Showing posts with label Friendship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friendship. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 October 2014

LOVE IS IN THE AIR




Meet this shy couple. They are good friends on mine and I am nervous, but mostly thrilled and excited to be shooting their wedding. They are that couple who you meet and you feel like you have known them forever and a day. She makes you laugh and he makes you smile, they are an amazingly kind couple and one day they are going to have the most beautiful family together. They have the most gorgeous story behind the venue of their upcoming wedding. I can't wait to share their special day with you!!!

Images taken using Canon 5D Markiii//50mm 1.4
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Sunday, 5 October 2014

BIRTHDAY WISHES & KISSES

 



 









Hip-hip-hooray, happy birthday to my darling friend. Last week we celebrated her birthday, we all met at her place with a home made dish in hand. Seema was in full swing making her Grandmother's special curry and a delicious fish curry when I entered her busy kitchen, the smells coming from the stovetop were dreamy. By dusk we were all working together to fill our plates, passing dishes and bowls at the makeshift buffet table of home made dishes, the theme of the night was curries; bean and lentil curries, fish curries, buttered chicken, rogan josh, tandoori chicken, yoghurts, mango chutney, rice, naans.....I had two full platefuls of food and my tummy was greedily bursting by the time she blew the candles on her little cakes. There was not much room for dessert, but somehow I managed to fit in a sweet slice of everything. Lemon meringue pie, brown butter and salted honey pie, NYC cheesecake and a raw cheesecake.....I was pigging. The best way to celebrate is with your friends and with food, and to have both of them together is a treat for all, thank you for a delicious evening. Happy Birthday beautiful lady, I hope that your wishes come true. xo

p.s. (How amazing is her loungeroom, big envy over her style. I drool!)

Images taken using Canon 5D Markiii//50mm 1.4
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Monday, 22 September 2014

PINK OR BLUE AT THE LAKEHOUSE














 





The weekend hosted the perfect weather to be sitting by the large bay windows at The Lakehouse with a room bursting with beautiful ladies and an assortment of delicious bite sized treats and hot pots of tea. We were here to celebrate the welcoming of baby number three for a very dear friend of mine. She has two handsome and healthy young boys and we were all there to share the excitement of finding out the gender of baby number three. 

The table was spread with towering tiers of assorted macarons, mini slices of orange and chocolate cake, cute little cups of chocolate and orange mousse, scones, freshly whipped cream and shallow dishes of blackberry jam. Long sandwich plates were delicately topped with sandwiches and mini quiches, exactly the type of food you hope to fill up on at an afternoon tea. The tea menu itself boasted an impressive assortment of deluxe tea leaves which would satisfy even the most pickiest of tea drinkers and perhaps even lure in the most die-hard coffee fans with the availability of the such distinct and diverse flavours.

The real jewel of the crown was the cute and unassuming little cake which sailed high above the tiers of sweets and plates of sandwiches. We were all so eager to see whether the cake was bestowing a pink or blue filling. You can only imagine the excitement and disbelief at seeing a pink sponge cake hiding underneath the white buttercream frosting. It looks like they used a different recipe this time around and I am just so beyond happy for my darling friend and her beautiful family. This pink little sponge cake is the first of lots and lots of all things sweet and pink. By far, this is the best way to welcome in new life is with an abundance of sweet treats, friendship and love.

Images taken using Canon 5D Markiii//50mm 1.4
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Monday, 18 August 2014

GREY CLOUDS DELIVER MORE THAN JUST RAIN







Love and sweet thoughts penned from across the seas. 
Nothing brightens someone's day better than a hand written letter.


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Thursday, 7 August 2014

A LOVE SO BEAUTIFUL


"....A love so beautiful
A love so sweet
A love so beautiful
A love for you and me.

And when I think of you
I fall in love again
A love so beautiful
In every way...."

Roy Orbison - A Love So Beautiful


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Thursday, 3 July 2014

AFTERNOONS BY THE SEA


We are pretty lucky to call a day like this "winter". The sun was shining hard all day, the breeze was crisp and the salty air was light and fresh. Today we saw a pod of 15 dolphins mucking around behind the breaking waves, the more playful ones put on a show and were riding waves parrallel to the shore line. Days like this remind me of how lucky my family and I are to live here.
  
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Fuji 800z/Ilford5
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Tuesday, 24 June 2014

COFFEE AND SLEEP






Now she sleeps soundly.

Earlier we held our conversation over her loud cries as I calmly tried everything to settle my girl. I rocked, cradled, cooed and fed my baby girl, over and over again. My friend tried to settle her too. Her square little face strained and turned red as she protested even more. We chatted and talked for as long as it became obvious that Vinnie was not going to settle to sleep. We called it a day and we made our way through her house and back out to my car. Saying our goodbyes through her protesting cries at the driveway. I start the car and her crying stops as we drive away. We arrive home and I gently unbuckle her from the car seat and carefully bundle her up to our blue doors. The blankets in her bassinette were still unravelled from her waking up earlier this morning. I tucked her back into them and watched her relax into her little space.



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Kodak Portra160
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