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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Celtics vs Bidvest

The Bloemfontein Celtics hosted the Bidvest Wits at the Seisa Ramabodu stadium in a PSL match. The game ended in a draw with none of the two teams scoring.

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Monk

I photographed this monk at the Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia. Angkor Wat is the world’s largest religious building (Wiki).

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3 Days

New born babies are always very special to photograph. This one was only three days old.

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Renier & Maryna

Congratulations on your wedding Renier & Maryna! It was a beautiful sunny day at Kopano Nokeng where the reception was held.

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Feathers

Anel Dreyer was the model for this shoot. ­­Anel Cronje from Makeup-Me did the makeup for this shoot. This is one of my favorites from the shoot.

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Tam Cốc

This is one of the three caves at Tam Cốc along the Ngo Dong river in Vietnam.

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Bali

The Balenese pay much attention to detail. These are typical characters which can be seen at the temples and as decorations at hotels and other areas. Also take note on the figure at the bottom and the dragon at the back.

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Sweetlips

This fish is known as the harlequin sweetlips. I photographed this one on one of our dive trips in Thailand. The adults look completely different from the juveniles.

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Cheney

We had a real exiting photo shoot with real snakes. This was one of the photos from the shoot. Thank you Juan for providing the snakes.

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Rhino

I was fortunate to have a quick breakaway to Mokala Game reserve again. One of the "Big Five" is the rhino. This time we were lucky to see three of them together.

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Sunrise

Even a power station provide interesting lines to be an object with sunrise.

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Hong Kong

My apologies that it took so long to upload photos again. The website had an error, and it took quite some time to sort it out. Hong Kong is one of the cities that has so many opportunities to photograph city scapes. There are many mordern buildings to give a variation for city scapes.

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Old Indian Lady

 This old lady lives in a villiage in India. It was interesting to see how basic these people live from what their farm produces.

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Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris (Wiki).

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Anemone Reef

Hin Jom, meaning submerged rock, derives its English name from the profusion of lime green and sky blue magnificent anemone’s that cover this pinnacle. Anemonefish and clownfish use the anemone’s for protection and provide this Phuket dive site with all the colours you could wish for.

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Henry & Marina

Congratulations on your wedding Henry & Marina!! We took the couple photos at De Stallen Guest house. It is a beautiful guest house with so many photo opportunities.

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Swinging

I recently did a shoot with Ashley to try out some new ideas. This was one of the results. Makeup was done by Anel Cronje from Makeup-Me.

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Skateboarding

We don’t always get to choose the time of day that events take place. However, it is still fun to do action shots.

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Ship

Having a point of interest enhances landscape photos. This ship anchored at Patong Beach in Phuket, giving me the opportunity to combine the sunset with the ship’s silhouette.

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Indian Man

People are always interesting subjects to photograph. This is one of the faces I captured in India.

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Windmill

Holland is famous for its windmills. This photo was taken while we were touring Europe in 2006.

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Swallow

I had the opportunity to do some bird photography when we were at Mokala Game Reserve in the Northern Cape a view weekends ago. This is a little swallow.

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Brett & Cheryl

We had some beautiful skies to do Brett & Cheryl’s wedding photos. Congratulations!! The ceremony and reception took place at Somerton Estate in Bloemfontein.

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The Look

Another one of my favorite photos from a shoot with Anel. Makeup was done by Anel Cronje from Makeup­-Me.

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Bali Sunset

Clouds combined with sunsets usually provide opportunities for landscape photography. This one was one in Bali, Indonesia.

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