Lise Sloane » Couple

Belinda & Wade’s Wedding 2015*

lisesloane — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:46:53 +0000

I was very honored to be able to photograph Belinda & Wade’s beautiful intimate wedding at the gorgeous Cascade Manor in Paarl. With just family and a few close friends, this was such a special day for the gorgeous couple, even despite the almost-non-stop rain that day! Love my clients; Love my job!

Amber & Nick’s Wedding 2015

lisesloane — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:47:53 +0000

It was truly a privilege to attend Amber & Nick’s wedding day at Mofam River Lodge. This time I was a second shooter AND a guest It was so special to be a part of this magical day and watch 2 friends say “I do”. Definitely one of the most memorable, special weddings I’ve had the honor to witness.

Once again, amazing decor and cake by the wonderful Vanilla Rose CT.

Jana & Warren’s Wedding 2014

lisesloane — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:11:08 +0000

Another amazingly special wedding assisting the awesome Melissa Dietstein (Van Zyl) at one of our favorite wedding venues, Hathersage House in Somerset West. Jana & Warren’s wedding was so special and so quirky ~ It makes our job a million times easier when you get to work with such awesome, happy people. Their love and enthusiasm shone out in every shot! Definitely one of the best times I’ve had at a wedding! (And I just couldn’t get enough of her gorgeous dress!!)

Dan & Belinda’s Wedding 2012*

lisesloane — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:17:05 +0000

Dan & Belinda’s wedding is one of my all-time favorites! I’m proud to say that this was another solo wedding for me. The entire wedding party was so friendly and were so fun to work with!

As a viniculturist and a viticulturist, Dan & Belinda had their venue at the beautiful Rickety Bridge wine farm and venue in Franschhoek. The weather had been on and off all weekend and only at the very last minute did the clouds clear enough to hold the ceremony outside; I kid you not, literally the second they said “I do”, the heavens opened up and The rains fell down on Africa! This was such a special day and I was so honored to be a part of it! Hope you enjoy!

“I do!”

My favorite Best-Man and Man-of-Honor moment! Such good sports!

Camilla & Omar’s Wedding 2011*

lisesloane — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:56:12 +0000

This post is especially special to me – This was my FIRST SOLO WEDDING EVER! (Happy dance!)

The bride and her family have known me for years (since I was only “yay-high”) and I am so grateful they entrusted me with this as my first entirely solo wedding. They are such amazing people and will forever hold a special place in my heart. I am incredibly honored to have shared in this special day with them!

What was also very precious, is that we were able to recreate a photo that Camilla’s parents had taken on their wedding day, in the same field with the same mountain in the background.

Thank you Weyer and Mehtar families for letting me share this day with you!

Thea & Ruaan’s Wedding 2010

lisesloane — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:41:43 +0000

How gorgeous are these 2?? Once again I was so privileged to work with the amazing Melissa Dietstein (van Zyl). Everything about this wedding was so picturesque! Even the sky played along, showing off all its beauty for these 2 special people! One of my favorite moments (that we snuck a picture of, hehe) was after the very last shots; Melissa had asked the Thea & Ruaan to dance through the olive groves, and as Melissa announced “That’s a wrap!”, they immediately gave each other this huge hug with smiles stretching from ear to ear! Completely unposed and so so moving. Man I love my job

Tash & Chris’s Wedding 2010

lisesloane — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:28:41 +0000

What an incredible day?! I was lucky enough to assist the amazing Melissa Dietstein (van Zyl) at this beautiful wedding at one of my favorite wedding venues of all time, Vrede en Lust.

This was one of the most beautiful and touching ceremonies I have ever had the privilege to witness, and it’s moments like this that make you believe in true love. I will never forget Tash & Chris’s first dance: it was literally like in a movie! For those few moments, to them it was like they were the only 2 people in the room.

I hope you enjoy this small taste of their special day!

Weddings 2010

lisesloane — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 14:17:55 +0000

Once again, I was so incredibly happy to assist the wonderful Melissa Dietstein (van Zyl) at these beautiful, special weddings:

J & P’s wedding:

A & S’s wedding at Zorgvleit:

N & J’s wedding at Webersburg:

Weddings 2009

lisesloane — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 14:04:13 +0000

As you might have gathered from previous posts, I am incredibly grateful to the amazing Melissa Dietstein (van Zyl) for agreeing to give me my first position “Job shadowing”/”Interning” after my photographic studies. She was brave enough to give an inexperienced student a phenomenal opportunity and I will forever be indebted to her for that. I got so much more than just an experience and photographic exposure (no pun intended). Melissa is one of the most amazing, positive, kind-hearted, strong, loving, caring, fun, creative and talented people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting; she has been a mentor, friend and role model in life. Most of the weddings you will see on this site were captured as her assistant/2nd shooter, the 5 below being the first of many.

You can check out her website here.

H & E’s wedding at Hathersage farm:

L & N’s wedding:

J & P’s wedding at Olivello, Marianne farm:

J & S’s wedding at Hidden Valley:

K & E’s wedding at Hathersage farm:

Jo & Ian’s Engagement

lisesloane — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:35:21 +0000

Aren’t these 2 just adorable?? Jo & Ian were kind enough to trust me for my first engagement shoot. They were sooo much fun to work with that I could barely keep my camera off them! The location they chose also happened to be at one of my favorite places on the planet, so I was in photographer heaven! Their engagement photos caught the eye of a journalist from a local newspaper and one of these photos was printed in a featurette called “Lucky in Love”.

Much to everyone’s surprise, we were bid farewell by a very energetic crab.