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TGIF Wedding Edition 🤙

The bride and groom may be the stars, but this crew runs the show. Equal parts support team and potential troublemakers. They understood the assignment:"keeping the couple calm and the bar busy." 😆🥂🍾

Happiest birthday to one of my bestest friends and soon-to-be Mama 🩷

Over two decades of laughter, growth, and unforgettable memories… and now I get to witness, and capture, one of the most beautiful chapters of your life. Photographing you in this season is something I’ll cherish forever. You’ve always been incredible, but seeing you step into motherhood adds a whole new kind of magic to who you are. In just a few short weeks, you’ll be holding your precious baby girl in your arms… 🎀🩰

But today, I want to celebrate YOU, your strength, your softness, and your endlessly beautiful heart 🤍✨

Lief vir jou my Gogga x

The art of being delicate, yet daring 🩵

Got these from the archives. Is it just me or is the first picture giving a modern "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Vermeer (circa 1665) vibe? 👨‍🎨

Anyways.. I adore this girl,, she'll forever be (one of) my favorite muse 💎

A morning so pure and raw ✨
She looks like something poets write about 🖋️

10/10 Recommend marrying your best friend 💍💎

From teenage dreams to forever vows. They started in high school and ended at the altar. Love stories like this are why I love what I do. 🤍📸

Your wedding photos shouldn’t feel staged. They should feel like laughter, nerves, happy tears, and the quiet moments you didn’t even realize were happening. If you're planning your wedding and want relaxed, authentic photos like this, send me a message to check your date. ✨

Leave it to Drey-Andra van der Merwe to look like a Supermodel shooting her VOGUE cover while being 5 months pregnant. Can't believe these were taken in December and soon we will be doing her official Maternity Session ✨❤️

I had the absolute pleasure of capturing this stunning beauty for her birthday photoshoot, and what a magical session it was. ✨

Everything about it felt like something straight out of a fairytale — from the glow, to the laughter, to the beautiful moments we captured together. 🌾

It honestly feels like just yesterday my childhood best friend texted me saying she couldn’t wait for me to come to Swakopmund because she had exciting news to share. I jokingly told her the only news I wanted to hear was that she was pregnant… and she replied, “You know me too well.” 🤍

I cried the happiest tears and drove to Swakopmund that very weekend to capture their announcement.

Fast forward to this weekend… she’s 8 months pregnant and we’re shooting her maternity session. Watching her step into motherhood and being able to document these moments for her is something so special.

Life really is this beautiful. ✨

These are the moments she’ll remember: the laughter and the nerves, before it all begins. 🤍

Before the gown, before the aisle. Just her, the quiet, and the beginning of forever. Where the magic really begins.✨

Every now and then, you meet people who remind you why you do what you do.. ✨

Like this couple. This maternity session wasn’t just beautiful, it was honest, spontaneous, and full of magic. No pretending. Just love in its most natural form. 🤍

It's giving Carrie Bradshaw 💁‍♀️✨
Only, this is not New York and Mr. Big is just a fictional character.