Beyond Measure

18/10/2023

When your best literary friend (is that a thing?) gets married, it’s only fitting to create her own “Pride and Prejudice” moment for her. 💃🏼

Thank you Tarryn Chanel Halsall and Shane for having me along for the ride. Congrats again on tying the knot. Love you both tons! 🥰

17/10/2023

25/08/2023

It's just been proven true: if you help me by holding my flash at a friend's wedding, it's as powerful as catching the bouquet toss!

I met Andrea Dyson at her good friend's wedding a few years back, and because my assistant was busy capturing some decor for me, I roped Andrea into holding my flash for a few shots. Fast forward a couple years, and she was contacting me to capture her own special day. Needless to say, this wedding was full of familiar faces, some of the usual suspects, and even my previous bride and groom, Kevan and Candice, now part off the bridal party.

I had SUCH fun capturing this special day. The fact that it also happened to be my good friend Jo Dyson's son's wedding... well, that was the cherry on top! Enjoy the sneak peak, friends!

Love, Dawn
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02/06/2023

Love me some golden light and flash combo 🥰

19/01/2023

11/11/2022

Happy Friday, friends!

I thought I would share a very special wedding with you today. Pete is an old family friend and so when he reached out and asked if we would capture his special day, we were overjoyed!

Pete wed his sweetheart, the kind-hearted and wonderful, Caitlyn, at the ever-beautiful Cathedral Peak Hotel. Come rain or shine, this venue is always special and because it represents a time when his family lived nearby, even more so to them. With an intimate ceremony and crazy-fun group of friends and family, their wedding day was relaxed, fun and abundantly full of love!

You know a couple are super sweet, when even the kiddies get their own gifts and nametags and even their own photo with the couple! Pete and Cait, thank you for being so kind and loving and for making us feel like family at your wedding day. May you always be blessed in your marriage and adventures - just as you are such a blessing to those around you.

All our love,
Dawn & Norton

Cathedral Peak Hotel

18/10/2022

Part two of this gorgeous wedding. It honestly makes me smile every time I think about this beautiful day!

Apart from being epic people themselves, Dane and Jess were surrounded by some amazing humans who were such fun to photograph.

Watch out for those crazy moments during the bridal party shoot. Who did it better - Dane or Jess? 🤣🤣🤣

Much love,
Dawn
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12/10/2022

There are some weddings where I almost have to pinch myself because I feel so blessed to be the one they chose to capture it all. 💗

I used to work with Jess and she would often tell me that when she finds a man and gets married, I’m the only photographer she will ever choose. One doesn’t always believe people when they say pretty things like that, but Jess is just so genuine and beautiful, I always believed her. And of course, she didn’t lie. 💗

Jess, thank you for being a woman of your word. Dane&Jess, thank you for choosing me - and thank you for giving me the space to do what I love on your special day. You guys rock!

So many more to come but I’ll start you off easy… here’s a few of my favs from the beginning of the day… 💗

12/10/2022

The gorgeous Tayla and Gareth tied the knot this past Saturday.
We custom made them a package because they so badly wanted a video - and we are so glad we did. What a beautiful wedding it was!

The Wedding Company South Africa
A'mour Bridal Boutique
The Durban Makeup Artist
The Groves Venue

04/10/2022

When a first dance ends with such a natural, gorgeous, love-infused kiss, I get absolutely all the feels🥰. I just loved capturing this awe-inspiring moment (amongst thousands of others). Check out the reactions of Dane and Jess’s friends in the background… makes you realise what an inspiration this beautiful couple truly are 💗.

07/09/2022

What an awesomely fun shoot this was. The team was so tops and we just had the best day ever together!

08/06/2022

When your bride shares this feedback on her wedding highlights almost as soon as she receives it! :-)

https://vimeo.com/717900327

"Thank you so much!!! We love this video and are absolutely obsessed!! You guys have captured our day so well and the video brings back so many amazing memories! Even though the day was rainy and gloomy, you made it feel so magical and beautiful!! We can't thank you enough! You both are truly talented and we are both so happy we had your awesome team!!"

I've shared the link with you here - the password is BMWF. It's a classic "Beyond Measure" highlights, where we take you through the day in a way that allows you to truly feel the emotions of the day. Not your average wedding music video;-).

Watch for the song changes and that gorgeous kiss. :-)

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13/05/2022

Lushen & Dushentha nearly canceled their wedding just two days before the big day. The KZN floods had ravaged our province and made the road to their venue very difficult. But our couple had a little faith and went for it. We sure are glad they did!

No, it wasn't exactly as they dreamed it would be - guests had to take the long way around or 4x4 their way onto the farm and the ceremony venue had to be re-planned due to the impending rain. But when it's YOUR special day and you get to marry YOUR person, it's always perfect, not matter what doesn't go according to plan. And perfect it was!

