WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic Ms. Carlyle.....they rock as usual.....the bride and groom are gorgeous too....compositons are superb! I can't wait to see the decor post.....

I can never get enough of the silhouette near/in front of a window type shots that you do so beautifully! There's going to be a decor post?? Bring it on!

Hi Andrea

Lovely images, great composition for the 1st and 2nd one.

Stunning! Don't worry about having freaked out the bride...if I were her I would have been pissed if you DIDN'T get an awesome shot like that! I mean if a rainbow just hands itself to you, what are you going to do? :-)

With pics like these I think arm flapping will be welcome by an bride you shoot.......These are stunning....the light is just amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

#1 is just superb! nuff said

I love these......

Where was the venue, by the way?

Good point Kate!....will just go into the admin side and ammend the heading, got carried away with that damn rainbow!

At the Cradle...I am dreading my next one there as we had the amazing yellow light and unbelievable blue overcast sky with Eva, the Rainbow with Busi...now we need something like the northern lights to keep up with the past two!

Ok Done! Thanx Kate, venue in the heading....please feel free to spot these things again.

So Andrea, since we are going to be at The Cradle in August..... Can you arrange those Northern Lights for us?

I love these shots, the 1st one in particular. I am so looking forward to you flapping your arms at us!

My pleasure :-) It's me, Katharine of the dreaded Halloween weekend, by the way - told you I was blog stalking!

It's gonna be hard to top these two Cradle weddings, I've got to say! Not to be a downer, but it's the price you pay when you set your standard so high!

Katerine, I realised it was you as the blog gives your email address I wasn't sure if you had your anorak on stalking in icognito, under the name of Kate so did not want to blow your cover and refered to you by the name you put.
Cyndi - Cradle in August...may even resort to buing a "northern lights" backdrop with fireworks in it. There is the erupting volcano one or a Hurricane come Tornado, ...just backdrops you understand so your hair won't get messed up!

Well, I always use my "spare" gmail address for web postings etc, just in case they are visible, but of course it has my surname in it anyway! Kate I just use occasionally for online stuff - it's easier to type and for people to spell! I'm keen for those tornado shots, btw. :-)

Andrea you are out doing yourself again and if you could only harness your "Photographic eye" and sell it you would easily become the next top 10 rated millionaires in the world along with Trump. You know just how to capture true romance, some people write romantic books you write them with spectacular images. I am looking forward to working with you later this year as your second shooter.

Andrea! I really don't know how I missed the link to your site on Jules' note. I just saw these pictures now. I've told so many of my friends about the photographer with the flapping arms (remember the language as well :-). I'm so glad you spotted the rainbow...what a day...bright sunshine, rain clouds gathering, thunderstorm, rainbow and dark sky, horizon with a beautiful orange hue at dusk, all in one day. I think it's a good sign, don't you?? And, by the way, I'm reminded of a certain photographer whose was literally scraping the wet ground shooting away :-) It was indeed worth the few raindrops, and missing out on bubbly :-)

Thanks Paul, but that's the problem with passion, you're not really interested in the Moola! so Mr Trump is safe. I am not after his Cartel.
Busi I am glad to hear that you referred to me as the "scrapping and flapping" photographer vs. Sultry and sexy photographer!!

Yes please to the posting more pics of the decor/flowers/paraphernalia. I love that stuff! But then I love all your stuff, so you should just post everything! Have I said this before?...I'm feeling deja-vu here... Great photos once again!

I agree with Kate! we love detail pics

This enchanted forest pics are gawjus!!!!!!!!!

December!! December!! December!! Oh wait a minute Im still not ripped!

yello... they just keep getting better and better. love theses pics! seeing as im getting so stalker like id like to add i see you and Tanja Vogt work regularly together. Do you always use a second shooter and visa versa. finally got the fiancé to have a look at your porti and a couple of other photographers. so the ball is rolling. He loved your work by the way.
Now its just a matter of saving and budget issues.

Hi Mandy,
Nothing wrong with stalking...I am a closet stalker myself.
"Closet stalker" are worse than a regular stalkers as we never leave comments... we are often refered to as Lurkers.
I ALWAYS use a second shooter, equipment and photographers sometimes have glitches, and I have guilt issues.I hammer myself over the one image that got away at a wedding...I could never let it go if I lost that entire day!
Tanja and I are friends, we help each other out every now and then, she has her own business, you can find her under www.celebration.co.za if you want to have a look at her work. I usually use a student photographer as a second shooter as hiring an "experienced" wedding photographer would probably put my prices into another league. Also between us (wedding photographers) we sometimes offer to shoot for each other to get the experience and see how others handle certain situations...and sometimes just for the FUN of it!

Dear Andrea,
Have you got more detail on Chris and Sue's Wedding venue (Glensheil, Westcliff), I'm not familiar with Johannesburg and can't seem to find anything on Glensheil. Many thanks, Ellen

Wow, that's just beautiful Andrea. You're right, her colleagues are going to be green with envy!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a lucky bride those images are amazing...I love the dramatic skies...Yes she is going to have the best pics!

Damn straight she is. And I'm pretty sure no UK photographer is going to get as much out of their grey skies as you did out of ours! Those other 23 girls can eat their hearts out.

So lucky...I never get those skies here in Chicago. I must go to SA one day. Your outdoor photos are so cool Andrea.

Stunning Good Quality pic's, even with the rainy weather, this were a lovely wedding, and stunning couple good luck for the the future both the bridal couple and for the photographers.

Adrian Mare
Wedding Co-ordinator
Toadbury Hall

Beautiful! I love the last photo.

These are freaking awesome! ....Those garden pics are amazing! I love the last photo too....#3 is also amazing! Genius!

Magical and Lovely... looking at these photos makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over.....especially today ....thanks for making me feel awesome!

your writing is hysterical - completely identify with the 'nice garden' statement!
beautiful pics once again too!

Well, if that's the kind of pictures you take in a 'nice' garden, I'm not even sure how you could top them in a fantastic, unique, gorgeous and generally wonderful garden! These are stunning. I love the last one with the reflection!