Johannesburg Wedding Photographer Kat Forsyth » Couple Shoots

Engagement: Nikki and Shane

Kat Forsyth — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:47:17 +0000

Nikki and Shane are getting married in Cape Town, and had already organised a photographer there for their wedding, but I was thrilled to do their engagement session for them!

Couple Session: Taz-wynne and Carmen

Kat Forsyth — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:21:29 +0000

“Just because”. That’s what Taz-wynne and Carmen answered when I asked why they wanted to do this session. And I think it’s the perfect answer. Photos don’t always need to be about celebrating some major event in your life. Sometimes you’re just happy and in love, and you want some pictures to capture that time in your life, too.

I love this one. So serene.

Sneak Peek: Taz-wynne & Carmen’s Couple Session

Kat Forsyth — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:24:00 +0000

Vanessa & Neil: Engagement

Kat Forsyth — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:15:35 +0000

Vanessa and Neil are getting married in Potchefstroom and they already organised a photographer (phooey, because they’re getting married at the gorgeous Anderland, and I’ve been dying to shoot there!). They decided to do an engagement shoot with me to get some fun photos for their invitations, and once we were done I wanted to shoot their wedding even more, because we had so much fun!

Kyra & Nick: Engagement

Kat Forsyth — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:31:36 +0000

Bubbles

Kat Forsyth — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:47:17 +0000

Sneak peek of Kyra and Nick’s engagement session I did today:

Sammy Marks Part III: Wenda & Jacques

Kat Forsyth — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:47:01 +0000

Sammy Marks Part II: Nina and J.G.

Kat Forsyth — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:00:33 +0000

Ah, winter: the time when we catch up on all the images we had to leave unedited because we weren’t actually paid for them. Here are some more from the Sammy Marks get-together I attended in April! You can see Pieter and Hanchen’s vintage-themed photos here.

Nina & JG were such fun and so completely adorable to shoot! Thanks, guys!

Photographer Shootout at Sammy Marks: Vintage goodness Part I

Kat Forsyth — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:17:15 +0000

Nearly a month ago, a bunch of Johannesburg and Pretoria-based photographers got together for a fun day of shooting and learning from each other at the ruins at Sammy Marks. It was organised by the ever-awesome Natasha and Deon Du Preez, and despite the fact that I was pretty well exhausted from Mia & Francois’ wedding the day before, I had THE best time. Yes, everyone who was there: I had a better time than you did. So there!

Natasha and Deon organised four gorgeous couples to come and pose for us, and we took turns at making them smile, kiss, lean, sit, climb, and all the usual things we make couples do for the sake of a good photo! Later in the day they all changed into vintage outfits (giant swoon on my part) and the fantabulous Mario Sales showed us how he poses large groups. I then stuck to Mario like glue as he took one of the couples for another couple shoot in the sunset. And just because I like to be different, I’m starting there at the end and working my way backwards. More posts to follow!

Here are Pieter and Hanchen, vintaged up!

Craig & Jade’s Engagement Shoot

Kat Forsyth — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:33:47 +0000

When I told Jade and Craig to be ready at 7:30am it sounded like a good idea. Nice and early, to miss the heat of the day…little did we know we’d picked one of the hottest days of the year! We sweated, fought off flies and I came out looking like a boiled lobster, but somehow Jade and Craig managed to look effortlessly cool in their photos anyway. I love what we got – I can’t wait for your wedding next month, guys!

Heather & Ryno

Kat Forsyth — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:57:20 +0000

Here’s the full post of Heather and Ryno at The Ridge School in Westcliff. As soon as I saw Heather’s dress, I knew we had to do their creative shoot somewhere elegant and beautiful. So I called up my connections and secured The Ridge School, which has to be the most beautiful prep school I’ve ever seen.

Heather & Ryno sneak peek!

Kat Forsyth — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:07:37 +0000

If you were in Johannesburg last week, you’ll know what appalling weather we’ve been having. Overcast, rainy, cold – it’s like we swapped November weather with the UK! But wouldn’t you know, on Sunday it just miraculously cleared up just so Heather and Ryno could get these:

Christine Meintjes workshop Part I

Kat Forsyth — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:00:54 +0000

The weekend in Cape Town was fabulous. I learned so much about not only photography, but about running a wedding photography business as well. I have to give a huge thank you to to Christine Meintjes for organising, teaching, sharing and just generally being awesome, and to the other seven photographers I met for sharing your knowledge and experiences as well.

Early on the Saturday morning we drove out to Stellenbosch to photograph Nicola and Wynand’s sweet, country-chic engagement shoot. The weather was perfect, as was the location!

And some Behind The Scenes shots:

Some people will do anything to get a shot.

See Part II here.

Claire & Dewan

Kat Forsyth — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:40:02 +0000

Apparently the veld I shot Claire & Dewan’s pictures in burnt down a few days after this, so it’s perfect timing I got them when I did!

Of course, I grabbed some ring shots! Obviously.

Anniversary Shoot

Kat Forsyth — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:56:03 +0000

My parents’ anniversary is coming up, so I decided to do a “couple session” for them. Or, if you like, a waaay overdue “Day After” session.

If your family photos are anything like mine, you’ll notice that there’s always one person who isn’t in them. That person is my Dad, because he was always the one taking the pictures! The cameras were always his; he used to be a keen amateur photographer (I remember him explaining the term ‘Single Lens Reflex Camera’ to me – I thought it was the longest term I’d ever heard!) so naturally he always took the photos! But it does mean that, outside of their wedding photos, there aren’t really that many pictures of my parents together. Remedy time! Here are a few from our shoot last week: