Lynne has been a good friend for nearly 10 years now (wow time does fly!) Recently she and Conrad decided to tie the knot in a small intimate ceremony with a handful of guests. Unfortunately I was not able to photograph the wedding because I was already booked so Lynne and Conrad decided on an Aftershoot of sorts.

Lynne has a good eye and loves photography in fact she has pointed out the work of photographers I’d never heard of a number of times… so no pressure with trying to deliver the right images from my side!

I love aftershoots because time is much less of a factor, this means you can trek around to different locations thereby giving that much more opportunity to get great shots!

We started in Gardens and worked our way up Table Mountain, while shooting up there we got quite few stares with people wondering about the shoot or who these people I was taking photos of were… could they be famous!?!?!? Yes indeed if you don’t recognize them bow your head in shame and leave quietly!

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If you have the budget for it I would highly suggest doing a wedding aftershoot, the major advantage of doing this not feeling pressured to get back to the reception, not worrying about a little spot on the dress and being able to shoot in the best possible light and locations with fantastic results!

Yvette and Duncan had decided on the aftershoot option which I was very happy about because I loved her dress! We went through to Jakkalsfontein about 60 Km’s out of Cape Town and opted to shoot late afternoon, just before sunset, there were a few clouds in the sky which I love and thankfully there was no wind!

Because we had worked together before we were all comfortable with each other making the photo process really easy! Yvette wore her dress and I’d told Duncan to wear a white shirt and black pants since it looks close enough to a suit. I’d told Yvette that if possible she should relax about pushing the dress, after all the resulting photos would be worth it 10 times over, they were!

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With the wedding season winding down here in Cape Town a few of us found ourselves with an open Saturday for once. Instead of getting as far from work as possible like any other person with a day off would, we arranged a shoot.

Some may call it obsessive I prefer to point out that there is a fine line between a hobby and an obsession! There is no doubt I’m on the “hobby” side of that line and before you recommend a good psychiatrist or medication for my “hobby” let’s move right along!

Sybrand arranged the shoot and myself and Kim joined, it was intended to be a trash the dress shoot but somehow ended up being a “we’ve got time so lets play” shoot instead. Our lovely model was Nelmarie who was kind enough to shoot for us in her wedding dress for nearly the entire day.

One of the things I wanted to play around with most of all is Drama and lighting… here are some of my shots, check out Sybrand and Kim’s site’s for theirs.

Kim and Sybrand working with Nelmarie below: