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 Month: September 2011
September month’s Photo Critic photography competition goes to Gustav Brandt for his image “Remembered”. You have to read his comments below, to understand what exactly happened when he got this shot. Since Gustav won the shot-of-the-month competition he was appointed as an admin for Photo Critic. Unfortunately, he wouldn’t qualify for any other awards. [...]
Read morePonta Do Ouro Seascapes, Colour or Black & White?
With my recent trip to Ponta Do Ouro in Mozambique, I shot most of the images, using my camera’s Auto Exposure Bracketing. Additionally, I used a * ND Grad filter (Neutral Density Graduated Filter) to darken the skies and keep the foreground bright. The result was pretty dramatic skies with detailed foregrounds. Afterwards, in the [...]
Read moreKriel, Hotshots (Cont)
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.
Read moreKriel, Hotshots (Cont)
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 [...]
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 [...]
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