Professional Photography in Cape Town

AS AN ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER, I often cover outstanding architectural projects for print and digital magazine purposes, in addition to social media. My high note was covering the launch of the Zeitz MOCAA - Museum of Contemporary Art Africa when I was stationed in the media area right near the Arch. As usual Archbishop (Em.) Tutu charmed the crowd in his normal unassuming way. Just take a look at the faces of those girls! This was my shoot for the magazine at the SILO Hotel - part of the Royal Portfolio Group where Liz Biden does much of the interior design herself. Most recent project: The Ridge - V&A Waterfront. The best green or sustainable building ever! Interior design was by Paragon Interface - for Deloitte SA. And here is Claire D'Adorante, the fantastic designer and workplace strategist who made it all happen.

T he refurbished Grain Silo at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront is full of striking 'interstitial' spaces where grain used to be stored but now have been converted into elements of the though provoking Zeitz Mocaa (Museum of Contemporary African Art). These spaces have been polished by master polishers of their trade and provide the camera with some interesting eye candy.

A recently walking tour around the City of London in the vicinity of the Aldgate and Bishopsgate precincts proved absolutely gob-smacking. London is certainly experiencing unprecedented construction activity and this district is clearly well established as the hub of the financial services industry. Only the major banks are missing, having moved some years prior to the Canary Walk precinct. An article I wrote about Leadenhall for South African building industry annual, SA Building Review , can be viewed here . Here is my photographic overview of the business district.

As featured in the Peoples' Post - 27 March 2012 Hanging out of the side of a helicopter taking photos for a client, or trying to get a steady pic from the window of a car while game spotting, you need to operate your camera at higher shutter speed.  School in Cape Town taken from a helicopter at 900 feet  Most cameras have settings that allow control of exposure time or shutter speed. This is the length of time, in thousands of a second.e.g. a common speed of 125 means one 125 th of a second, or 1000 means one 1000 th of a second. Do not confuse this with sensor or ISO speed, the direct analogy of film speed. They are however complementary. Advanced cameras allow the exposure to be directly set, but even Others, including basic digicams have a ‘fast’ or sports setting to be used when you want to freeze the action. Check yours out, often denoted by a running man icon. Use the “sports” setting when you want to freeze the action or at any tim...

Interesting pre-dawn shoot at the Southern Africa Large Telescope a the SA Astronomical Observatory near Sutherland. Photo  taken over a 10 minute exposure at 5 mins 20 secs. Shutter button was pressed at approximately 6 a.m. This was about 1 hour 45 minutes prior to sunrise, but the reflected glow from the eastern horizon bounces off the side of the SALT scope.  Later, during the exposure, a vehicle occupied by off-duty astronomers pulled up alongside and spoiled the lower half of the picture with red and orange light from their brake lights and flashers. Fortunately this did not affect the upper area of the image, where the main action is. The lens flare near dead centre however comes from that vehicle. Astronomers posted at SALT and the other SAAO scopes are not only permanent staff but also come from all over the world to do observations and research. SALT is one of only two such facilities in the world. The other unit is at Austin, Texas. Yes - and it was c...