Archive for Featured Photographers
Featured Photographer: Bernard Pieterse
Bernard Pieterse and his friend Herly Greeff did a photography course with me just about a year back. He was barely 15 years old at the time. Over the past year we got used to amazing images by this talented young photographer. Bernard recently won the Visual School’s award for “Upcoming Photographer of the Year”. [...]
Read moreShot of the Year 2011
We got to Photo Critic’s first Shot of the Year Competition. The winning shot went to Pietman Muller with his image “Klikbek”. This was really an outstanding shot; a once in a lifetime moment captured by him. Elsje Wiid, one of the five judges, wrote, “Incomparable moment! There is a great amount of different [...]
Read morePortrait Photographer, Michael Tarasov….
Article by Trompie van der Berg… This week we are featuring portrait photograher, Michael Tarasov. I first came across his portraits on the aclaimed European portrait website, http://www.portrait-photos.org/. To view more of Michael’s work, visit his website at http://www.michaeltarasov.com/
Read moreIndustrial Landscape Photographer, Edward Burtynsky….
Article by Trompie van der Berg… This week, we are featuring world renowned industrial landscape photographer, Edward Burtynsky. Edward has achieved international recognition for his large-format photographs of industrial landscapes. His work is housed in more than fifteen major museums including the Guggenheim Museum, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Biblioteque Nationale, Paris. [...]
Read moreShooting Location Portraits with Flash
I often hear photographers’ saying that they do not like using superficial light (aka flash) at all; that they prefer using natural light only. I too prefer using natural light, but maybe, I don’t like the hassle of carrying too many lights around and / or having to fiddle with light ratios, light shapers, angling [...]
Read moreThe Bang Bang Club
Article by Trompie van der Berg… The movie, “The Bang Bang Club” started showing at cinemas during the past week. I too, went to see the movie. In my opinion, it really is a must-see for every photographer. It is not a movie for kids or very sensitive people as the content is quite graphic. [...]
Read moreFeaturing Tom Wells
Danie’s Randburg course ended a few weeks ago, and he kindly asked me to write a few words on the experience and show off a couple of my favourite pictures taken on each of the outings. The first photoshoot felt like being dropped into the deep-end initially. Most of us were still getting the hang of our cameras, and switching from “auto” to “aperture priority” mode seemed like a pretty scary prospect. But after a brief pep-talk we quickly settled in to a comfortable rhythm and it was great fun to direct a real photoshoot! The early morning light was really good and produced some very nice soft portraits, but soon the sun became quite harsh which had most of us battling against the highlights. However, our models were absolutely brilliant and in the end it was difficult to get a bad picture.
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