September 2nd, 2010 | Family, Photo of the week, Uncategorized | Subcribe to RSS
June 24th, 2010 | Family, Other, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
Ek is so opgewonde om hierdie post met julle te deel. My eerste (betaalde) shoot vir ‘n magazine- vir SARIE! Is so lekker dat daar altyd nuwe goed op die horison is. Hou die lewe so lekker interessant!!!
Die shoot was van Alta Joubert en haar opeet-oulike-en-mooi-kinders. Alta is beter bekend as een van die energieke dames van Lollos. As jy jong kinders het en nog nie van Lollos gehoor het nie, stel ek voor jy gaan sommer nou na hulle webwerf toe om bietjie meer te leer. Sarie het ook op hulle webwerf ‘n link gesit: Sarie Link
Teen die tyd wat die shoot verby was en ons alles opgepak het, hoor ek hoe verskoon Alta haarself om “die gemors op die TV” te gaan afskakel wat haar kinders gesit en kyk het. Dis vir my AMAZING om te weet dat Alta omgee oor wat haar kinders kyk, want dit beteken net een ding; sy lewer nie “gemors” aan ander mammas se kinders nie.
Dankie aan Danny Toüa (die stilleerder) wat my so baie gehelp het met hierdie eerste shoot! Ek hoop dis die begin van nog vele ander lekkertes.
Geniet julle!
May 6th, 2010 | Family, Other, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
Danny & Garitha het Michai & Danny aangeneem om hulle seuns te wees.Die twee is reeds al so tuis met hulle mamma en pappa. Maar geen wonder. Ek het het nog nooit vir Danny en Garitha ontmoet nie, maar toe ek by hulle huis instap, kon ek die warm gevoel van liefde en aanvaarding voel. Vir die eerste 10min het ek myself net bekyk aan hierdie 2 kleine lyfies. So perfek. So reg om te groei, te leef, te leer en te blom. Dit was vir my ‘n heerlike ondervinding, dankie Danny & Garitha!
May 3rd, 2010 | Family, Other, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
Ek doen nou 2 jaar voltyds fotografie en dis die eerste keer wat ek die voorreg het om ‘n familie die 3de keer af te neem! Die eerste keer was Günther nog ‘n baba, die 2de keer met sy 1ste verjaarsdag en nou kon my oe nie glo toe ek sien hoe baie hy al gegroei het nie! Wow! ‘n Ware seuntjie met lewenslus en die wil om te ervaar, te doen en te ontdek. Limmie het laggend gese dis nie lekker om vir my te sien nie, want dan weet hy hy moet geld uitgee. Maar, na ek saam met hom gestem het dat koffie anders proe as jy eers die melk bygooi, is ek weer ten volle welkom geheet in die Van Tonder huishouding. Ek en Ellena, het soos die vorige jaar na die shoot, lang fotografie stories gesels. Sy self het intussen begin fotos neem en sy is ongelooflik talentvol! Gaan loer haar werk hier op haar Facebook Page.
Hier is die middag se fotos, geniet dit saam met my!
April 23rd, 2010 | Family, Shoots, couples | Subcribe to RSS
There is a way in which Meg and Micheal look at each other that I love. It shows not only love, but also respect. Meg had all these awesome ideas for the shoot…and then i found out that she is an photographer too! No wonder! Thanks Meg and Michael, I had a great afternoon with the 2 of you!
April 19th, 2010 | Family, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
Ek moet eerlik se dat ek nogal bietjie gestress toe ek hoor daar is 9 lede in die fam wat afgeneem moes word. Ek was so pleasantly surprised oor hoe maklik dit was met al die hierdie familie! Hulle het so lekker saam gewerk en fun gehad.So dankie julle! Geniet die fotos en mag dit julle herinner van die goeie tye wanneer julle weer almal na julle eie huise en lande terugkeer.
March 31st, 2010 | Family, Other, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
Maryke, Henry, William en Richard het die heerlikste fun-familie dag gehad en ek was gelukkig genoeg om dit te kan afneem! Maryke werk vir Sarie tydskrif se website afdeling en Henry is ook ‘n besige besigheidsman. Selfs al moes hy weer na die shoot gaan werk, het hulle tyd gemaak vir die fam. Awesome ne!? Read More »
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March 9th, 2010 | Family, Shoots, couples | Subcribe to RSS
Kristen (see her super dooper photography work here) emailed on the Thursday, asking if i would be able to do a pregnancy shoot for her and her husband, but that it needed to be done on the Thursday or Friday, since they are leaving for Holland again the Sunday. It happened that the shoot i had the Friday got postponed so I was able to meet them in Camps Bay for their shoot! Kristen is from Canada, David from USA and they live in Holland. I guess it did not really come as a surprise when she told me that she met David while traveling. It was awesome spending the afternoon with these two (and a half.) Kristen’s awesome outfit did so much for the shoot and I loved shooting in Camps Bay, since I have never done a shoot there before. Kristen and David, enjoy the photos and please keep me up to date with the name for your baby! Blessings!
