We got some killer bee light though, and Jo’burg on a Sunday afternoon is a completely different beast from Jo’burg on any other day. All majestic and silent. My favorite time to walk down Bree Street. I love the authenticity of the buildings and the history of the place. Jarrett and Cornel were up for anything, our kind of clients, so we got to go to our regular scenic spots as well as a couple that I’ve been meaning to try for a while. Nice

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Anyway, took me a while to settle on a single image, but this one may be my favourite.

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Almost unbelievably, seven visits to the dentist in three months and my teeth are still sore. I’m still chewing codeine by the handful, its either that or gnawing off my arm. Hopefully, today’s visit will be the last for while. Toothache is very distracting when you’re trying to decide what shade of grey a red dress should be in black and white.

But before I crash for the night, a quick couple of pics from our most rocking couple Leasha and Cameron. An urban, grungy, and just loads of fun, couples session. It was impossible to get these two to look serious for a second.

Last Wednesday Deborah and Michele got married at the Johannesburg Country Club. Besides being total rockstars, totally themselves, laughing, having a good time and just making it super easy for us to get killer bee documentary images they were also very very photogenic. Too easy. Deborah also realised that we weren’t going to have enough time for her portrait shoot so she booked a day after shoot, which meant that we got to do another portrait shoot at a different location. I’d originally thought maybe something grungy downtown to offset the JCC image, but after seeing that dress and Michele’s suit, I knew that it had to be something classic and elegant.

The highveld thunderstorm season has started in full force, one of the few reasons to still be living in Jozi.

deborah and michele, 

PS: Had lunch yesterday with V at this place near Melrose Arch where someone clearly had a very dark sense of humour. They’d named one of the wraps, Mary’s Little Lamb and one of the breakfasts (with two eggs) was known as the Broken Nest. Mary’s Lamb was delicious btw.

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A sweet sunset image from this weekend’s engagement session with Tiffany and Kyle

Monday kind of started with a cool photo session out in Emmarentia. Not the cultivated, rose garden, tea and jolly hockey sticks side of it, but the wilder, tangled, less formal side, where the trees are often hit by lightning and their trunks show tangled knots next to burnt bark. It ended up with me trying to translate a Swedish forum post about our work using Google Translate and finished with me rethinking our approach to the blog. It was that kind of Monday.

So yeah, back to the shoot. Chenelle and Omri got married at the Sandton Shul on Sunday and booked us for their day after shoot (or bridal session if you’re American). I’ve spoken about the couple sessions before and they’re some of the coolest shoots we do, basically a one hour session which you can use for an engagement session, day after shoot or whatever. It gives us a chance to try some new ideas, look at some off the beaten path locations and generally have some fun and take some cool pics. We got to do some cool white suit and white dress in a veld shots, burnt trees, and I even got to shoot a lying down image. Chenelle and Omri were that kind of cool.

Our last stop was an amazing wall I’d spotted while driving through Randburg on my way back from a lunch. The light was perfect, the cars driving by hooted, people stopped and congratulated the couple, and we got some killer bee pics.

If you’re interested in a couple’s session, they’re available on any day when we aren’t already booked. You’re welcome to use them as an engagement session, bridal session, or day after shoot.

Anyway, this weekend it was the turn of Carmelo and Rene, two naturals in front of the camera. We met for some coffee at Doppio, and headed out to one of my fav spots to shoot at – the drive-in. Deserted and packed with memories, its one of those icons of South African culture that’s rapidly dying out. Then it was off to our super secret spot where the sun always sets picturesquely, there are trees and windmills and veld and long empty roads. The sun set perfectly as it always does, Rene and Carmelo looked very much in love and the cameras clicked away. Too easy.

We had a very cool session by the old burnt out petrol/diesel station down the road in Honeydew, there was even a rooster running around. I really wanted a shot with them and the rooster but that rooster was way too fast, he’d been around for a while and was way too street smart for me.

Anyway, I’m posting a contact sheet from the shoot, way too many great pics to just choose one or two: