ALMA

I met Alma quite coincidentally. She was waitressing at a farm restaurant that I visited during the December holidays. From the minute I saw her I knew I wanted to photograph her. To my surprise, Alma has never modeled before. She's a total natural in front of the camera. We spent an afternoon exploring a farm and shooting some pics. These are some of the resulting images. I'm looking forward to working with her on a styled shoot in the very near future. Watch this space for more of this beautiful girl! 

A huge thank you to Nacht Wacht for letting us shoot in this beautiful setting.

Lifestyle Shoot | Tarryn Chudleigh (Part 2)

So I finally got around to posting some more photos from the recent test shoot I did with South African surfer girl, Tarryn Chudleigh. The following are the surfer girl themed pics. I'll be doing one more post to follow with the more fashion-based photos. I love shooting Tarryn because her style is so diverse and she just translates beautifully on camera in any setting and in any outfit. Tarryn is a former Springbok surfing champ and is sponsored by Billabong, VonZipper, Nixon and Monster. Visit her personal blog or her facebook page.

Tarryn Chudleigh (Part 1)

Cape Town surfergirl and Billabong sponsored rider, Tarryn Chudleigh and I recently met up to do a lifestyle photoshoot. I'll be doing a series of blog posts featuring the images we got. We had tons of fun doing the shoot. Working with Tarryn is so effortless - she has such a great sense of style (one that most girls would envy!) and she's very comfortable in front of the camera. Tarryn is a Sector 9 ambassador so we decided to do one scene with her and her Sector 9 board. These are some of the shots. Follow Tarryn's adventures on her blog and on Facebook.

Friday Favourite - Keep it Real

For today's Friday Favourite, here's a pic I took a while back during a weekend away. Myself and a bunch of friends were sitting around having drinks in the early eve and I noticed the bottle cap from the Windhoek had a cool slogan on the inside. I asked the boyf to hold it up for me and took this shot. It was a cool moment and brings back awesome memories from a fantastic weekend away. I took this with my 50mm f1.8 prime lens set on a very low aperture.

Friday Favourite - At Roost

Friday Favourite: a once-off shot from my archives that I'll post and write about every Friday. 

A mentor once told me that sometimes the universe lends a helping hand in a photograph. I think this was one of those moments. Here's one of my favourite portraits, taken at Imhoff Farm in Kommetjie.

The story behind the shot: 

A while back the boyf took me (and my camera) for lunch at Blue Water Cafe in Kommetjie. After our lunch we took a walk down to the petting farm next to the restaurant. One of the staff members there was busy chasing some roosters out of the shop (where they obviously weren't supposed to be). One particular rooster took to flight and perched himself directly on the head of the guy doing the chasing. I reached for my camera and just took one quick snap. It was one of those moments where the universe just happened to lend a hand and all the elements came together perfectly - from the complementary colours, the glance he gave me and of course, the rooster sitting absurdly on his head. I absolutely love this shot. I often find some of my best photographs are the spontaneous ones. Taken with a Canon 1000D and a 50mm f1.8 prime lens.

Sunkissed

I treated myself to a new camera (finally!) and to test it out I teamed up with my beautiful friend, Natasa, to shoot some vintage-style portraits on the beach. It was so difficult to choose my favourite shots but here they are. I hope you enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Christine's 30th

My friend Christine celebrated her 30th birthday this past week. She hosted her celebrations at Cafe Sofia at Eden on the Bay in Blouberg. It was a lovely evening with divine meze & tapas platters. I took the liberty of playing photographer for the evening. Here are my favourite shots from the night. (P.S. some of the pics at the end are quite pink - there was a horrid glow from the heaters in the restaurant).