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.
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
INIMITABLE WEDDING VENUE | ZAVION KOTZE EVENTS
Last wedding for 2016 was John & Zavion's wedding, they openend up a brand new venue - Inimitable and even though this venue is still in the process of being built, it was beautiful. I am looking forward to see this venue once everything is done.
Last wedding for 2016 was John & Zavion's wedding, they openend up a brand new venue - Inimitable and even though this venue is still in the process of being built, it was beautiful. I am looking forward to see this venue once everything is done.
I was only shooting details, some ceremony shots and a couple of portraits for this wedding, the main photographer, Wesley Vorster has an absolutely beautiful blog up on the full wedding if you want to have a look here. Thank you Wesley for allowing me to shoot with you on this day!
It was an amazing day, and wonderful to see it all come together, to Zavion & John's team, Zavion Kotze Events Company, and all the other creatives, congratulations on making this day so beautiful!
FLORAL DREAM SUMMER PLACE WEDDING
So Happy that I got to shoot this wedding, planned & styled by beautiful friend, Eve from the wonderfully Splendid Wedding Company! Hanging florals and a beautiful reception is what dreams are made of, oh wait, I forgot to mention this stunning couple, Andy & Amanda, (and 5 kids) they all looked beautiful.
Second last wedding for the 2016, is a first for me. This was my first wedding (in the 12 years of being a wedding photographer), that I shot at Summer Place in Johannesburg. I have done 2 styled shoots and shot the wedding friends event here, but that is where it ends.
So Happy that I got to shoot this wedding, planned & styled by beautiful friend, Eve from the wonderfully Splendid Wedding Company! Hanging florals and a beautiful reception is what dreams are made of, oh wait, I forgot to mention this stunning couple, Andy & Amanda, (and 5 kids) they all looked beautiful.
Video by Verve Films
Planning & Styling Splendid Wedding Company
INTIMATE ROMANTIC WEDDING | SHEPSTONE GARDENS
3rd Last wedding for 2016. Calvin & Melissa's day was romantic, laid back and oh so beautiful! It was a rainy day and what better place to wed than at Shepstone Gardens, especially with this type of weather!
"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things"
Corinthians 13:7-8
Happy new year to all! I am back from a very short, relaxed holiday with more than 6 shoots in between, but its email week! I will email all my clients this week with updates on the progress of their wedding edits/album etc, your patience is appreciated! Thank you!
3rd Last wedding for 2016. Calvin & Melissa's day was romantic, laid back and oh so beautiful! It was a rainy day and what better place to wed than at Shepstone Gardens, especially with this type of weather!
Venue Shepstone Gardens | Wedding Coordinator Nadia M | Stationery Anthos Design Studio | Decor & Flowers: Myrtle Events & Styling | Dress White Lilly Bridal | Hair & Makeup (bride) The Refinery | Makeup (Mother of the bride) Zelda (White Lilly Bridal) | Rings Pura | Cake Sweetly Detailed | Catering By Word of Mouth
WEDDINGS BY MARIUS | LOWVELD
This is a very fresh, stunning and energising wedding, shot on a private farm, with a ceremony held in a airconditioned green house and the reception in a beautiful barn. Planned and styled by the absolutely amazing Marius from Weddings by Marius. The colours make me think of Christmas...in Africa of course!
I don't want you to love me because I'm good for you, because I say and do all the right things, because I am everything you have been looking for...
I want to be the one you didn't see coming. The one who gets under your skin. Who makes you unsteady. Who makes you question everything you have ever believed about love. I want to be the one who makes you feel reckless and out of control; the one you are infuriatingly and inexplicably drawn to.
I don't want to be the one who tucks you into bed; I want to be the reason you can't sleep at night.
~ Lang Leav
What an amazing day, it was very hot, like lowveld summer hot. But it was stunning! This is a very fresh, stunning and energising wedding, shot on a private farm, with a ceremony held in a airconditioned green house and the reception in a beautiful barn. Planned and styled by the absolutely amazing Marius from Weddings by Marius. The colours make me think of Christmas...in Africa of course!
Planning & Styling Weddings by Marius
DELFT INSPIRED LOWVELD WEDDING
I wish I could explain your eyes, and how the sound of your voice gives me butterflies. How your smile makes my heart skip a beat and how every time I'm with you, I feel so complete.
I wish I could explain your eyes, and how the sound of your voice gives me butterflies. How your smile makes my heart skip a beat and how every time I'm with you, I feel so complete.
My beautiful cousin, Marné and Luan got married on our family farm in October. It was a beautiful day in the Lowveld and it is always nice visiting the farm.
