Desmond Louw & Antonia Heil | dna photographers Cape Town South Africa

Nadine and Alex, Maierl Alm, Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria

Antonia Heil — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:20:58 +0000

Heidi and ‘Sound of music’ vibes were definitely in our heads when we arrived in beautiful Kirchberg in Tirol in Austria. Nadine (a vet) and Alex (Apple dude) from Munich had their wedding celebration at the stunning Maierl Alm, a world class venue in the alps. After all the rain in the past weeks, we were so lucky to experience a hot hot summer day and a beautiful thunder storm at night! Doreen Winking from Munich designed, planned and coordinated this lovely wedding. Laughter, emotions, good food, great music, dancing and more made this a seriously perfect day. Beautiful people make beautiful photographs! What a kick-ass wedding to start off our European wedding season 2013! Nadine, Alex and Doreen, we hope to see you in Cape Town soon, we know you love our hometown!
Love, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia

Bubbles and Marc, Grand Dédale, Wellington, South Africa

Antonia Heil — Thu, 30 May 2013 18:04:20 +0000

Stunt man Marc and wine expert Bubbles celebrated their wedding with a bunch of friends and family from all over (as far as the UK, Australia etc.) at the lovely Grand Dédale in Wellington. We heard they partied until the early hours :) A few months before their wedding, we met them for a little shoot at their gorgeous house in Hout Bay. Have a look here if you’d like to see.
Cheers, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia

Dag and Thomas, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa

Antonia Heil — Mon, 27 May 2013 20:58:16 +0000

Earlier this year we shot Thomas and Dag’s beautiful wedding in Noordhoek. A couple of days before that, we met up in our hood District Six and went for an early morning walk; we ended it off with muffins and cupcakes at Charly’s Bakery :) Today we’re leaving for Europe with our first stop in Germany, so this shoot is perfect to share as Dag and Thomas are two awesome Germans/Austrians. Happy Tuesday and good-bye South African friends. We’ll see you in August! xx dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia

Chevrolet Trailblazer 2013 campaign – Western Cape, South Africa

Antonia Heil — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:52:26 +0000

We did some fun 4x4ing and drove along Cape Town’s streets with the newest Chevrolet Trailblazer for GM’s ad campaign.

Janine and Ilan, Grand Dédale, Wellington, South Africa

Antonia Heil — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:23 +0000

A summer feast on a beautiful summer day with good friends and family from all over the world to share Janine and Ilan’s ‘yes’ to each other. The South African/German couple lives in our favourite city Berlin, Germany; both work in the ad world. Their wedding was a visual feast beautifully designed by Johnny Hamman of the Aleit Group.
Lovely documenting this day for you, Janine and Ilan!

Much love, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia

Mareen and Jan, Delaire Graff, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Antonia Heil — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:09:12 +0000

Mareen and Jan’s wedding was one of the shortest we’ve ever shot: ceremony and a couple shoot. Beautiful. With only their parents as guests, surrounded by the mountains, they said ‘yes’ to each other on a hot and bright summer day. Not a bad idea when it’s snowing back home in Braunschweig, Germany, right?! Totally awesome witnessing these two love bird’s deep love.
Take care, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia

Kristina and Sven, Llandudno, Cape Town, South Africa

Antonia Heil — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:36:07 +0000

We ‘shot’ a lot of Germans this season :) Kristina and Sven are two of them. We met up on an early (!) summer morning on always beautiful Llandudno beach in Cape Town. The sweet couple was in South Africa on honeymoon. We’re excited to share the beauty of our beautiful city with this shoot as well as the deep love between Kristina and Sven. How lovely meeting you two!
Cheers, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia

Conny and Felix, Temenos Retreat, McGregor, South Africa

Antonia Heil — Thu, 09 May 2013 07:30:50 +0000

McGregor is a magic little town. A place that Conny and Felix (two awesome Germans living in Sydney, Australia) fell in love with when they lived in Cape Town a few years ago. It’s a long story but we’ll keep it short … Conny’s mom ended up moving to McGregor and as she didn’t travel to Germany for Conny and Felix’ wedding a few days earlier, she organised a second one in McGregor. It was a hot morning filled with love and laughter at the beautiful Temenos Retreat. If you haven’t been there, you should go visit. It’s a magical place, a happy place. Conny and Felix, it’s been an honour meeting you beautiful people! We love telling love stories through pictures… enjoy this one, it’s a beautiful one.
With love, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia

Jon Bon Jovi concert Cape Town Stadium 7 May 2013

Antonia Heil — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:37:23 +0000

I (Desmond) went to the Jon Bon Jovi concert last night at the Cape Town Stadium to take pictures for Mobile Media Mob and Big Concerts. It was soooo cool being right in front of the stage taking pictures as Bon Jovi made the girls go mad! The whole of Cape Town was going crazy behind me in the stadium… I love my job.

Geneviève and Alastair, Kommetjie, Cape Town, South Africa

Antonia Heil — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:24:21 +0000

This was one of the windiest shoots in a long time for sure :) We went for a little sunset walk at the lighthouse in Kommetjie with Geneviève and Alastair – beautiful people! You guys rocked it! Check out some of our favorite pictures from the adventure below.
Love, dna – Desmond ‘n Antonia