Andrea Carlyle Photography

February 5, 2008 // Wedding / wedding photographer / wedding photography

I acted as a second shooter for a friend last weekend. It was only for a couple of hours, so I did not get a chance to really meet Alex and Lauren . . . and I spend a good part of the day being a school teacher ordering people about! I will say if, there was a category in the Guiness Book of Records, for the most number of 'formals' shot in 27 minutes our names would be there, in flashing lights! I just wish I had so much authority with my kids! I do not really feel qualified enough to comment on their day, just a post of my favourite images.

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Anne:

WOW WOW WOW

Talk about making my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These are PHENOMENAL!!!!!!!!!!

I am really getting sick of myself using the same old tired phrases but my gawd these colors and angles!!!!

I just love how you keep pushing yourself to the next level and that you are constantly thinking outside the box and making each wedding look and FEEL different!

Gotta give the bride her props too that dress is amazing and she is just too gorgeous def the camera loves her!

(02.05.08 @ 10:47 PM)

Audrey D.:

I really have to agree with Anne. These pictures are amazing. I personally love the door shot with the bride and groom. And the light. Wow. Are these all captured in natural light Andrea? Again, amazing pics.

(02.06.08 @ 03:54 AM)

andreac1:

Thanks for the compliments guys...Anne I am glad you have moved your wedding to December....it means more time for ego strokin for me!!...people will think I pay you a monthly retainer for your comments!

Audrey ...All natural light.

(02.06.08 @ 05:21 AM)

A friend:

They do look fantastic - just wanted to add that the location for the portrait shoot and 'the styling' were all organised by Andrea, and the entire thing was done in .... errrrm ... lets just say less than ideal timeframe i.e. that sun was dropping faster than the rand.

(02.06.08 @ 05:46 AM)

Jules Morgan:

Wow, these are STUNNING, all crackers! I was going to say I especially love the first one but they are all awesome!

(02.07.08 @ 06:16 AM)

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Tracy & Andrew - Longmeadow Piano Bar

January 30, 2008 // Wedding / wedding photographer / wedding photography

We have had continous rain, on and off, for the past three weeks; not the sporadic and dramatic afternoon showers that we are used to, but that grey consistant-drizzle that just lasts the whole day...just depressing. So, it was a sigh of relief to see that the clouds had dispersed for Andrew and Tracy's wedding. Tracy, who is 7 months pregnant, wanted a small intimate breakfast wedding....which to me was just perfect.... small, intimate and beautiful.... my type of wedding! What I personally love about small weddings is that all the guests there are the very, very most important and closest friends and family members and it just makes the occasion extra special. No more babbling, here are my favourite pics of the day:

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Anne:

My kind of wedding...small intimate and different!

I love them all.......they are all so freaking awesome!!!! You must have had a very difficult deciding which ones to post!!!

Love the venue....OK I love everything.....Now december can't get here fast enough!

What a way to start the year with such amazing pics!

(02.03.08 @ 05:11 PM)

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Ursula & John - Johannesburg Country Club

January 8, 2008 // Wedding / wedding photographer / wedding photography

A groom in a wheelchair and a second shooter with a neckbrace...I kid you not!! Apologies to all the romantics out there expecting a better "more flowery" description, and sorry John/sorry Ursula..... but that, I am afraid, is the best I can come up with... I blame "Photojourn". You must also understand John flew in, with Ursula, all the way from Oz to break his femur (at his batchelor's), to get hitched in South Africa. Sympathy, for me, is a word in a dictionary that falls under "s" so the broken leg and neckbrace were simply "new challenges" I had to work with. John had one good leg and Dror's fingers (barring the neckbrace) were still intact! In ten years time, when John and Ursula look back at the pics, I am sure they will laugh - John may even cry. And, I do take my hat off to John, who probably endured a bit of pain in order to give Ursula a few wheelchair-free pics. Yes, I admit, the photographer was an 'unsympathetic wench'. I know the "sympathy levels " required by my boys (Dear Hubbie definitely included here!) at a mere sniffle or sneeze, so I do realise I may have fallen short on this side!! A quick note on the images before I post. I have just finished designing an album where not only have I been fixated with colour, but also with "threes". Featuring a series of images on a page, that have either been shot consecutively or, that comprise the same mood threading them together. Over the festive season, I finally got a chance to meet a friend and got to see her wedding album (ceremony in the UK). I must say, without doing the "plumber routine", I am really amazed how many photographers do not put any effort into "threading" the wedding story together - just haphazardly whacking a few images together on a page. So I'm posting a three-image set that, to me, are "tied together" by the red brickwork...I would have these images on a double-page spread.

