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Yearly Archives: 2015

Fisherman

At the fishing villages in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, there is also smaller fishing boats like this one.

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Chatting

There has been some requests that I share more travel photos. I took this image over a lunch break in Hanoi, Vietnam. These men were also relaxing a bit over lunch time.

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Eduan & Samantha

Congratulations to Eduan & Samantha who also got married yesterday!! They held their wedding at A Lodge @ Bloem. Werner captured their images.

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Madiela & Grace

Madiela & Grace got married at Tuscan Rose Wedding Venue. Congratulations!! As the weather progressed through the day we were wondering if it was going to rain and we got this beautiful sky.

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Wedding Photographer

People are always interesting. Here I captured a bride peeking over the photographers shoulder. This was on our Vietnam trip in 2011 in Hanoi.

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Vietnamese Lady

At the literature museum in Hanoi, Vietnam, there was a photographer busy photographing some local ladies in their traditional wear. I stole some images from the side.

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Farm Worker

On our previous visit to Ha Long bay (Vietnam) we also passed by some farms where the workers were busy harvesting.

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Thiên Cung Caves

The Thiên Cung Caves is located in the Ha Long Bay area, Vietnam. It looks a lot like our Cango caves in South Africa.

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Hạ Long Bay

We are looking forward to return to Vietnam this year. One of the places we will be revisiting is Hạ Long Bay.

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Dalenza

In January earlier this year I did this shoot with Dalenza. The idea was to have a fog forest look and this was one of the results.

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Six Months

It was once again a busy day in the studio. I had a few six month old babies visiting the studio. This is the time to have sitting shots, as it is the time when they start sitting by themselves.

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Henry & Ananda

Henry & Ananda are getting married in a few weeks time. We had a lot of fun on their pre-wedding shoot.

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Bodyguards

Mom came up with this idea that she liked me to do, but I am sure her brother and cousins will still play their part.

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Keys

I went to photograph Cottonwood Cottage. There was quite a few interesting corners in the garden, amongst it was this green door with these keys.

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Bee

I haven’t really tried out macro photography, so I took out the macro kit and played around in the garden.

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Market Lady

Photographing people will definitely be on my agenda when we are going on holiday. This was taken at one of the markets in Vietnam.

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Fishing Boat

We are currently planning our holiday for this year and we are planing on revisiting Vietnam. This was at Ha Long Bay in Vietnam.

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Saughrette

Saughrette was also one of the top five Mrs Bloemfonteiner finalists. Hair and makeup was done by myself.

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Spider web

Revisiting my archives brings back a lot of memories of places we have been. I took this image on a trip we did in 2009 at Cederberg.

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Bridge

Even before I started my photography career, I have already documented our holidays with photos. This bridge is at the summer palace in Beijing, China.

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Frozen

I always wanted to do a shoot with the movie theme "Frozen". One of our little models at the workshop loves "Frozen" and had her dress on, so I got my opportunity.

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Head Shot

I presented a workshop on portraits and lighting. This was one of the images I got at the workshop. Thank you to all the people and models who participated.

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Head Shot

As I was preparing for the workshop I will be presenting, I revisited some of the images I took on a previous workshop I presented. It can sometimes be challenging to get nice head shots with reaction.

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New Born

A week in the studio will not be the same if I don’t have a few new born’s visiting the studio.

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Gulls

Composition is always playing a role in photography. I had two images of these gulls – this one where they are facing each other and the other they were facing the same direction. I felt that this one had the more impact.

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Sleeping Baby

This little one came for her two month shoot. As she was sleeping we dressed her as a tortoise.

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