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I shot the DJ

eugene — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:45:00 +0000

Well not really a DJ. Recently I took photos of a local song writer and music producer from Pretoria. I went to his studio to take the photos, and we started taking photos in the “crazy room”. The room where artists sing in a padded room that blocks out sound from the outside. It’s a [...]

Flower Power

eugene — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:14:00 +0000

Last weekend I bought a new soft box, and decided to test it out on some flowers from my garden. I have no idea what kind of flowers they are, but they look beautiful… I used the soft box to light the flowers from above, and also used a macro lens to get nice and [...]

Pictures of Sandton

eugene — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:40:00 +0000

Yesterday we went to Sandton to take some photos of more architecture. Yes, we went with the Gautrain. The Gautrain must truly be the best thing that hit Gauteng since the Meteor of 1808.. I mean, The Gautrain gives the average PTA guy the opportunity to go places he wouldn’t normally go… Or maybe plan [...]

My photo in Your Family Magazine

eugene — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:00:00 +0000

I was asked by Marisa Louw to take photos of her and her dogs for an article that she is going to be part of in the September edition of Your Family magazine. Yesterday I saw the magazine for the first time, and also the photo that they used. I think of all the photos [...]

My new portrait photography website and blog

eugene — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:52:00 +0000

I created a new website focusing only on portrait photography and a blog to compliment that website. My main website will be used as a sort of portfolio website that will be home to all kinds of photography that I do, not only portraiture, and my other website will be used only for portraiture. You [...]

Architecture in the City

eugene — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:28:00 +0000

While in the city last weekend, taking photos inside the old government offices, we went for a walk through the buildings around Church Square, and I decided to take some more photos of the Architecture of the old and new buildings. Warning: Lots Of Pictures below!! The photo below is probably my favourite of all… [...]

Old Government Building

eugene — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:28:00 +0000

Last weekend Lawrence asked me to join him in the middle of Pretoria, Church Square, to photograph the Old ‘Raadsaal’ (Government Building) which they still use today. My history is very poor, but I think President Paul Kruger and his men held meetings in this building. And what amazed me the most, is that it [...]

Product Shots

eugene — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:37:00 +0000

I just built my own light tent to be able to take some product photographs, of anything small, like jewellery, small ornaments, flowers, etc.. Took a few test shots of different ‘stuff’ lying around just to see what the end result would look like. Results are better then I expected, but the [...]

When having your Portraits taken by me

eugene — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:55:00 +0000

Here are some tips and ideas to consider when you come to me to have your portraits taken. This is sort of a look at a portrait session, what you can expect, and what is required from you. I don’t do studio portraits, I love nature and prefer photographing portraits in nature. That’s my style. [...]

Izelle and Jan

eugene — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:33:00 +0000

Saturday we faced the early winter cold to do a shoot at a local park of Jan and Izelle. We started shooting in the early afternoon, but with the winter sun it felt later than it really was. Izelle and Jan were a fun couple with their own ideas and improvised as we went [...]