photography

My life consists of many facets and ONE is photography. I do it for work – I do it for love – I do it for creativity. It’s my passion. But I know MANY of the people in my life wonder why I do it .

I read this a little while ago and it pulled at my heart strings.

When I look at your photos, I don’t feel like I’m looking at something that you actually saw, I feel like I’m looking at a memory of yours, and the emotions around it at that time.

And then I couldn’t stop thinking, meditating and contemplating all the possibilities that were unfolding before my eyes.

Photography is a lot, lot of different things. It is an art form, a medium, the expression of one self, of a thought, an opinion, an emotion. It is about capturing beauty, and sharing it. What I realized though, is that for me photography is about extending a moment beyond the limits of time, distance and memory. It is giving me, and all of us, the wonderful ability to hold onto that one moment, and how we felt at that moment. How amazing is that?

So if you ever wonder WHY you photograph your life. Remember this.

What do you think????

Aren’t Jenna’s eyes amazing. She is ONLY just 2 and I think her dad better start preparing for trouble….

Living and Loving Baby of the Year ? perhaps

say “cheeeeeeeese”

You know, as we get older we get affected. We get conscious. We get worried about what people will think and say. We don’t let go. We don’t blow bubbles with spit. We don’t let ice-cream get everywhere. We make sure each eyelash is in place. We stop ourselves from LOL. Or snorting. Or bursting into tears. We gulp down all emotion, to save face. We don’t put purple and pink together – even though those 2 colours can scream – ‘ I AM HAVING F.U.N.’

When you are ONE, however, you don’t care.

World wide photo walk

So a sunny Johannesburg winter afternoon. We had almost 100 people walking in the 2 groups.

I shot a “few” photos and I thought I would quickly share some of mine with you.

I am putting them in a gallery as it is easier to do it like that with this many photos.

world wide photo walk

Scott Kelby – a world renowned photography is holding his official worldwide photowalk tomorrow. I am one of the official 914 leaders of this walk and that’s rather cool {having just spent Monday to today almost in bed I wish my body thought it was cool}

Have a look at it here
So it should be fun.

I know of 13 people walking in 13 other cities in the world. Makes the world a small place.

Busy work weekend

I was privileged to be asked to photograph Rhys and Paula’s wedding this weekend. Rhys is a rugby player for the Welsh team. He was born and schooled in South Africa but went over to make his name in the rugby world and boy he did !

So….. he met Paula…. and fell in love….. and came back to our shores to create some magic.

So you see a fine time was had by all. I toook over 1800 images and I am STILL paying for it off to to the conversions now.

The weekend that was.

A busy weekend found me photographing a baby bump and a 9 year olds speedy go kart racing birthday.

A weird side by side comparison as I have to fess up and say the 9 year old I photographed as a newborn. I used film in those days else I would show you a then and now.

It really makes me feel old when I think I took this guys first photos and have done for 9 years at least 2 sessions a year. They have amazing photo albums from these sessions and a LOT of photos adorning the walls of their amazing home.

So from a bump ( who I am extremely priveleged to say I am witnessing coming into this world in a few months) to a nine year old. A wedding shoot should have been in the middle of this – but thank goodness wasn’t

Have a look !

these kids amazed me. What does a 9 year old know about accelerators and brakes ? well they certainly get it immediately ! amazing !

and on to a bump…..

So from Bumps to 9 year olds it was a great, busy weekend!

can u believe that

{ok so this is real personal indulgence !}

My boy is 28 today. Happy birthday Dust !

photography and me ……

I photograph MANY different subjects. From weddings to models to food to architecture to shacks to preggy tummy’s. But I just know I love the babies. They are so unaffected by everything. They WANT to laugh. It’s what they simply want to do. They look to us older, wiser, grumpier elders and I think they wonder why we are so affected.

If these don’t make you smile you need to examine your life…..

Look at the teething red cheeks !

Nice hair Peyton !

Just plain sweet

So, work goes on and I revel in the fact that every now and then I get to shoot a sweet little face

so …I suck at blogging

But I have a little compensation. Many of you have even gotten to emailing me about the lack of blogs so I apologise.

I thought a few pics from a recent engagement shoot might appease you ! Janine and Paul we had great fun. Cannot wait for your AUG 2010 ( yip 2010) wedding !

So much has been going on. My “dark room” studio has had a full on revamp ( pics soon) and many of you know about my 21 year old nephews murder which really knocked me for a 6. In fact it knocked me for a 12.

So forgive me. And I hope to share some of the cutest baba’s and weddings I have been busy with.

See ya soon.