Wedding Tips: Predrinks (Week 12)
I always enjoy it when the couple actually joins for a part of the pre-drinks. It is such a social and casual event and it gives people the opportunity to…
Wedding Tips: Dates (Week 11)
One of the questions I get the most on e-mail is probably: How far in advance do we need to book you? The answer: I don’t know. Probably anything from…
Wedding Tips – How to choose a photographer (Week 10)
The obvious answer for me would be to: choose me!! ALWAYS choose me! And with me, I mean “Riekert Cloete”. But alas that is probably not a very objective tip.…
Wedding tips: Guestbooks (Week 9)
Traditionally guest books were a bit of a boring part of the wedding. You had a very formal book and people wished you well in it. It was bland and…
Wedding tips: Confetti (Week 8)
The Confetti part of the wedding has and always will be a great deal of fun and makes for great photos. It's the first time the guests can say congratulations…
Wedding Tips: Contacts (Week 7)
Chances are you have a found a service provider for your wedding that is REALLY good at what they do. They have been doing it for a while. You absolutely…
Wedding Tips: Plains, Trains and Automobiles (Week 6)
Four to five years ago "The Wedding car" was still a major issue at weddings. It was almost as important as the wedding dress. Probably the groom's stamp on the…
Wedding tips: Time of your life (week 5)
This is probably the most important planning that the photographer can help you with for your big day. The reality is that you only have so many hours to get…
Wedding Tips: The Ceremony (Week 4)
I've been to ceremonies in/on the following places: Churches, cellars, gardens, mountains, lawns, Living rooms, patios, forests, fields, ballrooms and even on a boat once. I have seen very formal…
Wedding Tips: Groups (Week 3)
This is an interesting one. I will get couples that tell me in the consultation they don't want posed shots. No group shots. On the wedding day the parents decide…