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Audrey D.:

Hi Andrea. First time blogger in your site. I just wanted to say that your images are AWESOME. The colors are so rich and just beautiful. I like your style. I'm also wondering if you have any advice for aspiring wedding photographers like myself. I would just like to absorb as much as I could from other great photographers. Thanks and have a wonderful 2008.

(01.11.08 @ 08:15 PM)

andreac1:

Hi Audrey Welcome...and thank you!
Have emailed you regarding your quest for advise

(01.13.08 @ 03:23 AM)

Ursula:

Andrea,

Thank you so much for your professional and friendly attitude on the day of the wedding! I can still hear your laugh, it made my day a lot less stressful! I have just seen these photos and they are so... beautiful, harmonious and even more than I expected! Thank you.

Ursula

(01.31.08 @ 03:36 AM)

andreac1:

Thank you for having us..really had a good time..hence all the laughing!!...very late with this comment!!

(03.01.08 @ 09:16 PM)

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Welcome 2008 & my first Jewish wedding!

January 2, 2008 // Wedding

2007....what a year!! The first official year of my photography business, too many weddings to count, too many wonderful couples that I have met and too many special moments I have experienced (and captured!)......and 8 kgs lighter!! (whoopee!!)...and all in 0.3 seconds!!! New Years Resolutions are not for me, as I do not like to set myself up for disappointment, so will not be cutting back on chocolate or wine for that matter!! I will, however, be cutting back on the number of pics being posted on my blog. In 2007, my aim with the blog was to show that I do capture everything at a wedding, from the getting-ready, decor, candids, details etc. and have aimed to show each wedding in its entirety. This has proven to be very time-consuming; eating up on valuable editing time. In 2008, I will just post my personal favourites from a wedding. Those clients interested in booking me, wanting to see a "fuller" wedding, can look at older posts and those interested in seeing what kind of pics you actually get....I will be more than happy to give you a CD of an actual wedding from A to Z - i.e. as each couple receives it, with all the edited pics on the disc. Now onto my first Jewish wedding ....Jordy and Wendy. Well actually, Wendy kindly invited me to attend a Jewish wedding before their wedding, so technically not my first, but photography-wise my first. Jordy is a photographer. I am always nervous when a client says the "P" word. I have images of the plumber slating the previous plumber's work: "I wouldn't have done it like that ...gawd help us!!!" "This guy didn't know his monkey wrench from a spanner". So a little nervous (but this happens with every wedding), ready for the rain and my first Jewish wedding. Thank you Jordy and Wendy for trusting me to capture your day!.... we'll see if I know the difference between a monkey wrench and a spanner!

On another note...should have posted this earlier, just to let you know we are "officially closed" until 14th January 2008. I will be checking my emails periodically and keep up the weekly blog....and behind the scene will be editing like MAD still trying to recover from "the crash".

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Michael:

Congratulations, just love that first image.

(01.07.08 @ 10:17 AM)

Chanell:

Awesome! Beautifull! Well done!

(01.09.08 @ 10:24 AM)

Jules Morgan:

Beautiful - I love the one with the little boy especially

(01.17.08 @ 05:52 AM)

Steve:

amazing amzing work....

can't wait to see the rest

(01.21.08 @ 08:32 AM)

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Kalika and Gerhard

December 11, 2007 // Wedding / wedding photographer / wedding photography

Gerhard and Kalika were married at the Forum Homini last weekend and were fortunate to have Dror tag along... always a treat for me! I had a great time photographing their wedding. I sometimes quite seriously couldn't think of a more fun way to spend the day if I tried. Sorry! No offence to my friends, but these weddings can be hectically fun!

I also got to bear witness to a very, very rare occurance....more rare than the Tasmanian Wolf.....ermmmm...mummble ....Dror set up a pose ...you didn't hear it from me! The day was a scorcher with some serious sun and we both set about on a mission to capture "Flare, baby, Flare!" Kalika looked absolutely stunning on her wedding day...and Gerhard just plain smokin' hot! It was a great change to see a groom in a suit other than black (I had to remind myself to get some shots of the bride!)

Thanks for a fantastic day, great food (all this....and I get to have a cooked meal too!) and thank you Gerhard and Kalika, for picking me as your wedding photographer! I'm sure you'll agree these photos are pretty cool.

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Anne:

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!

I mean seriously.....Talk about creative pics....Oh I am so moved by these it's not even funny....I have looked at them at least 10 times by now....Especially that last one....perfect backdrop...the sun light is stunning...composition is perfect...OK WOW!!!!!!

I wish I had a time machine to fast forward to 2008 on the downside...Im still not ripped like Demi ha ha ha

(12.11.07 @ 03:53 PM)

andreac1:

Thanks as always for your confidence boost Anne...Your excited....I'm a little nervous!!
The pressure !! Kenya August 2008 and deliver awesome pics....finding it hard to breathe again!!

(12.12.07 @ 04:21 AM)

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