Back to Basics – ISO

Read this simple guide to ISO, because when you understand ISO, aperture and shutter speed, you have pretty much mastered the technical fundamentals of photography.

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Back to Basics – Aperture

Learn how your camera aperture works, and how to get the best results from understanding this.

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Beauty Dish Portraiture Collaboration: Vintage Pin-up Girl

11 March 2013
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Last month Conley and I tested out my new beauty dish, and the first few images can be seen here. I finally managed to finish editing the photos, and just love these vintage pin-up girl inspired ones of the lovely Kathryn Marnewick.

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Hotel Photography: The Michaelangelo, Sandton Johannesburg

18 February 2013
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Last week I photographed the room interiors at The Michaelangelo hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg. The rooms were lit with studio lighting, and I used a 17-40mm wide-angle lens for the smaller spaces.

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Chinese New Year Festival at Nan Hua Temple

11 February 2013
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Yesterday Julian, Conley and I went to the Chinese New Year Festival at Nan Hua Temple in Bronkhorstspruit to capture the colours, ambiance and merriment. All images were shot with ambient light on a Canon 5D mark iii using 24-105mm and 70-200mm lenses. Below is a small selection of my favourite images from the day.

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Beauty Dish Portraiture – A Collaboration between Creatives

8 February 2013
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I recently bought myself a beauty dish, and these portraits of Duan Wanty and Kathryn Marnewick were part of the test shoot to get a feel for how this light modifier works. The shoot was also a collaboration with Conley van der Westhuizen – Conley did the set up and the lighting, while I took [...]

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Pet Portraiture: Danielle and Joel

28 January 2013
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing Danielle and Joel, and their three gorgeous dogs. I always thought my two dogs were the most spoiled dogs in Johannesburg, however these three are a close second, and there was no shortage of doggy kisses during our shoot! This shoot was special to me, because Benoit, the [...]

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