So today was my first time working with two models, who also happened to be dancers as well. Aaaand, I have to admit that I struggled quite a bit in the beginning, but I was fortunate enough to work with such patient and lovely models and not to mention the brains behind the shoot who arranged it all. Special thanks to Deandra for organizing everything and for allowing me to be apart of her creative process.

Good morning friends, just thought I would share something small with you on this beautiful Friday morning. A couple of weeks ago we were told about a competition called the Fresh Cream Awards. All of the students were told to enter some of our best work. I was encouraged by my lecturer to enter his photograph into the competition. Yesterday I found out that I had in fact won the competition for excellence in photography for 1st year. I was completely overjoyed and was feeling all kinds of happy.. As you can imagine.
 I couldn't wait to share this with you all. Have a beautiful day further. 

Good afternoon beautiful people. Yesterday was probably the biggest shoot of my photographic journey so far. For this shoot we had to create a futuristic look for our models. The planning that went into this shoot was endless, there was so much to arrange and my stress levels were at an all time high. Needless to say I had the most relaxed and patient model with a beautiful bubbly soul. She was an absolute joy to shoot & I look forward to shooting with her again. She was a natural in front of the camera and my make up artist adored her. I would like to thank Danielle Moody, Amy Rossouw and Stephanie Van Niekerk for making yesterday possible. Here is just a taste of what to expect from yesterdays' shoot.

So ladies and gentlemen, after a long day of driving around, venturing through the tunnel of rape, yes you heard me correct, continuous photo taking, a very long and pointless misunderstanding,some Mexican food and well deserved drinks, we managed to get a couple of decent shots in between of  it all, including some of this beautiful creature. A job well done to all.

 So this is one of the first portrait photographs that I took in the year of 2012.

 This shy young lady was less than willing to have her picture taken, but I just had to convince her    otherwise. She was a gem.

In need of some new skin for my blog. Please excuse the constant changes.

The moon is a loyal companion.

Ok, so I know that my space has been quiet lately, aaand my photographs have been anything but good quality. But I just wanted to share with you this photograph that I took this morning while missioning to college. The scenery was something to capture, even though it was with my 3 megapixel Samsung Galaxy. But hey, breathtaking moments are worth capturing aand for the first time, I didn't have my Camera handy. So here you go, an attempt to capture the little piece of magic that is the moon. Yes I am talking about the tiny speck of light in the middle of the photo. I only hope to one day do this mystical rock justice.

Tea Time.

The sun is out, the birds are chirping, the view is spectacular and the company is good.. 

Oh and I have tea.

So this is me, one early morning getting ready for a walk in Mossel Bay, what a poser.

There is something so peaceful and soothing about going on a walk and just getting lost at night.

Bumped into this couple quite a few times on my journey in Mossel Bay. They were always on a mission. This lady's husband is blind so she has to lead him everywhere, I spent but a few moments observing them and I simply fell in love with her patience and compassion for her husband. I think this photograph captures their situation perfectly.

Light House.

Okay so this is one of my favourites, Simply adored the composition, 

This was taken on our way up to the light house in Mossel Bay.

Fish.

Good Morning friends, This photograph was taken on one of the beach walks I took with my old man, I came across this dead fish lying above a puddle of water. I simply loved the composition\, i thought it was beautifully composed and balanced. One of my favourites.

Mossel Bay

Goodmorning beautiful souls, My apologies for being so quiet lately, I've decided to take some time out and spend some quality time with the family. I've recently returned from my vacation in Mossel Bay and I just have the most beautiful photographs that shows of the beauty that lies within Mossel Bay. Cant wait to share them with you all.This is a landscape that was taken on one of the evening nature walks I took with my old man. 

'Whistler's Mother' - Beauty Assignment

'The lady without the pearl earring' - beauty Assignment

Beauty Assignment

Ahhh the sigh of relief when you know you're assignments are complete are ready to hand in.

So I've had one of the busiest, most stressful weeks of my college life, I've had assignment after assignment.I have just finished my beauty assignment. We basically had to come up with a concept that portrays 'beauty'. 

To me beauty is in your soul, its in what you do and in your actions rather than how you look or your physical appearance. I wanted to focus on that aspect in my photographs. I decided to recreate famous, classic artworks. I wanted to depict the glorification of artworks. My whole idea was that the beauty is in the artworks themselves rather than the people in it. Beauty can be found in the composition and in the elements in the photographs. I chose to recreate The Mona Lisa, Whistlers Mother, & one of Monet's paintings. I wanted to create a slightly more modern version, as I did not just want to replicate the artworks, I wanted to make it my own. The people in the artworks aren't particularly beautiful, for example, the model in The Mona Lisa doesn't have eyebrows, and people debate the fact the model in the painting was in fact a man, yet is known as the the most beautiful artwork in the world. 

I had such an incredible time recreating these pieces & I only hope that my attempt will live up to the standards of the original artworks.