JP and Kirsten
Bless JP and Kirsten’s little hearts – they got married in Johannesburg which meant I had to climb onto a plane. I need you to know that I was exceptionally brave for the two hours it took to get there, not questioning whether or not the pilot knew what he was doing even once. When [...]
Quin and Claudia
When I first met Quin and Claudia to discuss their wedding, they came across as a very quiet, gentle couple. When I shot their engagement shoot in Franschhoek, ditto. When I shot their wedding in Stellenbosch and then out at Nelson’s Creek, ditto. But there was something going on here! Because believe me, when the [...]
Christiaan and Marine
Meet Christiaan and Marine, all round good guys. I love shooting family portraits, I love the solitary feeling one gets when shooting a landscape at 5.00am in the morning, but nothing quite floats my boat like a day amongst good family and friends at a wedding. Everyone smiles, the groom pretends to be cool and [...]
Ludolph and Suzanne
I don’t often get all that jittery when a bride of mine starts to run a bit late. But I did start to watch the clock tick down in Suzanne’s case and did a bit of ‘okay, we really need to rock things on a bit here’ prompting. She had about 15 minutes to go [...]
Paul and Victoria
I can speak English. I can speak Afrikaans. I can even speak a good dose of Xhosa. And I’m even starting to throw around a bit of French, Portuguese and Italian thanks to some of the couples I shoot and their diverse groups of families and friends. But here, for the first time ever at [...]
Marianne and Thomas
When I packed my gear for Marianne and Thomas’ wedding at Val d Or, I went about my normal routine, checking and double-checking I had everything I needed. batteries, cameras, lenses, flashes and so on and so on. Then I did something different. I packed 3 extra shirts. It was 10.00am and outside, the mercury [...]
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Whose your Mamma?
I’d like to take a moment to deviate for once on writing about weddings. Instead, I‘d like to scare the wits out any couple about to get married. The subject goes something like this: ‘honey, whooose your mamma?’ So, what’s driven me to write this article? Simple – my wedding couples. I consistently ask them, no, [...]
Choosing your wedding dress
First time occurrences in life are huge. Like the first time you recognised your mother (although you probably don’t remember it), your first day at school, that first somewhat clumsy kiss, the first time you stood up for yourself, your first salary – you get the idea. Big moments. Wonderful moments. Unforgettable stuff (refer back [...]
Getting the party started…
Picture the scene. It’s 9.47pm. The wedding dinner is done and dusted, the speeches are still echoing in your ears, the First Dance is receding into the corridors of history and now it’s time for you to kick back, relax and let your hair down. You look across at your amazingly beautiful new bride and [...]
Let the Hen’s Party begin!
I’m scared. A Bachelor Party is one thing, but a Hen’s Party, now there’s another thing altogether. From what I can gather, it’s hardly for the fainthearted. There used to be a time when all the girls got together, dressed the bride-to-be in seriously odd clothing and made her eat a Lunch Bar out of [...]
How to prepare for great ‘formals’ photos
I woke up the other night in a cold sweat from the very first nightmare about a wedding I have ever had. Had it been just any nightmare, I probably would have pulled up the duvet, tried to score an extra couples of inches of bed by nudging my wife to the right and just [...]
Hey bachelor, let’s party…
You ask your girlfriend to marry her, your mates ask you how you enjoyed your bachelor’s. It’s as simple as that. You’ll normally answer the question with a ‘humph,’ or a ’sjoe,’ or a low, almost inaudible whistle. Your wife-to-be will answer with a roll of her eyes and a very distinct sideways motioning of [...]
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