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    (Before you go further, if you do no have a lot of time to peruse through my extensive wedding blog please go directly to my portfolio to look at my work - WEDDING PORTFOLIO.)

    I am a professional Wedding Photographer based in Cape Town. When I first picked up a camera over 15 years ago, I knew I would be doing this for the rest of my life and 10 years ago I decided that I would be doing this for a living. Please enjoy my art as much as I have done in the creation process!

    The art of capturing time, making beautiful images from fleeting moments, and turning them into vivid memories, is very unique and rare these days. Unlike a studio setup, at a wedding it is my job to capture your joy, your wedding day as it unfolds. Every second counts, there is no second chance and it is my job to make sure that every special moment is taken care of. Your wedding day celebration should be just that, a celebration of your love and sharing it with loved ones! You, as the couple, are the stars. My philosophy is simple, enjoy your very special day and forget about all else. Your wedding day will be captured with style and your pictures will become your love story, told beyond words.

    (I am available for destination wedding photography all over South Africa, including Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth etc as well as assignments across the world.)

    DON'T forget to click on the text at the bottom of the pictures "CLICK HERE FOR MORE PICTURES" to view more photos from that shoot!


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Jan 27 2012

Lighting workshop!!

Posted in Courses, Gear talk

Bookings are now officially open for my lighting workshop. This workshop will focus on using studio quality flash equipment out in the “field”. Focusing primarily on battery packs that are portable but also very powerful. I will also divulge a trade secret, how to shoot with studio flash equipment and have a sync speed of up to 1/8000th of a second! Which will allow you to shoot at f2.8 or bigger.

Workshop outline for the 16th of February 2012:

  • Portable battery pack flash equipment – Profoto Acute B 600R
  • Bare bulb, umbrella, beauty dish and softbox use
  • You will need your own camera gear
  • Lunch, drinks, coffee, water and other snacks will be provided throughout the day
  • Pocketwizard FlexTT 5 units, limited number will be on hand for use
  • Being able to shoot anytime of the day
  • Working quickly with light powerful gear
  • Getting low depth of field shots in studio for beautiful portraits
  • Providing a better quality product to your clients
  • Broadening your skill set

 

Space is limited so jump quickly to secure your place! We will be hosted by the amazingly gorgeous Molenvliet venue in Stellenbosch. Lighting gear sponsored with the compliments of Profoto SA.

Date: 16 February 2012, Arrival at 9h30 to start at 10h00, finishing off around 19h00

Cost of the course is R2800.00

Email me via the contact form and I will send a booking form with details!

 

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January 28, 2012 - 00:33

Eric - Thanks, updated! 16 Feb 2012

January 27, 2012 - 20:08

Nicole - Hi Eric, sounds epic – what date is the course please?

Jan 13 2012

Mercia + Bill = Married @ South Hill

Posted in Photography, Weddings

It was a glorious day in Elgin at South Hill wine estate. People came to celebrate a wedding, they came they saw and they partied! Ooi!

Sebastine Pepler did her makeup.

Nastassja Harvey assisted me.

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January 20, 2012 - 00:58

Kat de Sarigny - These photos are incredible! I am in awe! I especially love the reception photos – wow! You are inspiring Eric!!

January 18, 2012 - 18:45

mary - An amazing setting and beautiful,happy wedding captured with stunning photography x

January 18, 2012 - 10:50

Tania Grimbeek - WOW Mercia – ek moes nou 2 keer kyk om seker te maak dis jy! JY lyk AMAZING!!! BAIE BAIE geluk met die troue! x

January 16, 2012 - 14:29

Cecile - Stem saam Merc, en dan kan hy nog lekker party ook! :)

January 16, 2012 - 12:39

Eric - Plesier Mercia! Baie dankie en ek bly jy hou so baie daarvan!

January 15, 2012 - 11:27

Mercia - most beautiful pics Eric! you are a BRILLIANT photographer we are so lucky. you captured the whole day, your pictures tells a story! ooi!

January 14, 2012 - 11:43

Mercia - wowwee, Eric these are magnificent! we were so lucky to have someone as good as you to capture the day as perfect as you have. we love every pic and cant wait for the rest. Thank you once again.

