Katrin Coetzer, please come paint pretty things on my walls.

THURSDAY 16 MAY, 2013  /   COMMENTS [0]

Spotted these beautiful pieces on Miss Moss this week by Katrin Coetzer and fell in love. I would love something like this aerial view of a tea/breakfast table in my dining room. It's so cute and homey, yet still so elegant and tasteful. She has an exhibition at Salon91 on Kloof which i'm hoping to see on friday when we arrive in CT. Go here to see more of her lovely work.

Tulle + Denim

THURSDAY 16 MAY, 2013  /   COMMENTS [1]

Spotted this cool combo on Asos last night. What do you think of it?

I like it so much, and I think it's the kind of outfit that makes you feel like a little girl going to a birthday party (which i'm still not sure is a good or bad thing). Here are a few ladies who have worn it well.

J & M lake sessions

THURSDAY 9 MAY, 2013  /   COMMENTS [3]

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 I found in the cabin and we headed into the woods. I think it turned out quite nicely. The light was beautiful on the lake, Judy serenaded our photo taking on her Ukulele (you gotta here them sing and play together! It's Magic!) and we ended off the night at the Pot & Plough for pizza (The only place to eat if you're in and around Haenertsburg. It was also a tasting of sorts as I think they're going use them to cater their wedding).

If you want to see a few more pics from this session or some of our other work go here.

Three simple soups

TUESDAY 7 MAY, 2013  /   COMMENTS [2]

So the other day I wrote a post about my winter goals and plans, one of them being to make and freeze and variety of delicious soups for winter.

During the week we want nice, quick and healthy meals without having to go out and buy anything. So I went to the fruit and veg shop and bought a trolley FULL of ingredients (it came to about R300 with fruit and salad ingredients - so cheap!) and decided to make three different soups.

I made Nigella's butternut soup,

Jamie Oliver's Potato & Leek soup

and A Cup of Jo's Broccoli soup.

All delicious and simple.

I always thought soups were such a mission to make, but they're so easy peasy (and the recipe's are so adaptable). All you really have to do is chop up the veggies, and add water/stock and let it cook.

They've been so great to heat up on these cold winter days. I'd really recommend this. I doubled each recipe and decanted the soups into portions of two (you'll need quite a few small tupperwares). You'll save money, you'll eat healthier - I can't recommend it enough! : )

I'm thinking of doing a few more interesting one's next time. If you have any tried and tested recipes please let me know : )

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Pretty girls in polaroids

THURSDAY 2 MAY, 2013  /   COMMENTS [3]

Two sneak peaks from my first fashion shoot yesterday. It was wonderful and stressful and exciting all at once. Can't wait to share more about this shoot soon.

Diversity

THURSDAY 16 MAY, 2013  /   COMMENTS [1]

Sorry for the radio silence over here this week. I've been editing non stop trying to get work out before we go on holiday this friday. We're going on a little Cape escape, starting with a hike and camp out on the Table Mountain reserve with a few other bloggers this weekend. I'm so excited for a change of scenery and a break from the two glossy screens that I spend all my time with.

We've been working hard, and I have so many nice shoots I still want to share with you guys. In the past few weeks we've been doing a lot of different work, which has been a wonderful break from shooting weddings. Don't get me wrong, I love weddings but it's so nice mixing it up with other types of shoots too. Here are a few sneak peeks of our latest work:

A maternity shoot that looks nothing like a maternity shoot.

 A fashion look book for a local boutique.

and a really fun, no cheese, couple shoot.

Now I just have to get around to actually blogging it all!

A portrait of a beard

FRIDAY 10 MAY, 2013  /   COMMENTS [2]

After reading this post i've started experimenting a bit with multiple exposures, something i've always been fascinated by, and happy to discover I can make these beautiful images in my 5D Mark III.

Dylan was my first subject and the results got me so excited I want to do a whole series of images using this method.

I really love how this picture came out, mostly because of the magic that's happening between Dylan's beard and the autumn leaves. In black and white it feels so lovely and wintery and I'm thinking this picture would make for an awesome print in our house somewhere.

New! House update

WEDNESDAY 8 MAY, 2013  /   COMMENTS [8]

While my house isn't ready for a full feature yet, I do like showing off a little sneak peak here and there.

We STILL haven't found things to put on our walls yet. I think it just feels so permanent and we haven't found the perfect prints or art works yet. First world problems am I right?

We've been working hard at cleaning up and de cluttering spaces, so today i'm showing you our guest room and office space.

Marsel Roothman came to take a few pictures the other day for her interior portfolio. She took some lovely ones so I asked her nicely if I could use them in this post.

So first up is the guest room. We found these awesome double lockers at a second hand office furniture shop and painted them grey and yellow. I love how they make the whole room feel bright and welcoming! They've also been so great for storage, as we ripped out the old awful cupboards in this room. We just need a print or something hanging above the bed, and I think it will be complete. (This room used to be a store room for all our junk for a while so i'm so happy that it's made a bit of progress).

Moving onto our workspace. Below you'll see i'm standing at the entrance to the office. It opens up really nicely onto the garden letting in lots of fresh air and light which is nice in summer but a little bit chilly now that it's cooling down!

It's a very simple clean space. Dylan and I started out with separate, quite bulky desks that didn't really work with the space, so he built a long white surface (made from a kitchen counter, and a trestle) against the one wall so we could both work on the same side, and use the other side for storage. I like it so much because the room feels so much bigger and you can't see any cords or wires - it's just white and clean. We also added a wooden shelf above our desk which has been a nice place to put our old cameras and other things that are nice to look at. (I will do a full workspace post soon soon).

This is my workspace below. Dylan works a little down to the left, and Zara (our cat) usually sits/sleeps on a blanket in the middle. It's the only way to keep her off our keyboards!

Lastly, a few more nice pictures Marsel took in some of the other rooms in my house.

Eggs. My favourite breakfast.

Winter Art Fair

FRIDAY 3 MAY, 2013  /   COMMENTS [0]

From the same incredible people who brought you Food. Wine. Design. now for the first time bring you the Winter Art Fair. This one is really special as it combines food, wine and art at the Nirox foundation (which is a 15 hectare piece of land in the Cradle of humankind). I hadn't heard of it before but the pictures look amazing. It's just this WIDE open expanse of land with sculptures and interesting things around every corner.

All the top chefs and wine makers from Franshhoek are flying up to cook us amazing food and serve us their best wines and I just can't wait! I'm going with a whole bunch of friends and thinking of bringing some picnic blankets so we find a nice spot to chill and eat and enjoy the surroundings.

It's on this weekend 4th & 5th May. R100 at webtickets. Go here for more information on how to get there.

Gap denim

TUESDAY 30 APRIL, 2013  /   COMMENTS [9]

Last week I was invited to the first ever Gap Styling Session hosted by Grazia SA. We all got to pick out a pair of Gap jeans to take home and style with whatever we already had in our wardrobes. I decided to take a bit of risk and go for these bright floral jeans. They just jumped out at me, and told me I had to have them and go out and 'be bright'.

I decided to put together a summer meets winter look. I paired my summery floral jeans with a light blue denim shirt that fit the blues of the jeans perfectly. I added my go to brown leather boots which have been with me for two winters already and a neutral trench coat (Gap has an amazing version of this in stores). Moving on to accessories, the leather back pack is from Red Oker, and the hat belonged to Dylan's grandpa.