When Monique started planning her big day she had two main priorities: It was hugely important for her to get married in their family church, Our Lady of Fatima, and she wanted her reception to be at Tala Game Reserve near Pietermaritzburg. The logistics seemed quite tricky as they are rather far apart, so she rather cleverly steered away from the typical 3pm ceremony followed by pictures and then a reception. Instead they had an 11am service in Durban North and a lateish lunch up at Tala. By the time lunch and speeches were finished the light was looking good for pics so we went out on our creative shoot and when we returned at sunset they cut the cake and then hit the dance floor. It was a rather clever schedule I must say as they really got the best of both worlds.
Monique was very adamant that her pics should be on the quirky side with lots of textures and that I should capture lots of moments. Luckily for me I found what I was looking for!
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