Actress Headshots
Last week I head the pleasure of photographing the young actress Ntsebo Lerotholi. Here are some of the results from the session.
Ntsebo’s Headshots – Images by Jurgen Banda-Hansmann
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3 Things to Consider for Your Profile Picture
I am a firm believer in social networking and general business networking. Just a few days ago, I was able to connect with old school friends, I haven’t seen in twenty years via Facebook. Twitter, Linkedin and Facebook connect me with people, I would not have met any other way. It is simply amazing!
There are [...]
Beach Family Photo Shoot
Did I mention before, it is summer in Cape Town? It is the season of family portraits on the beach. I was asked by the Schiffhauer family from Switzerland to photograph them at the beach during their holiday in Cape Town. We met at Camps Bay during the early evening, while it was still warm [...]
Family Photo Shoot at the Beach
The summer holidays in Cape Town (and I know that there are people freezing in the cold in the northern hemisphere) are a busy time for family photography. Over the years, a growing number of overseas visitors contracted Jürgen’s Photography for fun family portraits. As you know, I love working on location with my clients. [...]
What’s coming in 2010?
2009 was an interesting year for Jürgen’s Photography. The Web site went through some major changes and brought back to it’s core, what it is all about: Good photography. A good friend gave me valuable insight and advice on how the online presentation of Jürgen’s Photography could be improved.
I started the year, using a flash [...]
Jürgen’s Photography on Facebook
Facebook is one of the most popular platforms on the Internet. I have been very active over the last few months with the Twitter community and a good portion of the members of the Cape Town Photography Meetup Group, are also Tweeple. One of the questions, I had over the last few months was, on [...]
Portraits and headshot for life coach Mariella Norman
Blog – Mariella Norman – Images by Jurgen Banda-Hansmann
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Mariella is a life coach in Cape Town and needed some portraits for her marketing material. Together with two colleagues, she booked me for a photo session in Camps Bay. Anneline Black, owner of Brushstrokes, did the [...]
Louw Bubeka – Portrait of a Jazz Musician
Last week I had the opportunity to photograph jazz musician Louw Bubeka on location in Nyanga, Cape Town. We photographed most of the portraits in the streets of Nyanga, which was good fun, but had it’s own challenges.
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 [...]
Regus Portraits
The manager of the Regus Center in the southern suburbs of Cape Town asked me for a portrait session on location. She needed the images for a nationwide publication in South Africa. The deadline was within a few days of the call from her.
On the day of the shoot, I worked with remote triggered speedlights [...]
Headshot Photography Transformation Part 2
This is the second instalment from the Headshot Photography Transformation. Liezl went for a more dramatic look in her makeup and her headshots reminded more of a fashion shoot. Again, I was amazed, what Anneline Black from Brushstrokes, achieved with her makeup design. Renate from Photo Boudoir, assisted me again during the shoot. We worked mostly with natural [...]
Headshot Photography Transformation Part 1
Two weeks ago, I offered three individuals a free headshot session via Twitter. It didn’t take long for these three people to make contact with me. Last week, we met for the photo shoot, which was incredibly great fun.
I was able to work with some of my favorite people. There was Renate from Photo Boudoir, [...]
Portraits for a Coach
About two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to photograph Dominique Ripoll-Dausa, a business coach in Cape Town. Dominique and myself worked a few years back for the same employer. We met at a training event with Nancy Kline (author of the book Time to Think) in Cape Town.
Dominique needed some portraits for the marketing [...]
Headshot Photography
I’ve spent several, recent weeks editing and re-launching Jurgen-Photo.com’s Headshot Photography. The new site will go LIVE on 01 JUNE 2009. I look forward to reading your comments on my BLOG.
You’re invited to stop by on that day to take advantage of special offers on headshots and portraits.
Three (3) Cape Town residents will be selected [...]
Marketing Team
Sue showed me yesterday this postcard. I have been doing a few shoots in the past for Catalyst Communications, including several session for Moore Stephens Chartered Accountants.
The Sunflower Fund and Business Network Fashion Show and Networking Extravaganza and Expo!
Last week, I photographed this group portrait for the Sunflower Fund and Business Network Fashion Show and Networking Extravaganza and Expo! Today, I invite you to participate and support the Sunflower Fund.
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 …? [...]
Networking and your public image
Forbes.com recently published an article called: Yes, CEOs Should Facebook And Twitter. Matthew Fraser and Soumittra Dutta say: “Social networking has clearly reached a tipping point. Sites like MySpace and Facebook boast hundreds of millions of members.
5 Tips For Better Children Photos
Change your perspective
The easiest way of improving your children portraits is by changing your perspective. Go down on your knees, lie on your stomach, crawl. See the world on their eye level. It will change your pictures! I often photograph babies, while I am lying on the ground. You also find a different way of [...]
Headshot Portfolio
This is updated version of my online portfolio for portraits and headshots. Move your mouse over the portfolio and select fullscreen view to enlarge the images. Enjoy.
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Baby Photography on the Beach
This photo session, was one of those events, where Cape Town weather made feel like cancelling the appointment and surprising me during the session. We arranged to meet at Camps Bay. When I drove to the venue via the mountain, I saw fog and lots of fog. That would be interesting!
Anke and Florian were visiting [...]
BMW Financial Services
BMW Financial Services asked me to take portraits of the staff in Cape Town. This was a standard corporate portrait session, including a neutral background for the individual portraits. As I was working on location, I had to setup a ministudio in one of the conference rooms, including a grey backdrop, I brought with.
Looking for [...]
Marketing Campaign
A few weeks ago, a marketing company hired me to take portraits on location for a campaign. This required taking dozens of portraits in a relatively short time span in mostly noisy environments, also called night clubs. This brought some interesting challenges with it. Night clubs tend to be darkish and crowded. Luckily [...]
