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Marike de Villiers
An outdoor ceremony set among autumn trees near Paarl

Western Cape

Paarl wedding photographer

Paarl weddings tend to be bigger and later — more family, longer speeches, a floor that stays full. I shoot the whole day rather than clocking off after the first dance, because at a Paarl wedding the first dance is barely halfway.

The granite and the vines mean you get warm reflected light well after other valleys have gone flat. Val de Vie and Rhebokskloof both hold usable light later than couples expect, which buys us an extra twenty minutes outside.

No travel fee. Around 30 minutes from Stellenbosch.

What couples say afterwards

“We booked Marike because of the vineyard photos and kept recommending her because of how she was on the day. Calm, invisible, never once made us stand somewhere for the sake of a picture.”
Anja & Ruan · Nooitgedacht Estate, March 2026
“The preview gallery landed two days later while we were still at the airport. My mother has already printed six of them.”
Thandiwe & Lourens · Boschendal, November 2026

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Getting married in Paarl?

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