It is unbelievable how fast time pass.  We are already a month into 2012!  This post was my last wedding for 2011 and what a way to finish of a year filled with weddings.

Flavio and Phillippa got married at the Bryanston Catholic Church and their reception was at the Pivot Hotel in Montecasino.  Montecasino is a beautiful backdrop for photos and we had lots of fun with them during the shoot.  With so many beautiful spots and this gorgeous couple it was hard to say enough photos now, time for your reception.  I would have photographed them until the sun came up the next morning

Flavio and Phillippa we wish you all the happiness in the world for years to come!  Enjoy your preview.

It is a very late Sunday evening, in fact it is almost Monday morning as I am posting these photographs but I promised my two gorgeous daughters some family time before the school starts for 2012   So before they wake up and see me sitting in front of the computer again I better get this wedding up on the blog.  There is bound to be some grammatical errors and incoherent sentences so please just glance over them and put them down to a very late night

André and Monique got married at the exquisite La Souvenir in Klerksdorp.  What a beautiful venue filled with old world charm!  On this day, I was absolutely certain that it would rain.  The air was filled with ominous clouds and the rumble of thunder in the distance.  Not that I mind rainy weddings, they usually stress out the bride more than me There is always an opportunity to be found for photographs even when it is pouring outside!  So after their beautiful ceremony, I whisked them off as fast as possible to start their romantic shoot.  Once again the weather held out and we could capture stunning photographs for this gorgeous couple.  I could tell you a lot more about this stylish couple and the picture perfect La Souvenir but it is time for bed and I need just a bit of sleep before my little monsters wake me for their promised mommy time.  André and Monique’s photographs tell the story of their wedding way better than what I can say in words, I am a photographer after all and not a writer

André and Monique, we loved being part of your wedding day.  Thank you for letting us share in it.  We wish you all that is beautiful, wondrous and blessed for your future together.  Enjoy the preview.

Once again I had the opportunity to photograph a wedding at the gorgeous Memoires in Muldersdrift.  This time it played host to David and Eloise’s wedding.  They are a stunning couple, inside and out!  They have so much love and chemistry between them you can almost feel it in their photographs.  David has this way of looking at Eloise, I can’t describe it but I loved seeing it again and again.  They are the kind of people who pulls you in with their warm caring personalities.  Their romantic session ended way to fast for me.  André (my husband I love to bits and my second photographer) loves telling people that I will shoot until they fall asleep and then I will shoot some more.  Well, for once I found a couple who loves photographs just as much as me.  They made time for a night shoot as well.  We ended up walking all over Memoires in the dark in search of light, for just one more photo My kind of people!

David and Eloise we loved photographing your wedding. It felt as if I was shooting a friend’s wedding.  We wish you tons of love, and all that is beautiful for your future together!  Enjoy the preview!

It was yet another bright sunny day with clear blue skies on the wedding day of Peter and Janine.  As André and I drove to Isiphiwo we discussed what the chances would be of completing a whole wedding season without one rainy wedding day.  And without having to jinx myself (my wedding season is finished for this year ) I can officially say we had no rainy wedding day.  I have to say that on some days I actually prayed for a bit of cloud in die sky just to cool it down a bit.  I always feel sorry for the groom when it is so hot but Peter never complained about the heat.

Peter and Janine got married at Isiphiwo, a picturesque venue in Pretoria.  This venue has a beautiful chapel, light and roomy – I love chapels like that!  Janine and Peter kept smiling right through the ceremony – their big day has finally arrived.  I loved working with you guys.  We wish you all the love, happiness and laughter for years to come.  Enjoy your preview!

What a wonderful time of year it is!  Summer, holiday (not for me yet ) and Christmas on our doorstep.  Looking back at this year I have met amazing people, stunning couples and have grown so much as a photographer.  I am truly blessed.  After this wedding I have five more that I need to get up on the blog (photographed my last wedding for this season on the 17th of December), each one more beautiful and unique as the last.  Can’t wait to share all of them with you!

Desireé and Wayne’s wedding is no exception.  They got married at Sunnyside Hotel in Parktown.  André and I drove to the venue quite early to pick out our spots for the romantic photographs.  There it was, one block away from the venue a stunning graffiti wall and Jacaranda trees in full bloom.  Who can ask for a better spot for photographs?  I could not wait to tell them about “The Spot” and was super excited when they both agreed to use it for their romantic photographs.  Now I can go ahead and tell you that Desireé was dressed and ready when I got to her – no rushing around and panic to be ready in time, the same with Wayne so I will stop writing and let the photographs tell the story of their beautiful wedding day.  Desireé and Wayne you rocked!  We loved photographing your wedding!  Thank you for trusting us with your wedding day memories.  Enjoy the preview!

