Ana and Toffie, Berlin, Germany
{portraits} With Ana and Toffie we walked the streets of Berlin with our cameras and afterwards had the best burgers in town!
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Chrisli and Matt, downtown & Signal Hill, Cape Town, South Africa
{couples} This coming weekend we’re shooting Chrisli and Matt’s wedding, so it’s just in time to post the engagement shoot we did with them in December. A little walk through Cape Town’s city centre plus a sunset walk on Signal Hill lead to these sweet shots. So excited for this weekend! Cheers, DNA – Desmond & Antonia
Sam and Mikhail, UCT & Deer Park, Cape Town, South Africa
{couples} When lovers meet at a certain place, there’s nothing better than going back there years later, thinking of the good old days. We went to UCT, where Sam and Mikhail met years ago when they lived on campus and studied here. Now living and working in Joburg, they decided to get married in the Cape and we cannot wait. The beauty down here is unbelievable – that’s why we walked up the mountain a little to have a view over the city. Cheers, DNA – Desmond & Antonia
Jenny, Hauke and Suri, Beesenstedt, Germany
{portraits} The last weekend of August we spent at the castle Schloss Beesenstedt in Germany – what an amazing place. We shot an awesome wedding there (we’ll share it very soon!). The weekend started off with this sweet family shoot with Jenny, Hauke and baby girl Suri. What a good looking and fun family. We wanna be this cool when we have children (one day..). Hope to see you next year! Love, DNA – Desmond + Antonia
Josefine, Steffen and Flora, Hannover, Germany
{portraits} Meet the happiest girl we have ever met: Flora – and her awesome parents, Josefine and Steffen. While touring through Germany, we stopped close to Hannover to meet up with them for a cup of coffee and slice of cake (thank you!!) and a few shots, of course. We hung out in their kitchen, Flora’s room, the bedroom, living room and in their farmy backyard. A little bicycle-race, eating berries and apples, watching the horses and loads of laughter and kisses were part of it. Editing this shoot gave us goose bumps. Happiness isn’t connected to having all things ‘normal’ and ‘perfect’. We loved hanging out with you! Love, DNA – Desmond & Antonia
Nicole, Christian and Edda, Berlin, Germany
{portraits} Prenzlauer Berg was titled as the “most fertile region of Europe” – and this year alone we have done three family shoots in this awesome Berlin hood. Meet Nicole, Christian and four-months old Edda. We met at their cute home and after a little nap time (for Edda) we walked around Prenzlauer Berg to Mauerpark. What awesome people we meet through our work. In a few weeks time we shoot Nicole and Christian’s wedding – we cannot wait!
Much love, dna – Desmond & Antonia
Katja, Mike and Levi, Berlin, Germany
{portraits} A cool Berlin family on a hot Sunday morning in one of our favourite Berlin hoods: Prenzlauer Berg.  Last year round about this time we shot Katja and Mike and Levi and this year we did it again – and hopefully next year we’ll do it again :). In a year a lot can change – and especially this little boy Levi grew – he now walks and speaks and cries for chocolates… so awesome hanging with you beautiful people!
Love from Turkey – dna, Desmond & Antonia
Jen and Francois’ engagement shoot featured on mooitroues.co.za
{featured} Afrikaans wedding blog Mooi Troues featured the sunrise/moonset shoot we did with Jen and Francois the other day. Baaie, baaie dankie, awesome to share this shoot with the world 🙂 Have a  look at more images over here. Have a great week, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia
Jen and Francois, Signal Hill & Pipe Track, Cape Town, South Africa
{couples} The magic of the morning light – oh, how we love it. Together with Jen and Francois, we watched the moon set and the sun rise on Signal Hill, a truly magic spot in Cape Town. Have we mentioned that we love living in Cape Town? 🙂 Life is good when we do things like this. A beautiful way to start the day with beautiful people. Jen and Francois, we can’t wait to document your wedding in Florida next year!
