So on Wednesday a guy bashes into my rear-end, I crash into the guy in front of me and my car is completely out of the league. On Thursday someone takes me to Pretoria to fetch my brother-in-laws car so I have some wheels, but the car has been standing for over a year and the battery is a gonner and the carburettor is a mess, so I’m push starting my way back to Jozi and eventually make it in one piece. Friday morning we got the battery sorted and a temporary replacement carb and we are on our way to Stilfontein for Carlo and Franciska’s wedding.
I was out numbered about 1/12 (men to women) at the house where Franciska was getting ready, and felt a bit like I was on the endangered species list. I did survive though, Franciska turned out to look stunning and in the end I felt rather privileged to have been there.
From there on the way to the church I took note of the vast open land, of the light that was turning into something dreamy, and of the fact that I started to get that buttery feeling in my stomach as the excitement built up. All with good reason I must say, as the images turned out to be absolutely spectacular.
a little splash of colour
yeah, rocking the floor on your wedding day is now officially an acceptable way to entertain your guests
this photo’s gotto remind you of 50′s Hollywood, beauty spot n’ all
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Alright Ben, it’s almost dark, rain just bucketed down, you are driving at 100km/h with a camera stuck to your face, AND YOU ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD GOING OVER A BRIDGE! Are you kidding me?
This one was on my first trip of 4 this month to the Potch/Stilfontein area, 3 of them are wedding related, and it always seems to be raining on the way there…and the sky is always breathtaking, and I later discovered that I scanned the negatives in backwards…so I WAS okay afterall.
Check out Franciska and Carlo’s wedding photographs soon, happened yesterday, in Stilfontein (North West Province).
I partnered up with Dror again this weekend to photograph De Clercq and Madels wedding at Anderland, one seriously awesome wedding venue (the best I’ve been to yet) and would highly recommend it if you were planning on getting married in the Potch area. Besides the whole old forest feel of the venue (especially when it’s raining weather), the very beautiful and very spacious chapel area (that pulpit kept reminding me of the pulpits used by old Scottish preachers like John Knox and other protestant reformers) they also have some stunning old wedding photographs they got from the Potch museum hanging in one of the banquet halls. I think they were from something ridiculous like the 18oo’s or so…really cool stuff.
The guys were uber cool to hang out with, and Madel looked pretty amazing in her fantastically detailed vintage dress. The year has truly started off well, I’m really looking forward to the rest of it.
The rest of our evening after the wedding turned out to be pretty bizarre, but I will let Dror tell you the story on his blog, he seems to like doing that kinda thing, and of course he has some stunning images on there as well.
Ben Viljoen Photography, Anderland Wedding Photographer
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