Lushen and Dushentha had such a special, intimate and fun wedding. And afterwards, they were so glad that they hadn't pulled the plug when the difficult decisions had to be made. LOVE ALWAYS WINS!

We even managed to grab a handful of pics on our creative shoot inbetween the rain - double win!

Venue: Gracelands Farm

05/05/2022

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My baby beast has had to go to the Apple Doctor. Unfortunately, she currently stores all my relevant info and is the only way I can email.

So please do be patient with me in replying to your email. If it’s urgent, feel free to get in touch on WhatsApp (084 208 0157).

Thanks - chat soon 🙏.

Dawn
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26/04/2022

Chad and Lauren are the real deal. 💙
They are absolutely, madly in love and it fills the air and sprinkles onto those around them. He's a gentleman; she's a princess. And yet they went traipsing through the mud and rain with me to get creative wedding pics. How can I not love them forever?

Chad & Lauren, may you always go on wonderful, fun-filled adventures together! Thank you for choosing us to capture one of your greatest adventures yet :-).

Lauren Hardouin 💙

- Dawn
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25/04/2022

This girl is on fire 🔥❤️‍🔥🎶🎵.

A little fun in the rain last weekend.
When you have cool couples like this who will brave the elements to get the shot ❤️‍🔥, you can’t help but love your job!

19/04/2022

Goodness me!
So we survived the hacking! 🙌🏻

My amazing husband fought real-time against the hackers for over two hours yesterday and eventually managed to reclaim our Instagram account. They tried our Facebook, too, but I think were deterred by the two-factor identification. We didn’t realise we hadn’t set that up for insta🤦🏻‍♀️. Needless to say, it’s now triple factor identification. 💪🏻

It’s frightening how quickly these guys work - they were trying to sign in from Nigeria as we were trying to change passwords. Within seconds emails and passwords were changed. 😫

Please know we still won’t send you a link or ask you to open anything via messenger. These bots/hackers are still operating - be careful.

Stay safe out there, people! 🙏

06/04/2022

Well, hello from us. 👋 It’s not often that we are found in front of the camera so we thought we would pop on here to say hi!
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This is us attending a wedding as guests - I know, what????
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Of course, that didn’t stop us from picking up the ‘ol cameras and shooting a little. We’re compulsive. It’s a problem 😂.
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But seriously though… we adore capturing these special moments. We are suckers for romance and pretty things. And we just love telling the story of your day through our lenses.
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If you’re planning your wedding and dream of having it captured in an authentic, natural and creative way, we may just be your people. 🤗 Give us a shout 😋.

22/03/2022

To interrupt your Tuesday feed, here’s a beautiful princess bride. Wear your cinderella ball gown with pride, girl. 💜.

Hope you’re all having a happy Tuesday-Monday. It’s like two days rolled into one. Whew!

13/03/2022

Wedding Videographers,🎥Beyond Measure is a team of full-time, multi-award-winning cinematography 🎬 It is only with a quality that you can experience your vows again,💍relive the gasps and cheers👏🏻of family and friends and hear your loved ones’ speeches and well-wishes.💕Beyond Measure just loves capturing these special moments🎞and presenting them in a way that will leave you reaching for the “play” button again and again.👰🏻❤️🤵🏻

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03/03/2022

When you’re album-designing and you come across a photo that you forgot you took and looks like it’s from a model shoot. 🔥 😂
you two are such HOTTIES 🥰😍.

03/01/2022

A special and intimate wedding for these two was how we closed off the 2021 wedding season. 🥰

It’s been a long time since we have worked at the Orchid House at Collisheen Estate and it was such a treat to capture the magic at this smaller venue again.

A special thanks to the wonderful team here, who really went out of their way to make sure every detail was attended to, as well as ensuring the service providers were well cared for.

It always makes the day go so smoothly when our tummies are full and thirsts quenched.

Thank you 🥰.

20/12/2021

I just love me an engagement shoot!
Getting to know my couple as they get comfortable in front of the camera… the laughing and joking… the lack of time pressure. It really is just a wonderful way to get some gorgeous images you can perhaps use for your wedding stationery and also the best opportunity to get to know your photographer! 💜










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13/12/2021

Engagement session amongst the flowers 🌸.

In truth, Chad & Lauren really wanted a session in the forest but allowed me to take a short detour in this patch of wild flowers. Aren’t they so cool?

🌸Thanks for humouring me, you two beautiful people. It was such fun capturing your absolutely magical love 💕. I can’t wait for more!

02/12/2021

Here's a little peak into the AMAZING Michele Pope Studio of Dance production this year, entitled "A CHORUS LINE". It's a beautiful celebration of teamwork, hard work and all things dance.

Feel free to share and tag yourselves, your daughters, your sons and, of course, your dads :-).

Enjoy!

Love,
Dawn & Norton
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