Try sprinting the Comrades Marathon – backwards. That sort of gives you an idea of how Howard and Daelle’s wedding went. It was ‘on your marks, get set, marathon sprint from start to finish!’ The guys had flown in from Australia a few days before (Daelle having planned her entire wedding from those distant shores [...]
I started shooting weddings a little while back. 1994 to be precise. Back then I was into video and a very dear friend of mine who has since left this world encouraged me to keep at it. About 4 or 5 years later I decided that stills photography was really what I wanted to do. [...]
Slipperfields is a long, long way from Cape Town, but the scenery en-route makes up for distance. When Hel and myself arrived, we booked into the lodge and then headed off to find Slipperfields and explore the area. It was amazing to say the least. Real farmlands these – full of cows, lush green grass, [...]
Hmmmm okay. I arrive to shoot Jody and Karl’s wedding at Groenvlei and everything is hunky-dory. The bridesmaids are marvy, the bestmen are cool, Karl is relaxed and joking, Jody is calm and collected. Lovely stuff. I pop a meatball into my mouth and start shooting. It’s all good. It looks like it might rain, [...]
I’ve seen some pretty exceptional places in my time shooting weddings. But I tell you what, you’re going to have to pull out every trick in the book to match a small, sleepy little coastal town called Oubos. Hollywood would battle to conjure up this sort of place. Before I left for Kyle and Elani’s [...]
Hands up if you like good, old-fashioned, traditional South African food. Bit of a no-brainer really. It’s what makes us, us. Soetpatat, pampoenkoekies, braai, lots of geseligheid – you get my drift. That’s exactly what Niel and Cara had in mind when they planned their wedding to take place in the small Klein Karoo [...]
I met Bruce and Sarah for the very first time exactly two days before their wedding. They’d landed at CT International after a very delayed flight from London (Argus Cycle Tour bicycles being loaded and all) and driven straight through to Buitenverwachting for a quick chat. Sarah sat opposite me and looked concerned. ‘Warren,’ she [...]
I’m going to say two words here, and when I do, one of the groomsmen at Adam and Vania’s wedding (Simon is his name), is going to turn cold with sweat. You see, the thing is, Simon is a big strong fellow. He rides motorbikes and stuff. And let’s be honest here, you don’t [...]
Relaxed, laid-back and informal. That probably best describes Johan and Juanita’s wedding at Leipzig Country House in Worcester. And why? Because that’s the way Johan and Juanita are. When I arrived in the car park, I climbed out of the car, got smacked in the face by 35-degree heat, turned around, and there was [...]
So today’s million Dollar question is… hands up if you know what the Hora is? Okay, so before everyone rushes off to Google it, I’ll tell you. At a Jewish wedding, when the bride and groom enter the reception, the Hora takes place. This is designed to do two things. Firstly it’s one heck of [...]
I gulped down some water, looked over at Leanne and said: ‘Now listen here, seriously girl, this barbed wire is vicious hey. Touch it and your Rosenwerth dress is going to tear like rice paper.’ I wasn’t joking either. We’d reversed the Land Rover up to the fence, hoping that everyone would be able to [...]
‘CAN YOU HEAR ME?’ I was about 3 metres away from Cobus and Lizette and their families. I was met by completely blank stares. ‘MOVE CLOSER TOGETHER!’ Still blank stares. In the distance I thought I saw a house fly across the horizon. MOVE! CLOSER! TOGETHER! Blank stares. We were up at Seeberg in the [...]
We really do live in an amazing country you know. And we really do have it all. Mountains, koppies, rivers, two oceans, a fat amount of wildlife. We’ve got the cheese route, the wine route, the whale route. We’ve got Joey’s, Durbs, PEEEE. And we invented the word: ‘lekker.’ What more could one ask [...]
I continually say to my brides and grooms that I can only shoot what is in front of me. To a degree, I can manipulate things – and I do – when I get stuck into the bridal party and family photos after the service. But for the rest of it, what is in front [...]
After every wedding I get home and whoever in my family is within earshot gets the whole run-down from start to finish. This is not a short exercise, as I tend to get quite excited and animated about the whole thing. Helen ALWAYS listens intently. As for the kids, well, they just think its all [...]
So let’s get something straight here. It’s probably fairly safe to say that I’m a battle-hardened, seen-heard-experienced everything kind of wedding photo guy. Admit it – any man who can survive an hour or two in the inner sanctum of the bridal hair and make-up chamber and still survive psychologically intact has got to be [...]
When I first started out photographing weddings I had one simple vision in mind – to shoot people as they are. I didn’t want to follow the pack. I didn’t want to copy what others were doing. I just wanted to do my own thing and shoot truthfully and honestly what was in front of [...]
Morning weddings are rare, but boy are they awesome. Good speeches at weddings are not so rare. Most weddings deliver one or two absolute belters. At Keenan and Danielle’s wedding, we had the best of both worlds – an early morning wedding on a fantastiese dag, and speeches that were sublime. I was literally blown [...]
There are 3 essential actions in life that will make you happier and help you live longer. The first is simply to love everyone (and if you can’t love someone then just pretend you do). The second one is to drink an ice-cold beer because beer makes you and those around you more interesting. And [...]
Whenever I first meet my wedding couples they’re often in two minds as to how to plan their weddings. So I tell them to do things according to one simple rule and that’s simply, do it your way. Which is exactly what Nigel and Carly did. They broke with a lot of tradition at their [...]
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