Surf sessions - The Hoek

I shot these yesterday at a surf session. I actully wanted to shoot something to test this lens out that I borrowed form Sybrand, so I took it down to "the Hoek" at the corner of Noordhoek beach. I liked these ones...

Bohemian rhapsody with Zamar

Here is another video we made for the band Zamar. This one was an afterthought, let me explain...

We originally planned to shoot a video for the song “libertango” under these beautiful oaks. Unfortunately on the day we were set to shoot it was pissing with rain. We then decided to shoot the video under this Bedouin tent. We felt it had a nice bohemian feel, which suited the music and the band, so we set up everything there. One hour before the sun disappeared it suddenly stopped raining (well sort of). We made a quick decision to shoot the actual video under the oaks as originally decided. There was just no time to set up the stage and the entire rig, so we left everything under the tent and shot under the trees. On our return we loved the vibe the set created in the evening and decided to shoot an unplanned video under the tent. The song we chose was "Argentinian Tango". Was it better than the planned shoot? I think so… you decide. Checked the planned shoot here


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Is Love Blind?

Hein Wagner & Melindi Kearney's wedding, which took place at the Sea Trader up the West Coast was exceptional. It was so special in many ways... For me it was the first time I was asked to film a wedding for someone who has never been able to see.

Hein has been blind from birth, but this does not stop him, as amongst many of his crazy achievements he holds the record for the fastest blind person on earth, clocking 323km's per hour in a car!

Hein's appreciation of beautiful things and the way he does everyday things is amazing. The way he reads the time, the way he ties his shoelaces, the way he "looked" over his wife after she walked down the isle, the way he studied the old bridal car, the way he signed the register, the way he knows who is around him, the way he teases himself... just being around this special couple for the day was extremely inspiring.

I shot this wedding on my brand new Canon 7D. Yes it is predominantly a stills camera, but it also happens to shoot video.

Thanks to Sybrand Cillié of ProPhotography who has spent many hours helping me with this transition, and for all those beautiful lenses!

I decided to included a lot more audio in this video particularly for Hein, so he too can hopefully watch this and relive the moment. I think the ministers words were very beautiful and worked well as a kind of voice-over.

I must admit I was a bit like a fish out of water on this shoot, as it is very unfamiliar territory, and these cameras are not really designed to do this kind of thing, but I think I got some beautiful footage... you decide, and your comments are welcome.



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World's largest omelette

We recently got a call from the legendary Deon Bing to go and film a world record breaking attempt: The worlds largest omelette. 65 000 eggs, 125 x 25 liter buckets of egg pulp, a ten ton pan, 500kg of cheese, 200kg of tomatoes. = 3250 kg of omelette. Yes South Africa broke another world record. Congratulations to Pick n Pay, Humpty Dumpty Eggs and all those that were involved.
Check out the video Deon put together here.