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Tiaan Fölscher:
Wedding Photographer

Becoming a wedding photographer seldom starts in a moment or with a single decision. It usually starts with a passion… a passion to see the world through an aesthetic eye. Looking for beauty all around you. Beauty in places, people and things. After that comes the hard part of mastering the secrets and intricacies of creating pictures that touch your heart.

My photography journey started at a fairly young age playing around with my dad’s old Chinon CX 35mm film camera. More often than not I think I ruined his film that was inside the camera… but, seeing a printed photo of what I remember seeing through the viewfinder, left a lasting impression on me.

After school I decided to get a degree in photography to further my goal in becoming an automotive photojournalist, having an abnormal fascination with anything of the automotive sort.

While studying I quickly realized that I have a much greater interest in photographing people rather than Porsches. That’s when I shifted my focus to documentary photography, being inspired by the likes of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastião Salgado, Raghu Rai and James Nachtwey whose work I encountered while studying.

In 2011 I decided to do a documentary project entitled “The Hardship of Poverty”, documenting people living in Elandspoort, Pretoria-West. It was an eye-opening project, realizing the power of images in creating awareness as well as how emotionally taxing it can be to photograph people in desperate need.

This direction was further established on a trip to Calcutta in 2012, capturing images for my documentary project “The Influence of the Church in Underprivileged Communities.”

After my studies I traveled for 2 years, experiencing ‘the gift of diversity’ in a multitude of different, cultures, languages and nations. Along the way taking pictures to preserve the memories and impressions.

Today I combine my love for travel and people in documenting events where couples, families and friends make memories that they would like to cherish long after the evntss have faded. Now that I have my own family, I see the gift of having memories that I can go back to, remembering special moments we shared.

And I love giving people that same gift! Using both my training and experience to make it the best gift possible.