My friend Doug has started his own wedding photography business called Kith and Kin. He does everything from shooting the wedding, to videoing it to setting up a photo booth (those are always the best). I have pulled some of my favourite shots of his off his site for you to look at, check them out and if you or someone you know if looking for a wedding photographer, then Dougie Doug is your guy.
On Friday it was my birthday and Shane and I spent the day out in the Magaliesburg area. We went for a picnic, with enough food to feed like 9 people and then we went horse riding on a farm. Now this is the funny thing about me and horses, I love them but I’m scared of them. So I want to go horse riding with all my heart, but then I won’t go faster than a trot and we all know trotting isn’t the most comfortable thing to do on a horse, you bounce all over the place, well at least I do. But anyway it was still fun and me and my horse Spirit got on very well.
Yesterday was my mom and dad’s 37th wedding anniversary. I pulled out their wedding album and paged through it and thought I would share some of their photos from that day in Zimbabwe 1975. They had over 700 guests and my mom had 12 bridesmaids and flowergirls. Can you imagine how many plates were broken on the dance floor on that night heee.
When I took my family’s old passports to be framed I also took these drawings that I did of my parents when I was young. These were Christmas presents that I gave them one year – a one of kind, signed original by A.Batis. Hahaha it has all the important bits, the Merry Xmas, the part about loving them, the eyes that look like bicycle spokes, because i’m such a sucker for detail and then obviously my signature, because no great piece of art is complete without one. Obviously.
I raided my granny’s house when I was in Zimbabwe. Obviously. I got a few really nice pieces, which she was very happy to give me because I’m her lovely grand daughter hee. I bought home this Tretchikoff print, the frame has seen better days, but I kind of like it all disheveled. My aunt who lives in Springs has a really big one like this in a big gold frame, I drool over it every time I go there and she has promised that one day it will be mine. So pretty.
I also asked if I could take 2 of her wedding photos. Back in the day everyone always looked so composed and classic, I wish our pictures now looked like these.
I have never written about this gran before, this is my dad’s mom and she is one tough cookie, I will say no more ha. My grandfather unfortunately passed away quite a few years ago, he was cool grandfather. My fondest memories of him are the bike rides he used to take us on. I have such an awesome picture of me, my brother and my grandfather on is bike – I must find it and add it to this post.
I love the flowergirls outfits and hats.
Inigo Aragon is a Spanish designer and photograher. I just love his stuff. It’s a little bit spooky, but I would totally hang a piece up in my house.