Driving to Usambara for the wedding of Pierre and Melanie I just realized once again how blessed I am to do what I do and to work with the amazing people I get to work with.  The venue looked beautiful and the moment I was finished with the decor photographs, Pierre arrived right, on time.  Even though I did not get to meet him before the wedding it felt as if I have known him for ages.  Melanie is the kind of person that is always ready with a smile and a mischievous glint in her eyes.  Even a slight wedding dress malfunction could not dampen her smile.  Walking down the aisle she kept on smiling and their smiles must have lasted right through the evening.

If you know where to look you will find beautiful spots at Usambara that is just a bit of the beaten track.  Pierre and Melanie sat, jumped, ran, danced and kissed where ever we wanted to take photographs.  We had so much fun photographing your wedding, we enjoyed every minute of it.  Enjoy the preview!

Dennis and Linette tied the knot at Avianto, a beautiful venue situated in Muldersdrift.  On this day I had the privilege to work with the super talented Morné Marx – make-up artists for the 7de Laan celebrities It is easy to work with him, I just know that the hair and make-up will be flawless, elegant, and on time!  I can’t stress enough just how important a good make-up artist will be on your wedding day but enough about him and back to my beautiful bride and handsome groom

Linette is such a sweetie, when I met her a couple of weeks before the wedding to discuss final details she apologized in advance for the possibility that she might get a bit stressed on the wedding day.  When I arrived for her photographs there was no sign of stress, just jokes and laughter all round – a sure sign that they were made for each other.

On a hot African summer day I always feel a bit sorry for the groom.  I am definitely feeling the heat and I am not even wearing a jacket.  Dennis you braved the heat, never complaining and we got some awesome photographs.

You are two beautiful people, we wish you all the happiness in the world.  Thank you for letting us share in your wedding day!

Sias and Nadine got married at Valley Lodge in Magaliesburg.  What a beautiful tranquil setting to get married in.  As we drove to the venue the skies were cloudy and we were expecting lots and lots of rain.  We planned the shoot mostly for inside but as we came out of the ceremony we were welcomed with clear blue skies.  We had beautiful light, a gorgeous couple and a stunning setting for their romantic photographs.  Nadine is naturally beautiful and together they are a fun, relaxed couple who made for beautiful photographs.

When I arrive at a venue and the reception area are decorated so elegantly and beautiful I immediately know that this is a Cafe Fleur wedding.  I don’t usually do a write-up of service providers but I just had to mention Cafe Fleur.  Their work is of a very high standard an I have never arrived for one of their weddings where everything was not ready hours in advance.  It just makes taking the decor photographs so much easier not even mentioning the amount of stress it takes of the brides shoulders.

Sias and Nadine we enjoyed photographing your wedding.  Thank you for letting us share in your day special day.  Enjoy the preview!

Geoffrey and Joslin had a very special wedding ceremony at the Rivonia Catholic Church and their reception at The Ridge School in Parktown.  What made their weddings so special is the amount of thought Joslin put into all the detail.  Her dream was to have a Carbon neutral wedding.   Joslin’s dress was made from raw silk with button detail on the bodice, they asked the people from their church to donate old white buttons for her dress, pot plants was used for the table décor instead of cut flowers.   All guest had to write down their km reading for the distance travelled on their wedding day in order for them to plant trees after the wedding to offset the footprint the wedding left.

Geoffrey are the Jing to Joslin’s Yang, they fit just perfect.  Congratulations on your wedding.  Enjoy the preview!

Wedding season have now finally got the better of me.  Every weekend I add another beautiful wedding to the one’s that I still have to blog.  I can’t wait to share all of them with you.  So here is the latest one, photographed a month ago at the picturesque Greenleaves in Hartebeespoort.  Five more weddings are waiting to be blogged so I will try and get them up a bit faster Can’t believe how this year has flown by, five more weddings to shoot for me and then Christmas!

But back to my gorgeous couple, Calvin and Eileen.  They are a vibrant, fun loving couple that is just so easy to photograph.  We had a brilliant sunny day once again with clear blue skies and ample opportunity for stunning photographs.  Calvin and Eileen we wish you loads of love for your future together.  Enjoy the preview!