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London through my lens

by Jacki Bruniquel | Dec 11, 2012 | Travel

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.

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From America to Armania – My thoughts on Going Viral!

by Jacki Bruniquel | Dec 5, 2012 | Awards, For Photographers

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?????????????????

From America to Armania

It was at that point that I realised that the video had gone viral.

Here are some of the Facebook messages I have received

You alright love? Saw you on the news. xx Brad Down

Jax …. We were settling down to a TV dinner and nearly fell off the couch when we saw you in flames on the news!! Are you all right? Jessie Carnees

One news for you, in ALBANIAN LANGUAGE :)) http://www.infoglobi.com/index.php/argetim/art/me-e-nxehte-fotografja-se-nusja Finese Hyseni

Did you know you made the front page news in Melbourne?!! check out ninemsn.com.au Melissa Adams

Saw your video on a french site today mon cheri ….. Celine

I clicked into your page as I read the story about you catching your hair on fire (can’t buy that publicity! LOL) and am blown away by your work. Stunning. Leonie Jay

Your fire incident just made prime time television here about 5 minutes ago…. Craig Mocca

There were LOADS more from people in Brazil, Denmark, France, Spain, the US, the UK, Egypt, Indonesia, Germany, Italy ……….

Then there were all the emails …. LOADS AND LOADS OF EMAILS ……

This one is my favorite though …..

hello maam, I am from Bangladesh. I recently saw a little clip of yours where you had an accident during a wedding shoot. I hope you are fine, and your sharing of this experience and thought on things going wrong actually inspired me to be brave enough in uneasy situations. I thank you 🙂 Sakib Chaklader

I have been completely amazed by how viral this video has become …. about half a million people have watched it! It’s appeared in the Daily Mail in the UK, CCN in the US, The Huffington Post, the Australian news and many many other sites. US show Right This Minute interviewed me via skype about the incident click here if you would like to watch. Yesterday I had a cameraman come around to our place to interview me for a UK television show!!!!

Who would have thought that a bit of hair catching alight at a wedding would cause such a fuss. We live in such a complicated world that I do feel that there are far more important things that should be newsworthy. Like the fact that rhinos are being poached to extinction, corrupt politicians aren’t being held accountable for their disgraceful actions, masses of dolphins are being slaughtered in the Cove in Japan and people are dying in wars …. However I do understand that we all need to have a good laugh sometimes and I don’t take myself too seriously so I have been laughing along with everyone and watching it all unfold in amazement!

Thanks to Mark Thompson for the footage and to everyone who mailed me to ask if I was all right! Last but not least a big thanks to Emma and Murray for being a dream couple to work with and particularly to Em for being so wonderful about everything.

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Marine Maternity – Shane and Zo

by Jacki Bruniquel | Oct 28, 2012 | Portraits

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!

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Photographers hair catches alight at wedding – Yes that's me!

by Jacki Bruniquel | Oct 23, 2012 | For Photographers, My approach to Photography

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!

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Love in the Theatre – Martha + Sbu's engagement shoot

by Jacki Bruniquel | Sep 27, 2012 | Engagement

When Martha and Sbu’s eyes met across a crowded nightclub their souls must have recognised something in each other that was more than just smoldering good looks. That fateful night marked the beginning of a love that has lasted despite long distances. A love that is rooted in a deep connection, a love that is going to be rooted in a marriage.

Martha and Sbu are both in medicine and they both work in hospitals. Martha is a pharmacist in Canada while Sbu is a Doctor in Durban.

It seemed obvious to me that their engagement shoot had to be done in a hospital.

Thanks to both of you for trusting my vision!