour of capturing their elopement at the Lion Sands River Lodge, the ceremony was held in a dry river bank with the beautiful backdrop of elephants gracing on the river bank! They also enjoyed their honeymoon night in a very romantic tree house over the Lion Sands Game Reserve.
About 2 weeks after the elopement, the last day of their trip, we went to one of my favourite places, Adventures with Elephants where we photographed Patrick and Caitlin with Chova the Elephant.
It is important to note that the second part of the shoot was shot on a different location AWE, the elephants are trained and have professionals on the shoot standing by.
NINA | DUBAI
A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often, dream big, laugh a lot and realize how blessed you are.
A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often, dream big, laugh a lot and realize how blessed you are.
Nina booked me for her personal portrait session while I was visiting Dubai. Portrait sessions are so important, we often forget to take note of our lives at a certain point of our lives, we either feel it is silly or we are scared that people would think we love ourselves too much, but we should always love ourselves and be proud of who we are, in this moment, right now, at this stage of our lives. Nina, you are absolutely beautiful, inside and out. I had a smile on my face throughout editing this session. I hope to see you again soon and so happy that I have made a new friend.
I will be hopefully be in Dubai again soon, so if you are interested in a session (portrait, family, wedding etc), please give me a shout here.
Film & Digital | Black Dress Silver Swallow
RENSCHE MARI WORKSHOP PART 2
The first Rensche Mari workshop for 2016 was the Retreat at Bordeaux Game Farm.
I loved the group of girls I got to teach and hope that I will be able to do this again soon. To every person who helped with this workshop, thank you. It is wonderful to do what you love!
A very big thank you to Eve, from Splendid Wedding Company, you are a wonderful friend and artist - this was the 3rd workshop where you styled the tables for the styled shoot and I just have to say that every time you do something it WOW's me! I am so happy that you are my friend, and that I get to talk to you every single day :D
Jana, from Silver Swallow, thank you for the touch of elegant flow you bring to my workshop every single year...I'm counting and we have worked together now for 5 years, since the first workshop. Every time you create a garment I just want to photograph it - over and over again. This dress was photographed again after the workshop and I look forward to sharing that too!
Thank you to Seline from Es by Seline for the cake, Chrystalace for stationery and the lovely Aurette for modeling for us and Ida from Pink Scissors for Hair & Makeup and last but certainly not the least, Schantel from Kiekie Kit for sponsoring a beautiful camera bag & strap, it is a blessing to have you at the workshop yet again!
And just when you thought this was the last of it, we did a little noon shoot with Leandri :D where I showed the photographers how to shoot when the sun is high. Thank you Leandri, you are a dream model :D
Styling, flowers & decor Splendid Wedding Company | Stationery Chrystalace | Dress 1 Silver Swallow | Dress 2 Vintage dress | Hair & Makeup Pink Scissors | Cake 1 Es by Seline | Cake 2 The Bird Cage | Kiekie Kit
GEOMETRIC WEDDING MIDLANDS KWA-ZULU NATAL
I will lock eyes with the one who's ransomed me, the one who set my feet to dancing, and we dance ~ Steffany Frizzle Gretzinger
I will lock eyes with the one who's ransomed me, the one who set my feet to dancing, and we dance ~ Steffany Frizzle Gretzinger
Venue Netherwood | Flower & Decor Styling Splendid Wedding Company | Caterer The Fat Aubergine | Stationery Chrystalace | Dress Marianne Fassler | Bridesmaid dresses Silver Swallow | Hair & Makeup The Refinery Co | Videographer Adrian Loader | Wedding Bands Beaudell Designs | Ice Cream Bar Es by Seline | Assistant Eileen
CHAN & ASTAMI {ON SAFARI}
You can always find yourself in Africa! Here us Chan & Astami on their safari couple shoot!
"There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne, bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive"
Karen Blixen ~ Out of Africa
"There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne, bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive"
Karen Blixen ~ Out of Africa
~ Film Session ~
Location Private | Dress Silver Swallow
EUGENE & LOUISE
Beautiful Wedding at Bordeaux Game Farm in Polokwane District, South Africa. Captured by Award winning Fine Art Film Photographer Rensche Mari. Styling done by Eve From Splendid Wedding Company.
She asked; "You are in love, what does love look like?" to which I replied: "Like everything I've ever lost come back to me." ~ Nayyirah Waheed
Images shot on Film & Digital
Venue Bordeaux Game Farm | Organiser & Planning by Louise Vorster | Floral Styling Splendid Wedding Company | Stationery Chrystalace | Cakes The Birdcage | Dress Kobus Dippenaar | Assistant Photographer Eileen | Bridesmaid Dresses Zanne Couture
Please note that other vendor details will be available when booking the venue.
This is an amazing new venue in Polokwane, South Africa - it was a beautiful weekend wedding experience and I am sure the venue bookings will go fast, so for more information on this wedding go to Bordeaux Game Farm Website and book an appointment.
SECRET GARDEN
It is an immense pleasure to work with such an amazing group of people every time we get together to inspire and do something for ourselves. Thank you to all involved for making this so special!
If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
Creatives
Dress Silver Swallow by Jana | Flowers & Decor Splendid Wedding Company by Eve | Make-up Antoinia Gregoriou | Venue Private | Model Daisy May Ice Models
SPLENDIDLY STYLED
No matter how long the Winter, Spring is sure to follow.
What a wonderful creative team to work with, Loved this styled session so much!
No matter how long the Winter, Spring is sure to follow.
What a wonderful creative team to work with, Loved this styled session so much!
Decor & Styling Splendid Wedding Company | Dress Silver Swallow | Makeup & Hair Sam Scarborough | Stationery Chrystalace | Model Nicole Lynn Ice Models | Venue Shepstone Gardens | Cake by Kelly Jayne
CHARLIE & BIANCE
A very special surprise engagement in Mauritius!
Because of you, I can feel myself slowly but surely becoming the me I have always dreamed of being. ~ Tyler Knott Gregson
Because of you, I can feel myself slowly but surely becoming the me I have always dreamed of being. ~ Tyler Knott Gregson
Dress by Silver Swallow
