Archive for Hotshots
Portraits on Church Square
I recently did an assignment for Interface, a Swiss Marketing Agency. It was for editorial photos and part of the assignment expected me to photograph Church Square in Pretoria. I thought to share the following two photos that did not form part of my assignment. This first image, was taken of one of the four [...]
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Another few HDR landscape photos from the Kriel Photography Course. My favourite shot of the period. It was quite a misty day and the HDR treatment absolutely contributes to the moodiness and drama.
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Our Digital Photography courses website are being launched officially today and I want to welcome our Blogger subscribers who made the transition over. I hope that you will have a great experience with us and that you will benefit from the articles and posts. I would also like to encourage you to join in the [...]
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This is the second post with photos (hotshots) I took around Kriel. This time I thought it would be great to share a few portraits Me and Deon was driving back to Jo’burg when we saw this lady walking in the same direction we were heading. At first, I passed her, but became so unsettled [...]
Read moreKriel, Travel Shots
These are a few hotshots I took around Kriel during the time I presented a basic photography course there. Upon my arrival, I really thought the landscapes looked flat, but soon realised the great photo opportunities we had. I decided to share a few hotshots. Those of you who have been around will realise that [...]
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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