These are our very good friends Martin & Judy. They got engaged at the top of Kilimanjaro at the beginning of the year and are getting married next year January. A few weeks ago we drove up to Limpopo to scout out some cool non-wedding venue places to get married and I think they’ve settled on this place in Haenertsburg, Limpopo. While we were there, we stayed at a beautiful log cabin on Stanford Lake, and decided to squeeze in a little impromptu engagement shoot. I fashioned Judy a little flower crown out of an arrangement in the cabin and we headed into the woods. I think it turned out quite nicely.

Oh and they really do play the Ukulele.

Fred and Tharien are the friendliest people we’ve ever met. They are most definitely clients turned into friends.

They got married in Heidelberg at the prettiest wedding venue i’ve seen in a long time called Poortjie Saal. It was very natural, surrounded by farmlands but was modern and clean. Tharien has her own design studio called Swagger products so was responsible for all the decor and awesome signage. I loved the decor and details and I think you will too (nothing you’ve ever seen on Pinterest).

F & T could not stop smiling the whole day, even when the heavens opened up during photos they stuck it out until it started storming badly. The sky, although dark, made for some amazing pictures (not enhanced at all).

The Reception was a blur of of dancing, drinking melktertjie’s and taking hundreds of polaroids and from what I heard they danced until 2:30 am! The food by Prep’ed by Sasha was also absolutely delicious and stands out as one of the tastiest meals we’ve had at a wedding.

It was an incredible day and we couldn’t be happier for the two of them.

Savanah emailed us and said, “I am getting married up in Limpopo, on a really sweet little farm in a small town called Haenertsburg. The venue is an old potato shed that has been whitewashed and renovated beautifully… very rustic and earthy, would you be willing to drive up?”. We didn’t hesitate and 6 months later we were driving up to Limpopo to a town we couldn’t pronounce to shoot a wedding of two people we’d never met.

I don’t think we realized what we were in for but we were completely blown away by the scenery of Haenertsburg, Andrew and Savanah’s story and the love of their families.

The day was full of joy, tears, pizza, dancing, silliness and a lot of love.

On our first meeting we drank good wine and chatted about Paris, our favourite city. We’d loved them both instantly. They have such an amazing sense of style and taste, but they were also fun and relaxed and so easy to get along with.

The wedding day was wonderful and chilled. Just close friends and family in their garden, and of course their two Golden Retrievers and (at least) three cats roaming about.

The rain held out, and the day turned into a magical night of candles, sky lanterns and Watershed playing for the guests. I hope these photos do the day justice.

Tracey and Chris were by far the most chilled bride and groom i’ve ever seen. They were there to get married and have fun, and nothing else was as important.

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We had one coffee, and a lot of emails discussing themes, music and venues before deciding on the La dolce Vita theme.

They nailed the look completely and we were so happy with the whole the video turned out. They used it as a part of their invitation for their wedding.

christine + rob save the date from Hello Harbour on Vimeo.

We’re so so lucky to shoot weddings like these where all the people involved are so lovely and the couple getting married are so cool and so in love. It makes our job so much easier! Deb & Mike’s wedding was an altogether awesome day and Durban gave us it’s usual warm and perfect weather. The girls got ready at Deb’s family home in Ballito, it was such a chilled morning of tea-making, nail painting and sea gazing, we even had a whole school of dolphins swim by to give us a wave of good luck. After a long morning of preparation we drove through to the beautiful and charming St Mary’s Chapel where Mike and a whole room full of people waited for the bridal parties arrival. The whole ceremony was incredibly special and sincere, these two have a such a solid foundation for their marriage and life ahead i’m so excited for them and I hardly know them. The rest of the day was all about balloons, bikes & having fun. We headed to the busy promenade for some fun shots and even though we were losing light rapidly we managed to snap some beautiful pictures before heading to the reception.

As you can see, the reception was so pretty awesome too, in such a lovely courtyard restaurant called Market. People also really got into the photobooth! To see the full photo booth, see the previous post!