As it turns out, a second shooter was hired by CRO to shoot the bridal prep. Fortunatly Melanie was someone who i had worked with in the past and knew she would do a great job. In the days before the wedding i was told a third photographer would be shooting the décor :-)

On the flip side, that meant I was able to spend much more time with Reg and his groomsmen including the lovely Kirstie, the groomslady – who were all loads of fun.
I shot the details and captured the last few moments before it was time to get showered and dress the part for his big day. Reg, you may notice that i have not posted the “underwear” pics :-)

The ceremony was to be held at St Andrews girls school and we were not allowed to shoot using flash or move around which made the documenting of the ceremony very difficult. But Melanie and I worked well together and made sure we had an angle for the bride and an angle for the groom so got the shots we needed.

Then it was confetti and kisses and all the guests flocked to congratulate the couple before we quickly shot the family portraits. The sun was going down rapidly and we managed to get about 20min of couple pictures before it was just too dark to continue. I am very happy with what we did manage to capture within that short space of time, but obviously more time before the light got too bad would have been so much better.

Once back at Inanda the party really kicked off – I think Melanie and I circulated around the marquee about 100 times by the end of the night shooting candid’s of the guests and family.

Jana and Reg, it looked like you had an amazing day and I wish you an amazing journey together!

I hope you enjoy the sneak peeks below :-)

A big thank you to Roland my assistant on the day and to Melanie for second shooting with me.