Much love from sunny Cape Town, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia
Fleur and Samir, St. James, Cape Town, South Africa
{wedding} Two days after Fleur and Samir’s wedding we met up with the two again in St. James at the beach. It was a very (!) early morning, and totally worth the light and sunrise. We love shoots like this. Beautiful and magic. Fleur and Samir were even brave enough to jump into the freezing water…
Much love to you, Fleur and Samir from SA to the UK, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia
.. and just for the fun of it… 🙂
Reflecting our photography season 2012/2013
Dear friends, followers, clients and supporters of our work.
It’s winter in Cape Town – a good time to reflect over a good cup of coffee over the past year, the past photography season: European summer 2012 / South African summer 2012/2013 and European summer 2013. OH my gosh did we have blast shooting. Let’s be honest: we are witnesses of happiness. It’s uber-amazing, yes it is. We are totally for marriage, love stories and more. We love what we do. It’s a privilege! It’s amazing becoming friends with so many of our clients. We love being in Cape Town in summer and in Europe in summer. Life is good. Very good. Thanks for your constant love and support!
Love, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia
Thanks to….
Katja & Motoki & Jona, Ekaterina & Sascha, Bridget and Andreas, Verena, Julia and Tommi, Daniela and Alex, Simone & Bastian & Greta, Bianca & Christoph, Elli & Pat, Mari-Louise & Michael, Julia & Sascha, Sheenaz & Rikki, Bubbles & Marc, Romy & Calvin, Loren & Garth, Isabel & Graeme, Carin & James, Isis and Chris, Liuba and Chris, Thomas & Dag, Candice & Pierre, Liana & Chris, Geneviève & Alastair, Conny and Felix, Kristina and Sven, Mareen & Jan, Janine & Ilan, Renier & Suzanne, Helga & Stefan, Niki and Thomas, Nadine & Alex, Chris & Klaus, Janine & Douglas, Kirsten & Horst, Katja & Mike & Levi, Conny, Aleit, Wedding Concepts, Doreen Winking Weddings and everyone else. We love you!
A few random shots from the past season.
Katja, Mike and Levi, Berlin, Germany
Now they’re three. Katja and Mike got married in early 2011 in Kommetjie at the beach, close to Cape Town.
Last week we met up in Berlin and got to know their little baby boy Levi. We walked along Oderberger Strasse and Mauerpark for a couple of shots. Berlin is full of pregnant women and babies, Levi must be one of the cutest – so chilled and happy. What a beautiful family! Lovely meeting you again on the other side of the world.
Much love, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia
Elli and Pat, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town, South Africa
Did you know that Germans love Cape Town? 🙂 Well, it’s true indeed. Elli and Pat spent a couple of days in our city while traveling through South Africa. We met up at Devil’s Peak to take a few shots of this lovely couple. Awesome meeting you two!
dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia
Bridget and Andreas, Hamburg, Germany
Hello dear friends! It is so much fun being in Europe (today a BIG hello from Berlin), we are having an absolute blast. Last weekend we spent a couple of hours in Hamburg and met up with Bridget (Chinese American) and Andreas (German). They met in Hong Kong and relocated to Europe together… – you know we love international love stories as we have one ourselves 🙂  So we started our little walk at the U-Bahn station Landungsbruecken and walked through an incredible tunnel that saved us from strong winds. Bridget and Andreas are a super fun couple and we are so excited for their wedding at the end of September! See ya soon!
dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia
Isis and Christopher, Glen Beach, Cape Town, South Africa
We met Isis (French Lebanese) and Christopher (South African) last week when they were on a short Cape Town holiday to plan their wedding. As they live in London and will only be back in SA in December, we decided to do the couple shoot asap and decided for beautiful Glen Beach close to Camps Bay. We think they are a pretty good-looking couple. Agree?
Isis and Chris, we are looking forward to seeing you again in December! Cheers, Toni & Desmond