Two Acres is a garden market at coffee shop close to where I live in Hillcrest, they have a small separate functions room that is sponsored by the gin brand Hendricks. I was asked to go take photos of the decor and capture all the little trinkets and details. Never before have a felt so…
DFA are the company who have been responsible for the supply of fibre optic lines throughout South Africa for the last ten years, they held a celebration at Sky Venue at the Maharani Hotel in Durban. It was quite a simple brief, I shot loads of arrival photos in front of the banner then some…
I shot an event at the Hilton Hotel in Durban for Visit Dubai, the delegates were all travel agents from around KZN. The representative from Dubai Tourism said she was doing them all over the country before heading back to Dubai, the Durban one being the final one. I worked hard to send the images…
This was one of the quickest shoots I’ve ever done. I arrived at the FWJK offices in Umhlanga just before 9am, set up my lighting in the boardroom and in came the first staff member for their company photo. A total of four staff members rushed in on their way to and from meetings, I…
I was commissioned to do the company photos for Regal Meats. My job was to do portraits of the staff, some general photos in the factory and a group photo outside with the trucks. It all went well. I captured all the smiling staff for their company photos and did a few group shots, then…
I was commissioned by an electronics company called Autotronix to shoot photos and video at their Lower Tugela Water Works site. I had a shot list which I was given and a site foreman who took me around, and off we went for the day in hardhats and reflective vests. The main aspect of the…
I was asked to do photos for the Riverside Day Spa to be used in their brochures, website and other advertising. I felt like I had been transported to another planet when I walked in there, because as a man it isn’t an environment I’m used to being in. They really have thought of everything,…
The Elangeni Hotel has become a regular venue for me to shoot corporate events, this time it was for BP. The day started with delegates arriving from all over KZN to be greeted with hot coffee, then they listened to formalities, asked questions and some of them received some prizes. A lot of them seemed…
I was commissioned by an events company to shoot the Digital Skills For Africa by Google event at the Square in Umhlanga, I was told that the minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Siyabonga Cwele was going to be speaking followed by an expert from Google. I was quite excited to hear what these prominent…
It feels like forever since I’ve had the time to update my blog, in fact I’m going to have to do some posts and backdate them because I’ve had a ridiculously chaotic past few months. Today’s shoot however is of a budding actress and model named Tara who is on her way to the USA…