Vrede en Lust was certainly the perfect Cape wine farm at which to celebrate their wedding day! The mountain views from this spectacular wine farm are something any guest visiting from abroad will remember forever.

I can’t tell you how much I loved photographing this laid back couple on their big day! Most of Rienne and Johan’s guests flew over from Australia to be there and it was amazing to witness so much love and happiness from friends and family for this ridiculously awesome couple!

Rienne and Johan, thank you so much for choosing me to come and photograph your wedding day for you, I wish we could go back and do it all over again!

When an ice cream truck (The Soft Machine) pulled up for dessert, I nearly died. Tooo cool!

Venue: Vrede en Lust, Franschhoek

Make-up & Hair: Alicia Buckle (bride), Sanmarie Botha

Dress: Martina Liana (Australia)

Flowers: Fleur Le Cordeur

Decor/Hiring: La Maison, Urban Tonic, All Events Hire

Stationary: Hen & Co (USA)

Catering: Vrede en Lust

(Cheese) Cake: Fairview (DIY assemby)

Ice Cream truck: The Soft Machine

Live music: Me and Mr Brown, amaAmbush Marimba band

Second shooter /Assistant: Wesley Vorster & Claire Nicola

I loved this couple from the moment I met them, when I photographed them for their engagement shoot (here) and theirs was a wedding I was really looking forward to being a part of.

It was an elegant white wedding at Tanglewood Stay in the gorgeous Wellington winelands and Izandi and her team from I DO did a wonderful job at coordinating it all.

Here are a few of my favourites from the day..

We headed over to Kleinevalleij down the road for a few shots on this pale dusty road that I so love..

Wedding venue: Tanglewood Stay, Wellington

Hair & Make-up: Marli Basson

Dress: Lady Marmalaide

Wedding Coordinator: Izandi Serdyn from I DO

Flowers & Decor: N Concepts and Designs

Cake: The Birdcage Cafe

Catering: Tanglewood

Live music: Werner Denner

Assistant: Claire Nicola

I was lucky enough to be at their beautiful wedding, held at Rockhaven Farm in the Elgin Valley. I had a very proud Capetonian moment when, during the speeches, it was pointed out that out of all the guests present, only about five of them were from Cape Town, everyone else had traveled far and wide to be there!

One of my favourite moments of the day was when, just after the ceremony during the cocktail hour, Emily arranged for a surprise fly over by one of Bruce’s friends who is also a Pilot, he did the most amazing stunts and Bruce was absolutely gobsmacked at Emily’s amazing surprise!

A special thank you to Emily and Bruce for being so patient to see some of their wedding photos (and to my couples who’s photos will be on the blog soon) as I have had a recent back injury which annoyingly has made sitting down for more than 5 minutes at a time near impossible (Murphy’s law, I can do everything but sit!), which is not ideal for editing!

Happy Thursday gorgeous people! I hope you enjoy some of my favourite photos from Emily and Bruce’s beautiful day in the Elgin Valley..

Wedding Coordinator: Creation Events – Theresa Lazarevic

Wedding venue: Rockhaven Farm

Hair & Make-up: Candice Leigh

Dress: Lady Marmalade

Bridesmaids dresses: J Crew

Flowers: Paradiso Flowers

Catering: Rockhaven Farm

Assistant: Claire Nicola

Valery and Art’s wedding day was an exquisitely beautiful affair. Friends and family traveled far and wide to be there to celebrate with them. Val and Art come from wonderfully warm and welcoming Russian families and these guys sure know how to throw a good party! You might remember Valery and Art from their engagement shoot not so long ago, you can take a peek at that here. 

Valery is a wedding coordinator by profession and her amazing attention to detail and modern romantic style was evident throughout the day. My camera and I enjoyed every minute of it! If you’d like Valery to coordinate YOUR wedding, you can get in touch here! Valery has a warm and familiar personality and is the most gentle and kind woman, I’m not the only one who thinks so, it was a common theme during the speeches.

Art looked totally dashing in his white tuxedo and Val and Art’s little baby boy, Max, couldn’t have looked cuter in his black bow tie, even if he tried!

Tanglewood is an absolute dream venue to work at for any wedding photographer, the light and airy spaces to work with are amazing. I can’t recommend this fabulous Wellington winelands wedding venue high enough to any bride on the hunt. ‘Modern elegance’ are words that come to mind when I think of the feel of it.

I LOVED the delicious wedding favours (Honest’s, raw organic chocolate spread) and I sat at my computer with a spoon in my jar whilst editing these photos! Only fitting, I say!

Val and Art, I hope you enjoy looking through these and thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for having me there to photograph this most beautiful day!

l and Art’s baby boy, Max, was there to make sure everything was ‘just so!’

Sebastine worked her magic and Valery loved it!

Valery, you are so beautiful. Inside and out.

We hopped in the car and went down the road to Kleinevalleij for some ‘golden’ portraits..

Ever the wedding coordinator, Valery couldn’t help take a sneak peek before the guests. Everything was perfect!

MOST awesome first dance! Tango time baby! Love the look of delight on their guests faces!

Valery’s dad also wanted to dance with his girl!

Thanks to all the following fantastic service providers who made pretty photos possible!

