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    Pedro Luis Raota. Rabbit Street, 1960s
    Photo Credit: Finearte.it

    The image ‘Rabbit Street’ has long held our fascination, and Danie Bester cites it as the subconscious muse behind his acclaimed photograph ‘Duplicity.’ He frequently references Pedro Luis Raota’s work in his lectures on visual intelligence and storytelling. Danie asserts that R…Read More

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    Steve McCurry. Dust Storm, Rajasthan, India, 1983
    Photo Credit: Lightfoot Travel

    This is one of McCurry’s favourite images, a striking composition—a group of women huddled together amidst a dust storm with some pots in the foreground, anchoring the frame and bare trees in the background. The ethereal desert setting is brought to life with a war…Read More

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  • After attending the One-day architectural workshop on Sunday, 26 Nov, and the Zoom meeting on Architectural editing, I created the following HDR Panorama.

    I wanted to create the feeling of a warm family home at night and went for a warmer edit with the lights in the house. I did a sky replacement in Photoshop and made the sky also a bit…Read More

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      Jacques, the sky replacement in your Photoshop edit gives the impression of sunset colours, which doesn’t align with the actual shooting conditions of nautical twilight. For a more accurate depiction, consider using a sky that better represents nautical twilight, typically characterised by purples rather than blues.

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  • What is the consensus of using Flambient vs HDR technique for interior photography in South Africa?

    Flambient = Flash + Ambient Lighting
    HDR = High Dynamic Range (Multiple Exposures)

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    • Flambient vs HDR

      Personally, I don’t think it matters much. It’s about what works best for you and is acceptable to your clients. Earlier in my career, I used flash, but I found the time and effort spent didn’t justify the earnings. Nowadays, with cameras offering more dynamic range and with improved post-processing algorithms and batch…Read More

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    Tutorial 2: Uploading Photos and Videos

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    Tutorial 1: Maximizing the DPC Community Platform

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    Harry Gruyaert. Niger River, Mali. 1988
    Photo Credit: Huckmag.com

    Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert, known for his exceptional use of colour, often transforms ordinary scenes into visual narratives. In this photograph, a young boy leans peculiarly over a balustrade, his posture suggesting he is asleep, set against a piece of strikingly…Read More

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    I've chosen a style that involves simplicity, direct contact with people and the texture of the location; this doesn't call for long lenses.

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    David Alan Harvey. Maya Boy Plays, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, 1975
    Photo Credit: huckmag.com

    David Alan Harvey, a member of Magnum Photos, is known for his insightful and straightforward photographic style. In 1975, he documented a Maya boy playing by Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. This photograph is a snapshot of Harvey’s time spent in the Mayan h…Read More

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About Me

Photography is an art medium that speaks to me the most as an outlet for my creativity. I especially love landscape and architectural photography. Landscape photography gives one time to think, discover and create. It gives me great pleasure to find silence, solitude, simplicity and sometimes coincidence and surprises in nature.

Over the years I have discovered I am naturally draw to black and white (B&W) images, especially in B&W architecture. The biggest reason, other than the timeless appeal of B&W, lies in the fact that B&W architectural photography, by its nature, gives me more freedom to depart from the visual reality. Therefore, for me, the joy of being creative comes from identifying the underlying beauty and potential from a more visible and obvious colour reality, then transforming it to a black and white vision. This holds true for landscape photography as well.

My use of natural light, tonal contrast, colour, texture, and movement are the qualities I look for when I am out there and what makes my images unique. Through my images, I want to offer the world my perspectives and express my connections with the subjects that I capture.

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