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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Reon & Lana

Reon & Lana got married at Ficksburg. Congratulations!! It was a rainy day, but the sun did break through a little bit.

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Shivani

Shivani is the RAG queen for 2012 at Kovsies. This was one of the photos from her shoot.

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Hue City

I photographed these two house boats from our hotel room in Hue City, Vietnam.

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Celtic Player

Bloemfontein Celtics hosted the Mamelodi Sundowns in a PSL match. They drew the game 0 all.

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Big Ben

Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London (Wiki).

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Little Lika

Lika turned one today, happy birthday!! There is also an article on Lika in the April issue of "Baba & Kleuter". One of the photos in the article was taken by me.

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Red-Knobbed Coot

Red-Knobbed Coot is a resident breeder across much of Africa and in southernmost Spain on freshwater lakes and ponds. It builds a nest of dead reeds near the water’s edge or more commonly afloat (Wiki).

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Anel

Don’t discard photos that you think are useless, they may come in handy to create some artistic effects. Anel Dreyer was the model for this shoot and the makeup was done by Anel Cronje from Makeup-Me.

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Loch Logan Waterfront

I attended a function at Loch Logan Waterfront, Bloemfontein, one of our local shopping malls. I could not resist to take a photo of the view.

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Runner

Our church hosted a road race and a fun run together with the "kuierfees". This was one of the runners of the 10 km.

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African Man

­I photographed this man in Ladybrand over the weekend. His brightly colored clothes and light blue eyes caught my attention.

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Mulenga

Bloemfontein Celtics hosted Santos in a PSL match. The Bloemfontein Celtics won the match 2-0. Mulenga is the player in the image.

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Hartlaub’s Gull

The Hartlaub’s Gull or King Gull, (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii) is a small gull, which is a non-migratory breeding resident endemic to the Atlantic Ocean coastline of South Africa and Namibia. Hartlaub’s Gull is 36–38 cm in length. It is a mainly white gull with a grey back and upperwings, black wingtips with conspicuous white "mirrors", and […]

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Rino

Rino is Mr Rag 2012 at Kovsies. This is one of my black and white conversions of one of his portfolio photos.

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Golfer

Some of the golfers thought I was the target. Yes, that yellow thing is the ball, however my camera and I were unharmed.

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Chinese Vendor

Food from different cultures are always interesting. I photographed this vendor in Beijing, China.

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Anemone Crab

Anemone crabs, also known as Porcelain crabs are quite fragile animals, and will often shed their limbs to escape predators. The lost appendage can grow back (Wiki).

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Anel

We did a location shoot with Anel on a farm. Anel was sitting on a dam wall.

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Golf

I had the privilege to photograph the Charity Golf Day of Letseng Diamonds in Maseru.

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Badminton

This photo was published in last Fridays Bloem News. The player in action is Lourens Schlebusch.

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London Eye

The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames, in London, England. The entire structure is 135 metres (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394 ft) (Wiki).

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Catching Bubbles

This little guy is about 9 months old and unless you can keep him occupied for a while, he is on a crawling mission.

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Taman Ayun Temple

Taman Ayun literally translates as ‘beautiful garden’ and is generally regarded as one of the most attractive temples of Bali. Taman Ayun is situated in a beautiful park with trees and ponds, near the village of Mengwi in the south of Bali, Indonesia.

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Sable Antelope

The Sable Antelope (Swartwitpens) stands 120 to 140 centimetres at the shoulder and weigh 200 to 270 kilograms, males being larger than females. They have a white underbelly, white cheeks and a white chin. They have a shaggy mane on the back of their neck. Sable antelope have ringed horns which arch backward, in females […]

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Anel

This was an experimental shoot with Anel Dreyer. Makeup was done by Anel Cronje from Makeup-Me.

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Rino

­­­­­Rino was crowned Mr Rag. It was the first time that Kovsies crowned Mr Rag along with the Rag Queen. This was one of the photos from his portfolio shoot.

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