Venue: Tanglewood, Wellington

Wedding Coordinator: Valery (bride) from Agape Weddings

On the day coordinator: Cara Lee from Mosaic Weddings

Dress: De La Vida Bridal Couture

Shoes: Lanvin Paris

Brides jewelry: Swarovski

Make-up: Sebastine Pepler

Hair: Chad Lourens and Celeste Kolver

Grooms Suit: Separate pieces bought in Italy

Grooms shirt: Spaghetti Mafia

Grooms shoes: Salvatore Ferragamo

Grooms bow tie and braces: Robert Daniels

Flowers: Okasie

Decor & rentals: Okasie, Urban Tonic, Think Living

Lighting: Something Different

Stationary: Lara Designs

Wedding Favours: Honest Chocolate

Catering: Dish Food & Social

Bar services: Blend Eventlife

Cake: Roxanne Floquet

Dance Lessons: The John Hamman School of Ballroom Dance

Videographer: Vision on Fire

Live music: Medditerenean Trio – Good Music, DJ Rene

Second shooter /Assistant: Wesley Vorster & Claire Nicola – THANKS GUYS!

Natasha is a friend of Valery & Art (see their engagement shoot here) and while she was visiting South Africa from the Ukraine for Valery and Art’s wedding (photos from that coming soon!), she wanted to have some sunny beach portraits to take back to a very snowy, cold home.

Natasha is insanely gorgeous and I really had the most awesome time photographing her!

Claire..

Thank you for always being upbeat and the perfect right hand gal during long, hot wedding days.

Thank you for running ALL over the place to get things for me, most of which I don’t end up using!

Thank you for letting me do light tests on you, even when you’re not feeling fabulous & in the middle of your dinner!

Thank you for being kind and personable to all my clients, their families and their guests.

Thank you for keeping me entertained on loooooong drives/flights to and from weddings.

Thank you for calming me down and being my voice of reason when I get myself into a tizz!

Thank you for feeding and watering me! I’d wilt on wedding days without you.

Thank you for always carrying lots and lots of stuff for me.. reflectors, veils, jackets, bags, bouquets and balloons!

Here’s to a very happy birthday and lots more weddings together!

Xxx

And what’s a blog post without a few photos!?…

You keep holding that pretend knife girl..

When I said Claire feeds me, I meant it quite literally..

After a beautiful garden ceremony, all the guests went on to have a wine tasting whilst I took a couple of couple portraits. We then all joined the guests for a sumptuous lunch on the manor house verandah and ended the day off with live music and a pool side soireé.

As always, here are a few of my favourites..

Erin’s bridesmaids were VERY excitable!

Flowers in the foyer really went the extra mile to get those little blue numbers all the way from Johannesburg..

Erin, you’re a timeless beauty!

While the girls finished up, the boys hung out and secretly stuck Powerball tickets under all the guests seats!

LOVED Erin’s shades, perfect for that poolside soireé

Erin, you are too much fun!

We snuck off for a few more portraits to end off this beautiful day!

Venue: Grand Dedale, Wellington

Hair & Make-up: Nandi Fourie

 Brides shoes: Kate Spade

 Bridesmaids dresses: Jenny Yoo

Flowers: Flowers in the foyer

Decor/rentals: Deecor Rentals & Flowers in the foyer

Catering: Grand Dedale

Cake: Roxanne Floquet

Live Music: Palm Strings and Charlie King band

Photographers assistant: Claire Nicola

I am in love with everything about this wedding… The navy blue and pink colour palate. Lisa’s elegant and understated lace and silk Robyn Roberts gown. Bunny boutonnieres. A crush-worthy cake. Romantic and meaningful boathouse nuptials. A sweet, sweet maid of honor crying her way through before mentioned boathouse nuptials. Fresh, gorgeous farm style treats. Best grooms speech. Ever. A teary eyed best man. And the most fantastic party on the dance floor to end off the perfect day that was Lisa and Dirk’s wedding day.

Lisa and Dirk, I love, love, loved being there to document this day for you. You are wonderful together!

Venue: Rockhaven Farm

Hair & Make-up: Lisl Boshoff

Dress: Robyn Roberts

Bridesmaids dresses: Mango

Bridesmaids shoes: Country Road

Brides shoes: Lilikoi (the bride actually painted them blue!)

Grooms suit: Trenery

Grooms shoes: Country Road

Groom’s boutonierre: Amelia from Whimsy

Flowers: Paradiso

Decor & hiring: Bride & brides mom, 4 Every Event, Paradiso

Catering: Rockhaven Farm

Cake: Koekies & Cream

sweet table: Brides (twin chef) brother :)

Photographers assistant: Claire Nicola

I absolutely loved photographing these two and couldn’t have asked for a more perfect spot or light to photograph them in! Thanks to Marsel Roothman for assisting me on this one, you’re a rockstar!

Happy Monday gorgeous people!

It was such a pleasure photographing this relaxed and beautiful day for this super sweet couple at Lourensford and I wish Luandré and Arno so so SO much happiness in the decades to come!!

Venue: Lourensford Wine Estate

Dress: Brides mother

Shoes: Nine West

Hair & Make-up: Helga Strydom

Flowers: Paradiso Flowers

Cake: Kanya Hunt

Videographer: Desert Rose Productions 

Wedding Coordinator (On the day): Maudre from Kraak

Photographer’s assistant: Claire Nicola