This photo was taken during a Trash the Dress shoot at Gold Reef City in October. We had to wait until the theme park was closed for the day and then we had free reign to run round as we pleased to take photos. I like to make photo shoots as fun as possible and [...]
“My Passion has never been for photography “in itself”, but for the possibility – through forgetting yourself – of recording in a fraction of a second the emotion of the subject, and the beauty of the form; that is, a geometry awakened by what’s offered. The photographic shot is one of my favourite sketchpads.” – [...]
Packages & Products for your Photos My mission as a photographer is to capture beautiful, unique images of each and every client and to provide a range of presentation options that cater for differing requirements. I take a great deal of care to provide photography and service of the highest possible level and have tailored [...]
Over the last few months I’ve been busily shooting and putting together a 2012 CD calendar for Sandton SPCA. The calendar features 13 portraits of dogs who have been adopted from Sandton, including Max the Daxi, Charlie the Cocker Spaniel and Maverick the Labrador and has been printed size 12cm x13cm so it will sit [...]
In South Africa a “Township” dog refers to a pooch of mixed breed decent, that originates from an informal settlement or (aka township) where dogs are left to their own devises and pro-create prolifically! I’d not really paid much attention to the “Township” breed of dog until I started to volunteer at the SPCA [...]
The Mason’s are very good friends of ours and as it was Suzie’s birthday two weeks ago, we celebrated with a family portrait shoot. It was also an opportunity to take the first official photos of daughter, Serena without her braces on! We took the photos at their house, some in the garden and some [...]
The aperture setting on your camera works with the ISO and shutter speed settings to control the amount of light exposed onto the image sensor when you take a photograph. The lens aperture refers to the size of the opening on a camera lens and is measured in F stops with low numbers referring [...]
Birth photography is obviously about capturing the arrival of a baby, but it is also about documenting the story of the birth including the moments leading up to it and also afterwards. It is quite a challenging event to photograph because lighting can be low (the D700′s 6400 ISO has been tried out a couple [...]
This is a picture of our big dog Jane (left) and the newest addition to our family, Jeremy. We got this little chap from Sandton SPCA last week and he’s lovely. Due to the fact that we had a puppy with Parvo in the house (please click here to read the explanatory blog) another puppy was [...]
I have recently branched out into a new line of photography, pet portraits! I now flout both of the rules laid out for people in the media business of not working with animals or children. Give me either any day, preferably together for a really challenging shoot! This picture is of 6 week old kitten [...]
Camera ISO settings ISO sensitivity refers to the ‘speed’ of photographic film, i.e. how sensitive it is to light. Digital cameras operate using sensors rather than film, so the ISO equivalent is used, usually starting from 200 on a standard digital camera and going up to anything between 800 and 6400, behaving in a very [...]
Focus on Photography – Learn the “How To” skills that will help you to take better photos. This is a brand new course being run by British photographer Emma O’Brien and covers the basic skills you’ll need to improve your photography and start taking better photos. The course is being split into four weekend afternoon [...]
This is Tuesday morning’s customer, a 5 day old baby boy. Photographing newborns is one of my favourite things to do, babies change so rapidly in the first few months that to be able to capture a permanent record of what they looked like within the first few days of being born is really special [...]
If you’re thinking of buying a puppy or kitten from a pet shop, please read this first. On 22nd January 2011 my partner, 7 year old daughter and I bought a mini dachshund puppy from Pets Corner in Eastgate Shopping Centre. Frankly I should have know better than to purchase a puppy from a pet [...]
At the end of October last year I took a trip to Cape Town, with Kirsty Galliard from General Post, to shoot stills for an advert. The ad was being filmed by 7 Films for Mineseeker, a charity that specialises in the detection and removal of land mines as well as assisting people whose lives [...]
On September 24th 2010 I spent one night sleeping outside to gain an understanding of what’s it’s like to be homeless. It was horrible. The sleep out was a sponsored event to raise money for Urban Vision, a charity I support that provides skills training and visible needs support to homeless people living in the [...]
Timing is everything when photographing small children. Invariably there is a window of opportunity for smiley, happy photos that is only open for a limited time, so I have to work efficiently to make the most of it. This little girl was no exception and our shoot was timed in between naps to ensure we [...]
Here are some photos of baby Alasdair whose birth I photographed on 19/12/10, these pics were taken six days later. It’s quite amazing how quickly babies change, in the space of six days he’d started to lift his head and stretch his legs out. Toni and I made several attempts at getting him to curl [...]
This portrait was taken in my UK studio of TV presenter Diana Binks. It goes against the usual convention of portraiture by the fact that she’s looking away from the camera which, I think, makes it a more interesting photograph. Twitter This Usuario: Password:
On Sunday 19th December 2010 at 3.30am I got the phone call I’d been waiting months for. My friend’s baby was finally on the way, three days past his due date, so I dashed out of bed and made my way across Johannesburg in time to photograph his arrival. I have no first hand experience [...]
Portrait shots for business use are a necessary evil. Whether you are a one man/woman band or a huge corporation, having photographs of staff on your website, promotional literature and on display in a reception area is very important. Putting a face to your business humanises it, which customers tend to like. I often cringe [...]
This little girl was living with her mother in a row of shacks made from cardboard that had been built in an underpass. As a mother myself, I find it very upsetting to see a child being brought up in such difficult circumstances, but this is a very familiar scene in Johannesburg. I looked up [...]
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