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Welcome to my blog!

Thank you for visiting my blog! Please enjoy, be inspired, get some ideas, shed some tears, leave some comments, tell your friends and most important have fun! I have been so blessed in my career and I love to share my experiences and most I love to share my images, my gift...my art!

I am thankful for the following in my career - firstly to my clients that have respected & trusted me so much in capturing over 350 beautiful weddings!!! To my work being published in more than 50 local and international magazines including two hard cover books! Capturing celebrity weddings like Trevor Manuel, Nicole Fox, Kerry McGregor and Neil Mckenzie. Shooting destination weddings like San Francisco, Spain, UK, Ireland & Victoria Falls. Winning awards like Wedding photographer of the year in SA. Being Co-sponsored by Nikon and being featured on Top Billing TV show! Wow how is that all possible? - Proverbs says -"Your gift will make room for you and bring you before great men!" Follow your heart and remember where your gift comes from!

Wedding featured on Junebug weddings!

Junebug is a very popular award winning wedding blog and they featured one of my weddings on their blog as well as on their featured real weddings section on their website -It is great to see the first South-African wedding there! Please go and have a look at the awesome post Junebug made on the wedding of  Shelley & NK on their blog.( Jimmy Choo is the godfather to the bride Shelley!)

I am really excited about this and I want to thank all at Junebug and off course the couple for using my services and having such an amazing wedding! Shelley & NK – you rock! See my post on their wedding here.

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Will Pateman Photography - Great article and a great list of Pro Photographers pusing the boundaries

Girish - Nice photos as always. It looks so wonderfully choreographed due to such great photographs. Keep it up.

Dijon & Lei (La Brasserie, Franschhoek)

Here are some great shots from the wedding of Dijon and Lei at La Brasserie in Franschhoek. Their wedding was co-ordinated by Gail Kantor from Piece of Cake.

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Lei Lester - thank you for capturing our day so beautifully...now we can relive it again and again!

Will Pateman Photography - great shots love the actions and the dancing shot especially

Charmaine - Really nice shots! Love the first one!

Ron and Lynda McMartin - Fantastic pics in heavenly Franschhoek surrounds. Lei - a stunning radiant bride - and your excellent photographer has definitely captured this. Well done!

Photoshop actions! Totally Rad actions.

I have been using the original actions from Totally Rad the last year and I think it is awesome! I was very surprised when I received the following email from them:

“Hello there, lovely,

I’m Kristen, Minister of Muggle Relations for the Totally Rad Actions. We’ve noticed you already have at least one of our products, and we’d love to give you the rest of ‘em for being named a Junebug Weddings’ Best of 2009 honoree. ”

But wait there is more good news for you!!! Order the actions from Totally Rad and use the promotional code JEANPIERRE and get $20 off any product! Thanks team at Totally Rad!

I use their Boring Old B&W for all my B&W work in photoshop and love their Oh,snap! and Old Skool. Their are many more great actions so have a look at their site. I think their actions have influenced the world of wedding photographers in a huge way!

Here is a sample of the new textures actions they offer – it can create very artistic effects and can turn any photo into a work of art!

Take your imaging to the next level and get totally rad!!!

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Charmaine - Thanks for the great ideas and updates, will definatley download some of them! :)

Paul & Madelein (La Motte, Franschhoek) Part II

This is part II of Paul & Madelein’s wedding, which was co-ordinated by Rozanne from Aleit and held at La Motte.

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Rozanne - Stunning foto's, beautiful Bruid!! Vreeslike mooi troue!! x

Berdine - Wow dis SO MOOI!!! Ek kry skoon weer trane in my oe. Baie baie dankie Jean-Pierre, hulle lyk amazing!

isabel - Fantastic!!!! As always...

Jeanne-Marie de Villiers - Spesiale oomblikke soos pêrels in 'n string vasgevang! Elkeen perfek en presies soos ons dit onthou.

ana paula guerra - Lindoooooooo!!! Maravilhoso!!! Parabens seu trabalho e uma obra de arte... Abs! Ana Paula Guerra

Lizette du Plessis - Baie spesiale sprokie-storieboek van die fees! Dit is baie spesiaal. Hoop julle kyk oor en oor daarna en dat julle lekker herinneringe het. Liefde Lizette du Plessis

Chris - Lovely set of images Jean-Pierre, as always

Brett & Emma (The Lighthouse, Yzerfontein) Part II

This is part II of Brett and Emma’s wedding in Yzerfontein at the Lighthouse.

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Du Wayne Denton - Lovely pictures. I love the panoramic and the shot of them in the moonlight.

Girish - Beautiful photos. Love the light. Is it all natural light other than the night shot. Few days light shots are amazing :)

Taryn Ward - Absolutely beautiful photos! The panaramic is out of this world!

Brett - We are so lucky to have had the pleasure of you taking our photographs. A stunning day captured with the eye of someone with true inspriation. We both can't wait for the full photos to arrive soon

David Stone - Hi Jean-Pierre, Awesome work, you captured their day beautifully. Here is the link to the video highlights should you wish to view it. www.missingpiecefilm.wordpress.com Best regards David

Just gotta share these panoramic photos!

The blog size doesn’t do these justice at all. You must see them on my screen and I think they will look amazing at print size 2-3 meters!

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Sophie - J'aime beaucoup la première.

otto - super! love those clouds!

