SHOOT: I sometimes feel like this 
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
PHOTO HIGHLIGHT
How to know a good photographer from a bad one, and why not just have mom or a friend shoot some shots for you?
SHOOT: It's simple. Good photographer's are perfectionists, with an eye for detail, and a quick, sometimes impulsive, sometimes far sighted sense of vision. They will patiently explore a variety of options before finding their perfect picture. There is a process involved, and they have a natural (sometimes learned) sense of proportion, perspective, context, light and texture. If you're a perfectionist and you want good work, get a professional. You'll recognise a professional by their previous work, their fee and their style.
Wolf Kettler.co.uk: No self-respecting photographer wants to release photos that are anything but perfect. From a large number of photographs taken during a shoot, only a few will meet the demanding criteria a photographer should impose on himself (or herself). Many photos from a shoot are just not good enough for a variety of reasons - technically, compositionally, pose-wise.
I know of people who think that just because a photograph is in focus and correctly exposed, it is a good photograph. Bless 'em.
If you are offered a copy of everything, you are working with a photographer who does not take (or does not know how to take) pride in his or her work. Not a good idea!
Wolf Kettler.co.uk: No self-respecting photographer wants to release photos that are anything but perfect. From a large number of photographs taken during a shoot, only a few will meet the demanding criteria a photographer should impose on himself (or herself). Many photos from a shoot are just not good enough for a variety of reasons - technically, compositionally, pose-wise.
I know of people who think that just because a photograph is in focus and correctly exposed, it is a good photograph. Bless 'em.
If you are offered a copy of everything, you are working with a photographer who does not take (or does not know how to take) pride in his or her work. Not a good idea!
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Monday, July 27, 2009
The 13th FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome [PICTURES]
SHOOT: Beautiful shot below.
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Levi Leipheimer out of the Tour: PICTURES
SHOOT: Could make a grown man cry.
 clipped from twitpic.com
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
Preview of my next Exhibition
Touch of Rain, Mabua, Botswana.
Pair of Foraging Ground Squirrels
This is a large black and white landscape printed on canvas @ 1mX.75m [framed with weathered oregon pine] sells for just R1500. Unframed, mounted on canvas R750.
Golden Highway, south west Botswana
Hornbill Hideout
On the lookout
Thunderstorm over Accasia Karee, Botswana
Springbok at Mabua
This is a large landscape printed on canvas @ 1mX.75m [framed with dark wood and white peeling paint] sells for just R1500.
View from Misty Cliffs, Cape Peninsula.
This is a large landscape printed on canvas @ 1mX.75m [framed with dark wood and white peeling paint] sells for just R1500. Unframed R750. Smaller sizes can be ordered, these sell for between R250 and R500.
Red Leaf Pattern, Blue Sky.
Boulders, Cape Peninsula
This is a large black and white landscape printed on canvas @ 1mX.75m [oregon pine frame] sells for just R1500. Unframed R750. Smaller sizes can be ordered, these sell for between R250 and R500.
Kalk Bay Workhorse
This is a large landscape printed on canvas @ 1mX.75m [framed with dark wood and white peeling paint] sells for just R1500. Unframed R750. Smaller sizes can be ordered, these sell for between R250 and R500.
Harbour Life
This is a large landscape printed on canvas @ 1mX.75m [framed with dark wood and white peeling paint] sells for just R1500. Unframed R750. Smaller sizes can be ordered, these sell for between R250 and R500.
RAINBOW ROAD
Brief Background
I have a day job, thank goodness because some days on the craft market scene you sell absolutely nothing. Jealous of my brother's success as a professional fine artist [visit http://www.caseyvdleek.com/] and convinced I had oodles of natural talent carried down from great grandpa Tinus de Jongh, I thought selling my work would be a snip. It's damn hard work, lots of graft, lots of behind the scenes schlepp. The photography is the easy part.
I source my frames using teak and weathered oregon pine. I also use black classic frames for a more classy 'office'-type style. I can provide frames to order. Simply email me your preferred size and specifications and I'll provide you with a very reasonable quote. My frames retail for between R120 for small to R500 for bigger frames, depending on wood and other specifications.
The above picture is VIEW FROM MY BLACONY. It's a view over Johannesburg's morning mists, with Sandton's two towers just off centre. This is a large landscape printed on canvas @ 1mX.75m [framed with dark wood and white peeling paint] sells for just R1500. Unframed R750.
Above: FLAMING SKY OVER WINDMILL, framed R1500, unframed R800.
JEFFREY'S BAY RAINBOW - R350 [Unframed R200]
FOAM AT KLEINBRAK R1000 [UNFRAMED R500]
The two photographs above show the stark lines of Jeffrey's Bay under the graceful arc of a rainbow versus the 'earthy' interpretation. The oregon pine frame of FOAM AT KLEINBRAK gives a washed-up-driftwood feel to this salty seascape.
If you like these samples, browse my albums and become a fan of my work at Nick van der Leek PHOTOGRAPHY on facebook. I also shoot porfolios for facebook purposes and occasionally for magazines and newspapers. Email me to find out what's involved by click here.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Durban July - Photos
SHOOT: More here http://www.facebook.com/NickVDL?v=feed&story_fbid=103396100302#/photo.php?pid=2980955&id=560511409 and on the link below.
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