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!

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!)