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Wordless Wednesday – Strange Flower

Baldy — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:11:59 +0000

Wordless Wednesday – Sunset on Blouberg

Baldy — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:48:28 +0000

Wordless Wednesday – Storm clouds

Baldy — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:43:36 +0000

I can recommend a brilliant photographer

Baldy — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:24:30 +0000

We do quite a few photo shoots as a family, and we've worked with a number of photographers in the past. And almost every time we walked away with the thought "Won't use that one again". This was never because of the quality of the photography, but more a clash of personalities and work ethics.

When doing these shoots we expect the photographer to give some guidance, but also be adaptable. We've worked with a few who gave no guidance whatsoever, and some who were completely inflexible. Both a no-no in my book.

On Sunday we did a shoot with Jeanette Verster, and I can honestly say we've found a photgrapher that fits in perfectly with what we've been looking for. Someone that provides some guidance, but remains flexible and improvises to use the changing environment to her advantage.

The shots came out awesome, here are some of them.

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Photo Effects

Baldy — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:24:00 +0000

I recently bought a new camera, after not quite getting the quality pictures I wanted from the Canon S50. The S50 is a top-end digital camera, but does not nearly get to the standard of even the basic DSLRs. Initially I was looking at the Canon 450, but found a really good deal on the 40D, which is miles better than the 450, with some professional photographers saying that the image quality is very close to the 5D.

On christmas day I was playing with the shutter speed, and got these by zooming while taking the photo at a relatively slow shutter speed. I included the palm tree without the effect just for comparison. The palm tree effect was done using a slower shutter speed than the other two, which added some nice light effects.

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