Craig & Candice - The Family Jack

There's been a fair amount of discussion about this pending arrival.  In December, Craig and Candice are to become parents to a beautiful little boy.  We were contacted last week about doing some photo's as it is so near to Candice's due date and they realised that they don't as yet have any pictures of her / them.

If little baby Jack is as laid back as his folks were on this shoot, living with him should be a breeze.

We don't usually take on this kind of photography, we're usually all about engagements and weddings, but for Craig and Candice we were more than happy to give it a go.

The Pietermaritzburg Botanic Gardens makes such a beautiful backdrop.  I recommend it to anyone wishing to have family or couple photographs taken.

Here's to Craig and Candice.  Plus baby makes three!

Old Balgowan - It's all in the fine detail

Old Balgowan is the newest wedding venue on the Midlands Meander and it's exquisite!  Every last detail has been thought of and if not yet implemented, it's in the works.

a Guy & a Girl photography very nicely asked the owner of Old Balgowan if we could venture up there for the next few weekends doing wedding venue photography on behalf of them in order to get some superb shots for our portfolio and of course, which they will be able to use for their website.

The great thing about Old Balgowan is that it's not just a wedding venue...  No no, Old Balgowan has a shoe factory (Born in Africa) which produces Shisheka shoes among many others and also, a newly added winery, distillery and brewery.  The great thing about all this is that while the bridal couple heads off to take their photo's, the wedding guests can go to wine and sherry tastings or even indulge in some retail therapy...

Back to the reason we're here though, the wedding venue...

The venue hire includes use of the Old Balgowan Wedding Chapel situated 10m away from the reception venue which can seat 300 guests.  The stained glass windows add a lovely touch of romance while the bridal couple are wed under the lovely quaintness of the thatch roof.

And just 10m away from the chapel is the incredible reception venue with it's glamorous satin drapping and exquisite leather seats (these cannot be classified as chairs!).

All the small, finer details look perfect against the satin and fairy light "sky".  How dreamy...

Turquoise was the colour of the day and the brightness of it just made the details pop against the Old Balgowan backdrop.

For those interested in finding out more about Old Balgowan Farm and the many things it has to offer, head along to their website at www.oldbalgowan.co.za or email the events co-ordinater, Judi at weddings@oldbalgowan.co.za


Enjoy the read, chat soon
Denise & Rainer

EOS Roadshow

On Saturday this girl and her guy were lucky enough to attend the Durban leg of the annual Canon EOS Roadshow.  There were fab talks by two guest speakers, Lee Slabber and Trevor Hardaker, but for me the most exciting part of the day was the "launch" if you will, of the brand new Canon EOS 1DX.

The camera model was announced in mid October but now it is available to purchase.  While I'll need to save my pennies for a long time before I can afford one of the beauties, I'm sure those who can afford them are already waiting in line.

I won't bore everyone with the finer details of the camera (believe me, there are so many fine details to this camera and those in the know, prepare to be blown away) but for those interested hop along to the Canon site where you can read up on the specs.

Happy reading
Denise & Rainer

Getting our ducks in a row

Well it seems that all our ducks are falling into place and we've just updated our blog with our new price list!  Exciting times I tell you.

If you're interested in hiring us for your big day head along to our new packages page to see what we have on offer.

If you want to ask us some questions or simply send us some love then go to our contacts page or email us.

Look forward to hearing from you (unless you're a nasty spammer - you can stay away)
Denise & Rainer

Beach Engagement: Shane & Melissa

With the sun beating down and the wind howling, blowing hair and sand everywhere, we knew we'd have a tough shoot on our hands.  But perfect conditions can never be expected (in fact as a photographer you always prepare for the worst) and so we persevered.

Taking photo's of people who love to have fun, makes working not feel anything like work.  Shane and Mel sum that up perfectly.  An hour and a bit spent taking photo's under less than perfect conditions, flew by with  Shane's numerous jokes.

Usually on shoots like this it takes the couple a little while to get into posing and "acting" in front of the camera.  There's the awkwardness and shyness and usually the first few shots are a bit crooked.  Na ah, not this time.  Even more surprisingly, Shane was extremely comfortable making eyes at the camera.

This is one of the first photo's we took during the shoot...

Eventually Mel got the giggles because of Shane directing her to "look this way, "stare out to sea", "let's both look at the ground".  This fabulous art direction forced Shane to admit that he'd been watching America's Next Top Model for inspiration.  While he was joking (we hope he was joking although he did mention the name Nigel Barker...) we managed to get some very "model" like shots of the couple.

and fun people make for fun photo's...

and gentle moments make for loving photo's...

And kissy moments make for great ring shots...

Lots of love

Denise & Rainer