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Galloway Forest Nuptials

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It was a hot February summer’s day.  A Friday with not as much as a breeze in the air.
I arrived at Forrest 44 while The Flower Place were busy working there magic with the decor and flowers.  Everyone of us having a water bottle close by to make sure the summer heat didn’t get the better of us.  This is where I met both mothers – Lydia Boyd and Erica Galloway.  Two wonderful women who have both raised two exceptional individuals.

This wedding celebration was by far one for the books.  The guests and friends traveled from every corner of the world to form part of these happy festivities and unification of two strong families.  It was such a big honour to form part of this beautiful day and over the months prior getting to know Donna and Graeme.  It is something very special when clients turn in to friends.  I wish you both all the best in the future.  I know that every single person who shared this beautiful day with you, love you both dearly from the bottom of their hearts.

 

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Vendors that helped make this wedding beautiful and unique:

Venues:
Reception:  Forest 44
Ceremony: Mountain Breeze Resort

Dress Design: Victor Kok

Decor and Flowers:
Flowers:  The Flower Place
Lights: Lekker Trou

Hair and makeup:  Leanne Muller
Wedding Cake:  D’Vine Cakes

 

String Trio Music: Louisa Theart

 

 

Dornier Estate Wedding Photography

Dunkley Vows

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A Dornier Estate Wedding:

There is something about dark clouds that raises people’s spirits and excitement.  Combine this with a wedding day and you will find emotions high, happy and full of anticipation all round.  This was the mood felt at the Dunkley wedding which took place at the beautiful, Dornier Wine Estate in Stellenbosch.  A beautiful venue at the foot of the Stellenbosch mountains, surrounded by vineyards and forests.  The Dunkley’s could not have chosen a more perfect location.

 

 

 

Thank you to all the vendors who helped make this beautiful wedding special.

 

 

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A Fair Wedding

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Words simply cannot explain.  Goosebumps still let my arm hair raise when I think about the strong sense of love that was so overwhelmingly present on this day.  The ceremony was one of a kind.  Rye-lee looked stunning and beyond and their spontaneous laughter, tears and praise filled the canopy of trees under which they promised themselves to each other.

I want to write a whole book on this beautiful day, but I’ll let the pictures do the talking instead.

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To all the vendors that helped make this day special to the couple:

 

Second Photographer, Assistant, Stylist and Friend:  Seven Quarters Photography 

Dress Design: Glara by Shaun Mattig

Make up: Brushed by Shanna

Hair: Ilana Herbst

Videography: Carla De Villiers

 

 

 

Dornier Estate Wedding Photography

Promises to Keep

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Dornier Estate, Stellenbosch.
Louis & Mareleen.

I am a strong believer that People’s lives intertwine for the right reasons and at the right times to form part of a bigger picture at another point in our lives.
My path crossed with these two beautiful people and I am honestly so blessed to now have made two amazing friends.
Their wedding was perfect from start to finish.  Everything happened as it should have and exactly at the time it should have.  The day’s story took place on the picturesque wine estate, Dornier at the foot of the Stellenbosch Mountains.   Everyone involved in the planning did it with love as all their close friends and family all lent a hand.

 

How special to have formed part of this day.

 

 

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Thank you to all the service providers, friends and family who helped make this wedding so special and beautiful.

Venue:  Dornier Wine Estate

Coordinator: Grant Morkel

 

Videographers: Arno Daiber

Assisting Photographer:  Katie Mayhew

 

DJ: Jacques Anderson / Cape DJ’s

 

Flowers: The Bride’s Family

Decor: Function Hiring 4U

 

Dress: Elrina Marais

 

Stationary: Quo Vadis Printers

Cake:  Bodega Restaurant / Dornier Estate

 

Wedding Favours: Vanilla Bean Bakery

 

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Boats & Birds

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“But you can set sail to the west if you want to
And pass the horizon, ’til I can’t even see you
Far from here
Where the beaches are wide
Just leave me your wake to remember you by

If you’ll be my star
I’ll be your sky
You can hide underneath me and come out at night”
~Gregory and the Hawk

 

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Where stories begin.

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Because sometimes
lying under the trees
& walking barefoot on
the Earth is the most
spiritual thing you
could ever do in
your life.

 

Another one of my favourite sessions.
Jacques and Ilze came down to the beautiful Cape to celebrate the festive season with friends, family and also to have their engagement session.
We started the day by first enjoying a lovely glass of wine together at Rust & Vrede farm in Stellenbosch Valley.  I must admit that I might have gotten us slightly lost on the way there, but it sure did provide us with good fun and laughs when we finally  arrived.
We then made our way over to the most beautiful secret forest, nestled on another wine estate.  Such a gem of scenery!  After a good dose of forests and vineyards we headed down to the beach for a few last minute captures with the peachy blush clouds that painted the sky so beautifully

So here they are, and aren’t they lovely?  Two beautifully young souls so in sync with each other.  Photographing them was such a joy and they made it so easy.  I cannot wait to travel up to Bloemfontein to capture their most beautiful wedding later this year at Warm Karoo and working together with the very talented videographer from Raising Flags .

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Shadow Pup – Portrait Session

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“That’s the lesson of the dogs, that it’s important to both live in the moment and then go on to the next wonderful thing.”
-W.Bruce Cameron, The  Dogs of Christmas.

I had such a lovely time visiting Roxy Hutton of CityGirl Searching down in the small town of Buan.  Roxy is a fellow South African Creative who also resides in South Korea with her husband Dale Hutton and their adorably cute rescue pup, Shadow.
Roxy and I connected via social media and started collaborating on creative ideas and concepts, exchanging tips and tricks  We eventually decided to meet up for a shoot and afterwards we sat down over lots of cups of tea, while playing around in our editing software, sharing knowledge and insight and more cups of tea.

It’s always such a wonderful thing when creatives get together and decide to share their knowledge.  It is so refreshing and inspiring.

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Snowscape

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This was one of the most daring shoots I’ve done so far. Very different from my usual style and genre, but it turned out to be so much fun and such a great learning phase.
My model, Aletta was such a trooper and without her this shoot would never have materialized.  We met a day before the shoot in a Starbucks cafe to throw some ideas around.

And lucky that we did it on this day since the snow came really early this year when it was still relatively hot and it all melted within a day. Originally we had all sort of ideas but we lacked the time to plan it all.  Now we are waiting for the next snowfall to have those ideas come to life.

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