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Sam and Malcolm, what can I say – you guys are legendary!! ‘Fun’ doesn’t even begin to cover it all! I know it felt like the hottest day on the planet but I think the photos just show you two looking radiant and that’s the way I remember it! Happy and together through it all What a stunning day – from the flowers to the dress to the church and the speeches – you guys had it all with some dance moves to spare Wow and again… I hope you love the photos and I’m so thrilled you picked me to share your day For awesome Photo Booth photos from the wedding have a peek here. Assisted by Linda Fourie

Here are some of the original pics from the Wedding Inspirations magazine shoot with Wedding Concepts. Such a fun shoot and such a super group of people on the day! Watch out for the Bruilof feature on Heike from Fleur le Cordeur who did the flowers. Fun having a film crew on the set of our photo shoot

What a beautiful end to a beautiful tale of love and laughter(!) That is just Simoné and Anwar all over! Since their Lovebirds engagement shoot I’ve been looking forward to their fun-filled wedding day and when I heard Pancakes was set to walk down the aisle as the ring-bearer I knew this was going to be a Simoné classic! The whole day was put together with the usual expert precision and incredible attention to detail of Nadia Strauss from 4 Every Event (I like to think of her as one of the Western Cape’s doyennes of the wedding industry ). This really was a unique day – enjoy the photos…

OK, so I know this is a longer post than usual, but I just can’t help myself – I mean look at all the colour!! This gorgeous, eye-popping wedding was the joining together of two special people who have known each other since she was 16! They have two BEAUTIFUL kids together which, I think, made this day all the more memorable – what a wonderful thing to be part of your own parents’ wedding? So special. Deb put the most amazing amount of effort into this colourful celebration and along with her super-lovely sister Kenda and the genius team at Elgin Weddings they pulled off something incredibly unique Enjoy the pics…

Karen and Adrian are an amazing couple, not least for being able to pull off a wedding in only a few weeks! No fussing around – just them, their loved ones, a church, a beautiful restaurant, some vines and a view Doesn’t that sound perfect??? Karen got ready at the exquisite 5 star Marine Hotel in Hermanus, and after the ceremony everyone moved up to the stunning restaurant at La Vierge, run by star chef Shane Sauvage. It doesn’t get better than a perfect day in the Hemel-en-Aarde valley. Karen and Adrian, I hope it was a beautiful day to remember for you both

Ines and Markus are another phenomonal couple who organised their wedding from overseas (Germany in this case) with the help of some wonder-workers out here: Jen and Nici from Zest Catering and Marina and Tina from Elgin Weddings. They celebrated their big day with just twelve of their family and closest friends who all flew out to be there. Wine tasting, balloon flying and trampolining, all in German, made this an awesome wedding I won’t be forgetting Beaumont Wine Farm – another awesome occasion, guys!!! I hope you enjoy the photos – between Ines’ supermodel good looks and Markus’ cheeky smile they were a total joy to photograph!

Oh, I love my job! This was the happy, laid back and loved up wedding of two awesome people. Heather and Adrian live in London and organised the whole thing from afar with the help of the super-talented girls from Elgin Weddings and the ever-awesome team at Rockhaven Farm. The details and decor were so well thought out and the brides dress was one of the most stunning I have seen (so glad we didn’t have time to do a  ‘Trash a Dress’ shoot – I don’t think I could have brought myself to do it ). I hope you enjoy the photos and, as always, feel free to comment…

Nicky & Marc were married at South Hill on a crisp autumn afternoon among the vines. When we first started talking about what they wanted, in terms of the wedding photography, it was clear straight away that their gorgeous kids were also going to be the stars of the show! Relaxed, casual and very family friendly were the order of the day – not too much looking at the camera, posey posing! I love this kind of wedding so much – it’s all about the details, the smiles, the tears and the small moments… p.s Don’t you just love her shoes?!

I’ve just been going over some work I’ve done this year as a second shooter and thought it may be worth it’s own post. Second shooting isn’t something I’ve done much of, but when Christine Meintjes emailed me to see if I was free to help with some weddings I jumped at the chance – Christine, as I am sure you all know, is something of a force in the wedding photography scene of South Africa – a force of creativity,  the ideas and cogs behind umpteen business initiatives, mentoring programs and the fantastically useful Kiki – an industry-galvanising website that aims to help and inspire photographers through open forum and available resources to build and promote their own businesses. It also helps that Christine and her husband Iaan are some of the most super and delightful people you’ll ever meet Apparently you can have it all

So with camera in hand I wandered, a little blind, into the world of second shooting – and I’m telling you now that it’s not for the faint hearted! I had wrongly assumed this may be somewhat of a stress-free way to shoot more weddings, but what I hadn’t figured on is that it’s a totally different ballgame to what I’m used to, shootings weddings for myself!

Second shooting is all about trying to find a different approach – sure, a lot of it is carrying bags (which I have done plenty of in my days of assisting!!), cleaning and changing lenses, carrying drinks and keeping out the way while staying in armshot – but more than that it’s about trying to find another angle that the principle photographer isn’t covering, ferreting out details they wouldn’t have time to shoot, catching granny at her best and the kids at their cutest, shooting the bridesmaids while they aren’t looking, capturing the behind-the-scenes action and tears quickly wiped away before anyone’s seen them… And all this while paying 100% attention to what your photographer needs now and what she may need in 5 minutes – which lenses are likely to be needed next, how many memory cards do you have left for her and have you been keeping tabs on how far along she is with the one she’s using? – she can’t miss that vital shot when her card’s run out and you are snoozing!

For anyone looking to second shoot, I think it’s important to make the distinction between being a help for your photographer and creating more work for your own portfolio. This isn’t about your portfolio – sure, you have an invaluable opportunity to work with people that have a wealth and depth of knowledge that far outstrips your own, and will hopefully help to inform your future picture taking – but rather it’s about augmenting their work for the day and just being plain helpful! My advice for you would be to rest up – it’s going to be a busy day! And smile! A lot! You are really going to enjoy it!