Designer Terri Kaye's range

I had so much fun on this shoot. It my first time shooting black girls in studio, which is very different to shooting white girls, as the skin tone reacts completely different under studio lights. So while I was testing the difference in light, I decided why not go all out and try something completely different. So I did, and I must say I'm quite happy with the results.

And Terri's designs are just too funky for words! It was a challenging shoot because it's so different to the usual stuff that I do but I think I managed to get the sexy yet playful mood of the clothes to come across in the images.

Thanks to Kelli Fuchs for doing the make up, which looked amazing under the lights, to Terri for the awesome clothes, and to the models Mo and Tumi for being such great models.

Claudine

I met Claudine when I had only just started photography in 2008. She was doing a shoot with the photographer that I was apprenticing for. Claudine is South African but has been living in the UK now for some time. She was here to visit her friends and family, and this time she asked if I could do a shoot with her.

I was so happy to finally be able to shoot her, because she is just a fantastic and beautiful girl, inside and out. I had a lot of fun on our shoot, because it was the first location shoot I had done in a while. So I woke up at the crack of dawn (another first) to prepare for our early morning shoot. Another first was my male apprentice, Tommy, who was a great help on the shoot and a great morale booster. It was definitely a different experience for me to be bossing a guy around instead of a girl. :)

The morning was a beautiful one, but when we got to the location it was so misty, being so early, so we worked around it, and in some of the shots even worked with it, giving the shots a dream-like feel. I love all of the pictures from this shoot, but have posted my favorites for you to have a look at. I also tried something different with the lighting for the studio shots, so would love your opinion...

I hope your all having a great weekend, my work for the weekend is now done, so Im off to relax!!

Chloe 2

Here's another picture from the shoot with Chloe that I just love and thought you may appreciate.

One thing I forgot to mention in the last post is that the brilliant make up and hair was done by the amazing Kelli Fuchs! She has been my resident make up artist for the whole of this year and has done an amazing job on every single look that we have done. Kelli took Chloe from girl next door to high fashion model with ease.

Chloe - Ice

I had the pleasure of shooting Chloe. A multi-talented young lady, and a fantastic person, originally from Brussels, Belgium but has been living in South Africa for some time now.

Up until I shot Chloe I had never taken pictures of a red-head, so when I first saw her I was so happy to see that she was a red-head!!

It has been a while since the shoot, but here is the first picture.

More Sarah Britten shots and my week last week

Wow what a week. Things are really starting to pick up, its so exciting!! :)

I have finally finished editing all of author Sarah Britten's pictures and have attached my favorites for you to have a look at.

Other then editing all of last week I also had a shoot with designer Terri Kaye and make up artist Kelli Fuchs. With Terri's amazingly eye-popping designs, and Kelli's amazing make up work, the shoot came out even better then I had hoped for. Keep an eye out for the pictures!

I also had the pleasure of letting out my studio on Sunday afternoon for a PIX magazine shoot done by Suren Pillay, with model Candy Weir and make up artist Stavvie! Two crazy, awesomely fun girls who had me laughing the whole afternoon, which made spending my Sunday afternoon supervising (and not even getting to shoot) all worthwhile!!

Have a great evening and keep an eye out for my new pics.

Sarah Britten, 1st picture

Good moro,

As promised, here is the first picture from Sarah Britten's shoot. This shot was challenging because we shot in a busy coffee shop in Bryanston at their busiest time and had to contend with the harsh lights in the shop. I also threw Sarah in the deep end as this was the first shot, and Sarah was not yet comfortable, but had to stand infront of a busy shop and have photos taken.

This was the first time I'v ever had to ask for permission to shoot in a public place, something that has terrified me since I took up photography. There was always the thought in the back of my head that I wasn't good enough, and the thought of rejection has always scared me too much to ask. The manager was great and very helpful and friendly about us shooting in his shop which was great. This experience taught me to believe in myself, stand tall and with confidence, and just go ahead and ask. Most likely they will be thrilled to have you take interest in their shop and love the bustle of excitement and intrigue that it creates in the patrons.

What did I learn on this shoot? To live up to that saying that I love so much: "Do one thing every day that scares you". I have no idea where that saying comes from but I like to believe that I can push myself to do just that. Because, more likely then not, the experience will be a positive one and all I can do is learn from it and grow.

Sarah Britten shoot

Yesterday I had a photoshoot with a woman who is known by the well-read person as very opinionated, and perhaps even quite critical in her writing about her subjects. However, when you meet Sarah Britten you might be surprised to find out that she is not just a very well spoken author and blogger (using plenty of big words), but also polite and quite reserved compared to what one would expect, but with a touch of quirkiness (if that's a word) thrown in.

Sarah is a published author and has a very interesting blog where she tackles every day issues with valid points and satire. In her own words "Sarah Britten has written three books on South African insults. During the day she is a communication strategist in the ad industry; by night she writes books and blog entries. It helps to have insomnia.". Check out her blog on http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sarahbritten for some entertaining reading.

The shoot was to update her corporate look on her professional profile, as well as some new author shots and shots for her blog so keep an eye on all of her social media sites! :)

I even find in writing this blog I have tried to be as eloquent and well-spoken as possible, in fact I have been contemplating what to write in this first real blog of mine all day. I'm even adding in my apostrophes and using big words that I don't usually use. So Sarah, thanks for the fun shoot, for getting me out of my comfort zone of the studio, and for helping me realize that I cant use sms language to write blogs.

Will upload pictures tomorrow once I start editing them...and once I figure out how to upload pictures here!

Have a great evening!