Another fleeting second captured, which I once again failed to see during my selection for the Blog. It's funny how, when going about the editing process, I eventually get to see all those small moments that do not always immediately catch my eye for the Blog. I seem to be in too much of a hurry when scanning through about 4,000 thumbnail images; missing small, magical instants like this.
I suppose your wedding day is very much like this: so fast, so exciting, so filled with nerves and emotion, it's all over in the blink of an eye. Given the helter-skelter of any marriage day, I reckon you would also tend to miss some of the seemingly lesser significant moments.
Having shot over a hundred weddings, it's strange I have never photographed a ceremony at Avianto, which does seem to be one of the more popular Gauteng venues.
Every wedding is, of course, different and I love that.
I love the different personalities and circumstances of the day and the genuinely nice people I get to meet. This one involved many, many emotional and tearful moments throughout the day. There was also plenty of laughter to make up for the tears; the mother of the bride being locked in the bathroom; a petal-obsessed flower girl; an ancient Landy; a fun-loving and relaxed couple and a bride looking ever so graceful walking up a muddy hill. . . just so her selfish photographer could capture an image with the moody sky.
Thank you, both of you - we had a grand time.
There she is, an angelic flowergirl very serious about her role on the day...the petals had no chance.
I also love the lavendar field, together with the last one. Wow!
(03.15.10 @ 06:53 AM)I only saw the halo above the angel now...how apt!
(03.15.10 @ 07:01 AM)Gorgeous as always! This was a beautiful wedding with such wonderful people...you captured Nahtalie's loving nature so well, Andrea
(03.19.10 @ 08:07 AM)Stunning stunning stunning. Nahts, you looked amazing and Win ever so handsome. Love you both
(03.19.10 @ 03:32 PM)Fantastic photos, that capture the happy occasion so well ..........
(03.21.10 @ 02:36 PM)I love them! Thanks so much to both of you for capturing all of what was so special to us. I cannot wait to see the rest. From the moment I saw your pics I knew that I wanted you to be behind that lens and finally here we are :) Thank you, thank you, thank you x I thought those "special" pics taken while my mom was locked in the bathroom would be here too :) My sister would kill me! Ha Ha Ha!!
(03.24.10 @ 05:09 PM)Oh and by the way, my shoes didn't stand a chance after that photo shoot! When I got back from honeymoon I had such a chuckle when I saw the state they were in. ANYTHING for these pics though!
(03.24.10 @ 05:12 PM)WOW! WOW! WOW! they are absolutely stunning....nats, you look amazing! the love that we saw on the wedding day has been captured beautifully in the photo's! xxxx
(03.24.10 @ 05:33 PM)I am so glad you like them. Sorry about them shoes, R.I.P.
"My sister would kill me" was the exact thought train that prevented me from posting them.
I do not recall that she was fully dressed?? Or quite looking her best feminine-self, whilst at her rescue mission trying to bash the toilet door open, trying desperately to save the distressed mother of the bride. ;-)
What a laugh!!! Definately not fully clothed but you still HAVE TO give them to me. I'll whip them out one day when it can work to my advantage :) Aaahh, sisterly love.
(03.25.10 @ 04:04 PM)Yes, quite right you two!!! I would kill you both.
Although the the name "Fat pants" has become quite famous now!! He,Hee! A hysterical moment i will never forget. Oh my sussie! These pictures brought me to tears when I saw them. You look exquisite. Andrea, you have captured Nahtalie and Winston perfectly. What a talent you are!!
Wow... an amazing couple, a beautiful day and a fantastic wedding! Thank you for inviting us to share it with you. Your pics serve as the proof of a wonderful future togeter.
(03.30.10 @ 10:52 AM)A while back, I completed a gorgeous shoot for a business named In Good Company, who offer a range of imported linen, tableware decorations and, basically, just lovely things!
I wanted to keep it all quiet until their newsletter was done, dusted and launched and, since it is, I can now finally reveal.
