I received this email way back in January 2012 I am absolutely IN LOVE with the creativity of your photography. The emotion you capture at weddings is priceless, and I can’t think of another photographer I’d want to bestow the responsibility of capturing one of the most important days of my life. I’m getting married November 10, 2012 in The Caribbean. Are you available that weekend?

Well, what photographer in their right mind wouldn’t burst with excitement at the prospect of shooting a wedding in the Caribbean? It all seemed too good to be true and even after arriving in Antigua …. I had to keep pinching myself to make sure it was all real!!!

But enough about me!

Elise is an American girl from Florida with a strong streak of Italian and Tyler is a Canadian boy from Vancouver ! They grew up in different countries ….They lived in different places ………They met at work ….. They clicked ……….. They talked on the phone A LOT ……. Next thing you know they were doing long distance plane trips across country to see each other …..  And just six moths later they got engaged! As Elise says “When you know you know!”

Their wedding was an intimate affair with close friends and family flying in to the island to celebrate with them. A bit of rain came over which meant that their outdoor reception had to be moved indoors … but that didn’t dampen Elise and Tylers spirit! They got married in a tropical garden with their best friends and family as witnesses…..  palm trees swished through the air and the aqua Caribbean sea gently lapped the white sandy shore while the steel drum band tinkered on. Who can complain about that?

Thanks so much for picking me guys. I still cannot believe it all happened!! Tash and I had the most wonderful experience and we cannot thank you enough. We wish you a long and happy marriage and look forward to seeing you in South Africa one day!

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I spent a large portion of my twenties living in London and madly saving for the next adventure to some distant far off land.

My relationship with the UK was always a love hate one. I have so many amazing memories from my time there but my mermaids spirit always craved the ocean, craved my family, craved the warm sun on my face and sand between my toes.

Tash and I recently shot a wedding in the Caribbean and we stopped off  in London on the way and stayed with my good friend Jane. It was such a treat to take Tash around and breathe in Britain. The UK certainly turned on the charm with crisp wintery days, orange leaves and twinkling Christmas lights, and it was so wonderful to see it all again with fresh eyes.

Here are some photos …….. Pics of me were taken by Tash.

PS Can I get a boss of the year award??

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On the 29th of September 2012 I photographed Emma and Murray’s wedding at Netherwood in the Natal Midlands. During the service I stood too close to a candle and my hair caught alight. It could have ended badly but it didn’t …… I just patted out the flames and carried on shooting. It was rather funny and certainly a wedding that I will never ever forget !!! Knowing full well that there were heaps of people in the audience with cellphones and recording devices as well as a videographer  I knew that this incident would hit the internet. I am not afraid to have a good laugh at myself and asked the videographer and my friend Mark Thompson from Beyond Measure Productions if I could publish the few seconds of footage that he got of the whole thing on my blog! You can check out the video as well as what I wrote here.

I didn’t really think about it again ….. life happened … I was in Joburg and then Mozambique …. I got ill with flu and suddenly I was in the UK and then Antigua in the Caribbean and then back to the UK. Things were quite busy and I wasn’t online much.

But while I was on my travels I started receiving all sorts of messages from people from all over the world to tell me that they had seen the video  …..

Then a friend emailed me from Oz to say they saw me on the news ….. the news … What?????

The news?????????????????

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It’s always so exciting for me as a photographer to see my images in print and even more exciting to see my pretty brides staring at me from a magazine! I should have blogged these ages ago but things have been really busy ….

In the last few months Claire and Dale’s Oyster Box wedding was published in both the FairLady Bridal Magazine and the Umhlanga Magazine. The Fair Lady Bridal mag only comes out once a year so it was quite an  honor to have my photos appear in their Real Weddings Section. The Umhlanga Mag wrote a story about Dream weddings in Umhlanga and featured both Claire and Dale’s Oyster Box wedding and Krystle and Jacques Oyster Box wedding. Last but not least Shane and Laurie’s amazing Hippy Wedding which I photographed in Goa, India this year was published in Wedding Inspirations magazine! Yaaaaay!!!

