Background Information

I started doing photography in 1983, when I bought my first camera. I was always interested in photography, and when the opportunity to start taking pictures came along, I took it. I photographed my first wedding on the 31st of December 1983. Back then I work on a strict photo journalistic style, as I had no one to show me the ropes of Wedding Photography.

I learned from experience, and enjoyed it so much, that I later went to work at the Photographic Department at the company I was employed at. I worked in the darkroom, where I learned how to process Black & White Film, Color Film, Slide Film, how to print Black & White Photo's, Color Photo's, make prints from slides and do all the magic stuff that can only be done in a photographic darkroom. I also had the opportunity to do creative work, if ever I had a spare moment. One of my tasks was to take recruitment pictures for the company. This meant that I had to show through the pictures all the facets of what we did. I was also responsible for taking the formal portraits of the Top Management of the company. I left the Photographic Department During December 1988, and still carried on doing Photography in my spare time. I also had the opportunity to lecture some of our field workers in Basic Photography when I worked at our Training Department.

I always believed that a person should have a lot of fun on their wedding day, and that is the approach that I used for many years, and still use, although it is quite a workout to go through a photographic session on your big day.

In 1994 I met a photographer from Johannesburg, by the name of Pat Culverwell, while he was giving a lecture on Wedding & Portrait Photography. He extensively made use of a portable studio to do his formal portrait shots at a wedding. His work had such a nice classical feel to it, and the quality was superb, that I had to meet up with this guy to get some tips. I was so overwhelmed when I went with him to a wedding and saw how he does his photography. He is definitely on of the best Wedding photographers I have ever come across. Pat was situated in Johannesburg, and his assistant was a photographer from Pretoria with the name of Ian Forrest.

Ian obtained his Masters degree In Photography (Wedding & Portrait Photography). I met Ian and asked if I could assist him with his weddings. I learned a lot from Ian and I still assist him when I have no wedding for the day. From there my style changed to a more formal style.

A few years back I started do more creative type of wedding photography, as their is a demand for it at the moment. I am happy to say that I now am able to incorporate all three these styles in my photography. The advantage of being able to work in all these different styles is that the bridal couple can choose what type of photographs they want at their wedding, and I will be able to give them any of the above mentioned. I give the bridal couple a total overview of what happened at their wedding. (The Photojournalistic approach). They will look at their pictures, and remember the day, as everything that happened at their big day is captured. The pictures I take in the studio are still in the formal style. I like doing the studio work in this style as it has a classical feel to it. The creative work is different in the sense that I make use of architecture, strange camera angles, and strange surrounding to create somewhat different photography.

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