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Bertus & Jessica – 3 October 2012

October 10, 2012   Gerhard Steenkamp   No comments
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It is very important to get to know a couple a bit better before you plan on capturing their wedding on camera. I believe you need to gain a better understanding of their personalities in order to capture them and the atmosphere during their wedding day. The best way to do this is to arrange

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Kgalagadi – September 2012

October 06, 2012   Gerhard Steenkamp   5 Comments
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In the middle of September 2012 I took a week long trip to the Kgalagadi. My last trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park was in February this year and man….how I missed the place. There is just something so addictive about the Kgalagadi that inspires you to go back time after time. I stayed at

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The Duba Experience captured on video!!

May 31, 2012   Gerhard Steenkamp   No comments
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Talk to anyone who has been to Duba Plains in the Okavango Delta and you will hear the same phrase: …”What an amazing experience!!”. I had the privilege earlier this month to visit this remote area made famous by the movie “The Last Lion” and came back with hundreds of images and a memory for

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Questions to ask when choosing a Wedding Photographer

April 30, 2012   Gerhard Steenkamp   No comments
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I recently received a request from Paul Edgar for a quote to cover his wedding in July this year. I’m busy with my 480 Days Project at that time and therefore can’t help him on the date selected for the wedding. I must admit that I rather like the questions that he asked to acquire

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Hannes Lochner – Wildlife and Nature Photographer

March 29, 2012   Gerhard Steenkamp   No comments
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More about Hannes Lochner Hannes Lochner was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. From an early age he has visited almost every game reserve in South Africa, along with his parents. A passion was born, which was to become his life’s labour. His family, mom and dad (both professors), two sisters and a

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Using a 14-24mm F2.8 Nikon lens to Capture wedding images.

March 12, 2012   Gerhard Steenkamp   No comments
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If I can pinpoint one characteristic of my wedding photos it is using a 300 mm F2.8 lens to capture portraiture during weddings. Sometimes it is a good thing to come out of one’s comfort zone and try something totally different, and that is just what I did at the last two weddings I captured

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UK tourists harassed by lions at Rooiputs in the Kgalagadi

February 23, 2012   Gerhard Steenkamp   12 Comments
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I’m in the Kgalagadi at the moment for a short stay of six nights. Except for lot of great sightings there is also lots of other action going on at the moment! Yesterday we had a thunderstorm that swept through Twee Revieren leaving the camp site looking like a river in flow and with my

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Decisive moments in wedding photography

February 13, 2012   Gerhard Steenkamp   No comments
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A while ago I wrote a post about decisive moments in sports photography. What is a decisive moment? “The decisive moment, it is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression.” – Henri

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A photo safari in the Kgalagadi – January 2012

January 30, 2012   Gerhard Steenkamp   6 Comments
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Striking the Kgalagadi Trans Frontier Park in January while a heat wave is sweeping through the country is no joke. Forty Five degrees Celsius was the norm with animals hiding under every inch of shade during midday. Luckily for me I got some amazing sightings during my two week stay with lots of photographic opportunities.

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In Conversation with travel photographer Greg Ewing

December 16, 2011   Gerhard Steenkamp   4 Comments
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There is no better time than summer in South Africa to share some stunning images from one of our best outdoor photographers, Greg Ewing. I met Greg a few years back at the Billabong Pro in J-Bay while he was still working full time for Zig Zag magazine. Since then he became a freelance travel\sport\outdoor

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