The Human condition called sitting...

                                                                       Meditating...

                                           Taking the doggies for a walk, or sit, in the park...

                                            Reading/napping/burning time in the airport...

                                                     On the beach with friends...

                                                                 Next to the pool...

                                                   Taking a break during lunch-hour...

                                                     Getting to know a stranger...

                                                            Waiting for a movie...

                                                    Enjoying the first day of the new Year...

                                                   Listening and learning in class...

                                                 Just hanging out with your best friend...

                                                              In old age with mates...

                                                     Taking a break while traveling...

                                                           Having a smoke and a chat...

                                                    Hanging out with classic cars...

                                                                    Watching sport...

                                                                    Having lunch....

                                                                 On a wall with friends...

                                                                   Feeding the birds...

                                    Waiting for your people to come home at the end of a day...

                                                        Relaxing with a good read...

Of actors and painters...

In the years we have been doing the Young Community Shapers we have come upon some interesting scenes in the townships. This was one of them.

A bunch of young kids started to give cultural dance lessons as well as acting classes for the others after school. Of cause it was quite a site to see, and we totally admired there initiative to keep the kids busy after school and away from mischief.

Two of the jokers in the group was interacting with the crowd via costumes and was teaching the younger one acting.

In one corner of the small property was a young artist teaching others the paint and draw. Here he is with one of his drawings.

Amazing if you see the conditions the have, but still want to help uplift the community. Of cause apart from the one participating, a crowd was watching from all-over.

                                                    You have to love Africa for this!

Levitating brother...

Just found an interesting site called yowayowacamera.com. It is of a woman making images of herself while she is in the air during a jump, - making it seems like she is levitating, within interesting surroundings.

 It reminded me of a image I made of one of my brothers doing a split-jump.

I had two speed-lights at 45 degree angles aimed at him and was low, shooting up to get only the clouds in the frame. Sometimes it helps if your family members are acrobatic as well as funny!

Flying high... at night!...

So the same bunch of lunatics did the extreme jumping again, but this time in the night. There was lights but still... They went bananas!

Shooting Mining vehicles...

Recently a client of mine asks me to make a few images of some mining vehicles that went in for repairs.

These guys take the whole vehicle apart and then start to replace and recondition all worn-out parts. The job cost a cozy R 2 million. But that's not the best part, - after they test it, they take it apart again, to be taken down into the mine bit by bit.
When the mine closes one day they leave the vehicle underground! It is just too expensive to take it apart again and bring it to ground level.
Anyway, I just had to shoot some images, not work out the economics of the company.

In the end they wanted some post processing of the image to place it into a catalog. Here is the result;

                       It is not so high, about 3 meters, it needs to fit in mining tunnels, remember.

             Here is one with the crew that did the overhaul on the truck and the loading vehicle.

High flying...

Recently I had an invite to shoot the MX- guys again for some images they need for their web-site. They wanted images like always of them flying high and then some during the night doing the same thing! Crazy right? Here are a few during daytime...

                         Just to show us he have no fear this guy also did a few jumps with the quad.

Of cause each "movement" in the air has it's own name, I will not even try to name them.

Shooting an industrial shoe...

So we had to do a catalog for the manufactures of an Industrial shoe Company. I had my brother,- I mean my model, do some posing in various working positions with the shoes. Here are some of the images we came up with.

As it was industrial steel-tip shoes the working environment was essential.

As my model was not the handyman of the family I prayed that he didn't cut a finger of here...

Show me a model that don't like playing in water...

This was the cover-shot the client went with in the end.

The final cover of the brochure.