"So first some backstory, this wedding has been a long time coming, how long you may be wondering? Literally, years before they were even engaged; I'm going to confess something, there was a time that I truly did not believe that Elzette was a potential client, I thought she was a competitor, doing frequent follow ups to steal our package information (jammer Elzette), therefore, needless to say, I was rather shocked when I received an email stating that they were finally enga

"There is no greater beauty in life than the emotion of love, and when a couple discovers that kind of beauty, the type they can see will never fade, it truly is something to be celebrated. Heinrich and Jana are two of those lucky people, two people who met and discovered a love for each other that runs so deep, that they both realised their lives would become empty without it. As photographers, we are witnesses to many weddings, hundreds even, and on a sub-conscience level,

"So another confession, and in this case, an unfortunate one: I have yet to personally meet Davin and Andrea, and that sucks! Because based on our many conversations via email and Facebook chat, as well as just the feedback from my team members, I know I've been missing out. These guys, by the purest definition, are just the nicest people I could possibly have asked to work with. I'll never forget, the day of their engagement shoot; I had been shooting a wedding (I was only b

"I make no secret of the fact that weekday weddings are my favourite, some think that's b ecause it gets me out of the office for an extra day and yes, that is a definite perk, but it's not the first reason that comes to mind. There is a certain theme to weekday weddings, they are usually smaller and more intimate, the couples always seem more relaxed, they are basically just fun to be a part of, case and point - Lawrence and Jana. Lawrence and Jana is any photographer's drea

"Now I've already expressed my fondness for Desmond and Leigh when I wrote the piece about their engagement shoot, but allow me to reiterate that again, these two are not only the perfect couple, but also the perfect clients. Theirs was a wedding we were super excited for, not for the venue, not for the decor...take it all away and it still would have been the perfect occasion, because that's the power of these two together. You meet them, you start chatting to them, and very

"Week day weddings are a personal favourite of mine, the weddings are usually small and intimate, the day usually feels relaxed and, when we're extra lucky, we get to spend it with clients like Scott and Annabelle. Actually, funny story about our first meeting with these two, we met them last year at Mugg and Bean in Stellenbosch. Annabelle had sent me a text, but, as I rarely check my texts, I had missed it. I, on the other hand, had been trying to reach her on WhatsApp, una

"So I'll be honest here, I have never, officially, met Connie or Angelique. I've spoken to them over emails and text, of course, but I have never physically met them in person. And yet, through our correspondence, as well as sorting through their pictures to do this blog post, and, obviously, based on what my team has told me, I do kinda feel like I know them, more importantly, I can tell what they mean to each other. In every single photo, Angelique has a sparkle in her eye,

"So, a little back story, before Natasha became the head photographer at Boland Weddings she was actually teaching photography at a small photography college in Stellenbosch, named 'The Stellenbosch Institute for Photography and Multimedia Studied' (SIPS), and Lisa was one of her students, a student that meant a great deal to my dear colleague. I had not met Lisa or Thomas prior to their wedding day, but having had the pleasure of spending this all important day with them, I

"I'll admit, it took me a while to finally write this blog post and I'm going to explain that with a wedding cliche, "it wasn't that I had nothing to say, it was because I had too much and didn't know where to begin"; I'll openly admit, that's a line I've heard at so many weddings that I find myself cringing whenever I hear those words spoken, and yet, with Craig and Lynn, they are actually 100% true! Craig and Lynn, in the simplest terms, was every wedding photographer's dre

"I, honestly, don't even know where to start describing this day, I mean how do you describe a wedding that got a unanimous vote from their entire crew that this was their favourite wedding of 2018? But, I'll have to try :-) Anchen and Gerhard are one of those couples who simply compliment each other in every way, these two are the kind of people you meet and you kind of just want to be friends with them. Gerhard's sense of humour had me in tears, at both their wedding and e

"I don't usually start these blog posts on a negative, but I guess, in some very rare cases, it takes a negative to make a positive and it takes a truly special couple to do so. Case and point: Morné and Marishka. Only a few hours before their big day was to commence, Marishka and her bridesmaids got the true taste of Africa, when they were robbed in the very room, where, in just a few hours, she would be preparing for the biggest day of her life. So try and imagine that, al

"Since Boland Weddings opened its doors, I have worked on the weddings of lots of friends, many people I truly cared about, but, I'm just going to come straight out and say it: none that were more special to me than the wedding of my, lifelong, friend Meiring (or Jeanette, is that her first name? I forget, I've been calling her "Meiring" since she was 11). To me, this incredibly special lady, is like a little sister, an exhausting one at times, but, nevertheless, one whose ha

"Simply put, Ivan and Nandi were a dream couple, an absolute pleasure to work with and an absolute feast for the eyes. Their big day had been a long time coming, for us as well as them; how long you may be wondering? Well, Nandi had pre-booked us even before Ivan had placed the ring on her finger, this actually went quite well with their proposal story, where Nandi had failed to actually answer, as she got sidetracked dreaming about their table setting. It was simply a quest