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I know exactly why Tom fell in love with Sally ….. because if the colour pink could be turned into a human she would be it! Sally must be one of the sweetest people I have ever met! She is sweet in a girly kind of way. She giggles, likes pretty things, teaches small children and loves her Mom (ALOT). She spent a year saving up for a Rolex for Tom as she thought it only fitting that she buy him a present which equalled her beautiful engagement ring.

Everyone who follows my blog will know about the best hairdresser in Durban AKA Mr Drew Christie and his Evolve team. A while back they entered the South African Salon of the year and they came second which is a huge achievement. I am really proud of the team Drew, Norman, Jules, Grant, Spin and all of the models for flying Durban’s flag way up high. A couple of weeks before the big competition day the clever hair stylists did a practice run and we took some pics. These pics were published in the Lifestyle section of the Mercury which is called the Good Life. I can honestly say that Drew is a hair-artist  rather than a hairdresser …… his vision is unbelievable ! Here are the spreads from the Good Life as well as a few originals. What a clever friend I have!!!! If you are a in need of a hairdresser you can contact Drew on 082 335 4625. Some of these amazing dresses were made by Grant of Her clothing. You can check out his talent here. His clothes are very gorgeous but his incredible illustrations and prints blow me away. Special mention also to three really great make up artists Jules Ruby, Charelle and Violent who worked also on the project. I really rate all of these ladies, if you are in a need of a make up artist check the credits at the end.

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I came home from our Antigua/ UK trip to a mountain of mail, and included in all of that was a brown envelope containing a copy of the latest Umhlanga magazine. Storm Catterick recently wrote an article about me titled “Photographers to look out for” – 6 whole spreads and the front cover. Wow I am honored!

Here are her words as well as pics of the pages.

There’s something about a good photograph that captures the imagination and enchants the eye, whether it’s because it’s a memory that will be forever frozen in time, or the fact that you can capture the most precious moments in someone’s life!

I have always envied the way in which photographers view life – how they can find something aesthetically pleasing in even the most insignificant or less-than-attractive thing. We are so blessed in our small town to have some truly amazing photographers here, all unique and different in their own way, but with one common underlying factor – they are all brilliant!

With this in mind, we decided that during the next couple of months we would profile some of Umhlanga’s best photographers who we think you should look out for when capturing that next special moment.

In our first edition we are profiling Jacki Bruniquel, a photographer who is known for her unique style and honest way of capturing memories in her photographs. Jacki is also an accomplished artist, something which enables her to take photography to an exceptional level. With her incredible knack for capturing wedding memories she is fast gaining the reputation for being one of South Africa’s most creative wedding photographers. Jacki Bruniquel is this month’s local photographer to look out for!

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I have just got back from shooting Elise and Tyler’s wedding at the Sandals Resort in Antigua the Caribbean ….. How does one even put an experience like that into words? Right now I am speechless and  communicate better in pictures anyway. Here are a few sneak peeks!

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My brother Shane and his  beautiful wife Zo, are people of the sea. They love the sound of the ocean, the thrill of a wave, the feel of sand between their toes and the ebb and flow of the tides. In a few weeks time they will be having a little mermaid and we are so excited for her arrival!

Everyone who photographs weddings has a crazy wedding story ….

I always thought that my most ridiculous wedding story was the time I sat in horse poo whilst doing a few groom portraits right before the speeches were about to start. I was sitting in the grass shooting away and when I stood up my assistant gave me a look that indicated that something was very very wrong. She had a reason for the horrified expression – My butt was covered in brown manure! Not cool. What was even more uncool was the fact that I didn’t have another pair of pants to change into and it looked as if I had had an accident in my trousers. There was nothing I could do. I just had to laugh and keep on shooting!

There have a been more incadents but this latest one really has to take the cake!

While photographing Emma and Murrays wedding at Netherwood I stood a bit too close to a candle and my hair actually caught alight! One of the videographers managed to get a clip of it just as it caught alight. Unfortunately he didn’t get all of the smoke as I had hopped out of the wayl!!!! In that situation the only thing you can do once the flames have been patted out is to once again …… laugh and keep on shooting. It was funny. It was certainly a wedding I will never forget that is for sure and my hair did actually need a trim! (although I have to say that it hasn’t been quite the same since then!!)

Thanks so much to Mark Thompson from Beyond Measure productions for freezing that moment in time …. (I think …!) Mark is a dream to work with if you are in the market for a videographer!