Today iaan and I spent a few hours in the streets of Munich. In the morning I headed out with Laura Evans to shoot some pics of the surroundings and then later, in the afternoon, I did a couple shoot for Julia & Nikolai. Julia & Nik are one of those super cool, but cute couples. They are simply awesome to spend time with and after only 2 dinners, they already feel like long-time friends of ours.
Last week iaan and I spent 6 days in Berlin City…I love cities!
For the past week iaan and I have been very fortunate to travel through Germany. Over the coming week I’ll be shooting a wedding as well as a couple shoot here in München. But before I post some photos I wanted to share a little experience we had, that was not that fortunate and in plain english simply no fun! On the 18th of May, iaan and I left Cape Town, South Africa for München, Germany
fter almost 24 hours of traveling the last thing I thought I’d do, was to sit in front of my computer and start typing. But I just couldn’t resist. I have been away from home for the past 3 weeks. The reason for my travels was to attend the world’s largest wedding & portrait photography conference & trade show, called WPPI 2010.
Every city I visit, I just have to shoot some black and white photos. I love the simplicity of the lines and the different variety of white, grey and black. Black and white photos are just super awesome!
It’s been almost 2 weeks since iaan and I left South Africa on a 22 hour flight to the USA. Our first city to visit was New York City. It was freezing cold, with an icy wind howling through the streets. I put on my boots, jacket and there we went. We walked and walked and walked, just looking at all the shops and the billboards. We just observed, took in and snapped my camera.
Today is our 4th day in New York city. It’s about 1 degree outside and we’re ready to start the day. But before we head out, I want to share this set of pictures with you. It sums up the way I see New York*. A massive city filled with colour, lights and lots of little details…
Exactly in 7 days from now, iaan and I will be on our way to Cape Town International Airport! We will be heading out to the USA to attend the largest wedding & portrait photography conference in the world! Since I started my business, 4 years ago, I’ve dreamed of attending WPPI. This year will be their 30th anniversary and I just couldn’t let it go by without being there.
Our last stop on the trip was staying in the Magothlo lodge. Magotlho means camel thorn, which is a local tree. The lodge is build on a river bank, with a very big “stoep” (wooden deck) that overlooked the river.
The island experience was probably the one thing I will NEVER EVER forget in my life! Just to give you an idea: No bathrooms! No electricity! Just a little hanging shower from a tree! And luckily an awesome chef called Royal!
The first morning we headed out on the boat at around 6am to catch the sunrise. I’ve never seen anything like that. It was totally beautiful! Seeing the colors change on the horizon..a little golden ball appearing and then higher, higher, LENS flair! WOW! Absolutely gorgeous!
