This week came and went WAAAAY faster than I expected.

So, when I got up this morning and was going over my emails and admin, I suddenly realised....OMG....I haven't posted in 8 days!...GASP!

 
So, being gravely overdue with my blogging responsibilities, I decided to check in and introduce Candice and Trent, who were married at the Hertford Hotel - you may remember their engagement shoot from not too long ago.

Thank you both.  It was a fantastic wedding with a great party and a lot of heart throughout the day - my gratitude for inviting us to share it with you.

And, finally, no question, Derek and Kerry-Anne also need a mention.   It was good to see you and nice to know that married life has not changed you - you are both as wild as you were on your wedding day. Derek may have been a little more wild!

Them Pimms & lemonade look as delicious and refreshing as they were on the actual day. We ignored the water and snuck one in!

Picture below taken by Ursula

Once again a rushed picture selection, I am sure there are many more crackers lurking in the Candice & Trent folder that will get onto the blog at a later stage - as there was a very dramatic sky indeed, coupled with a very cool and relaxed couple.

The area in which we live is virtually a little countryside village, surrounded by mature trees, an abundance of birdlife with watercourses throughout -  a fact you've probably already gathered by the amount of pictures posted of the kids.

Our green dreamland is tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the city and yet the "city" is a mere five-minute drive away.

OK, the house may be in dire need of a make-over, but, for us, we have found our home. I pinch myself everyday how very, very lucky we are.

Two of the short one's on yet another ladybird quest...

You may have to call in the Photoshop police - as I may have got a wee bit carried away. I do not usually add fake elements to images but I downloaded some brushes for a project I am working on and found a butterfly brush. I experimented.  So that butterfly is not real, Oliver is actually holding a ladybird. 

One of the things I must confess to here and now (sssssssshhhhhh. Do not spread the word)  is - I do not count images, since I am not a bean counter. In fact, I will never be a bean counter.

I realise my packages do stipulate a minimum number of pictures to be handed over and that defined number is always met.

In reality, the couple receive all the best images from the big day, which isn't, by any means, a quantifiable number - it quite simply depends on how many great images were captured on the day itself.

That is why editing sometimes takes a little longer.

It is going to be quiet on the blog front this week.

We have baked our spiders (which look nothing close to those photo's), painted tombstones, ordered the smoke machine and are very busy tranforming the Carlyle residence into the House of Horrors.

Halloween this weekend.

It's always such an honour (and a tad nerve-wracking) when a high profile Johannesburg photographer refers us, so the pressure was most definately on!

Ursula and I headed out to Memoire and when we saw the awesome sky, we knew exactly where we were going to head for the photos - there was also a must-have we left 'til last.

I realise the burnt veld and the final location did raise an eyebrow or two, but, I am sure you will agree, it was worth it!

Samantha (and Sergio), you guys are legends, conquering rough, burnt terrains, dust storms and a dodgy shebeen, with a few intoxicated onlookers.

Thank you for trusting us on our jaunt out for such a great set of images - we can't wait for you to see the rest!

I love the 'shabeen series' - I will have to post more a little later.