(Oh, and before I forget! It was so weird! I have never met them before, they were only still in SA 2 days after the shoot, I have never been in Riebeek Wes before, but where would i run into kristen and David on Saturday just before i start shooting a wedding? In Riebeek Wes! CrAzY! Maybe I run into you again next year, hopefully at the WPPI where we both so desperately want to go!)
December 2nd, 2009 | Family, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
Ek dink een van die lekkerste dele van my werk is om nuwe mense te leer ken. Was lekker om julle bietjie beter te leer ken! Geniet die fotos; dis beter as rooiwyn. Dit gaan nooooit sleg word nie en net meer en meer waarde vir julle kry soos die jare verby gaan!
November 18th, 2009 | Family, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
Dit was vir my so lekker toe Vanessa ons shoot sommer kombineer met ‘n lekker platterlandse kuier! Vanessa en haar familie woon in Piketberg en sy neem self ook fotos!!! Ek het die middag deur gery, Vanessa het vir my spots gaan wys, ons het soos net ‘n vrouens kan met ‘n bakkie vas gesit, ons het heerlik foto’s geneem en dit afgesluit met ‘n plaasvars braai tjoppie. Hmmm. Dankie julle! Net blessings vir Hannatjie wat seker enige uur hier sal wees!
September 9th, 2009 | Family, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
This must be one of my favorite families ever. They love each other soooooooo much. I’ve had the privilege to visit their home a few times and I think they must think I don’t talk at all, but when I am with them my jaw just drop and I cannot get enough of the way in which they interact. They care, they laugh and they listen.
Thank you for showing that to me! I hope you love your photos!!!
June 14th, 2009 | Family, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
Thank you Jules, it rrrrreally was a great privilige to shoot the fam of an amazing photographer such as yourself. You guys made it so easy for me.
Jy is gewoonlik die een wat ander bless met jou foto’s; ek hoop hierdie ploeg bietjie terug in jou veld!
June 7th, 2009 | Family, Other, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
Günther se eerste verjaarsdag! As hy dalk vir julle bekend lyk, ons het nie te lank terug ‘n heerlike familie shoot met hom en sy ouers gedoen!
Ellena, het vir hom en sy speelskool maters die heerlikste partjie gereel. Diertjie cup-cakes, helium balonne, plaas diertjie, haas ore, tjippies, sappies en vele meer!
Later, toe almal lekker geeet het, is ons na ‘n tuin om bietjie die mammas met hul kinders af te neem. Dit was heeeerlik! Dankie Limmie en Ellena! Ek sien uit na die volgende fam shoot. 
May 20th, 2009 | Family, Other, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
Wat ‘n oulike familie! Na die shoot het ons seker nog tot 10h gesit en gesels, lekker geeet en Henk het my ‘n paar cool flash tricks geleer. (Hy het vir my klas gegee by Stellenbosch academy in 2006.)
Dankie julle! Dit was heerlik en ‘n voorreg!
April 7th, 2009 | Family, News, Other | Subcribe to RSS
I must admit, I miss film, I miss the darkroom and I miss the scary anticipation when you are counting down the minutes before you can see if your negatives survived everything you have done to it.
Our whole first year of my photographic studies we shot on B&W film. Hours would pass in the darkroom and you would not even realize. As a class, we had some cRaZy fun times in the darkroom. In the beginning, the darkroom’s ventilation was not all that good. Or rather, there was no ventilation. (Oh boy, maybe I am addicted to the darkroom, for other reasons than I thought! :-)) I worked out that it took me an average of 2 hours 30 minutes to get a print that I was fully satisfied with. Not too dark or light, not too flat or contrasty, burned and dodged on all the right places, no marks and hair on the negatives etc etc. But the end result was just so satisfying.
When a friend of mine told me that he knows someone that wants to sell his enlarger (equipment for B&W printing) I really became interested. I do not have a darkroom, space for a darkroom or even really place to just store the enlarger, but I was so drawn to it! I started to dream about having my own darkroom again. Maybe I will even shoot the Sudan/Egypt trip on film!
I contacted the person about the enlarger and in the end we decided to do a swop. I will take some pics of him and his family in exchange for his enlarger.
So ta-daa, let me intruduce you to my newest equipment:
(Still needs a bit of TLC… and a name!)
And here are a few shots of Deon and his family. It was so much fun and I actually just documented most of the time. Enjoy!
March 27th, 2009 | Family, Shoots | Subcribe to RSS
Ellena is mal oor fotografie en nog “maller” oor haar man en seun. Sy het besluit om ‘n kombinasie van die 2 lekkertes te reël. En dit was heerlik! Günther is presies soos wat hy op sy ouderdom moet wees. Vol lewenslus en uit om (nog) iets te ontdek wat hy nog nie weet of ervaar het nie. Dankie julle! Ek het die middag baie saam julle geniet.
