Livia & Stefan - Beautiful

When Livia contacted me about her wedding it was pretty normal...then I spoke to her mom and realized "Hey! I know these people!"

Turns out Livia was from my old hometown and my mom knows her dad...talk about coincidence. At any rate, when I met Livia and Stefan and knew immediately that they were going to be great to work with, they both have a snappy sense of humour and are just beautiful people, if I do say so myself.

They are back home now (brrr...) but enjoying their photos all the same.

Marie & Ayinde - A first for the second shooter

For anyone who I've done a wedding for in recent time would have noticed that I now have a second shooter with me, well...most times.

My second shooter is Ayinde, a talented photographer in his own right and for a while the whole engagement thing has been hanging in the air for him and his girlfriend Marie.

So the phone rings yesterday and its Ayinde telling me his master proposal plan and of course, I'm included, after Ayinde realizes that he can't take his own photos :-) so off I go to the secluded spot where Ayinde has orchestrated a perfect "picnic" setting, including appropriate background music.

I came a bit late for the actual proposal but from the afterglow, I could see that things had gone well. I only stuck around for a couple minutes to record the important details because I'm sure they didn't want me spoiling the beautiful "just engaged" ambiance ;-)

Well done Ayinde and Marie.

This was the setting...Marie was actually pretty suprised when I appeared.

The Classic "tick box" proposal and after she said yes, he made her sign just to seal the deal.

The spread

The ring on some leftover grapes

Lina & Linus - A palm tree for my älskling

This was smallest wedding I ever did.

Lina & Linus both very kewl people, Linda, Linus' sis who got some pipes (sang at the wedding) and Linus' sweetheart mom.

A grand total of 4.

I was really happy to do this for them though. From getting tips on RAW photography from Linus to forgetting my camera on the beach (yes i got it back) to ATM shenanigans in the middle of the night, there was no lack of excitement.

And no, I didn't fall into the water this time...

Linus getting a wee bit teary...

...but recovers nicely.

Ah yes...the trees

Just before I forgot my camera on the beach...it was somewhere around here.

Amla & Shayne Two shall become...

If you ever met Shayne you'd understand what I'm about to say. He's the kind of person, you want around all the time...full or Charisma, industrious and witty...luckily, Amla is the sweet, intelligent girl, with the bubbly personality, who keeps Shayne's wit in check.

One thing is certain, they excellent people and they will have a long, lovely marriage.

Oh! The wedding photos weren't so bad either :-)

I must give credit where its due...this was all Shayne's idea, I just happened to have the camera, Big up Shayne!

All through the speeches he was up and down...didn't last the night though