Leo & Maliska – February 2009

Leo and Maliska got married in Polokwane at the Grincourt Private Nature Reserve.  Maliska’s mother booked me and made all the arrangements, which at first seemed a bit strange to me, as it is usually the bride who’s all excited about her wedding photos.  Apparently her mother also arranged her sister’s wedding photographer etc.  Lucky for her, her mother has great taste… *ahem*

  

The preparation or “getting ready” session took place at the Meropa Casino just outside Polokwane.

Maliska and her bridesmaids had loads of fun all through the morning which resulted in lots of spontaneous pictures filled with emotion, laughter and funny looks!  Maliska was such a beautiful bride and the natural lighting sifting into the room allowed me to capture some stunning bridal portraits during the “getting ready” session.

Cobus stayed with the boys men and captured them playing relaxing in the pool.

It seems so unfair!  Us ladies spend HOURS getting ready while the men have fun and then clean up within a couple of minutes…

   

We spent a couple minutes at Meropa’s grounds to shoot Maliska and her wedding party before heading off to Grincourt for the wedding ceremony and reception.

 

After the ceremony we had the wedding couple prance around in the hot afternoon sun in the veld for an hour or so.  They had a videographer for the day as well and he was quite demanding – even to the point of limiting our shots AND time.

 

Luckily the setting sun and beautiful couple provided some nice shots in the end.

Leo and Maliska had lots of friends at their wedding and after the main activities at the reception we had some fun with group photos.  We had the girls “bullying” Leo for a while and then handed him over to the guys for some aerial acrobatics.

Grincourt is a new wedding venue in Polokwane (Pietersburg).  It has good potential and can host small to medium wedding with ease.  The surrounding veld and dirt roads etc provide great scenic photo backdrops, although it’s not a fairytale / theme wedding venue.  The food and service was good with a large reception hall with lots of space for dancing etc.