Thaba Ya Batswana - Lauren & Wesley put together an incredible wedding, everything about the day oozed with character and style, with Wesley being a graphic designer and Lauren (...and let's not forget her mom!) being a stickler for perfection, the attention to small details was incredible. I could have just posted the pics of the details! 

 

Wesley even created a logo "wesleyloveslauren" that branded all the wedding stationary...it was clear that alot of thought and effort went into it all.  BTW...mom and Dad were instructed, by the couple, to wear latex gloves when handling the wedding stationary.

 

Arriving early I scouted the venue for various backdrops to use for the "creative portraits" and had a couple of options on my list.....and then my biggest fear as a wedding photographer....we ran out of "natural light". Thank goodness the venue had a couple of interesting nooks with some incredible lighting that we were able to use ...that and the amazing sunset have resulted in some great pics!

 

I really had a brilliant time, thanks Lauren and Wesley for having me document your special day. I hope that when you get back to the UK your images will reflect a bit the "African soil" where you exchanged your vows. My only regret? ....that I did not get to see Wesley perform live.....groupies and all! Enough babbling here are the highlights.....        

Being a photographer means that you are privileged, as you get to spend some pretty special moments with people. I feel as if I have some how travelled down a path with Sophia and her "extended" family. They were my first family shoot, three and a half years ago, I photographed her wedding, her sisters' engagement shoot and was recently fortunate enough to photograph Sophia's little bump!

I haven't posted a newborn shoot in a while...so will dedicate this weeks blog to little Matthew. We got some great images and Matthew even fell asleep on the job...a photographers dream! Here are a couple of images from the shoot. I am afraid that I have not had time to get round all my editing so only two pics on this post! Thank you Gys and René for being such relaxed parents! I am sticking with my mood today which is definately COLOUR!  

I second shot again,  two weeks ago,  which meant less pressure on me and more fun experimenting! Ailie and Brett got married at the Moon & Sixpence. I was a little nervous at shooting at the same venue for two consecutive weekends ....I was petrified that I may fall into the "cookie cutter" mould... Gawd help me!

 

Glad to say that their pics turned out totally different....sigh of relief......it seems that each wedding, with it's own unique couple, takes on a "personality" of its own!  (I must be honest and confess that there is one image that does look similar but if you put the two images together they actually look different...and 1 in lets say 400 edited pics that looks almost the same...thats not too bad!)

 

Enough about me...and back to Ailie and Brett.....The only word that can decribe Ailie is "ORGANISED" with a capital "O" from the time I arrived, everything was in perfect order and everything ran ahead of schedulle...which is not the norm...trust me! I on the other hand (YIP... back to me, again!) could not even remember the names of Ailie's bridesmaid's, so I raised the white flag and stuck to "Preggy", "Sexy" and "Sultry".

 

I am once again humbled and honoured that I get invited to participate in something this special where two people exchange their love for each other. Thank you Ailie and Brett! My favourite images...         Snuck this candid in of "Preggy" and her hubby (above)     (PS: I did not realise that I had so many frequent blog visitor's...I update my blog once a week and this is done on either Monday or Tuesday afternoon...depending on how organised I have been!)

The day that my son Oliver has been looking forward to for the last month finally arrived this weekend...his Party! The theme he chose was a "fire engine party"!...Those that know me,  know that I do not do things in halves. So I made fire engine invites,  read up on games on the internet and approached our local fire station to see whether the guys could make a visit. Well what a party it was if I do say so myself!! The local fire team were great, they brought the biggest firetruck they had,  gave the kids a ride in the Fire engine and "showered" our home with their water hose. And as an extra treat for the moms ...we got the best looking firemen too!...mmmmm.....I don't know what it is about men in uniform! (I might try and persuade my son to do the fire engine party again!!! ....purely for his benefit,  you understand!!) A couple of pics...       Oliver doing the obstacle course. Not sure if I the parents appreciated my games ...but the kids had to put out a real fire and rescue a fluffy toy from the tree. Happy Birthday Oliver!!!