Hannes Uys Wedding Photography Blog

Hannes Uys - South African Wedding Photographer

Hi! My name is Hannes and I am a photographer

Couples pay me to get the "moment" that others fail to see. Companies fly me to other countries to capture images that sell their multi-million rand projects. Individuals buy prints from me because they say its art. Personally I have a passion for creating pictures. Impressions. That might sound like a cliché, but in my case it is true. To have passion is to have a powerful feeling about something, whether it is love, anger or joy. It is to show boundless enthusiasm - exactly what I have when it comes to photography. I just express myself better that way.

If you are looking for a wedding photographer then I have found that couples that book me tend to posses the following characteristics (in no specific order):

* They have an art that they love
* They trust my aesthetic sense
* They don't like to be labelled as "average"
* They have big goals in life

I am based in Gauteng, South Africa but do travel for assignments or weddings.

If there are any questions that you would like to ask me in person then you can contact me in the Contact Page of the blog or just e-mail me at hannes@hannesuys.com.

Hannes
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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Oakfield Farm Wedding – Shaun and Chantel

I think it was Groucho Marx that once said: Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas and how he got in my pajamas I’ll never know. Well while I’m on the subject of shooting anything; it was not too long ago that I captured the wedding of lawyers Shaun and Chantel at the leafy Oakfield Farm out in Muldersdrift. If you are from a closer galaxy to home then you may have recognised Shaun as guitarist and lyricist for local group Cutting Jade – who topped the charts locally and that honoured the globe with its unique South African rock sound and presence. On the day Chantel played her part in an elegant Gert van der Merwe creation with killer Errol Arendz heels. Über fashionista. As for the rest of the day I remember perfect weather, close-hearted Portuguese warmth, lots of laughs and a reception entrance by Shaun and Chantel on the tune of AC/DC’s Highway to Hell. I think Brian and Angus Young would have been proud of that. I know I was.

Estonteante!

~H.

Hannes Uys