I met up with Debs and Dax at Ellerman House in Bantry Bay a few days before their wedding to do an engagement shoot as well as a stunning boudoir shoot with Debs. We started off with the boudoir shoot while Dax lurked around the swimming pool and by the time we got to the engagement part, I think Debs was all photo-ed out, although I don't think you'd say so looking at these which we took in a couple of minutes in the gardens. Maybe sometime I'll post one or 2 of the more innocent photos from the boudoir so watch this space!

OK, I went hugely overboard on this engagement session...I had suggested to Gail and Ryan something a little less 'pretty' and a bit more 'rustic' for a location, but I nearly went into overdrive when they took me to an abandoned brick factory to do their engagement shoot. I was in heaven.Crumbling burned down walls, piles of rubble, loads of nooks and crannies and even an old skanky green couch. And once again, an awesome and 'up-for-anything-couple' who are so cute together, what a pleasure! 

I'm so looking forward to your wedding next week after having so much fun at the engagement shoot and I'm intrigued to see the cow paddock :-) 

So I promise that next time I REALLY will narrow them down a bit more...here are 'just a few' (sigh):

I met Rizanne and James at the Twelve Apostles Hotel last night to do a bit of a venue scout as well as an engagement shoot.  We traipsed around winding paths of the fynbos garden up to a helipad and down to some parking garages on site - I have to admit that the parking garage inspired me more than the fynbos garden!

Rizanne is a graphic designer and so I'm really excited to see all the cool details she's put together for her wedding next Saturday. Anyway, here are a few photos from last night: 

Rachel and Dan are quite the cosmopolitan couple: she's British, he's Canadian, they met while they were living in Brussels but have now moved to Mumbai in India and thought that South Africa would be an interesting place to have their wedding even though the first time they came here was last week!

So last night we headed out to the beach in Blouberg and I met them for the first time. So chilled out and lovely together, I'm sure that their wedding on Friday at Grande Roche in Paarl is going to be great! 

After doing a family shoot with Leigh Anne's family in December, I knew how fun these guys are and was really looking forward to their engagement session. It really was the easiest thing to do - I basically just pressed the button on the camera as they had fun with each other and messed around. Leigh-Anne's mom is a photographer so she's pretty used to the camera and Steve even LIKES his photo being taken which is a pretty rare amongst the male species! And we managed not to get blown away as we cruised around Kalk Bay's colourful spots. You gotta love that lovely Capetonian South-Easter.

Thanks for a fun afternoon guys - I'm really looking forward to your wedding! 

Marlinda and Guillaume had their engagement a few weeks ago but I haven't had time to update my blog with all the work I've been doing. Marlinda is one of those people who get so excited about photos and has been consistently stalking my site to see if there are any more of her photos online... to no avail! I love it when people get enthusiastic about their images and I told her I'd put at least one online for her to see. I hope this keeps you going for a little while longer until all the photos from your wedding are ready!

Here are just a few from their engagement session on Blouberg beach: 

Charles and Maryke booked me from London so the first time I met with them was to do their engagement shoot and to check out their wedding venues a few days before their big day. They are a gorgeous couple and despite their protests of being 'camera shy', were so great to photograph.

When I first met Lisl, she told me how her and Don really hated their photos being taken. A little while into their shoot, I remarked at how confident Don was (as it's usually guys that hate photos) and it came out that Don used to be a Speedo model! 

It's been a crazy few weeks, travelling up to Joburg a few times, moving home and acquiring two gorgeously crazy lab puppies... so I'm a bit behind on blogging! Apologies to anyone who's waiting for their shoots to come online!

Shayna and Sid had their engagement shoot at the Waterfront... I love shooting there as there is always somewhere different to go and so many different colours, textures, nooks and crannies. Plus there are so many tourists lurking around with cameras just as big as mine so I don't feel like I have a huge 'target' mugging sign pasted on me! 

Anyway, these two just seem so at ease with themselves and with each other and despite the semi-Arctic wind blowing, Shayna managed to look comfortable in her gorgeous strappy dress. The light was just beautiful too, late afternoon light is my favourite. Here are just a few from the shoot: 

I met Shannon and Jason at Llundudno a few weeks back while they were out from Australia manically sorting out details for their wedding next March in Franschoek. Besides almost being blown off  into the sea below, we had a great shoot clambering around the rocks above the beach. A few from the shoot: 

We almost cancelled Claire and Claude's engagement shoot on Sunday as it was raining in the southern suburbs, but it was a completely different day in Camps Bay with not a cloud in the sky and perfect sunshine. We cruised around  the main road and onto the beach and got some great shots.

They are such a sincere and gentle couple to be with and I'm really looking forward to their wedding next February in Cape Town.

When I met Hayley and Pete last year to chat about their wedding taking place in October 2007, it sounded like years away. Now they're up from Joburg to attend to the last minute details for their wedding in Cape Town on Saturday. It was a freezing cold day yesterday so instead of heading to the beach, we decided to go to the Waterfront for Hayley and Pete's engagement shoot. (Apparently the Victoria and Albert Waterfront according to something Hayley saw on TV... although who calls it that I don't know!). 

These guys were so much fun and really got into the shooting vibe... which is quite cool at the Waterfront as despite all the people around, most of them are tourists posing for photos anyway so you just kind of fit in! Anyway, here are a few from the session.  

I went out to Grabouw on Saturday to check out Chris's family fruit farm, where him and Simonne will be getting married next year. Man, what an amazing place, after seeing it, I am especially excited to be shooting their wedding! While being taken to see the various locations for the wedding, we took a few shots:

The whole reason I'm up in Joburg is to shoot Jan and Warren's wedding this Saturday, so it was great to meet them for the first time and find out that they're a fabulous couple!  We did an engagement shoot on  Monday  -  Warren completely hates having his photo taken but I think we got some great shots! 

Yesterday I shot Justine and Justin's engagement session in Joburg. These guys were such a blast -  I had such a great time doing the shoot as they were completely fun and game for anything. They enthusiastically climbed on and into random garden objects and didn't even bat an eyelid at my instructions to get on top of a grader that I was very excited about to be on location.
Thanks for an awesome afternoon, guys - I'm so looking forward to your wedding in December!