Corporate Photography – Architecture
Corporate photography involves often not only people, but also architecture. Sometimes I am invited to photograph buildings only as in the case for this car dealership. Buildings are different to people in the sense that they are normally much bigger and have a tendency to sit still. I can’t move the object, but have to [...]
Learning Photography
How do you learn photography? Where do you get inspiration? Where can you learn new techniques?
I love reading and have been learning a lot about photography through reading books. The local library in my hometown had a good collection of high quality photography books. That was a starting point.
The more you practice, the better your [...]
The Heart Of The Matter
Steve Bailey called me this week and asked me, if I could help him lighting a photo shoot that he was going to do for Paarl Printing. Steve told me that he was going to use his Sky Shot setup for the shoot. He told me about it before, but I didn’t see it in [...]
iPhone Picture Of The Day
I walked through Rosebank, Cape Town the other day and enjoyed the sun. I found this wooden fence close to the railway track. I hope you like it. Comment, if you don’t like it and comment if you do.
Technology Company Portaits
This assignment goes a couple of months back. Psitek is a South African telecommunications company focusing on the underserviced market and develops their products with focus on the developing world. The company needed to update their website with some fresh portraits of the staff. The goal was not to photograph staged images, but rather “natural” [...]
Who Is The Best Photographer?
I reckon, I got your attention. Have you ever heard of Ansel Adams? Have you ever heard of Henri Cartier-Bresson? Have you ever heard of Horst P. Horst? Have you ever heard of Gordon Parks? Have you ever heard of Alfred Eisenstaedt? Have you ever heard of Sebastiao Salgado? Have you ever heard of …? [...]
Kalk Bay Door
I spent some time this morning with friends in Kalk Bay on the Cape Peninsula. It’s autumn in Cape Town and the light can be quite dramatic. This image is part of an old entrance to what is now a coffee shop. I tend to transform pictures from the iPhone into black and white.
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Free Cape Town Wallpapers
Find high quality Cape Town themed Free Wallpapers here. No registration required. Currently, you find images of a lighthoue, the Waterfront at night, a flower of a Strelitzia Reginae and a landscape image portraying the 12 Apostles over the clouds. I will add more in the future.
If you want printed copies or full resolution files [...]
Architecture Photography in the Evening
A few weeks ago, I photographed the Northgate branch of the Bedking in Cape Town. My client required a photo of the building in the evening, while the inside of the store is fully illuminated. When I scouted the building before the shoot, I noticed that there are hardly any outside lights and that I [...]
