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. 

Beauty assignment preview

My apologies for being so quiet friends, I've been extremely busy with college assignments. Not to mention the exams are coming up..I'm currently working on my beauty assignment.
But here's a preview of what I've been working on. Anybody recognize this from anywhere?
(Ill explain later..)

Behind the scenes

Dont mind me, Im just uploading some more shots from behind the scenes of today's shoot

Behind the scenes

Don't mind me, Im just uploading some of the more attractive behind the scenes shots from today's BBM Creative shoot.

Behind the scenes

Dont mind me, Im just uploading some of the more attractive behind the scenes shots from today's BBM creative studies  shoot.

Lets Talk - Originality

Lets talk originality shall we? First of all let me say that nothing of me
 is original, I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

Entering college as an "individual" and being surrounded by new people
 and ideas has lead to believe that nothing and no one is actually as original
as they claim. Although people have the nerve of calling themselves , their style
and their work original. Lecturers,friends and just plain strangers have always
said that you need to be original to get ahead. You need to push boundaries and
come up with your own ideas. And then you'll think to yourself "An original idea?
that cant be too hard, the library must be full of them."
My dear friends I am hear to tell you that it is okay, in fact it is more than okay
. Because there is absolutely nothing new expect that what has been forgetting,
 so don't bother concealing your thievery- celebrate it if you feel like it. All our
 ideas come from somewhere. This is called inspiration.

Who is original these days anyway?
originality is nothing but judicious imitation.
if everyone is original, does that mean no one is actually really original?
These are the questions that haunt me..
 Everyone claims to be original but I need you to understand that you are not.
The sad reality is that the brilliant idea you have in your head right now was
probably thought of before.
All I ask is that you don't look down  or think less of those who are fine with
 imitating something or someone they admire because you yourself have also
done something because it was cool or because "everyone was doing it"  So next time
please, don't pretend that when you painted that painting or when you took that photograph,
just because you replaced that with this and the original meant that when yours
means something different that it is original. Its not. Give credit where credit is
 due friends.
So many people have a thirst for being different and I admire people who
strive to be eccentric & original, because in the end a poor original is better than
 a good imitation.
So please, next time you see someone and you feel you need to comment on their
 work and the way that they dress and you may feel the need to call that person
 "unoriginal', Please tell me again what original things have you done lately darling?
 Because I have yet to meet someone truly original.
But- if all else fails, remember what jean-Luc Godard said. "Its not where you
 take things from. Its where to take them too."

So our class had quite an interesting start to our morning today.
Imagine this. Glass.. hairspray.. vaseline.. and 80's music.
If you wanna know what vaseline & hairspray would look like,
this is more or less what it looked like.

My very first photograph taken with a hairspray filter.

"Shed the skin of yesterday"

"Shed the skin of yesterday and realize that everyday is a blank page in the diary of your life. Change is good"

yesterday morning I woke up with no inspiration for the day ahead,no passion in my bones, no drive to want to get out of bed and carpe diem.
I realized that I needed a change in the way I saw life and the way I saw myself.. something to excite me again so I decided to do something a little different... I decided to shave all of the back of my hair off. Change is good & I am embracing the freedom that comes with not having to brush half of my hair.