Saturday, and I was shooting with the inimitable Andrea Carlyle at The Hertford. This time we were photographing Gill and Shaun, who flew in from Australia, with a whole lot of friends and family. In typical Joburg summer fashion it started pouring during the ceremony, the skies were turning black and the older folk looked wisely at the sky and muttered under their breath that it will pass.

I quickly posed the formals on the balcony of The Hertford’s reception hall, while standing in the rain under an umbrella. Beautiful light and some of the nicest formal group shots. Then the rain mysteriously and suddenly stopped, the sun came out and the clouds turned that fiery shade of red that they sometimes get just after an African rain storm. At this point I had given up hope that Gill would be up for going through the wet and muddy veld to the area we wanted to photograph in, and was suspiciously eyeing the gazebo and the stained glass windows as possible dry alternatives. Fortunately she proved that she was up for some serious bundu bashing and we made our muddy and slippery way to a spectacular view of the sun setting over wet grass and reeds. I think the pics are worth it, dramatic and classic. Gill is one of those people who can look effortlessly glamorous and natural in front of the camera – and yes, she is also one of those people that says she hates being photographed.

Anyway, I’m exhausted, those caffeine headaches are not going away and last night’s wedding was the last one for at least a month as we start slowing things down and start working on albums, albums, albums and you got … albums. I’m also grateful the rand is recovering a bit. Its been a bit of a roller coaster as we pay for all our albums in dollars.

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No clouds were harmed in the making of these photos.

This entry was posted Thursday, October 30th, 2008 at 11:37 pm and is filed under Andrea, The Hertford, Weddings, real weddings.