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Top 10 Ways to Sabotage your wedding photos…

January 31, 2013

Pin It Chances are it’s not like you’ve done this before… sure your girlfriends, now married will give you loads of advice, so will your mom and for that matter so will everyone else not to mention all the wedding mags… but none of them will usually fully realise how NOT to sabotage your wedding [...]

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Video photography tutorial – Connecting off camera flash with Pocket Wizards

July 30, 2010

If you can ignore the “bad hair” this video will explain how to connect a Nikon SB-28 or any flash with PC connector to a pocket wizard. The video is simple on purpose and not for the technically minded. If you are a techie this video will bore you, if not then hopefully this will [...]

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Getting a beautiful bridal veil shot with one off-camera flash

March 15, 2010

Pin It I got this photo at Victoria and Jonathan’s wedding at Morgansvlei in Tulbach a few weeks ago, the lighting has a “’window” effect but it’s actually an off camera flash. I put the flash a little higher than Victoria’s eye-line at her 2 o’clock  (give it a think and it will make sense) [...]

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How to become a photographer part 2 – Getting Paid work

September 22, 2009

A few months ago I did a post on how to become a photographer, in this article I’m picking up with a few tips on how to get paid work. Alright sparky so now you’re good and ready for the world to realise it owes you a living after all! WAKE UP, it’s not going [...]

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How to organize your digital photos for the future

August 13, 2009

As a professional photographer you can imagine that I would have to have my ducks in a row when it comes to organizing digital photo files. Thinking ahead is paramount and this is my tried and tested method. I can take you through photos of my 7 year old daughters life month by month, her [...]

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How to become a photographer…

May 5, 2009

I’m often approached by people who want to become photographers, recently a friend of mine asked me the same question here was my answer: I can’t speak for those who have studied or trained under other photographers, here is roughly how I got into pro photography. Get an SLR camera, you can pick up a [...]

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Reparing a mechanically broken SB28 hotshoe yourself.

February 23, 2009

This is one for strobists using legacy flashes such as the Nikon SB28′s, SB24′s SB26′s etc… I have a few Nikon SB28′s they are old but very reliable and cheap! Thanks to the glorious Cape Town wind sending my flashes crashing to the ground a few months ago I found myself in the possession of [...]

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