The theme of the tea party set-up was Alice in Wonderland and you can see by the images they went full-out with the styling and props. My first commercial shoot and I absolutely loved it!
More picture on the In Good Company blog.
...and wait! there is more, you can download free printable pdf files used for this bride in wonderland shoot - just click here.
I saw this on the blogosphere last night and got so excited when I saw you'd done the shoot! It's gorgeous! I lurve Alice in Wonderland stuff - we did our last issue of the Splendid Affairs mag with an Alice theme as well. Starting to wish I'd done it for my wedding!
(03.04.10 @ 10:32 AM)really love the theme.. wish more "brides" were so adventurous, you really captured the "fun" in it all...
(03.05.10 @ 04:15 PM)Thank you so much for sharing this! It is absolutely stunning. My events company Creative Collective is currently working on (believe it or not) TWO Alice events :) and this is truly Gorgeous & wonderful inspiration :)
(03.12.11 @ 02:12 PM)I'm not really blogging, because I have a wedding today. I'm just posting one random shot, of Jay and Sarah, which hardly counts as 'blogging'.
In general, I'm not so good with change (I have a tendency to find a comfort zone and to cling to it for dear life).
It was with this in mind I first agreed to present RE.INVENT with Dror, since public speaking is very much outside my comfort zone.
So, you will understand why I was equally nervous (as I was excited) for RE.INVENT, which was convened at The Forum Homini Hotel, yesterday.
Previewing the participants' websites and blogs beforehand did not help the jitters, as I knew we had some serious talent and amazing photographers lined up for the workshop.
We had such an amazing group in attendance, along with gorgeous models, which were a picture of perfection, Gen worked her little butt off to achieve the images the attendees were striving for.
I can't wait to check out the blogs to see what images were captured yesterday. ...and, if anything, I hope that the participants have picked up, that Dror and I attempt to get picture-perfect photos straight out of camera and use PS/Lightroom purely as a an enhancer.
For the first time ever, I can say I took the least amount of shots on the day, as I was more occupied with questions from the photographers themselves.
Naturally, no post without a pic, so here you are - Just one photograph, which I took demonstrating a point to one of the participants.
The first one developed ......in Lightroom. Yes, I discovered a few tips and also tried my hand at Lightroom.
For all those that attended:
Canon 5D | 24-70 2.8
Settings: Aperture Priority, f 4.5, Iso 400, WB Manual.
Processing: Those gradient things taught by Dror and conservative tweaking of sliders in Lightroom (So conservative that I can not, for the life of me remember). No presets used.
In the second, I used the same image and played around with the "darker side"
Love the darker treatment on the second one.
Thanks for a wonderful day, I learnt a huge amount, and it was fabulous to finally meet you IRL!
I would have to say "Ditto" on that, it was really nice to meet everyone!
I will definitely be there for the next workshop. "I hope there is going to be one"
(02.25.10 @ 09:57 AM)Thank you so much, Andrea! I could have stayed there all day asking questions. And it was great to meet you after all these years of blog stalking! :-)
(02.25.10 @ 11:48 AM)Thanks so much for sharing so much with us on Tuesday, you really did answer all the questions we wanted to know. I had a Great time. Thanks again
Thnaks for an awesome workshop. As a new photographer, I really felt so intimidated to be amongst such talented phtographers. I am still mulling over sending my images, thanks again I really learnt so much from everyone.
(03.01.10 @ 08:55 PM)Ah I love this one .
(03.01.10 @ 09:08 PM)I enjoy'd the workshop so much. You realy must consider doing it again, you've realy got no worries about speaking in public. I believe you and Dror impressed us all with skill as well as giving info. I in turn, I was anxious showing my work to such wonderful photographers!
(03.16.10 @ 10:19 AM)
WOW!!! This is absolutely beautiful! xxx
(03.16.10 @ 09:08 PM)So cute!
(03.17.10 @ 12:57 PM)Aaaahhh...just gorgeous!
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