This is one of the local fishing villages on the river close to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The people make their living of fishing.

The Black Oystercatcher is a large entirely black shorebird, with a long (9 cm) bright red bill and pink legs. It has a bright yellow iris and a red eye-ring.

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For the first time in Kovsie history the University crowned a Mr Rag along with the Rag Queen. Thapelo was the second runner up for Mr Rag.­ This was one

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The Bloemfontein Celtics hosted the Platinum Stars at the Botshabelo Stadium in a PSL match. The Pl­at­i­­n­um­­­ ­Stars won the game 1-0.

Both of them are still little, but already they are big friends.

I took this photo a long time ago, when I just started with photography. I have reworked it and done a black and white conversion.

Another photo from the game last week between the Bloemfontein Celtics and the Golden Arrows. The Celtics won the game 3-2.

This ­little one was only 4 days old when she came to visit me.

This fireworks is to celebrate Photoaday’s fi­rst birhday. I photographed these fireworks in Cambodia. The photo was not taken like this, it is a combined photo.­ ­­­­

At Sentosa Island, Singapore there used to be a musical fountain, which I presume has been replaced with this show. Lazars and colored lights are still used to project on

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Bannerfish are also known as false Moorish Idol. I photographed this one at Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas.

We had a "kiekie safarie" at the Bloemfontein Market which was arranged by the Bloemfontein camera club. One of the set subjects was a wide angle photo of the market

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I did a portfolio shoot for Charmé. This was one of the photos from the shoot.

Sunsets does not always have to be red or orange. Blue ones are also beautiful. This was another one from Mokala Nature reserve in the Northern Cape.

Bloemfontein Celtics played against the Golden Arrows in a PSL match. They won the game 3-2. This photo is a special one for me because the player in red is

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Red is usually associated with Valentines day. I hope you had a wonderful one.

This is a close-up of the faces looking in the four wind directions at the Faces temple (the Ba­yon) in Cambodia.­

The Blue Wildebeest, also called the Common Wildebeest, is a large antelope and one of two species of wildebeest. It grows to 115–145 cm shoulder height and attains a body

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Simple objects such as pens have the potential for interesting table top photography, however lighting can change the picture.

I have done a few portfolio shoots for models lately. This was one of the photos from Chrismarie’s shoot.

With all the heat we lately had, I think this is a refreshing sport.

Theme shoots are always a lot of fun and results obtained from these shoots are also interesting. We used live snakes for this shoot. One of the challenges was to

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Landscapes can also sometimes work in a black & white conversion. This was one that I took at Mokala Nature reserve in the Northern Cape.

The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th century or early 13th century as the official state temple of

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It is commonly known as leaf scorpionfish or paperfish. The color of this fish varies from green and red to a ghostly white. The fish is almost as flat as

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Colored lighting, shadows and reflections can add dramatic effects to a simple subject such as these chess pieces.

I have been fortunate to do a couple of model portfolios lately. This was one of the photos from Jeanette’s shoot.

Another action photo from the game between the Bloemfontein Celtics and Orlando Pirates.

Amer Fort (pronounced as Amber Fort) is located in Amer (a town with an area of 4 square kilometres, 11 kilometres from Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India. It is one of

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