About Me

I am a mother of three boys (three boys, being punished for my sins!) and have been a fan of photography for years. I started shooting weddings seriously about five years ago. With the arrival of my twins, I decided to reduce my working hours in order to spend more time at home with my boys. Using photography to make up for the loss of income was a natural progression.

This is where you will be able to catch regular excerpts of what I am up to...
A Vintage Affair
January 19, 2009 // Engagement / wedding photography

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Katharine:

OMG!!! How on earth did you get to shoot with an olde plane??? These are spectacular! And you know how much I love classic, olde "vintage" engagement shoots. :-)

 (01.19.09 @ 04:31 PM)
Paul:

I will not say any corny things about your work, only this.
A moment of silence as we take in your God given talent and loving passion for what you do.................................
Breath Taking work and oh yes i love your home grown blog.
God bless
Your Under Study

 (01.20.09 @ 01:22 PM)
Cyndi vd Broek:

You just know how, don't you? Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!

 (01.26.09 @ 09:40 AM)
DebbieStrydom:

Simone, this photos look stunning!!! I am so honoured to be your maid of honour!!!!!

 (02.02.09 @ 12:57 PM)
courtney bowlden:

i love these! i would love to know your processing secrets!!! i love this vintage look!

 (01.14.10 @ 04:20 AM)
Melanie Wessels:

Breathtaking - no words

 (06.30.10 @ 10:06 AM)
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Engagement Session, Irene - Kim & Leigh
June 4, 2008 // Engagement
I was hoping on posting these before I left, but things do not always work out as we plan. Pretending to be a monster, chasing the kids down the corridor seemed far more important at the time, than getting a quick post in. So here I sit at Zurich Airport, a day after my deadline, but I'll be dammed if I miss my weekly post! I shot Kim and Leigh's engagement session at Irene Farm last weekend, and here is the proof! BTW: I will have limited access to my emails and will be back in full swing on Monday.      
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Anne:

WOW very romantic pics....gorgeous....can't wait to see the wedding pics....my fav one is the last one......It's like you instinctively always save the best for last......Love it!!!! I love the light "creeping in" ....very interesting and creates a very romantic mood....

 (06.04.08 @ 07:34 PM)
Kate:

I also love the last one best! The light through the barn doors is goooorgeous! I like the one in the greenery too.

 (06.06.08 @ 11:26 AM)
Mario Sales:

Awesome stuff, enjoy the traveling :) Love your work always refreshing to log on and see what you have been up to.
Best wishes.
Mario

 (06.06.08 @ 06:49 PM)
Melissa LaChance:

Andrea,
I somehow stumbled onto your website, and I just wanted to tell you how amazingly talented your are! Your work is beautiful and inspiring!

 (10.05.10 @ 12:14 AM)
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Engagement Photo's
May 20, 2008 // Engagement
"Winter will be quiet", "Winter will be quiet", I kept repeating to myself all year, and here we sit in May, officially winter, and I am desperately waiting for that quiet spurt to "hit me". Had two engagement sessions last week which I will have to upload together in the same post or else you will never get to see them. First up Franco and Bonnie who tie the knot in October. And here are Caroline and Georg's pics who's wedding photographs will follow next week.            
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Anne:

I love #3 and #6....very gorgeous couples.....can't wait to see the wedding pics......

Love them!

 (05.21.08 @ 02:04 AM)
Kate:

I always need ideas for my engagement shoot! Where is the one with the swings? It looks like they're having a blast!

 (05.21.08 @ 03:59 PM)
andreac1:

Hi Kate, it was a blast! Caroline and George chose the Zoo for their session. Although photographically not the best picture, I posted it for that exact reason...it is just a fun image!

 (05.22.08 @ 08:34 AM)
Kate:

Hmmm...zoo..might be a good idea. *Mentally filing it away*. :-)

 (05.24.08 @ 03:40 PM)
principalship:

Principalship says : I absolutely agree with this !

 (06.03.08 @ 07:19 AM)
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Amori & Johan
May 7, 2008 // Engagement
It took us a while to get the venue for the engagement shoot sorted, but it all worked out in the end, another one in a week before the wedding! Thank you both for being so game...Johan wanted grunge Amori, it had nothing to do with me! Your wedding pics next week!  
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Anne:

WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!! I love these....#1 and #4....I honestly don't know why I post on the blog since I say the same things over and over.....scratch that I know....Andrea's biggest stalker.......Fantastic as usual.....I am so sorry that you will just have to get used to me and my repetitive comments since I am not that good with superlatives......Fantastic e-pics!!!

 (05.07.08 @ 05:59 AM)
Jules Morgan:

grunge and flare, bring it on! LOVE no 1 especially.

 (05.07.08 @ 06:57 AM)
andreac1:

Post away Anne!! Stroke the ego!

 (05.08.08 @ 05:27 AM)
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'Lovely Gardens' Part Two
April 28, 2008 // Engagement

Midgethood' comes with all sorts of lessons and many humblings - one of those is NEVER make "famous last statements". 

The sort of things I wouldn't just mention in conversation and then ask you to please pass the mustard. These are statements I would announce LOUD, so that all and sundry would be sure to hear my stance and opinion on the matter, and then to my horror...'all and sundry' would never forget.

 

Statements like:

"I will NEVER use Barney as a babysitter"

"Oh gawd! Dinner at the Spur (enhance by a facial expression of disgust) ...No Thank You!"

"Aventura as a holiday resort...you've gotta be kidding!! All them screaming brats?  You wouldn't see me dead in a place like that! Give me an isolated weekend in the bush."

 

You would think these humbling lessons would have taught me to keep my trap shut.  I somehow ignored this lesson and went ahead with my "Lovely Gardens" post. And of course, it came back to bite me in the bum, enter Steve and Sue. 

 

The brief: she wanted an engagement session (minus the wedding) in a garden setting.  Not only an arty designer, film student and photographer, herself, she was determined on the venue being a "Lovely Garden"...........pure, pure evil... someone must have sent her to play a joke on me, I thought. Well I did it, a whole photo session with not bit of grunge in sight!        

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Sue:

Hehe... Your post cracked me up!

 (04.28.08 @ 04:38 PM)
Anne:

LOL.....I love all the pics....you really have nothing to worry about when it comes to "lovely gardens" The pics speak for themselves....

 (04.28.08 @ 05:38 PM)
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