Hermanus, Overberg

Carl & Alex

This luxury, bespoke wedding took place at the upmarket Marine Hotel in Hermanus.  A perfect backdrop to a romantic wedding.

Alex was one of the most demure, shy brides that I have photographed and the camera loved her and so did I!Unfortunately due to strong winds, the planned outside ceremony had to be  indoors.

Luckily the team in charge of the decor (aka the brides mother) quickly changed their plans and created a beautiful set-up in one of the hotel reception rooms.

A Princess Grace lookalike!

The bride of this luxury, bespoke wedding, Alex, was absolutely regal and reminded me of the late Princess Grace of Monaco.  She exuded a serene elegance that was breathtaking.

Love finds a way!

Alex left Cape Town to go study at the prestigious Cambridge University in the UK.  She is currently doing a PHD in Film and Screen studies!  While studying her Masters, she met this cute Australian boy, Carl, and to begin with, they were just friends.

“It was pretty inevitable, we love so many of the same books, films, art… he was my favorite person to talk to and it was extremely hard to resist him. Altogether in our MPhil we were a class of 24 and somehow it always felt like the he was the only person in the room. I guess the rest is pretty much history!”

It was only just before Carl had to return home to Sydney that they admitted their feelings to each other.

But love always finds a way and here we are, in Cape Town, amongst a few loved ones celebrating the marriage of Alex and Carl!

It was beautiful, intimate and special.

But the celebrations won’t stop here!  There will be celebrations held in Sydney and Cambridge for all their friends and family who weren’t able to attend.

Wedding suppliers:-

Wedding Dress – Ghost

Make-up Artist:-  Make-up by Ruth

Hair Stylist:-  The Salon, Hermanus

Wedding Rings:-  Aurate, New York

Grooms suit:- Dries Van Noten

Cake:-  Whisk and Bake

Wedding Shoes:-  Raid

Wedding decor:- Brides mom, Amelda

See previous wedding here!

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Ell Spookfontein Wedding

I have a lot to be grateful for to this stunning wedding venue, ELL Spookfontein in the beautiful Hemel & Aarde Valley, Hermanus!  Originally Luan & Joni-Lee had booked to have their wedding on 13 December 2014 but then found out that I was already booked for that date, so they went and asked the venue if an alternative plan could made ..and lo and behold the ELL Spookfontein could accommodate them for the 16th!  I am forever grateful as I would have hated to have missed this beautiful couples wedding day!  But I am also very honoured that Luan & Joni-Lee wanted to change their date …I will forever love them for this!  This was such a beautiful coming together of God, family and special friends ..and also honouring Luans dad ..he was without a doubt sadly missed!  I think, Luans Mom felt it keenly …and wished that he could have been there to watch their gorgeous son marry the love of his life!  I have watched Luan mature into fine young man and I know Joni-Lee could not ask for a finer husband …and nor could he ask for a more loving, beautiful, devoted young wife as Joni-Lee!  This young couple will walk lifes path united in their love for each other and in God and will grow stronger with each step they take! A big thank you to my second shooter, Sarah Thorrold for covering the boys!  And I cannot forget to thank, Saskia Thiart, my assistant, for travelling in the wee hours of the morning with me to make sure that we got to Hermanus safely after Monique & Niels wedding the night before and to make sure that we were up bright and early with the sparrows for this fresh, gorgeous, morning wedding! 

Suppliers:

Venue:  ELL Spookfontein

Wedding dress:  Bride & Co

Groom suit :  Hilton Weiner

Flowers, Bouquets & Boutonnières: Joan Nixon (Grandma), Anthea Bosch (Aunt)

Hiring: Function Hire Hermanus

Make Up: Lara de Kock from TLC

Hair: Cecile from Hair-we-go

Décor & DIY: Mother of the Bride, Bridesmaids and Bride

Minister: Ross Anderson

Music at church: Tertia Hendricks

Cake and cupcakes: Leone Lanuti

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