Marné and her 3 sisters grew up on the farm, they call it their childhood home and this was the 3rd wedding on the farm I attended, how privilaged to start your new life with your new husband in a place you hold dear! We hope to have many more special celebrations here (hopefully a venue one day...soon)
Hair & Makeup Paintbrush Beauty & The Refinery | Planning Vanilla Pod | Floral Styling Lush Floral | Stationery Chrystalace Stationery | Videography Mighty Fine | Wedding Dress Bridal Room | Catering M & E Catering | Decor Easy Hire
GREEK WEDDING SHEPSTONE GARDENS
Sometimes weddings are alive and big, and I don't just mean they have a lot of people, but big with laughter, emotion, dancing and joy! It was wonderful to be a part of something so special!
'No matter how much time I spend with you, I can never ever get enough of you. Your love is forever mine and I need you everyday.'
Sometimes weddings are alive and big, and I don't just mean they have a lot of people, but big with laughter, emotion, dancing and joy! It was wonderful to be a part of something so special!
Venue & Coordination Karine from Shepstone Gardens | Wedding Dress Eve's Bridal | Suit Tailor Me | Catering Licorish Bistro | Flowers Oopsie Daisy | Make up & Hair Lynn Hoff & Renee | Groomsmen's Socks Sexy Socks | Rings Emma Anne Jewellery
LOWVELD WEDDING LUSH FLORAL DESIGN
I am very privileged to have photograph Minette & Stephen's wedding in October. Minette has been one of my friends since the age of 14 and I can honestly say that I have never had a dull moment with her. I loved being a part of this wedding (I was a bridesmaid too), it was the most fun I have ever had at a wedding.
I think one of my favourite feelings is laughing with someone and realising half way through how much you enjoy them and their existence.
I am very privileged to have photograph Minette & Stephen's wedding in October. Minette has been one of my friends since the age of 14 and I can honestly say that I have never had a dull moment with her. I loved being a part of this wedding (I was a bridesmaid too), it was the most fun I have ever had at a wedding.
If your eye manages to catch those beautiful life size paper roses below, they were made by Minette's mother, Ronel. I have added her details at the creative team info, they are spectacular and really make an amazing impression.
Venue Whispering Thorns | Flowers Lush Floral | Lifesize Paper Roses by Ronel 0827735912 | Dress Enzoani | Bridesmaid Dresses Silver Swallow | Hair by Mari (Lowveld) 0829249641 | Makeup The Beauty Box (Lowveld) 0833561210
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
A wonderful workshop yet again with the most amazing creative team! Gauteng workshop 2016.
I had the best time at my 2016 Gauteng workshop. Thank you to everyone involved! Hope I can do it again soon!
Creative Team: Floral Styling: Splendid Wedding Company | Dresses: Silver Swallow & White Lily Bridal | Wedding Stationery: Chrystalace | Makeup: Missy Makeup Artistry | Jewelry: Eska Claire & Lorean Jewelery | Venue: Hertford Country Estate
Sponsors: ProAlbums | Kiekie Kit | Chrystalace | At Photo | Lakari Creative Studio | Keepsake Collection Books | Needham Leather Goods | Sonja Klopper
NEXT WORKSHOP
24-25 October 2017 - Pretoria
MEMOIRE WEDDING VENUE | ZAVION KOTZE EVENTS
Johan & Althea tied the knot on the 23 of September, have a look at this beautiful wedding with just enough glamour to make you go 'Oooooh!', planning & styling by Zavion Kotze Events Company.
When you meet the one who changes the way your heart beats, dance with them to that rhythm for as long as the song lasts ~ Kirk Diedrich
Johan & Althea tied the knot on the 23 of September, have a look at this beautiful wedding with just enough glamour to make you go 'Oooooh!', planning & styling by Zavion Kotze Events Company.
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.
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It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together ~ Sleepless in Seattle
TINTSWALO ATLANTIC WEDDING CAPE TOWN
This wedding was one of those weddings that have a special place in my heart! I have had the privilege of photographing Nanette's sister's wedding a couple of years ago, also photographed a couple of their friends weddings as well, and it is one of my favourite things to get to a wedding and see my clients, it makes the day so much better! Miguel & Nanette's elegant destination wedding was breathtaking.
No one else, Love, will sleep in my dreams. You will go, we will go together, over the waters of time. No one else will travel through the shadows with me, only you, evergreen, ever sun, ever moon. ~ Pablo Neruda
Shot on Film and Digital
Venue Tintswalo Atlantic | Makeup & Hair Sam Scarborough | Cake The Bird Cage
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.