See their wedding photography by Ian Mitchinson taken in Matjiesfontein here.

Recently we shot a full day shoot with Sean and Lynne. It was great because they just let Rudi and I do whatever we wanted. We are working on 3 different images from this shoot. I will let you make your own interpretation of this image. I hope you Cherish it.

The image was shot all in studio….for those of you wondering…..:)

Hello and thank you for coming back to visit my special gallery of images from my series titled “The Cherish Series”.

Over the last few months, I have been finishing off the wedding season in Cape Town and also have spent some time in Italy. Now Im back and pretty much caught up with all my work and now have the next few months to dedicate to the Cherish Series.

Some great news for those of you who are interested in this unique project. The Cherish Series is going to have a gallery showing in December 09 or January, 2010. Im expecting it to be quite a big hit, and we are going to be displaying the best work from the Cherish Series and also will have limited edition framed fine art prints available for purchase. More importantly we just want to show the work in its physical form. Its nice looking online but nothing compares to seeing it displayed as a fine art print.

Im at a bit of a cross road due to the upcoming show, as I want people to not have seen the work so it has more of an impact, but at the same time I love to show what I have been working on.

So I have decided, that going forward I will only display one image from each Cherish Shoot. I have to build up some kind of anticipation for our exhibition.

If you are intersted in setting up a Cherish shoot with me or just want to understand it better. Please let me know.

I hope you enjoy the second edition of the Cherish Series entitled Nates Tune.

For this first session I invited one of my former and most favourite brides “Marli Coetzer”. I wanted the concept of this shoot to really show off the dress and in a overly classical way. At first I thought about shooting in studio using hoists and also wire framing to extenuate the dress, but then I thought it would be even cooler to shoot the whole thing underwater and let the water hold the dress in place and allow Marli to position herself. I knew Marli would be perfect for the shoot as she is professional model and knows how to pose without direction. I just told her, I want it to look like a painting from the Renaissance. I would have been happy to guide her, but she just seemed to know exactly what I wanted.

For this shoot, I asked designer Hendrik Vermuelen if he would be interested in the concept, and he was!! So luckily I got to use this amazing gown, originally designed and worn by Miss South Africa.

Thanks all for working with me on the first ever Cherish Shoot. I cant wait to do the next one very soon. We already have a few bookings this June.

Marli is a super intelligent, and beautifully fascinating person and she documented the lead up to her wedding in a very popular blog called Sexy Red Frame. Its a must read for all brides to be. Check it out here.

Hendrik Vermuelen is one of the most sought after and creative bridal fashion designers in South Africa. If you haven’t heard of him, then you will soon as his designs are taking the industry by storm. Find him here.