I don’t know where I find incredibly sweet and in love couples like Elizabeth and Godfrey…or rather, I don’t know where they find me! But I do know that I am fantastically lucky that they DO find me and ask me to be a part of their awesome weddings. Elizabeth and Godfrey are missionaries in Lesotho, and they got married in Butha-Buthe, where they live and work. Despite the fact that there were at least two other weddings taking place in the village on the same day, it felt like the entire village turned out to see Lesotho local Godfrey marry his American sweetheart. Elizabeth’s family and friends all flew out for the wedding, and I’ve never felt so welcomed at a wedding before! Anabela (my 2nd shooter) and I agreed that it was an amazing experience from start to finish, and I couldn’t be happier that Godfrey and Elizabeth found me and invited me to pretty much be a part of their family on this special day.

Elizabeth made all the decor herself, from the bluebirds to the bouquets!

Elizabeth showing her friends and family The Rings – they hadn’t seen them yet.

This is what the weather looked like at about 9am on the morning of the wedding. Not promising, but I was excited for misty shots!

And by the time the ceremony began, the sky was the most perfect blue! Amazing.

The arrival of the Groom:

The arrival of the Bride:

Love this one of Elizabeth’s Dad winking at her before he hands her over to Godfrey:

Godfrey & Elizabeth found this abandoned house with the most perfect blue walls! Love it.

We trekked a bit to get to this tree, which they loved:

Thank YOU, Elizabeth and Godfrey.

Candice and Stephen were married on the 16th of April at St John the Evangelist in Benmore, and their reception was held at the Auckland Park Johannesburg Country Club, which is looking incredibly beautiful at this time of year. The weather was on our side for once, and though it rained the whole morning, it stopped for the photos, and we even had a few minutes of sun! It was a little squelchy on the lawns, but Candice and Steve squelched valiantly through it for the sake of their photos. Thanks guy! I hope you enjoyed your honeymoon!

My second shooter for the day was Anabela Lourenco – thanks for being awesome!

I love Steve’s mother watching her son’s reaction at seeing Candice walking down the aisle:

There’s something about Tom and Karen…everytime I see them they get more and more awesome. After our first meeting I thought, “this is a great couple”. Then we did their engagement shoot, and I thought “Wow, these guys are so fabulous!”. And then came their wedding day…where I was just left thinking “Damn, this couple could not be more freaking awesome if they tried.” We had SO much fun…as I’ll think you’ll see in the photos!

The wedding was held at the amazing Red Ivory Lodge, and I was thoroughly impressed. And I loved the decor Karen and Tom chose:

Look at the wine bottle – they used one of my photos from their engagement shoot on the label. LOVE.

When I entered the chapel, I asked Tom what he was going to do when Karen walked down the aisle. This was his response:

Sorry guys, I HAD to put this one in because it’s so funny. The girls kissed Karen all by themselves, so I asked the groomsman to do the same to Tom…

Tom being himself:

Their surname is LOOSER! Get it?

I was excited to find a Thai Buddha at the venue, so we could emulate this shot from their engagement shoot.

Cupcakes in a jar by Angel, The Cupcake Lady! I second shot her wedding last year. And Karen & Tom used another one of my engagement photos for the label. Awesome.

I call this “dreaming of my wedding day…”

My favourite part of the whole day was when Tom sang “I want to grow old with you” to Karen. I teared up, and I’m not ashamed to admit it!

Karen loved it too:

Hmmm, another dreaming of my wedding day photo? This little guy was the ring-bearer and the twin brother of the flower-girl.

Karen and Tom, thank you SO much for having me photograph your day! It was immense and fantastic. And thank you to my second shooter, the crazy awesome Corinna Tannian!