Yet another successful shoot with the lovely Amy Rossouw, and the youngest model I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Feeling really proud of what we accomplished today. Also feeling quite fortunate to constantly be able to work with such interesting and lovely human beings. 

Call It What You Will

Okay..I know what you're thinking, But believe me, I have no idea what I was doing either. Call it fashion, or call it absolutely nothing at all, call it what you will.

Interior Photography - Church

Evening,

So this week, I missioned to every church in and around Cape Town for my architecture & interior assignment, because I was determined to shoot a church. I ended up going to five different churches, each with their own unique interiors. The last church however had me in awe, It was such a humbling experience to shoot in. here is just a preview of what the interior looked like. 

Good morning folks, some more of Friday's beauty shoot. All opinions and crits are welcome.

Portfolio work - Texture 1 of 3

Good morning friends, So yesterday, on my off day,I decided to get my lazy ass out of bed and do something productive, so I missioned to college to get started on some shoots for my end of year exhibition and book. I decided to start off with a beauty shoot with a beautiful young lady with the most defined cheek bones I ever did see. Once again I was so fortunate to work with such a lovely,patient group of people. Thanks again to Amy Roussow for being such a gem. Here is a preview of what We got up to yesterday. 

Model: Nadene Wickens

Make up artist: Amy Rossouw 

"Photographer" Andrea Ruth 

Abstraction is one of the greatest visionary tools ever invented by human beings to imagine,decipher and depict the world. Abstraction is real,
probably more real than nature.

Road trips, wrong turns, and other shenanigans.

Over the last few days I've been hiking, sleeping in tents and cars,complaining,swimming in rivers, complaining, making new friends, and funny enough not taking that many photos documenting my events. I did however take a few which will show more or less the beauty and wonder of Algeria.  Its completely off the map, and I do mean off the map....we couldn't even find it on our Irish GPS. This has been the first time I've been camping after who knows how many years. 

I cannot begin to explain how wonderful it felt to be off the map, and not know what the time or date was, to not be able to make contact with anyone from the outside world, to just get lost in the beauty that surrounded us. I am pleased to say that I've learnt a couple of things while camping. Firstly I've learnt that I'm too fat and undisciplined to go hiking, or climbing, or walking for that matter.. I've learnt that camp fires really do bring people together and you don't need reception to connect with the people around you, and I've spent a lot of time with a few strange people I'm happy to call friends.

Spring is when life is alive in everything.

Seek for the boldest colour possible. Content is irrelevant. 

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.