Quintin Mills Photography

Jade and James | Johannesburg wedding photographer

Quintin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:36:29 +0000

The 24 hours leading up to the wedding were punctuated by rain. Soft rain, hard rain and even harder rain. So much rain in fact, that when I woke up I was worried about flooding when traveling between the venue and the bridal prep venue.

Amazingly enough the rain stopped and even allowed a few rays of sunlight when we were shooting the group shot later in the day :-)

Jade and James wanted to do a “first look”, so we arranged it at the venue where she was getting ready. Other than a squelchy and muddy lawn I think it went well. James was positively blown away, all he could do was smile and wow.

At 2pm the decision was made to keep the ceremony outside (Good choice), I would always prefer an outdoor ceremony to an indoor if we can and I think it went off well.

We did one more quick session of couple pics and then it was into the venue for the reception and a bit of warmth. Jade was very brave and her strapless wedding dress did nothing to keep the chill at bay.

Thank you so much for trusting me to shoot your wedding pictures and for putting in such a great effort – awesome job!

Here are some sneak peeks, hope you love them as much as i do :-)

And a big thanks to Roland for assisting me on the day. You rock!

Hello Chloe Eve | Newborn photography with a Fine Art look

Quintin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:25:54 +0000

My brother and his partner recently announced the arrival of Chloe Eve and 8 days later, I was lucky enough to have welcomed her into my studio and my heart. Such an amazing little wonder :-)

Yes I am biased, newborns that are family can do that to you, but besides that, she was only too happy to be positioned and wrapped and styled for hours. Somewhere in the middle of the session she demanded a snack, but was soon back and beautiful.

Thanks Andrew and Bo for letting me shoot your baby. Chloe is beautiful and I am sure you will have lots of trouble with boys in about 16 years time.

With these images of Chloe I decided to post a Fine Art version of the images instead of the usual set of images. With each shoot clients get a set of images with two or three color treatments in high and low res folders. There is also the option to request that some of the images be given a Fine Art look, which are then usually printed as a large format canvas or fine art print.

The Fine Art Newborn images are the cherry on top and are really something special.

In my Garage | Personal Project

Quintin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:49:49 +0000

Today is the birthday of Robin Hollis, my father-in-law. Although he is no longer with us, he is still very much alive in the hearts of those who loved him. He was the closest thing to a father that I had and in hindsight I wish I had spent more time with him.

He collected and restored BSA motorcycles and from time to time I would go with him on a breakfast run with the other old (sorry, classic) motorcycle guys to Fountains Circle in Pretoria. It seems like so long ago now.

I always wanted to shoot a portrait of him and the bikes in his garage as a part of my “In my Garage” project. Unfortunately I never got around to it, so just before the the bikes were finally sold a few weeks ago I went to his place and shot the bikes as a memento for myself and the family.

Here are the four bikes.

P.S. If you have a dad (or are a dad) with a cool car / bike / thing in your garage, please contact me about shooting your portrait with it. I would love for you to have the picture in your garage to look at rather that as I did, wishing I had done it earlier.

Thanks Robin for all you did for me.

Robin’s first and favourite, the BSA A10.

BSA B31

BSA Gold Flash

Matchless

Kian the sk8terboy | Portrait photography

Quintin — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:36:51 +0000

My son sometimes has to be a stand-in for testing lights before a client arrives. On this day I asked him to get his board and took a few shots of him just being himself.

Love that boy!

Candice and Andrew | Butjani Lodge wedding photographer

Quintin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:48:41 +0000

This weekend we were at Butjani Lodge for Candice and Andrews wedding. As the story goes, the two of them met after a massive 4 day house party in the UK when the guys (living upstairs) sent Andrew to apologise to the girls (living downstairs) who made Candice answer the door…

Butjani Lodge is owned by Andrew’s family, so this was a hands on, DIY, lets get it done kind of affair and the signage as we entered the lodge showed the first signs of a wonderfully handcrafted wedding.

I have never done a bridal prep and dressing shoot in a lodge tent, so it was an interesting process of finding the best space and the best lighting. Loads of fun of course with everyone all in the same space :-)

I really love Candice’s dress, the material and the ruffles of the skirt – very cool!

Andrew was across the road at the chapel with the guys – a little more nervous than Candice and the girls, I think he had been stressed about this for a while. You do this kind of thing once, it’s got to be perfect.

It was a wonderfully relaxed day, great people and an amazing bushveld wedding landscape complete with my windmill and a handsome Massey Ferguson tractor :-) Yes, I said handsome, not sure why…

Candice, Andrew, thank you so much for trusting me to shoot your wedding photography – I loved you as a couple and the warmth of the family around you is amazing.
Congratulations and we wish you an amazing live together.

Enjoy the sneak peeks guys!

A huge thank you to Roland for assisting on the day. Awesome job.

Lauren and Jared’s baby bump shoot | Maternity photographer

Quintin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:26:00 +0000

Seems like everyone who comes to the photography studio these days either has a maternity bump or a newborn. Pretty cool though :-)

Here are some of Lauren and Jared’s maternity shoot sneak peeks – it wont be long now and the newborn pictures will be here too. Can’t wait.

Lauren and Jared, hope you like them guys – you guys were rock stars – well done :-)

Duncan, Catrina and Sian | Family lifestyle photographer

Quintin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:59:23 +0000

I was pleasantly surprised when Duncan and Catrina, whose wedding photography I shot a couple of years ago, told me that Sian was the latest addition to the family and asked me to shoot a family portrait for them.

Here are some sneak peeks from their shoot in the garden.

Thanks for inviting me to shoot your family pictures, I loved it and it was great to catch up again. And Duncan, hopefully we can do to some mountain biking soon :-)

Enjoy the pics.

Hello Rohit Daniel | Newborn photography

Quintin — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:10:41 +0000

At last, the arrival of Rohit Daniel Ramsewak – Taadaaaaa!

Part 2 of the Ramsewak family photography adventure was the newborn shoot. Rohit was not sure about this and all he wanted was his mommy.
After lots of waiting we did manage to take some pictures though :-)

Rowena and Pravin, hope you guys love the pics, Rohit is awesome.

Check out the sneak peeks below.

The Roux Family | Family photography

Quintin — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:53:44 +0000

Tarryn contacted me to shoot a family portrait and wanted something different for her family pictures – not the usual grass and trees kinda stuff.
She loved the idea of the graffiti in Newtown so we spent an afternoon exploring the graffiti and the old buildings.

Tarryn, I hope you had fun and love the pics, I think they came out really nicely :-)
Here are a few sneak peeks.

Hello Lincoln | Newborn photography

Quintin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:17:26 +0000

And finally, the result of 9 months of planning and preparation – the arrival of Lincoln. Rob was able to join us on the day of the newborn shoot and he reminded me of my 2 shot limit. Just 2 shots, that was his limit on their wedding day :-)

Lincoln was a pleasure to shoot, calm, relaxed and just too cute.

Sandra and Rob hope you like the pictures as much as I do :-)