I had the opportunity to photograph the World Haemophilia Day Awareness event in Paarl, on Saturday. Ryk Neethling gave children from Tyberberg and Red Cross Hospital a unique swimming lesson experience. The Witness printed one of my favorite shots from the event:
Here is another article at Media 24 with another of my images.
I received mail today from Feel SA, South African – German magazine. Well, receiving a magazine is normally not newsworthy. In this case, the cover shows a image I shot of Jo-Ann Strauss. Printed work is one of the highlights in my profession. Working with Jo-Ann was really great and we all had lots of fun during the shoot. Enough said, here is the cover and one of the pages from the inside of the magazine. There are some more of my images published in the magazine, but have to scan them separately.
Anneleigh Jacobsen dropped me an email today that one of her and my clients got some publicity with a double spread in the current People Magazine with a collection of my images. I find it exciting to see me work in print 
At the beginning of this week, Sean Lloyd from iPhoneography.co.za asked me, if I would be interested to answer some questions on my experience in photographing with the iPhone.
Sean’s questions went beyond I would have expected and made me think hard on my answers. You can read my responses on his blog. Sean’s blog looks like a very interesting endeavor and I will visit his site to check on what is going on the scene. Thanks for the opportunity, Sean. Below is one of my current favorite shots with the iPhone. I got it also printed today and I love the print 
Percy Montgomery is the second South African sports celebrity, I had the pleasure to photograph. Cricket player Makhaya Ntini was the first about two years ago.
This shoot of former South African rugby player (Springbok), Percy Montgomery was part of a magazine interview. I photographed him in a Cape Town hotel lobby. The complete shoot, including different setups did not take longer than 15 minutes. Preparation is key!
I arrived very early at the hotel and scouted for a good location for the shoot (the assignment came in short notice, so I didn’t have the chance to go there days earlier). Plan A was to shoot outside, but Cape Town winter was present, so I looked for a location with variety indoors. The lobby with ample space and soft ambient light presented a great opportunity.
I was discussing my planned setups for the shoot with my clients, when Percy arrived early for the shoot. It was time to get moving. Working with small strobes are a blessing in situations like this. No cables, just lightstand and modifier to set up. Within minutes, we were ready for the first image. Remember, I already measured light and preset the camera.
Throughout the short session, I used available light only and also combined it with flash to brighten shadows. I shot with different lenses, but tend to enjoy shorter focal lengths these days, as it helps me staying in communication better with the portrayed.
The image in this post is my favorite shot. I photographed the portrait with the Nikon 50mm/ 1.4 at aperture 1.8 in combination with a wireless triggered Nikon SB800 flash softened by a shoot through umbrella. Flash was set on TTL 0 via the Nikon CLS (Creative Lighting System).
I used Aperture with NikSoftware plugins for post edit and conversion.
Here are some more of my images, published in a different article of The Citizen.
Of course, I will add this to my Tearsheets
The Citizen published one of my images along an article about Handri Conradie, one of my clients in Prince Alfred’s Hamlet. A nice addition to my Tearsheets.