BLACK & YELLOW WEDDING INSPIRATION | HELLO TIMBER
Stunning wedding styling by Marble & Mauve. Black & Yellow wedding table setting at the beautiful Hello Timber venue situated in Pretoria.
“Yes!” to this Black & Yellow Wedding inspo by Marble & Mauve.
Planning & Styling Marble & Mauve | Venue Hello Timber | Dress Marlize Meeding | Flowers Shop Botanicus | Stationery Fleur Design Studio | Model Agency Ultravision Brand Activators | Model Zee MBambo | Makeup Precious Xaba Makup | Photography Rensche Mari
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY AND FLOWER WORKSHOP
After lockdown the best thing to do is to be creative the moment an opportunity arrives. This is exactly what Zavion and I did when we started to plan the second ZK flowerschool and Rensche Mari wedding photography workshop.
I had so much fun shooting this beautiful setup by an amazing team of creatives. This was for the ZK Flower school and Rensche Mari Wedding Photography workshop back in September. After lockdown was eased, this was a breath of fresh air.
The amazing Creative team:
Flowers & Styling by Zavion Kotze Events | Stationery & Wall Paper Chrystalace | Dresses Elli-Nicole Bridal Couture | HM + model scouting Bloom Hair & Makeup | Food by Andrew Draper | Cakes Kelly Jayne Cakes | Furniture Reserved Exclusive | Models Anita, Zandria, Palesa | Wine Sponsor Deetlefs Wines
SILVER SWALLOW LOVE
It is wonderful to blog this shoot, it was shot in early February, with my favourite camera, my Contax 645 film camera #nodigital. After my workshop I decided that I had to shoot something for me, something good & simple. This shoot was inspired by things I found around my house and with people who I create with often. Thank you to Jana, Jolindi & Leandri for all your help on this shoot!
It is wonderful to blog this shoot, it was shot in early February, with my favourite camera, my Contax 645 film camera #nodigital. After my workshop I decided that I had to shoot something for me, something good & simple. This shoot was inspired by things I found around my house and with people who I create with often. Thank you to Jana, Jolindi & Leandri for all your help on this shoot!
Preparing for this shoot was so joyous and pleasing for the soul - collaborating with my cousin Beat (hair), Chrystalace, Silver Swallow, Missy Make up Artist and my wonderful assistant & model for the day Leandri, her husband Riaan, Biance and her two adorable Schnauzers, Ollie & Pepper also did some modelling for me, big thank you to all of you.
Dresses by Jana Silver Swallow | Hair Gary Rom Mall of Africa (opening soon) | Stationery Jolindi Chrystalace | Styling by Rensche Mari | Make-up (Leandri) by Missy Make up Artist | Models Leandri, Biance, Ollie & Pepper
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
RENSCHE MARI WORKSHOP PART 1
The first Rensche Mari Workshop was held at Bordeaux Game farm, a 4 day retreat with a lot of photo sessions and learning all about Wedding Photography.
Putting together a workshop is hard work, but having a great team to help is always amazing! My 2016 Rensche Mari Wedding workshop held at Bordeaux Game Farm was a great experience and wonderful week spent with creatives from all over. I hope they wont mind if I have the next one here again.
A couple of thank you's will follow throughout the post! If your wedding is coming up and you want to have a marvellous experience you will definitely need professionals like these;
The Bordeaux Game Farm Venue and Team...Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Each person had such a blast and was spoilt rotten with the gourmet food from the kitchen during our stay and we could not have asked for better service, food and backdrop! You are my favourite venue by far!
To Jolindi from Chrystalace, for helping to fill up the goodie bags with wonderful things and stationery for each photographer - they loved it, so did I!
To Sone & Hermann, for letting 8 photographers stand around you and photograph you, the camera loves you!
Table decor, styling & flowers by Louise from Bordeaux
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
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
IVANN & LEANIE
I wanne be wrapped in your arms, skin against skin, hands intertwined. Let me fall asleep to the sound of your heartbeat ~ ELP
I wanne be wrapped in your arms, skin against skin, hands intertwined. Let me fall asleep to the sound of your heartbeat ~ ELP
Dress by Silver Swallow
DUBAI DESERT SAFARI
"Sometimes, you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself."
"Sometimes, you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself."
Venue Al Sahra Desert Resort | Dresses Shop Gossamer | Flowers Dariana Flowers, Dubai | Hair & Makeup Liv Rideg | Model Kate
DESERT DREAM
I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain, I dream of love as time runs through my hand
~ Desert Rose - Sting
White Dress Shop Gossamer | Tule skirt & Blush Dress Silver Swallow by Jana Meintjies | White Top Forever New | Makeup & Hair Katharina Sherman | Model Rene
STYLED MENTORSHIP
'Beautiful things don't ask for attention' ~ The Secret life of Walter MittL
Mentor Session. Thank you to Eve from The Splendid Wedding Group for the amazing flowers & decor, Marne for beautiful Hair & Make-up, Leandrie for being an amazing person to teach and Erica the beautiful model.