Thank you to Liezl for running a tight ship and making sure everything was in and on time

Hayley (Cape Town, South Africa) and Aaron (Texas, USA) both had a calling to fulfill mission work, which lead them to a school in Korea where they met (which involved a love affair with ice cream).  Aaron has the rare talent of surprise and romance that he uses to fuel their loving relationship, keeping it spontaneous and exciting. Haley has an angelic smile that is contagious and uplifting.  The ingredients that these two wonder people bring together is a flop-proof recipe.

Their wedding theme had a special Korean touch to it; with traditional gift bags for the guests and stories about various chapters of from the courtship.  A special dedication was sung at the ceremony by Hayley’s first room mate and bride’s maid.

Haeng un eul bin da

It’s always great when we have South African couples returning back to Cape Town to get married because the day is also about people reconnecting with each family and friends.  For overseas visitors new to Cape Town, it’s a chance to absorb the beauty and gems the Cape Town district has.

Kerry & Oliver are both South African who met in SA during their articles at PwC and then moved to the UK.  We kick off with a wonderful ceremony at the cozy St Nicholas Catholic Church in Stellenbosch before moving over to Lanzerac.  One of the great things that Kerry and Oliver did on their day was to surround themselves with super-fun and super-supportive people…namely their brides maids and groomsman respectively.  I can’t tell you how much fun they made the photo sessions by bring out each others natural personalities which kept the nerves away

Thank you Kerry and Oliver for a most fabulous day!

I must first point out that when these two super-cute, super-fun couple have kids one day they’ll be super-good-looking too!  It’s a blessing to find people like Yolandi & Ludwig and be able to call them friends.

With the sobby stuff outta they way, let me throw some details at you!  We started out at Le Bac Estate in Paarl where Yolandi and her posse of rocking brides maids were getting made up by Iza Cloete (wife of rockstar photographer Rickert Cloete).  It as a total chilled out affair where champagne was free flowing and the girls were giggling (we like our bridal parties this relaxed).

Next stop: Strooidakkerk. in Paarl…where every single church on the main road was hosting a wedding ceremony (as we discovered when guests from other churches made a wrong turn at our wedding).  The highlight of the ceremony was when a tribute song was sung for the couple…Wow! What a powerful voice.  Strooidakkerk has a wonderful garden behind the church which was filed with Agapanthus which set the scene for the group photos and some of the bridal pictures before we headed to the Taal Monument for some architecturally inspired pictures (btw Yolandi is an architect).

Soon we headed back to Le Bac for a night of wining and dining topped off with Italian ice cream instead of a wedding cake (yum!)

I must give a big hand to Barry from Event and Design for putting together the most elegant and  well executed wedding I worked at for some time *Hip-hip*

We kicked the day off with Luke & the boys during their preparations at a B&B.  The guys where such a hoot when it came to the ties (“Thanks for YouTube” is all I can say) We then headed to Camilla and had a great time with her bride’s maids while creating images in a wonderful garden setting.

It was then a quick trip to the Stellenbosch United Church where a fantastic message of love was delivered by the Christ Church pastor.  Camilla has also pulled some strings to have the choir from her school sing some hymns.  The rest of the celebration would take place at Lanzerac Estate where Matt, the best man, would deliver the best best man’s speech ever!

Juliane and Tabitha met while working at a financial company in England about 6 years ago.  Juliane had moved over from Germany while Tabitha is from South Africa.
They both also have a passion for photography and have a portrait, wedding & travel photography business called Just Shoot Me Photography (Yes, shooting a photographer’s wedding adds some pressure…but it’s good pressure  ).

When asked why they decided to get married in Cape Town, they answered which much enthusiasm that they simple love Cape Town, the winelands and our fabulous wine! Spier and Moyo‘s unique and famous African style restaurant is where the wedding was hosted.  We were treated to traditional dancing and music through out the day and I was very excited to be working with the very expressive Kevin Light who would be officiating the ceremony because he married Nadine and I five years ago.

I thoroughly  enjoyed Anri & Christie’s Stellenbosch wedding; we planned for lots of time for photographs and this allowed the days schedule to be very relaxed as there was no need to rush from one event to another.  We have the good fortune of fine weather and the use of Kanu‘s facilities.

I must compliment the entire bridal party and guests for making the experience so easy.  I love how you opened yourselves to me.

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I can honestly say that black-African weddings are the most festive, loads of singing & dancing.  I love the way that each side of the bridal party would try and out-sing the other!

Thoko is gorgeous with her swallows nest veil! So chic!  Mtheza was as cool as a cucumber and super-slick in his gray suit!  These guys have style!

Apart from this being my first black-African wedding, other firsts included:
- shooting the entire wedding in JPEG,
- shooting with a videographer with his own photographer,
- Editing in Lightroom 3
- and, using a texture in a photo.

Highights of the day included:

• The racing figurines on the wedding cake (Makkie & Pierre are avid racing drivers)
• Catching up with old friends
• An awesome slideshow presentation by Makkie’s family….WOW!