Urban chic, city lights and a loving atmosphere, what more can one ask for. Sumien and Anthony recently got married at the very popular Arts On Main Market place in Johannesburg CBD. A city wedding is not necessarily something to be scared of, as it has the potential to create some of the most beautiful weddings. Sumien and Anthony's day was captured by Carolien and Ben Photography, and this husband and wife team simply creates magic. We thank the team for sharing their work with us and wish Sumien and Anthony a lifetime of happiness!

We met in primary school. I (Anthony) had a crush on her but was never seen until we reached middle High School when she started to think I was cute and I finally had the guts to ask her to date me.

We ended up dating straight through university into our first jobs when after more than 8 years of dating we we're ready to get married and start the next chapter together.

The proposal almost did not happen. We were supposed to go away for a long weekend with a couple of friends to Mozambique when unexpected circumstances cancelled the weekend. I pulled a rabbit out of the hat and got a place in Sodwana where I proposed to her in the woods and we had a lovely long weekend filled with excitement. Since we're not at all traditional people getting a venue that "felt like us" proved to be an obstacle. We used to go to arts on main a lot and that's when during a chat with a friend we decided to phone Arts on Main and ask if we could have our wedding there. The owner was so excited and loved our laid back vibe.

Where to begin, we always thought people over-exaggerated when they told us how much money, planning, time and arguing goes into planning a wedding and oh how we promised ourselves we won't fall into that trap. Easier said than done... We can confess that even after eight years of dating, planning a wedding poses a few more areas where you learn something extra about your partner. We decided to just approach decisions on a bases of if the first option feels right, take it. We never wen't to wedding expos or looked at venues or different flower arrangements. Sumien particularly gets bombarded by choices so as soon as we saw something we liked we stuck to it and ticked it off the list. We really tried to keep things simple as food, vibe and spending time with our closest people was the main focus. Since we had an awesome venue with a vibe already we basically just had to sit back and enjoy the company together with amazing food and definitely a variety of wines. From the moment I (Sumien) walked down the isle, confused whether I should smile or laugh as I saw my future husband in tears, to the moment we walked down the road barefoot ,hand in hand back to the hotel, I would not change a thing and loved that we pulled of a wedding completely representing us and who we grew up to be together.

So something always goes wrong or lets say not as planned. At our wedding these were things like the groom and his groomsman just deciding they're not in the mood to wear the nicely picked out skinny black ties I provided them, or the different colored socks you let them pick out ends up being shocking rainbow colors (not pastels as you imagined) or forgetting al the polaroid cameras and film at home (won't blame that on a specific someone...And then always the unexpected quests that invite themselves. But oh how these all add to your day and memories and stories you'll end up telling years to come.

Just be true to who you are, don't break the bank, there is always a cheaper and easier option and ask people to help you! Also rather leave something out if it is not as important to you than doing it just so that someone else feels satisfied!