January 14, 2012 - 00:19

Eric - ek voel baie special, baie dankie :)

January 13, 2012 - 22:49

Jean-Pierre Uys - This is an amazing wedding and brilliantly captured by Eric, these photos are world class, on parr with the Jonas Petersons and the rest!

January 13, 2012 - 18:26

nastassja harvey - die maan het so awesome saam gespeel :) regtig ongeloflike fotos eric! (vrek mal oor die tilt shift!)

Jan 04 2012

Trash the wind?

Posted in Photography, Trash the dress

Windy? That is a bit of an understatement, the wind was gusting at around 200mph! But we endured and we braved the mighty winds that the Cape is famous for and we conquered! It was fun shooting and meeting you guys, enjoy South Africa!

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January 6, 2012 - 15:18

Taryn Ward - Love that first shot with the tilt shift lens :D

January 4, 2012 - 22:08

nastassja harvey - sjoe dis gorgeous… die tilt shift is to die for.

January 4, 2012 - 10:14

Jean-Pierre Uys - Epic shoot!

Dec 23 2011

Caron + Jarrod = Celebration @ Molenvliet

Posted in Photography, Weddings

A Jewish wedding isn’t really a wedding, it’s more of a celebration with loads of fun and awesome dancing! I just could not wait to get some pics out onto my blog, hope you enjoy. (These are more of an off-beat look at it) I was the second photographer on this wedding, main photographer was my brother, will link to his post once he has it up and going.

Yes I know, this might be Bono from his earlier years.

This photo above is what I deem to be a bum-shot. the angle and way my camera dangles from my shoulder sometimes results in a bum-shot (the vertical shutter gets released accidentally by my bum) sometimes with an interesting effect..

Nicole Rich assisted me.

Venue: The awesome Molenvliet in Stellenbosch

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January 8, 2012 - 07:49

Annemari - Awesome awesome images!

Dec 23 2011

Jeannie + Andrew = Married @ Val de Vie

Posted in Weddings

Venue – Val-de-Vie Estate

 

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January 10, 2012 - 11:27

Eric - Thank you Jeannie! There are many more amazing images, it was truly difficult just choosing a few for the blog post :)

January 6, 2012 - 17:08

jeannie - Eric you are a genius! I absolutely love the photos :) I also loved the one of me smiling with my garter showing and the one of us kissing in the background. Honestly you have captured many special moments and I can’t thank you enough. A truly amazing and creative photographer. x

January 1, 2012 - 23:39

Eric - ag baie dankie Duwayne :) ek voel ekt weer beter geraak met my selections :D

December 27, 2011 - 21:44

Du Wayne Denton - Eric, wow, jou werk is besonders! love this wedding. Jou werk was nog altyd goed maar voel vir my nog better die laaste ruk. Well done.

Dec 01 2011

Junebugweddings best of the best

Posted in Photography, Ramblings of a madman, Weddings

I decided that I will try again this year. Every time it is so difficult for me to make a selection of 10 images to enter this competition. I went thru thousands of photos to get to 10 and I’m still not entirely sure that I made the right choice, with photography it’s or any other art, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You will end up with a mix of what you like and what think the judges will like, it’s always like that.

First up are my 10 entries, followed by the ones who nearly made it. It was very very difficult to make and it took me hours of just staring at my screen and doing a bit of eeny meeny miny moe, some help from people on my facebook page and my girl Liezl.

Follow the link to see the other photos which nearly made it into the top ten! More about this »

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December 7, 2011 - 08:08

Du Wayne Denton - Really good set of images. All of the best Eric.

December 6, 2011 - 09:47

Jean-Pierre Uys - When I started looking, it felt like I was watching the Junebug results already. They deserve to be here, we cant really know what process they follow, so lets see. good luck!

December 4, 2011 - 22:44

Eric - Baie dankie! Ja ek wou hom nogal in sit..

December 4, 2011 - 00:11

Yolandé Marx - Sjoe, amazing amazing foto’s! Ek dink jy moes daai waar almal met hul hande die groom ondersteun ook ingestuur het! Maar die 10 wat jy gekies het is ook almal wenners. Well done!

December 1, 2011 - 18:00

María | Detalles de boda - Great photos. The sky is incredible in someone.

December 1, 2011 - 14:30

Jilda G - Beautiful choices! Awesome colours and great work Eric.

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