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Monthly Archives: January 2014

Annette

I photographed Annette, she is the second princess in the Mrs Bloemfontein competition. Hair and makeup was done by myself.

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Michelle

I tried out a lighting setup in the studio with a beauty dish. Michelle helped me out to be the model.

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Merlion

The Merlion is a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, used as a mascot and national personification of Singapore. Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body represents Singapore’s origin as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, which means "sea town" […]

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Bloemfontein Celtics vs Kaizer Chiefs

Unfortunately with all the construction last year I did not have that much opportunity to photograph soccer. This was one of the PSL matches last year between the Bloemfontein Celtics and the Kaizer Chiefs at the Free State Stadium

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New Born

Today was the day of the new born’s. I had three new born baby boys who came for their first photo shoots. This little one was just released from hospital and only three days old.

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Lesotho Woman

On my last trip to Lesotho in November 2013, I had the opportunity to photograph some of the local people in Lesotho. It was a rainy day and everybody had their blankets.

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Six Months

Amongst my customers that visited the studio, was this six month old baby. Isn’t she sweet? Look how I am sitting by myself.

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Farm

I had the opportunity to photograph the farmer’s day on a farm close to Senekal. Obviously I always look for other opportunities as well, like this landscape.

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Bernelee

Francois and Bernelee came to select their wedding photos. They got married in December 2013 at Montebello. More of their photos are available on www.ebpweddings.co.za/blog/blog

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Ianthe

I have played around with hair and makeup. After processing the photo, I felt it had great potential in black and white.

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Niki

The day that Niki arrived, I had to do a photo shoot with her for an advertisement. This was her first photo shoot.

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Three Months

This three month old baby boy visited me at the studio. This was one of my favorite shots.

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Old Cambodian Lady

I photographed this old lady in a fishing village, Kampong Phluk, in Cambodia. Her characteristic face immediately drew my attention.

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Dina-Lee

Dina-Lee and her husband, Tom, came to select their wedding photos. They were married in November last year at The Willows. More of their wedding photos are available on www.ebpweddings.co.za/blog/blog

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Marlene

Marlene and I had some fun with hair and makeup. I did the hair and makeup myself, after which we did her photo shoot. Marlene took part in Mrs Bloemfonteiner.

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Four days

I have a lot of cute babies coming for new born shoots. This one was only four days old.

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New Born

I have a lot of new born babies coming for their first experience with a camera. Isn’t she sweet?

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11 Months

This little boy came for his 11 month shoot. He did not feel like crawling, that I could get him in action.

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Eastern Free State

It was almost autumn when I took this photo. The Eastern Free State is usually beautiful in autumn when all the trees are turning yellow. This was taken from Mabula Lodge.

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Sandra

Sandra & Ryno got married, congratulations! She got dressed at Hobbit House, this was one of the shots I took at the guest house.

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One Year

The kids just grow up so quickly. This little one just turned one and discovered walking.

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Marina Bay Sands

Marina Bay Sands is located in Singapore. This building provides lots of opportunities for night photography, this was taken from the Gardens by the Bay.

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Wilma

I had the opportunity to photograph Wilma. I explored the natural light photography in my new studio. This was one of my favorite photos. Hair and makeup was done by myself.

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Two in Flight

I always enjoy photographing the birds on the beach. This was also at Melkbosstrand. I have never captured two birds in flight where the wings are in the same position.

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Melkbosstrand

We did have one quick break last year when Werner played badminton. We stayed in Melkbosstrand. This was at sunset.

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Livé

I had a new born shoot with little Livé. We got the most adorable photos.

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Emma

Since it is my special day, I would like to share one of my photos from my latest shoot.

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Kiwifruit

Just add water, lights and a camera and you can have lots of fun with fruit dropping in water.

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New Beginnings

2013 has been a hard year. We sold our house and my old studio at the end of 2012. As a result we bought a new house which we renovated and we built a brand new studio. The building project went on for almost the entire 2013. As everybody knows, having a building project is […]

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