Portrait Sitting with Francois

These are a few photographs from a portrait sitting I had with my Cousin Francois. It was quite cool since I haven't really had a proper sitting with someone in my family before. We also took some photos of him playing his guitar. This guy is young but he knows what he's doing once the guitar is plugged in and volume has been set to loud!

I used a super basic lighting setup using 1-2 lights and a normal umbrella to soften the main a little. . and a grey wall in the studio. :)

Klipdrift Gold Iphoneography exhibition

Hey everyone.

I went on assignment for Klipdrift Gold to photograph an Iphoneography exhibition called Hashtag at the Lomography Embassy Store in Braamfontein about 2 weeks ago.
The man behind the Iphone is Roy Potterill and he took some sweet photos around the city to show that night.

Free Klipdrift Gold, An awesome Dj Niffty (he actually used records - non of this digital stuff), Loads of different individuals and some great Images on the walls to look at!

Just so we all know, I realize Im not the greatest writer. which is explains why Im not a writer, Im a photographer. So excuse the crappy writing. Enjoy the photos!

 

Memorial Service of Minister Roy Padayachie (Hamba Kahle)

Sorry I haven't posted a blog in some time, things have been so busy I have much to catch you all up on. Therefore I decided to start with the bad news first.

About a week ago I got a phone call at 10.30. A friendly ladies voice on the other side greets and quickly introduces herself. so quick that I still wasn't sure who was on the other side of the phone. She said she needed me to go photograph an event and its starting at 11.00 at Pretoria City hall. So without really thinking I grabbed my stuff and rushed to get there in time to follow the orders of the Unknown caller.

and so I ended up photographing the memorial service for Mr Roy Padayachie. I didn't know him personally but from what everyone at the service was saying, he seemed to be quite the legendary man. The service ended  with food and drinks for all the guests to celebrate a mans life.

As for the Unknown caller. She turned out to be a real friendly lady.  :)

Pretoria City hall - huge!

Daughter of the late Roy Padayachie

Some Ministers and Co-workers of RP

One of the Chefs sporting a cool ANC hat! 

Floral study

hello again.

Here's to a second blog post! I'm impressed with myself for getting this far. I try to be all tech savvy. and some-how, Im just not. lets hope my techness can improve with time! Flower and nature enthusiasts may enjoy this. I embarked on a floral study in 2011. Inspired much by Robert Mapplethorpe. a photographer famous for his photographs of flowers, and err, some pretty involved nudes. so proceed with caution if your planning to google him. :) haha. But cool flowers non-the-less.

So I shot these guys in studio. black background. nothing fancy. but instead of placing them in a vase, I hung them upside down to keep them from sagging down and keep the stems as straight as possible. they have to stand up straight. and so, I attempted to make a 'flower portrait". these were shot sort of experimentally and over a long period of time. I used a whole lot of different flowers and went out of my way to find some weird and wonderful flowers. 10 buck's if you can name them all correctly. :) haha.

Comments are welcome. lets talk. :) have a great week!

 

 Last question, over sharpened? what do you think? :)

 

Leuwald Botha Photograhy - The Klipdrift Gold experience [Heli-flip]

Hello everyone.
As you can see this is my first ever blog! ohhh yeeaahh. I am new to this so my layout may not be perfect yet and the photos may be slightly over sharpened (so please let me know if you think they are - I upped the sharpening for web use),or maybe even too small?? But I will get the hang of the whole thing.

If you have some blogging tips for me to make this blog better just drop a comment. Thanks.

and now for the sweet stuff:

On the 14th of December 2011, Klipdrift Gold had an amazing treat for a few lucky Klipdrift drinkers. The day started off at Parc Ferme Restaurant in Sandton where everyone had some drinks and appetisers. 2 Hummer Limos pulled up took the lucky winners for a Helicopter Flip around the whole of Joburg. If memory serves they flew over the Dome in Northgate, Soweto Towers, Soccer Stadiums and other Joburg attractions.
They landed the Helicopters at Hope school and the guests were shuttled to the Westcliff Hotel for a delicious meal and lots of Klipdrift Gold.

Yet again Klipdrift Gold out-did themselves on another 5star event for their loyal clients. I know everyone had a great time! 



One of the 4 Helicopters used for the heliflips.





Maiketso, brand ambassador for Klipdrift Gold pouring some Gold.





Foooood, courtesy of the The Westcliff Hotel kitchen staff. A+





Cigars and Laughs.


So there's my first blog down. whoop. stay tuned for more. I'm planning to make it a weekly thing. Once again Please let me know if there's anything that will improve your viewing experience.

Till next time! ;)