Professional Photography in Cape Town

  My Martial Eagle from Etosha many years ago! Pics still in demand.

  Apparently, it's a Black Sparrowhawk. Camera: EOS 6D - 100-400 f4.5-5.6 L lens at 400mm ISO: AUTO - camera selects 5 000  1/2000 second  Aperture: f5.6

  Wotyathink? A rhino ambles across the road after sunset.

Are you in the middle of organising a wedding and are looking for a great photographer? I'm an experienced photographer who has invested the right amount of time in developing my skills and I have made right investment in good equipment. As a busy commercial photographer, I undertake a few weddings each year. The brides, grooms and families are never disappointed.  A word of advice. Book me early, since my calendar is filling up. Shoots are custom made to your wedding programme and your budget. No standard and boring service offering when you hire Gareth Griffiths Imaging and Photography! I would love to help you. Want more advice: Click here and check out wedding photography advice .

Beautiful early summer day at world famous Buitenverwachting Wine Estate. In the photo, Chief Chef Edgar and maître d' Diego check the quality of some of the estates famed red wine prior to serving lunch.

Here's a selection of some decor and foods that were published - typical of the interior and cuisine shoots that I do. 'Pacfic Rim' Cuisine Shoot Fireside Shoot - Cape Cuisine on a Chilly Day Bulthaup - Exclusive German Kitchen System Manufacturer As Published in To Build Magazine.

For photographers who learned their trade (or hobby) in the pre-digital age, the camera and its film were everything. While you could get very clever professional film that added colour pop to your images, high contrast or low light, you had also a degree of control when the film was being developed. For example, it was better to slightly overexpose your photograph when shooting on film. Due to the high density of layers of photo sensitive chemical in film, that recorded extra detail. Nowadays with digital, the opposite is true. If you 'blow out' your image by letting too much light past the sensor in a digital camera, the detail is gone - forever. However, what you do have today is the availability a lot of 'post production' computer software that allows you to do everything and much more than film processing could do. There is even software available for handheld devices, including smartphones. We have photography in RAW format today. ( See my earlier article ...

You always hear about how well adapted to colour the various species are in the natural environment. Well, none more a poignant example on a recent night drive through the Kruger National Park, Southern/Malelane area, than 2 young male lions.  Photographed with flash under pitch black dark conditions. Autofocus even on my Canon EOS 1DMk3 was a little iffy - so switch to manual focus. Estimate the distance to the lions at  10 - 15 metres. Take a stab at manual focus and then fire away.  End result .. you would not see this creature in front of you until you stepped right onto it. Then you would feel it first. Notice how he blends in with the exact same colour as the grass. Nature has a better colour match scheme that the best Pantone cards or Photoshop CS!