I think this has been the wettest summer we’ve had in years, last night was no exception to the weeks of rain. Huge torrents of water hammering against the large glass doors, a power failure that sent us to bed super early resulting in V and I waking up before the cats for the first time in history. They looked confused – especially the mad fluffy one. Revenge for all those times they woke us up is indeed sweet.

Cindy and Daniel’s wedding day was no exception, the rain did come down, the rain did not stop. They were complete rockstars though, completely unphased by the rain, very much in love, surrounded by their friends, just natural, happy, relaxed. I confess I did shoot a couple of images in the rain, we had an umbrella, the big black camera is weatherproof and I wanted to get some of that backlit drama that comes with rain.

It was too much rain for a full shoot though, the light just wasn’t right and I wanted them to have some spectacular sunset veld images, so we scheduled a portrait session for the day after they came back from honeymoon. Killer bee skies and an amazing sunset right on cue. Nice.

Dress: Patricia Nascimento.
Make-up: The incomparable Cathy Heaton

More images from Cindy and Daniel’s rockstar wedding at Makiti can be found on our facebook page.

Just wanted to add for those that are worried about rain on their wedding day that we always have a plan, and in a worst case scenario we will organize and schedule a day after shoot for your portrait session at your venue.

More images from Cindy and Daniel’s rockstar wedding at Makiti can be found on our facebook page.

My favorite love story ever is Wild at Heart. Sailor, Lula, the snakeskin jacket, the dark humour. Love it. Saturday at Makiti kind of reminded me of that movie for no real reason that I could tell. Ok, yes, Zelna and Gerhard did rock in a big way. Yes, we did have some amazing yellowish tinged skies. There was a road involved in our photoshoot, and they both were super photogenic despite repeatedly telling us how they always looked dorky in photos.

Anyway, Zelna, Gerhard, thank you so much for trusting us, dodging cars, barbed wire, walking away from the nice safe manicured green lawns, instant kitsch photo settings and pseudo roman statues, and going all wild at heart with us. We had a blast. The photos kick ass.

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