2010-07-21

Hello and welcome to my blog. Having just upgraded my website, I decided to try my hand, well fingers really, at blogging.

Since I seem to have this double life it will be a combination of my passion and my family, now don't worry that isn't as bad as it sounds. My passion, photography, sadly doesn't seem to go with the family. I have learnt the hard way it's either the camera or the kids, together it doesn't work. Well unless of course I'm taking pictures of the kids and I'm sure there will be enough of those. It helps to keep the grandparents and the rest of the distant family happy.

As you can see the kids are already claiming their spot and muscling in on the blog.

Thanks for visiting.

Nicole and Rahul

Flying in .........

Nicole, looking stunning

Nicole and Rahul

The three bestmen, flown in from around the world

The bridesmaids

You may kiss the bride

The three wise men - great speeches!!

First Dance

Let's get this party started .............

Head bangers ............ reliving their youth.

Touch, pause, engage

And that's a wrap

The bride and groom are leaving the building

Introduction

Well, where should I start? My father always told me to start in the top left hand corner but I’m not sure that will work in this case. I was born in Pretoria, grew up in Johannesburg, did National Service in Potchefstroom, spent eight years travelling and living abroad and have spent the last ten years in the beautiful city of Cape Town.

I’ve just hit my forties but hey that’s when life starts anyway – so they tell me anyway. I’m married and have two great kids. My photography style tends to be more photojournalistic and I try to capture the moment rather than create it. I see myself as a good honest photographer which means, I try to get the shot correct straight out of the camera and keep post production down to a minimum. So I’m afraid if you are after those surreal, hyper-realistic images, I’m not your guy.

Currently I am also employed by UCT (the University of Cape Town) and whilst “yes” it does interfere with my photography. Soon after becoming a full time photographer I realised that a large percentage of my work was after hours, weddings, functions, birthdays etc. So to keep myself busy I started working at UCT part time, and then they went and made the position permanent, didn’t they? So I had the choice to lose the part time work or apply for the full time position. I did the latter.

The good news is that, it means that I can keep my prices down and focus on enjoying the photography. It does however mean I spend less time on post production (Photoshop), but as I said this helps to keep the costs down.

I am also currently Chairman of the Creative Camera Club, one of the fastest growing clubs in Cape Town.



I've also been fortunate enough to have some success whilst entering on-line photography competitions, twice picking up first place on the Camera Club Website.