Wedding & portrait photography · Cape Town
Light, held still.
Quiet, honest photographs of the days that matter — made across the Cape and wherever love takes you.
“I photograph the held breath before a vow, the light through a doorway, the laugh nobody posed.”Lena Fourie
Behind the lens
I work slowly, and I notice the small things.
I'm Lena — a photographer based in Cape Town, at home anywhere the light is good. For twelve years I've photographed weddings and people with the same intention: no stiff poses, no interruptions, just your day as it truly felt.
Most couples tell me afterwards they forgot I was there. I take that as the highest compliment there is.
— Lena
More about meCommissions
Ways we can work together
Weddings
Full days, quiet presence, photographs that feel like the day — not a production of it.
From R24,000Portraits
Individuals, couples and families — at the studio, at home, or under the mountain.
From R3,500Editorial
Campaigns, lookbooks and brand stories for people who make beautiful things.
Day rate on request“We forgot Lena was even there — and somehow she caught every moment we would have missed. Our album makes my mother cry, every single time.”Anna & Sipho · married at Boschendal
Let's tell your story.
Dates for the coming season are limited — say hello and let's talk.
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