Orient Fusion, all sorts of ideas came to mind :East meets West. Story book stuff, great food, Fantastic Bride and Groom. Now for those that have been following my blog, might just recognise the faces. No! I did not hash the wedding shoot. This was the 2nd part of their wedding.

Location: Orient Fusion a trendy place where good food is top of the list, friends meet and a perfect place to have a wedding reception. The guest list was impressive from the Consular General to me:)

Enjoy the imagery.A few of my favorites.

Mario

Saturday morning, was a very early early start to the day. I haven't done a morning wedding for a very looong time and had forgotten how early you need to get up to capture all the moments.

Louise and Louis opted to have their wedding photographs taken before the ceremony, which was a good choice. Louise you were an amazing bride , full of enthusiasim and an absolute pleasure to photograph. Thankyou so much. Here are a few of my favouritess of the day. Enjoy the honeymoon and travel safe. Best wishes. Mario

Had the opportunity of seeing a close friends work sometime back. She had spent a year in Tanzania as a guide and captured some amazing images. This one of the Zebra in particular caught my eye, and felt that I needed to share it with you good folks. So no wedding images this time round.

Write now off to Bed....Zzzzzh!

Designing a Wedding Album is loads of fun, but also hard work. Well I am pleased to announce that Rozannes Wedding Album is complete and will be going into print in the morning> Yiks! it is morning , Enjoy a few random pages.

Sharing the same surname is rather unusal, especially one like mine. So it felt like a family Wedding for me when I shot Nerene and Jurgens wedding. I need to aplogise, these were mistakenly uploaded to the wrong folder. Anyway an awesome wedding, with great weather and a awesome couple. Enjoy Mario

Got to catch up on some sleep:) More images to follow

Weekend Time, and what better way to start it off with a Wedding: especially Annelie & Daryl's Wedding. I decided to give my assistant the day off, ( Yiks : What we photographers do.) Mmmh! I can't remember the last time that I shot without my assistant ) Well I am happy to report that it went Swell, but must admit that I missed the fetching and carrying part :) Me doing most of the fetching and carrying. In retrospect: I planned and thought out Loads more, if that's possible, Redbulls were nor present, Inspiration there was plenty, but must admit that I did run into a tree. For those of you that know me I get pretty excited on a shoot and get totally caught up, needless to say I ran smack bang into a Pine Tree in the forest, and went down for the count of 10.With Bravado I continued as if nothing happened, did I get the shot? Oh Yes that's why I have dedicated this weeks Image of the Week to a "Blurry Action Image".

Estelle & Ben from Diamond Hill thank you so much for being the good folks you are, and offering your home as a location for my shoot. Adelle & Bertus and kids it was great to meet up with you again ( It was like meeting old friends.) Then to a gorgeous couple Annelie-you made my day, Daryl you are "cool".Enjoy the Maldives and send me a post card. Regards Mario

Have you ever had the that surreal feeling that this can't be real?

Well that is what happened to me last week.After an early morning flight to Durban and a drive to Inanda in rural KZN to photograph a literacy project that I have been involved with for the last 12 years I came across the most amazing sight.

Let me back track a while.Literacy is an important part of daily life and something that we take for granted, well I did until I realized that there are people that cannot read or write, tasks that I took for granted are just not part of the daily scheme of things. Fast forward: After collecting a hired car, which might be suitable for tarred roads we were on our way.With a good friend we reached our destination in the rain, and after much slipping and sliding there was no way this vehicle was going to reach the top of this mountain, never mind the unforgiving track. Loading my camera gear and following our guide I reached the top ( For me : It was like conquering Kilimanjaro. There was this house with a surfboard, miles away from the sea, uncanny.

The analogy: no matter where you are or, circumstance, never take anything for granted.

Personal log: Mario

By the time you read this, Sylvie & Martin have been on their honeymoon, and enjoying married life. For those of you that having been following my blog you will have noticed that I did their engagement shoot a while back. Sylvie is a meticulous person with a fine eye for detail, Martin is one of the most easiest grooms that I have had the privelege of photographing. Saturday morning was just one of those perfect days, and to top it all I met up with Davina ( A tongue twister of a name... especially for someone who has a short memory) Mortlock a harpist who played background music before and after the service. For me it is always a reunion when I get to photograph the couple for either their engagement shoot or images for their invites, and I meet up with them again on their wedding day. Here are a few images. Can't wait to start their album.