So Cindy and I took a well needed break over the long weekend and braved the rapids around Parys in a rather narrow rubber canoe (I got thrown out), we slept on a game farm, and had a braai for a change. I also tried in vain to catch a yellowfish on fly, but it’s clear that I will have to browse through a few more YouTube videos before I try again.
On the way back we stopped over at my parent’s home and my mom asked me why I’m not working anymore, since she has not seen anything new on the blog for a while. It’s ironic that it is actually because I have been working day and night for the last few months that I have neglected the blog (and my wife) a bit. It takes about a whole day to do a proper blog post, and I feel that the time could be better spent waiting in line at the post office for example (something which I have to do from time to time for studio purposes).
Anyway, I got the message and decided today to go through the process of selecting, editing, and compiling a few images of Mercia and Christoffs wedding which happened at the Moroccan inspired Shokran, east of Pretoria. Probably one of my favourite weddings of the year so far, and at some personal risk to myself, I would have to say that Mercia has been the fairest of them all.
Off to a few photo-journ moments on the wedding day, and then one or two portraits. Possibly a few more pics than usual.
Yes, it was as hot and bright as only an African sun can manage, and of course I sweat an embarrassing amount as usual
More Pretoria weddings
I’m persuaded…here are 4 of my favourites of the Re.invent seminar held last week. I’ll spare you all the details, but do click on the link left if you must know.
Note: I never realised a 50mm can be that wide, all you need is about 20 photographers around a bride and groom for an instant wide angle effect…no converter required.
A fast one from Saturdays wedding in Clarens, just to get the girls all excited.
Aline and Miguel had the first part of their wedding celebration in Venezuela (I received some pictures of that event…it’s pretty darn beautiful over there!). The second part was to be celebrated under an African sky, and therefore enter Thaba Ya Batswana.
They wanted to complete a photo shoot early morning before the festivities began, and I quite gratefully said Amen to that, as it turned out to be yet another scorching hot day with rock solid shadows and white hot highlights for the rest of the afternoon.
Aline and Miguel are one of the coolest couples we have had the privilege of hanging out with so far. After every meeting I had with them, I arrived home smiling and having those silly ongoing conversations with them in my head (is that normal?).
I have a lot of editing to complete at the moment, hence the fact that this post is a week late, and hence the fact that I’m only posting 2 or 3 images for today. OK, maybe four.
Some other news: On Tuesday I got to spend the day with about 20 other photographers, which is VERY rare for me. I mean 20 people in general would already be pushing my social limits, but oh my, 20 photographers! Anyway, it was the Re:invent workshop held at Forum Homini, and hosted by the incomparable Dror Eyal and the queen of detail, Andrea Carlyle 
I still have to submit 5 pics of the day for critique, but hopefully they are the kind of teachers who allow work to be handed in late. I have edited a total of 1 pictures of that workshop so far…
I’m starting to reduce the size of the images that I post on my blog to try and get images to load a bit faster, and to therefore provide a more enjoyable internet experience for ya’ll.
