Recently browsing my mini feeds I receive awesome notifications from local and overseas blogs showcasing Photographers who have successfully captured DIY and budget weddings. But when it comes to some South African DIY/Budget Weddings there is a trend of using “the budding photographer”. Now before I get slammed for abusing the new-be photographer, I understand that everyone starts somewhere but also know a second thing. The top Photographers in our industry are fully booked and cannot want for more work so this is not about anyone “stealing work” or anything like that.
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Back on January 1, 2012 Adrian and Jaimi embarked on a 366 day commitment. What we didn’t know is that one photo a day, IS NOT, as easy as it sounds. Cos sometimes you’re just not that into it. But after all it does push your creative button once a day and it has been super fun so far!!
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Lara & Tven Heyer were married at Firgrove Chapel in Alverstone back in December 2011. Their reception was held in Kloof at Bellevue Café with food by Chris Black and décor by Talloula Weddings. The photos were all done in the office block surrounding the venue.
Supporting Cast:
Shoes by: Ted Baker, London
Garter by: Florrie Mitton and I made my own tossing garter
Dress by: Dale McCarthy & Esther Talbot
Jewelry by: All vintage pieces my Nan owned
Tven suit by: ‘Custom made suit ‘Tokyo Jo’ with Fabric by Italian Vitale Barberis
Tven shoes by: Rockport – Tven’s brand
Puddings by: So whipped
Make up: Jacqui Geel
Bridesmaids dresses: River Island & Debenhams
Bridesmaids shoes: Carvela for Maid of Honour, and Dune
Bridesmaids & Brides hair pieces: Miranda @ Rosabella
Veil: Made myself
Guys buttonholes & Wedding Décor: Glynnis from Talloula
Saturdays Hipstamatic is of the props Tina brought along for the shoot alongside our vintage camera that comes with us to most weddings nowadays :)
Congrats to Tina & Lyle, we have included some of their beautiful snaps below. I think Adrian did a superb job!
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This bouquet was made from all odds and ends that my Aunt Michelle collected from Mr Price “un-sellables” from her stores she manages. From these items no one else loves we made an item that one cannot NOT love :).
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On our anniversary we feel very honoured to have such amazing people in our life, those who look after us, spend hours of their time with us and who always make an effort. Thank you.
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Recently a local Photographer blogged the good, bad and ugly of wedding photography and outlined the job at hand of being the one who captures someone’s special day Photographically. So this gave me an idea for an article about how to justify what you are spending on your special snaps.
After the countless hours you have spent trying on dresses, choosing stationery, trying menu’s and sampling cakes and booking your venue you will be left with one of the most important items on a wedding to do list - your Photographer. This is both a tricky and time consuming task for some because there is the delicate balance of cost vs quality and what you can actually spend. So how can you justify what you spend on your Photographer for your wedding. Well let me walk you through a little bit of what goes into your special day.
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November 10th, 2011
— Adrian Shields
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Preview some of our albums and our editing fun in this post!
A&J ♥
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September 10th, 2011
— Adrian Shields
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My Jaimi and I travelled up to the Southern Drakensburg last month to go see the snow! My lady had never seen snow before so we dropped everything and cleared our schedules for an afternoon of fun! We packed a small overnight back just in case and stuffed our gumboots in the car along with cameras and the handycam.
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August 24th, 2011
— Adrian Shields
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I have been loving the depth and lighting I have found on one particular UK blog and so I decided to upgrade from my 80-200 2.8 lense to a 50mm 1.4 lense. Jaimi laughs at me because I have to get up and down to change my position instead of just using Zoom… I am not that lazy right!
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