Christelle Rall

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Christelle has been shooting weddings for more than a decade and covered 600+ weddings as the main shooter. Her style is creative, unique and innovative. Her images portray unscripted emotion that show the wedding day as it happens with all the in-between moments and memories.

Her work speaks for itself with many international accolades, awards and publications. She won 'Best wedding photographer" by Admired in Africa and ranked in the top 100 best wedding photographers by various associations for the past 5 years.

Christelle remains humble and believes that one is 'just as good as your last job'. Her objective is always to provide her clients with powerful, creative and storytelling images - beautiful photos with the clients' personality and emotions shining through. She also focus on creative portraits that show the client's personalities as well as their unique love and location.

Where are you located? Do you charge a travel fee for weddings not in your location?

I live in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, but I travel to most of my weddings across South Africa and Africa. Flights are affordable and available from Cape Town to anywhere in the world. A customized travelling quote will be given for destination weddings in exchange for a barter agreement.

How long have you been in business? How many weddings have you photographed as the main photographer?

This is my 17th year as a wedding photographer and I have photographed over 600 weddings as the main photographer.

Describe your "style" of wedding photography.

I always aim to showcase the couple's personalities, their souls and their unique love with my images. My photos are therefore storytelling and focused on the in between moments of raw, unscripted emotions. I also focus on creative portraits that show the client's personalities as well as their unique love and location. In 20 years, I would love my clients to look back at their wedding photos and relive the love, the joy, the tears, the laughter when looking at their photo album.

What's the typical wedding coverage package that you offer? What is the price?

I do full-day coverage with no hourly limits. I believe a wedding day is so special that one should document it from start to finish. In addition to full-day wedding coverage, I also offer a 3-hour package for those intimate and elopement weddings or just a post-wedding photo shoot.

Do you have a studio where we can meet in-person?

I do not have a studio and am available for skype meetings.

What are your professional degrees, credentials, affiliations? Have you taken any recent educational workshops or classes?

BA Communications Science, Dep Film & Video Production, Dep Photography, Fearless Foundation Workshop

Is there anything else you'd like to share about yourself?

I'm a very down-to-earth and fun-loving kind of person that will not only make you feel at home in front of the camera, but we will have some belly laughs and fun.

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19 Fearless Awards

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11 Recommendations

Christelle is a fantastic photographer with an eye to capture special moments. She takes the time to meet with you before the wedding and talk through what your likes and dislikes are. She is calm.... she is excellent at capturing the atmosphere of the wedding day. Thank you for creating our memories of our special day!

JAN + CORLIA

Christelle captured every special look, kiss, hug, happy tear and smile at our wedding. Looking back at the photos takes us back to every moment. We will look back on them for years to come and because of her we will remember every magic moment! She has totally exceeded all of our expectations. Her artistic approach to everything has really impressed us and made the photos unique and beautiful. The website where the photos are available is easy to use and has a good setup. Overall the service she provided was very professional and she has gone out of her way on more than one occasion to help Read More us. We could not be any happier with the photos and her service. We can recommend her to make your special day to last forever.

WOUTER + CHRISTIA

Christelle did our wedding in September last year and it was an absolute pleasure. She was professional and amazing to work with from the very beginning. Myself and my husband are not very creative and we don't really enjoy taking pictures (we almost went against having a wedding photographer at all!) But Christelle made it very pleasurable and was very creative and knowledgeable with the shots to be taken and poses for the pictures. And it came out beautifully!! She and her assistant were punctual and professional throughout the whole process. At the end of the night, we even went a little Read More bit over our allocated time and she did not mind at all.
Great experience for us over all!

THEMBA + ASANDA

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One of the most stressful things when planning our wedding day was deciding who would be our photographer. After much research and speaking to family and friends in the Garden Route, Christelle was a clear recommendation. From the initial contact, to choosing our package, engagement shoot, timeline planning, on-the day collaboration and all the photos that have followed afterwards, we had the best time!

