It is well into the busy season and I am locked away in front of my desktop editing and catching up with my blogposts – two down and six more to go…and that’s only for December. Merina  and Winston enjoyed their reception at The Barn ; Make-Up and Hair by C2 Bridal and Special Occasions.

Nuha and Mohseen’s wedding was stylish, to say the least.  From the first reception at Nuha’s  family home to the reception which was held at the Islamia centre in Lansdowne. The part I really enjoyed was the rendezvous at the Cape Royale after the main reception where we had carte blanche to get some seriously chic images in the hotel entrance hall as well as in the club next door.

You might recall that, in a previous post I mentioned that the end of the winter period is normally the start of the wedding season and that blog postings would start to pick up again – right now I am way behind with my posts and the latest one, Tracey and Shaun, was from the beginning of October. This was followed by a marathon two full-day weddings on the 8^th and 9^th, which will be posted shortly. Nuha and Mohseen’s wedding on the 8^th was stylish and lavish. Zurena and Adenaan’s wedding on the 9th was, well, Algerian, and I was transported into the North African culture with all the sounds, tastes, elaborate outfits and some really out-of-this-world dancing and celebrating that carried on well into the night…. more of that in the next couple of posts! Back to Tracey and Shaun’s wedding …it was a distinct honour and pleasure to be asked to photograph this wedding as Shaun is one of my long-time music heroes, one of the best musicians in the country, in my opinion. So it was with no surprise that the latter part of the reception was filled with some of the best music I have heard in a long time with members of the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band in attendance (of which Tracey is also a member, I may add). The amount of pure musical talent amongst the youth is something that always amazes me. Needless to say, I spent most of the evening hanging around the stage where the band was playing….

I suppose visiting the Far East has been an item on my bucket list for a long time – I was not disappointed and Beijing was an amazing experience. Unfortunately, the wedding I was supposed to shoot there was delayed by red tape (excuse the pun) and has now been postponed to a later date in Cape Town. Still, the sights and sounds of modern China is hard to describe. The moment that stood out for me was the was on the morning I was to leave for the airport – I went round the back of the hotel for a walk along the canal – there were a few citizens engaged in tai-chi along the banks while a guy, after parking his bike, took out an Erhu and started playing…I did not take any images as the moment was surreal….I just stood still and absorbed…..that was true China. (and that was after I had been to all the sights such as Great Wall, Lokshe Tea Garden, Forbidden City, Tianamen Sq, Olympic Stadium, Hutong District, State Opera House, etc, etc). I really do not want to bore you with my holiday snaps, but I have posted a few images which I think represents what I experienced….