I got some film back from the lab yesterday. We took a cheap film camera with an underwater housing along to Mauritius, mainly to photograph fish and stuff while snorkeling…that’s until we had the cool idea of photographing the boys underwater in the swimming pool instead. I burned about three frames when I realised that the underwater housing is leaking and the mission was aborted.
Got in one or two sweet shots though, of which this one is my favourite…
It’s Monday morning and a very gloomy stay-in-bed-with-movies-and-pizza day indeed, but I need to get out into town to pick up a few products for my clients.
I’m going to try and squeeze in a pic or two from Saturday’s wedding before I’m off though.
Foxwood House in Houghton was the venue of choice for Derek and Fran’s wedding, and the perfect one at that for their laid back classic personalities. There are some seriously old stuff lying, growing and hanging around that property, and the only regret I have for the day is that I didn’t spend more time browsing around the old house. I’m definitely signing up to receive updates on what’s happening there in terms of theatre etc. It seems like a good date night to me. It’s romantic, after all, people get married there!
Some quick ones before I get cleaned up to face the world outside. I see it started drizzling now…so glad the English cricket team got their butts kicked yesterday already 
For those who are interested/concerned, Owen (the videographer) was not in my way. I chose to use him in my composition this time as he adds some visual interest to the photograph, and also leads the eye naturally towards the bridal activities taking place in the background.
Fran, I trust that by now you know where you will spend your honeymoon, hope it’s kick-ass!!
I suspect it’s about time to blog something about the Edozie celebration of December.
In a nutshell, here is what happened. Boy meets girl, girl marries boy, boy and girl lives happily together for 10 years, boy and girl decides to celebrate their love and blessings with their closest friends and family in paradise on some exotic island in the Indian ocean.
Another boy and girl gets to tag along and document the whole party on camera…awesome!
Day 1: Santa came, too much food (and at times drinks) were consumed, and a swimming pool was thoroughly churned up.
Simon says, “Whitney Houston”
I’ll admit that getting into the pool with my new 5D without an underwater housing may not have been the sanest thing to do, especially with kids around…but then, I got some cool pics.
Day 1 of 3 toasted with dancing, champagne and a sunset boat cruise over the crystal clear Mauritius ocean.
This moment sums up the weekend for me
Cindy mentioned that this blog post needed a woman’s touch, and I think she is right, but since Cindy is not here right now, and since I feel overwhelmed with guilt for not posting anything sooner, here goes.
Actually, I think the pictures, and perhaps my slightly lame title, speak for themselves, but I will still let Cindy have the honour of writing something, and in the meantime, enjoy the visuals.
Ben and Elzette tied the knot at Diep in die Berg, on the Pretoria side of the world.
We are back from Mauritius!
Right now I’m just busy backing up the thousands of pictures, sifting through some mail and checking once in a while to see if Cindy is managing Ok with the tons of washing. I cannot wait to sit down and actually browse through the images.
Here is one of the last ones I took the evening before we left. I really thought that I would be able to do the bright blue water, saturated beachy images, like the ones you see in the travel catalogs, but apparently I just cannot see images that way. I will try again with the wedding pics. For now though, just a rather dramatic portrait of a boat .
We stayed on the other side of those cliffs (le Morne), in the town of la Gaulette. Ropsen provided some excellent accommodation for us. I would highly recommend him if you want to go self catering on a budget.