We are absolutely in awe of Christelle's skill, professionalism and ability to capture images in a way that not only conveys the emotion (because boy did she capture some stunners!), but Read More also makes us feel as if we were clearly reliving the memory through the photo. Nothing felt staged (from both our engagement shoot to our wedding day) and we so enjoyed how Christelle let us absolutely be ourselves and worked the magic in and around that.

JEAN + STEPHANIE

I went through a long list of photographers for my wedding in the garden route, also baring in mind that I would've flown the best one to my wedding if need be. I found Christelle on the internet and had a look at her profile I was in absolute awe that such an incredible photographer resided here in South Africa and close to my venue! She was truly incredible to work with capturing every part and moment of our wedding day. It was so much fun working with her and getting in the best couple shots! She creates an incredible story with her pictures. We are very grateful we found her!

CHANEL + STEFANO

I can highly recommend Christelle to anyone searching for a photographer for their wedding. She is so professional, and calm, which on a stressful and busy day was so important. Although I felt we hardly noticed her there as, she is quiet and respectful, she managed to capture every moment of our special day. Her photographs are truly unique in their composition, angles and lighting, and bring out the true emotion of the day and as a busy Bride and Groom, you don’t even get to see all the things happening around you, and Christelle managed to capture it all. Despite the weather not being very Read More favourable, she braved the elements to take some truly amazing shots and produced a beautiful photo book showing the highlights of our day. We had travelled back to South Africa from the UK for our wedding, but she was easy to communicate with and helped us to plan the timings to allow it all to run smoothly and showed everything from the preparation to the party. I feel her images are definitely out of the ordinary, and nothing feels posed so you can relax and be yourself. We were so lucky to get married on the Garden route, and to find such an exceptional local photographer. Thanks Christelle!

MELANIE + LILIAN

Christelle was the photographer at my best friends sister in laws wedding 2 years before we got married. She captured my husband and myself in such a natural pose that perfectly illustrated our relationship, with us aware of her taking it. When it came to choosing a photographer for our wedding we didn't look anywhere else. She captured every moment of our wedding day so perfectly! The web wedding gallery we received of the photos is extremely professional and well organised. We chose the package that included a coffee table book. We choose 300 photos for the book. She put it together so well Read More and added photos that went so well with the ones we had chosen when it came time for us to proof and edit the book we didn't change a thing.

KIRSTEN + ANTONY

I did not expect our wedding pictures to be so incredible. Christelle captured every aspect of our wedding, from portraits to group dance-offs. I cant stop looking at our wedding pictures and wishing that we could go back to the day and pause time. Christelle made me feel so comfortable and we both loved working with her.

JANICE + NEIL

In one word "unbelievable"! We had a very intimate and small wedding, with only our parents and siblings attending. This was truly our most special day,not only because we were tying the knot after 11 years, but we had loved ones with us who we have not seen in 5years and also 2 very special warriors who battled cancers and survived! I wanted somebody who could capture the special and happy moments and could not have been more happy with the end results. Christelle was professional and patient every step of the way! It never felt staged or planned; just natural and perfect! She has a fine Read More intuition and the ability to capture emotion beautifully. Whenever I look at our photos, I know exactly what I was feeling in the moment. I would recommend her in a heartbeat, every single time.

CUAN + ELRE

If you are looking for a well-established and confident wedding photographer, then look no further than Christelle! She went the extra mile from start to finish. Her professional, calm, and efficient demeanor, made for the most memorable photographs. Everyone at the wedding loved her! Even our engagement shoot was so much fun. We loved the way she was almost “invisible”, but captured those memories most precious to us. We could not have wished for a better photographer.

MARISSA + JOHANNES

It was an absolute pleasure working with Christelle! We could not have hoped for more in terms of our pictures and capturing our special day. Christelle made us feel comfortable and we felt like we were in our element. She really has a great eye and she is an artist at heart. This is reflected in all her work. The uniqueness of her pictures and the way she captures emotion was the highlight for us. I really do hope we can work together again one day!

VYANI + THIVERN