Earlier this week I shared Part 1 of Martmarie & Chris’ wonderful farm wedding I shot in South Africa earlier this year. Today I’d like to share Part 2 of their wedding day. For their couple photos we had the beautiful Zonderend mountains as a backdrop and even managed to work in a few shots with the farmyard animals – including a horse, a few goats and some Nguni cattle! As the sun slipped behind the mountains Martmarie & Chris joined their guests in the tent for the cutting of the cake (by Rozanne from The Food Class) followed by some really emotional and heart-warming speeches. One of my favourite parts of the day is photographing the dance moves much later in the evening - capturing the movement, playing around with the colourful disco lights and just loving the expressions on people’s faces while they break out their moves! Martmarie, Chris and their friends partied the night away to an awesome selection of music played by Alwyn & Dirk from Baha Entertainment and it was an absolute treat to photograph.
A big thanks again to Marianne & Lee-Anne from The Oaks Estate for making sure we were fed & watered (the food from Antoinette’s Events was exquisite) and thanks again to Lara for helping capture some of the evening fun.
I would really recommend visiting Greyton if you’ve not been before – it’s a gorgeous village in Overberg around 1.5 hours from Cape Town with really lovely cafe’s & restaurants to enjoy during your stay. Check out the official Greyton Tourism website here. This was my first visit and I definitely plan to go back! Greyton is the perfect choice for a romantic breakaway as well – Monique from Oh Darling Bride spent her honeymoon in Greyton and wrote a lovely blog post about their stay – here.
Enjoy Part 2 and if you’ve missed Part 1, click here. To see Martmarie & Chris’ wedding featured on The Pretty Blog, click here: http://www.theprettyblog.com/2012/06/mart-marie-chris/
**I am planning to be in South Africa again during 2013, so if you’re getting married and would like to check my availability for your wedding, get in touch: anneli[at]marinovich.co.uk / message me through the contact page**
Wedding Day Suppliers:
Wedding & reception venue: The Oaks Estate, Greyton – South Africa
Martmarie’s wedding dress: Garnish Couture by Kristin Masters
Hair & Make-up: Candice Leigh
Music & Entertainment: Baha Entertainment (Alwyn & Dirk – these guys played awesome tunes all night long!)
Catering: Antoinette’s Events (the food was amazing!!)
Gazebo & Beduion tent: Elite Marquees
Wedding Cake: The Food Class by Rozanne Pieters
Flowers: Marianne Ehlers (owner & manager of The Oaks Estate)
Wedding invitations: Jana Roberts from Mister and Misses Wedding Stationery
Lasercut table names: Leigh Mason from Doodle Laser
by Anneli
I love that setting, a gorgeous wedding expertly captured.
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goooorgeous anneli!!
Anneli lovely to see these and I think they’re gorgeous. I was particularly struck with the one where you’ve got all the bridal party with the mountains in the background, and where you’ve alternated boy girl with the bridal party. And the party shots too! Really cool! Thanks for posting xx
Thanks for stopping by and for your kind words Jennifer! Here’s to more gorgeous weddings in and around Greyton! :-)
These pictures are absolutely amazing. You’ve captured the feeling – the whole happy vibe – of this special day. What wonderful memories you’ve created for this couple and their guests.
Thank you for the link through to Greyton Tourism – please keep us in the loop when you do your next Greyton wedding (I’m confident that these pics will do much to encourage more people to get married here – and to have you as their photographer!).
Stunning!!!! xo