Du Wayne Denton - Art Pieces. You can frame them and put them in a gallery. Both are beautiful, but my favorite is the first one.

Christine Meintjes - gorgeous!

Scott & Erin (Palmiet, Paarl) Part II

This is part two of Scott and Erin’s wedding which was at the Palmiet Valley Estate in Paarl and it was co-ordinated by Kim from Wedding Concepts.

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Du Wayne Denton - I am speechless. These images are incredible! All the shots are great but the first shot is my favorite!

Will Pateman Photography - Wow! Fantastic light Love the composition

Girish - Wonderful images. Seen some of the other from the other posts as well. Great color and light. Very inspiring for me. Bookmarked

Earl - Oneday...ONEDAY! I will figure out how you manage to paint such heavenly pictures with your camera! But until then I, along with the rest of the world will just sit back and admire your work.

admin - Thanks Earl

Erin Murphy-Campbell - Hi JP - the images are incredible. You've really captured the magic of our special day. Wow! Thanks so much.

What Junebug Loves! More good news!

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Now I am speechless, I just got another email from the executive Editor at JunebugWeddings.com and she said the following: “I just wanted to let you know that we featured more of your beautiful work today on our blog What Junebug Loves. There were so many images of yours that we adored we had to share them with our readers! ”

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Thank you Christy Weber and I have to thank God for giving me this talent! I am still speechless…

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otto schulze - AMEN! well done boet!

Ryan - Well done Jean-Pierre! Everyone here at Nikon SA are very proud of you!

Monica Dart - SUPER-PROUD Jean-Pierre! what a wonderful start to 2010 - and I hope you get many many more fantastic achievements! love moni

Will Pateman Photography - Well deserved ,Love your creative Artistry (Photography)

Junebug weddings / the best from the best 2009

What a start to 2010! Not only did I just arrive back in Cape Town from shooting a beautiful  wedding in Ireland, but I checked my mail and I received a mail that said I am part of the best from the best – the world’s best wedding photographs for 2009 by Junebug Weddings! (Junebug does a great job in doing a fashion report in naming their best wedding photos of the year and every year their choices are mind blowing. )

I am listed among the best wedding photographers around the world! Some of them have been my inspiration for the last few years. This is a real big honor! Thank you Junebug for the all your effort and the great idea to honor us photographers! (this is part of the mail I received: You officially blew our minds with the images you submitted to us and we’re honored to feature your work as part of the Junebug Weddings 2009 Best from the Best Fashion Report.This year we received thousands of images from many of the world’s best wedding photographers. Choosing the very best photos from a collection like this was an inspirational adventure with an agonizing final decision process. In the end, your work stood out as part of the best and brightest.)

This last year has really been an international year for me with  weddings in Spain, UK and Ireland and now to be recognized among the top international wedding photographers…I am speechless! Come to think when I started I didn’t really want to photograph weddings. I think we sometimes kick against our own talents, with other ideas in our heads, but if you change your attitude and develop your talents you never know where it takes you – I live by this – your gift makes room for you and bring you before great men (Prov 18:16) I just never knew it would make so much room!

Here are my photos that was chosen.Please view all the results from Junebug as the other photos are  amazing!

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I never post my best cigar shots, but so glad this one was chosen!

I never post my best cigar shots, but so glad this one was chosen!

Both images are from the wedding of Albertus & Bernadette and another image from their wedding is on the cover of the current Konfetti Magazine as well. (Go guys!)

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Jeanette Verster - Well done!! What an awesome achievement :) Those photos are wonderful!

Christine Meintjes - I'm so happy for you JP! Congratulations on being selected these are great!

Du Wayne Denton - AAAAAAAGH! I was so excited for you when you told me the news! Congratulations again.

Earl - You totally deserve it, well done!

Monica Dart - Fantastic Jean-Pierre. Keep raising that bar! the dance shot has such a 60's feel, love it! You should be so proud of this - you're putting SA on the map!

Charmaine Spangenberg - WOW what a brilliant achievement! Well done! Photos are absolutely amazing

Natasha du Preez - Baie geluk, ons is baie bly vir jou!

Melanie - Well done! jou werk is fantasties

Tanya Rudman - You totally deserve it!!

Bernadette - Baie baie geluk Jean-Pierre, jy is die beste ooit! Dit was vir ons `n groot voorreg om jou as fotograaf te kon he op ons troudag!!!Die mense kan nie ophou praat nie!!!

Girish - Congarts Jean :) Always inspiring work.

Michael Tree - Congrats JP, your work is an inspiration for all of us.

neal carpenter - The cigar shot is...well, I don't have words. It has a great film noir look.

Paul & Madelein (La Motte, Franschhoek)

Paul and Madelein had their wedding reception at the La Motte wine estate in Franschhoek and had their ceremony at the Franschhoek NG Moederkerk. Their wedding was co-ordinated by Aleit.

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Berdine Neethling - Wow dis stunning fotos van my boetie en skoonsus! Baie dankie!

Du Wayne Denton - The first four photos are stunning for me!

Charmaine Spangenberg - Really really nice!! wow

Lizette du Plessis - Baie mooi foto's , en natuurlik so fantasties landskap! Baie geluk met mooi herinneringe en drome vir die toekoms saam. Mag dit baie geseend wees.