STEFAN & CHELAINE

Silver Swallow

Mar 10

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams ~ Dr. Seuss

Meet Stefan & Chelaine, Stefan is my second youngest brother - the real and only middle kid with the kindest heart of us all! Congratulations on your engagement brother! Hope you and Chelaine enjoys the whole wedding process!

Makeup by Nadie | Dress by Silver Swallow

Couple Shoot

ELEPHANT SAFARI ENGAGEMENT | CHARLOTTE & STEPH

I am thrilled to present Charlotte and Stephen’s Bushveld Safari session at Adventures with Elephants. Despite the sweltering heat on the day of the shoot, the outcome and feeling was nothing short of magical. Surrounded by the majestic presence of elephants, their grace and beauty left us in awe, a sentiment shared by everyone at AWE. This experience was not just a photo session but a celebration of nature, love, and artistry.

Elephant Conservation through Education

In a perfect world, all elephants would be free and wild, indeed all game would be free and wild. In the imperfect world we live in, we must find solutions for both animal and humans to be able to co-exist. As long as wildlife has no value to the people who own them/live with them, wildlife will continue to die carelessly and cruelly. AWE works towards finding and communicating the value of having and conserving wildlife.

TROPICAL MAURITIUS ENGAGEMENT

Kira & Ben’s engagement shoot was a dream in the beautiful Mauritian forest with the green lush fauna, magical sunbeams and a striking tropical bouquet by Zavion. We ended up at a lagoon nearby with the perfect sunset.

BUSHVELD ENGAGEMENT SESSION

A lovely session with my cousin Anzel and her fiancé Jacques. We went out to a location close to our homes and photographed with the beautiful lowveld backdrop. I am very excited to photograph Anzel & Jacques wedding in June on our family farm!

NELSPRUIT ENGAGEMENT SESSION

I am so honoured to be able to photograph Hilma and Inge’s journey, starting with their engagement session, photographed in Nelspruit, at a wildlife reserve with a lucky couple of shots with the zebra’s roaming in the area. I also got to photograph Hilma’s two sweet Wirehaired Fox Terriers with the cutest little bowties. Their wedding day will follow in July by the sea. So much to look forward too.

PARIS COUPLE SHOOT

Lovely Couple shoot in Paris!

STEFAN & CHELAINE

Happy Friday everyone! Another week from this year gone just like that. Here is a very special blog post of my Brother, Stefan and Chelaine's engagement session.

GARDEN ENGAGEMENT

This is a very special session, for my cousin Marné and her fiancé, Luan! These two tied the knot about 2 weeks ago, so looking forward to blog their wedding too. But first, all the other shoots and weddings in between ;) Keep a look out on the blog, much more to come in the next couple of weeks.

Want to read more about my film process? Read on:

HANNO & GENEVIEVE

Cute family lifestyle session with Hanno & Genevieve and their two bassets, Guss & Ody and some coffee and sweets...

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!

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

EUGENE & LOUISE | SAFARI ENGAGEMENT

Safari Engagement with an Elephant...yes, TIA!

Where you go, I'll go, where you stay, I'll stay. Ruth 1:16

NICK & VANESSA

We were together. I forget the rest. ~ Walt Whitman

TINO & BIANCA

What is it called when two South Africans meet in New York? {Serendipity : finding something good without looking for it}

DUBAI COUPLE - DESERT SHOOT

"And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the starlit sky and he careed not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many." -- J.R.R.Tolkien

TREVOR & RACINE

Such a beautiful couple. Captured in a park near their home in Johannesburg.

KASPER & TANYA

My beautiful friend Tanya and her fiancé Kasper. We photographed their shoot at Val de Vie. Kasper is a polo player and they wanted to incorporate that into their shoot.