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Mario and Marissa | Wedding | Harmonie Proteas

The love Mario and Marissa have for each other was sooooo tangible on their wedding day!! Marissa you looked incredible and I could see Mario was biting his lip not to cry when you walked down the aisle!

 

PLAY ME!

 

I have ticked a bucket list with Mario and Marissa’s wedding! I have done a few engagement shoots at Harmonie Proteas, but this was my first wedding shoot….and I fell in love with this venue on another level! WOW, just look at their photos against the red of the proteas!

Mario and Marissa are South Africans working and residing in the Netherlands, and they got married here because their friends are here. And due to this fact, their wedding had moved quite a bit due to Covid.

Thank you Mario and Marissa for trusting me with my crazy ideas…they left me completely to do my magic and to push my creative boundaries….which I loved. They are such an easy couple to photograph, and the love they have for each other was sooooo tangible! Marissa you looked incredible and I could see Mario was biting his lip not to cry when you walked down the aisle!

Enough said, congrats again on your union! May God bless you in your walk in your marriage but also in the Netherlands!

Please leave a comment at the end for the couple! A little love can go a long way!

Vendors making the day possible:

Venue: @harmonieproteas | Flowers: @floral_by_dd | Dress: @bruidspaleis | DJ: @gauteng_dj | Shoes: @annafield_official | Cake: @ddcc_cakes | Rings: @poggenpoeljewel

 
 
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Chrisjan & Juanita | E-session | Harmonie Proteas

Oh how I adore these two souls. Chrisjan and Juanita got engaged and I have not seen two people more in love. Their engagement shoot was done at the beautiful Harmonie Proteas!

Song of Solomon 8:6-7: “Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.

Harmonie proteas engagement shoot beautiful

Oh how I adore these two souls. Chrisjan and Juanita got engaged and I have not seen two people more in love. Our journey actually started early last year, and they have booked with me for this year, but only did their engagement shoot recently at the beautiful Harmonie Proteas. We wanted to go to an abondened mine dump, becuase Juanita had a specific idea in mind, but due to safety reasons decided not to go ahead with that idea. Oh how glad…Harmonie Proteas is such a pretty backdrop for any shoot. Just look at the pretty colors! Another reason why I love shooting here is because they give you the most beautiful flower bouquet to do photos with!

Corne Brecher from Beautiful Change did the most amazing makeup for Juanita, and she just radiated beauty! Chrisjan couldnt keep his eyes away from his bride-to-be! I also loved her YDE dress, and her hair by Captivating Mobile Hair and Makeup was also done to perfection!

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Tertius & Monique | E-session | Harmonie Proteas

I had a blast capturing young love between Tertius & Monique during their engagement session at Harmonie Proteas. They are gorgeous inside and out!

Tertius & Monique | E-session | Harmonie Proteas

Song of Solomon 8:6-7a: Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away.

Wow, I just love going out to Harmonie Proteas for a photo shoot, especially after a few days of rain. Then the air is cleaner as usual, which make the sunsets next-level...and this place has some of the most prettiest sunsets I have seen in my life.

I had a blast with Tertius and Monique. They are sweet, down-to-earth souls. They had knowledge of each other throughout their lives, and they went to the same school but they never really had conversation, until recently. And after dating for roughly 3 months they got engaged. Tertius told me: "If you know the Lord has given your wife to you, why wait?" Wow, thats amazing. And even more impressive is the way they love each other. They are serious love-birds. Lets just say...it wasn't difficult for me to ask Tertius to kiss his bride-to-be...he is totally in love with his princess! 

Monique rented a beautiful Silver Swallow Design Dress from Cocoberry.

I can't wait for their wedding next year at Memoire!

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Heinrich & Simone | Esession | Harmonie Proteas

Wow, I cant wait for Heinrich and Simone's wedding early next year! Their engagement session at Harmonie Proteas was epic, and they looked absolutely gorgeous! How did I get so lucky to have them as my clients...?

“When I sleep, I dream of you, and when I wake, I long to hold you in my arms. If anything, our time apart has only made me more certain that I want to spend my nights by your side, and my days with your heart.” —Nights in Rodanthe

Heinrich and Simone are such great people, and I have fallen in love with who they are since meeting up with them for the first time!

Simone has such a gentle yet strong spirit, and Heinrich is sooo much in love with her! Their chemistry in front of the camera is amazing, and I thoroughly enjoyed their engagement shoot. They are just gorgeous and naturals, and I can't get over the fact that they are my clients...super stoked! 

It was my first time shooting at Harmonie Proteas, and the hype is true! This place is incredible, and their sunsets are out of this world! 

Simone's makeup was exquisite, which was done at MAC Cosmetics in Edgars in Centurion. Heinrich also bought Simone's amazing engagement ring at Browns...wow, that is such a beautiful ring! 

I really can't wait for their wedding, which will be in January next year at the amazing Lace on Timber

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