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Monthly Archives: May 2012

Deidre

Deidre was the First Princess at Kovsie’s RAG. Anel Cronje from Makeup-Me did the makeup for this shoot.

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Twins

I have photographed twins before, but this was the first time that I photographed new born twins. They are just one week old and lying on blankets which grandma knitted.

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Natasha

Natasha came for a portfolio shoot. We had a lot of fun with the shoot and this was one of the results.

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Aquarium

I am not particularly fond of aquarium photos, because nothing beats real diving. However, the aquarium does provide other photographic opportunities.

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Moobeli

Also a finalist for Mr RAG was Moobeli. This was one of his portfolio photos.

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Jet Ski

The locals rent out jet skis to the tourists at Patong Beach – Phuket.

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Moat

Many of the temples or temple complexes in Cambodia are surrounded by moats. We stopped on the bridge at one of the entrance gates to photograph some landscapes.

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Werner’s Friend

I have to tell this story of this little Cambodian girl. She is five years old and already know how to do business, she sells postcards. We visited a temple in Cambodia and she was walking along with Werner constantly telling him: "mister, you buy from me." When we stopped, she sat on the ground […]

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Geruan

Geruan was one of the top ten Mr RAG finalists. This was one of the photos from his shoot.

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Dog

I am not sure how fond the Eastern people are of pets, because you don’t often see pets with people. I am also not sure if this dog has a owner. I photographed this dog in Cambodia while we were photographing sunrise.

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Bride

We arrived safely home. Usually we photograph weddings on Saturdays, but since we won’t be doing one today, I can show you a Cambodian bride. We saw a few wedding processions. This one took place at the fishing village – Kampong Phluk. They get married on any day of the week and the brides wear […]

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View from KL Tower

We are spending our last few hour in Kuala Lumpur before we are going home. This was one of the photos from the KL tower, the view is beautiful at night. The tower is used for communication purposes and features an antenna that reaches 421 m (1,381 ft). The roof of the pod is at […]

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Aquaria KLCC

We visited the Aquaria KLCC an underwater park located beneath Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre within Kuala Lumpur City Centre development precinct (Wiki). The interaction of the kids is always interesting.

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Petronas Towers

We arrived in Kuala Lumpur. The Petronas Towers also known as the Petronas Twin Towers are twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to the CTBUH’s official definition and ranking, they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101, but remain the tallest twin buildings ever built, […]

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Sunset on Patong Beach

On our last day in Phuket we had some cloudy weather, so I decided to take the tripod and do some slow shutter speed landscape photos.

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Patong Beach

We were fortunate to have great weather in Phuket, as it is the turn of the season. Along with that we had beautiful sunsets.

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Kite Surfer

Kite surfing is a popular sport around the Blouberg area in South Africa. However I did see this kite surfer at Patong beach, Phuket.

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Beng Mealea

Beng Mealea (its name means "lotus pond") is a temple in the Angkor Wat style located 40 km east of the main group of temples at Angkor, Cambodia, on the ancient royal highway to Preah Khan Kompong Svay (Wiki). To view more of my Cambodia photos, please visit www.ourtravels.co.za

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Cultural Dancer

We had dinner at a local restaurant where cultural dances were preformed. The ladies wear beautiful traditional clothes.

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Silhouette

This Cambodian lady came to wash her basket at sunrise. The reflection from the sky provided the perfect opportunity to photograph a silhouette.

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Bringing Incense

This Cambodian man was photographed at Ankor Wat, while bringing incense to the temple. The Buddhists celebrated Buddha’s birthday.

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Monks

We have arrived in Siem Reap, Cambodia today. We walked past one of the local temples where I photographed these two monks.

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Sunset over Singapore

I took this photo from the aeroplane (with my D4) as we left Singapore. Usually the camera is packed away while we fly, but on this trip I decided I want to do some aerial shots.

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D4 Image

This was the first D4 that I held and tested. This image was shot inside the shop at F2.8, 1/125 at ISO 2000. This is typical Singaporians, always busy on the phone.

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Tree Top Walk

We did the Tree Top Walk with friends of us in Singapore. It was approximately 6 km. Along the way we saw many monkeys.

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