I get to see so many people declare their love for each other in front of family and close friends. Every single one is special. But Ashleigh and Taegan is one wedding I won’t forget in a hurry. From the moment we sat down at Le Fournil for a coffee until I hugged them good bye at their wedding. It has been nothing but a honour to be in their company. Love is love!
Sherri & Johan’s sunset engagement shoot took place on the secluded beach of Keurboomstrand, Plettenberg Bay. Their Maltese, Valentino stole the show. Can’t wait for their wedding day and doughnut wall on the 27th April 2019!
I am so glad I finally got to meet Shannon and Dawie. We photographed their fun and relaxed engagement shoot at the Cairnbrogie Diary Farm, just outside of Plettenberg Bay in the Garden Route. I don’t think I have ever laughed so much! From trying to create dust, catching the sunset, getting lost in the Blair Witch Project Forest, fighting the wind and of course getting really really close to them. They handled it like pros! All I can say is, ROLL ON 22 JUNE 2019
Some times a wedding is just that, a wedding. A simple act between two people who have known each other nearly their entire lives. Who share a daughter and have made a home with their other children. Each one dear to them. When Angela emailed me, I had no idea how secret this wedding really was. Their “excuse” to come to South Africa was to meet up with Angela’s brother and his family and made a holiday of it. Meanwhile. Angela has meticulous planned their destination wedding at Emily Moon, in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. After the “I do’s” were said they messaged their kids and told them they got married and switched off their phones. #howEPICisthat!
New Locations, EPIC FAMILIES!
The van Dyk Family Shoot took place at Groot Brak just outside Mossel Bay. What a stunning beach for a family shoot.
The Engelbrecht Sister Family Shoot took place at The Wreck in Plettenberg Bay. Once again we had stunning Robberg Nature Reserve backdrops!
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2018 was one crazy, amazing, adventurous, surreal, wonderful, creative rollercoaster of awesomeness! I am trying to figure out what I did in January and one of my favourite moments was sipping Newstead Bubbly at Constantia Gardens whilst watching Angus and Julia and deciding after one glass too many that I am going to go up to the stage and pretend I am a photographer, while it worked and I got so close to the front. There I was drooling over Angus and thinking, this is why I walk around with a HUGE camera! The next minute I was in Thailand drinking fruit smoothies and nearly adopting Jasmine to speedboating around Bond Island and “The Beach” beach. Redesigning my website and probably one of the most important lessons I learnt, NEVER ever design your own website again! I have added a few new grey hairs! Witnessing more continued love stories in forests, beaches, vineyards and churches. Fighting all kinds of gayle for winds (nearly lost a bride on a mountain!) and extreme heat where I literally wanted to melt into a puddle. Because my life isn’t chaotic enough, I decided I needed another fur baby, welcome Pee-Pee-ling. The chaos you bring is the good kinda chaos my precious little one. From your muddy paws to morning growls. Insert the BIGGEST heart eye emoji here!
Plettenberg Bay has been the coveted wedding destination town along the Garden Route for a good of years now and its really hard to argue otherwise. Plettenberg Bay has endless natural beauty and I am still discovering new wedding venues and reliable vendors.
That little Sailor Outfit – Insert heart eyes emoji!
I have truly been the luckiest photographer this season. There is something so special about “little” families that I just can’t get enough of. And having spent some time with Konstant, Yvonne and the cutest little dude Neil on the stunning and beach on Noetzie in Knysna reminded how precious these shoots are! Noetzie never fails providing stunning backdrops of the castles, those orange rusty rocks, we found a little “green patch” and of course the ocean. During the shoot I was wondering why people don’t come here and then we had to walk back up those stairs, I lost count after 50 stairs. #workoutdonefortheday
