Time for an update

It’s been an incredibly busy few years. My love for design and photography has kept me busy working full-time, along with moving to Cape Town and welcoming a new addition to our family. Recently changes to my circumstances have allowed me to get back into focusing on what I love and enjoy most, my family, travel, photography, and design.

The company I was working for had undergone restructuring, and unfortunately, that meant making 50% of the design team was made redundant. I’ve decided to take this opportunity and make the most of the time and flexibility I now have to grow my skills and my side hustle to create a passive income stream along the way.

I am always on the lookout for great opportunities and collaboration, so please contact me if you are looking for a designer or someone with a variety of skills. I’m open to work so please get in touch. 
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Having a design background, presentation and branding mean a lot to me. I thought I’d share how I package and brand my business. My aim was to ensure continuity across all elements of my business, reinforcing my brand through my logo, website, business cards, packaging, labels, letter heads etc.

I cant stress the importance that your business cards and printing be of a good quality. I use a Printer based in the UK mainly for my business cards and stickers. For my DVD inlays I personalise the covers per shoot and get them printed in SA. If you would like to check out my printers you can order and use this link http://www.moo.com/share/ghdkxm. You will be given a unique code to use at check out which will save you a further 10%.

If you are starting a new business and need assistance with your branding and stationery, contact me for a quote to design your logo, branding and/or packaging for you. I offer a personalised service at reasonable rates helping small businesses find and share there unique identity. When selling your service, nothing is more important than the first impression given to potential clients.

Conor gets this cute grin when his dad calls him a little creature *so cute*

One thing i loved about this wedding was just how relaxed and calm Slade and Nicola were. We had them in all sorts of spots for the creative shoot. Andrea did some scouting before hand and found two off venue sites, where we did the creatives. It was a perfect afternoon with tons of light. The first venue was at the green door barn. While we were there, we were very excitedly asked to join the owner in a drink to toast the bride and groom. Luckily we could use the excuse of having to get back to the wedding, or i fear we may still be stuck at the old Ooms place having a few drinks. After the very event filled invitation our cool and calm, bride and groom let us trek them out to the veld to get some killer sunset shots. It really was a good creative shoot and after rushing back to the venue the party began. Nicola and Slade are truly a blessed and very loved couple. Their family and friends really are a great bunch of people, making us feel like part of the family. Andrea thanks for the fun shoot, now for the images…

Forgive me i went green wall mad…

If you know me well enough you would know i have a thing for sunsets “heart flutter”

First dance joy

pops getting slightly choked up dancing with his gorgeous daughter

bouquet toss – Nicola really made sure that it got to the girls

i Love the Garter toss it was so funny, something out of a Rugby match

Thanks to Nicola and Slade once again your wedding was magical and i wish you all the best for your years together as a married couple.

This past weekend I had the pleasure to assist Andrea Carlyle at Moon and Six Pence for the wedding of Slade and Nicola. This was such a stunning wedding I’m going to share it in two parts. The morning started out cold and overcast but by midday it had cleared up and was promising a warm and beautiful afternoon.

After meeting Andrea at the venue we got started on the decor shots, Nicola and Slade choose a white and sliver colour palate I just love the pure classic white decor it is so elegant very much like this gorgeous couple. While we were busy with the decor shots Slade met up with us, I have never seen such a calm yet excited groom, I think it had allot to do with his entourage of grooms men they were always by his side making sure he never had a dull moment.
I had the pleasure of doing the Groom and grooms men shots, usually this could be quite awkward but this bunch of guys were such a laugh and made me feel right at home.
Nerves started setting in once the guys were ready and dressed I gave them a few moments to relax a bit and popped in to help out with a few of the bridal shots.
Nicola was breath taking and I just loved her Gorgeous Spanish inspired gown. Before we knew, it was time for the ceremony, the minister was the same marriage officer and minister that married both their sets of parents, what could be more special. The ceremony was filled with special moments but for now ill let the photos speak for themselves

Nicola’s nerves started setting in this was just before a few tears made an apperance

The rest of the wedding coming soon..

It doesn’t often happen that i struggle to pick a favorite image from a shoot I’ve done, but this was just the case after i went through the images of last weekend. Jacquie and Xavier are really good friends of mine and Jax and i have known each other for years. I felt very honored when she hired me to take there engagement photos, she is also a designer and freelancer and its always nice to know friends in the industry like your work are supportive. Jacquie wanted to be creative with her photos and in a few of them add some props and fun outfits. I’m so happy we decided on Gold Reef City as the location there are some amazing spots and just so many photo opportunity’s i’ve posted but a few so that they have some to look forward to.  It was a gorgeous day and after a nice lazy lunch we got going, we were very lucky aswell with Gold Reef city being very quite that day. I will definitely recommend it as a venue for creative shots.

I love the glow of late afternoon sun it makes my heart flutter.

the two images bellow fall under all time favorite list, especially the little visitor that had to be part of the photo.

i loved the way Jacquie accessorized with red details it just made everything pop ( i know designers are supposed to hate that word “pop” but here it actually means pop)

i love the colour of Jacquie’s eyes

Xavier and i were playing while Jacquie had an out fit change, we called this the Justin timber-lake..

hugs and kisses!

I also love these last 3..  actually i just think maybe i love them all

I love being creative and having the opportunity to design for pure pleasure, so when the opportunity came about to design some DIY templates for an awesome wedding inspiration site called Prima Donna Bride i couldn’t resist. Prima Donna Bride will be featuring my designs and photographs on their site for you to view and download. I designed the templates in such a way that anyone can download them and use them for their own themed vintage high tea , tea party, bridal shower, party’s etc.  I used a classic feel, something that reminded me of my own late grand mothers taste in fabric and design. Vanessa from Delicious Gifts joined me for the setup and provided all the Delicious eats and treats that i could use to show case the templates in the “environment” they would be typically used. What i love about set ups like these is that even if the templates wouldn’t typically be the theme you would use for either your kitchen tea or wedding it inspires ideas that you could use for any function. I love ideas, brain storming and making our environment beautiful. So if you have any ideas and would like to give them a go contact me I’m always excited for new ventures and would love to help you get great images out of your products or capture those memories of your special events.  here are a few images of the day let me know what you think.

The afternoon dappled light wasn’t very strong under the willow trees, and we needed to pop some light back into the shade. We wanted to use natural light, so with the help of two assistants we had 1 large and 1 medium reflectors to reflect light onto the models body, face and onto the food. I can’t stress just how much difference a simple reflector can make. I don’t ever leave home on a shoot with out it. Here are some of my favorites from the day and once branding is completed I will post the company’s full details and logo choice incase you would like to get into contact with them.