Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Coenie de Villiers






Shoot met Coenie de Villiers in die Foto24 studio vir 'n artikel oor sy nuwe CD, Hart van glas. Die Artikel is geskryf deur Anna-Retha Bouwer.

Die atikel kan gesien word by http://www.beeld.com/Vermaak/Nuus/Coenie-de-Villiers-skaaf-na-aan-eie-grein-20111120

Ek moet sê die was verseker een van my makliker shoots gewees, Coenie was n baie goeie model en was glad nie ongemaklik voor die kamera nie. Mens kan sien dat die nie sy eerste keer was nie. Al wat ek gedoen het was die ligte opgestel het en vir Coenie elke nou en dan (letterlik elke nou dan) gesê het "skuif jou kop net bietjie of draai net bietjie so". Die eindproduk was die reeks fotos. Dit wys jou net wat kan gebeur as die fotograaf en die model op dieselfde golflengte is.

Friday, 18 November 2011

Kurt Darren








Shoot met Kurt Darren vir n profiel storie wat in Beeld verskyn het op 16 November 2011

Thursday, 17 November 2011

Evan van der Spuy, the mountain biker that was taken out by a buck


Evan van der Spuy


Evan van der Spuy and his friend and teammate Travis Walker who caught the whole insident on camera.




Evan van der Spuy the Mountain Biker who was at the centre of the YouTube video phenomenon where he was knocked of his mountain bike by a Rooihartbees (Species of Buck in South Africa). His friend Travis Walker who is also in the photographs was the one riding behind him with the video camera that caught all the action.

This was a photoshoot I did for Rapport.

The video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHyV1M

Sunday, 13 November 2011

The Lotter trail

DAY ONE


Nicolette Lotter in the Durban High Court. She stands accussed, with her brother Hardus Lotter and ex boyfriend Mathew Naidoo, for murdering her father and mother.

I covered the court case from Tuesday the 8th of November till Thursday the 10th of November. Whilst I was in court, on my first day (34 degrees and humid, welcome to Durban, hehe)  Matthew Naidoo (accused nr 2) came across as being very arrogant in his cross examination. He continued to deny most of the allegations even though he wanted to change his plea to guilty the day before. I found this very strange and I am still not really sure what he tried to achieve when he wanted to change his plea.


Mr Mathew Naidoo.


Nicolette and her brother, Hardus always read the bible whenever she entered the courtroom.





Mr. Hardus Lotter the brother of Nicolette Lotter.


Another thing that I was very surprised by was that I didn't find any "monsters" in the court room, but rather a pretty girl, even maybe beautiful depending on what you consider to be beautiful (maybe beautiful in a crazy im gonna eat your liver kind of way, hehehe). The reason I say this is because when you hear "murder" you immediately form a picture in your head of what a murder should look like and these three didn't really meet my minds expectations.


THE NEXT DAY


The next day in court Naidoo finished his testimony and another witness was called to the stand. The witness was a Pastor that the Police call in whenever suspects in custody ask for spiritual guidance. The reason he was called in was to council the three accused after they were arrested.

The Pastor then counselled all three accused and testified that he did a prayer of deliverance and drove out demons that were possessing their bodies. Yes I know its weird. I also had to bite my fist to hold back the laughter. But the Pastor was very serious in his testimony and stood by what he said.


Nicolette with her Council.




Naidoo was a very strange character for me. Every day he had something to say to the photographers and camera crew that were busy photographing and filming him. His favourite was can you please not use flash it hurts my eyes. HAHAHA Needles to say I still used flash whenever I wanted to. O yeah and the old cliché, that he decided to utter on the last day, "so when are you guys going to get a real job", really so original. 


Naidoo consulting with his counsel and mother.


Hardus was a strange one. I battled to get a interesting photo of him everyday because he rarely did anything except read his bible. The creepiest part of him was his eyes that shows very little emotion, even when he smiles.





The picture above really freaked me out after I took it. The reason being is Nicolettes expression. I almost got the feeling that I captured the hidden personality behind the composed well spoken front that we saw in court every day.




DAY THREE



On this day i decided to focus a bit more on Nicolette as it was her turn on the stand.  She started her testimony the day before where she said that from 2001, when their new domestic worker started working for them, she was in the grip of witchcraft. Her reason for this is that her domestic worker was the one that putt this witchcraft over her. She said that she always felt that their was some or other "thing" that forced itself spiritually on her and then raped her. This continued from 2001 up until 2007 when she met Naidoo. Apparently after the first time they were intimate this other force disappeared. She met Naidoo whilst seeking help for her witchcraft problem at a friend of a friends place. Theses friends of friends were the people that prayed for her so that the evil spirit will leave her alone.




She also said that Naidoo was the self proclaimed 3rd son of God. She said that Naidoo would speak in other voices that were angels and sometimes demons, and sometimes God. She said that every time he spoke in one of these voices or wait rather that every time one of these entities spoke through him, his tone of voice, facial expressions and character would change. She says that this convinced her that it must be true.

  
Hardus Lotter consults with his counsel


Nicolette says goodbye to friends and family after the case was finished for the day and postponed  till the 5th of March 2012.

Everything in this blog is me the photographers own opinion and not always the opinions or views of the publications I work for.



Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Reef Carneson


Die foto hierbo en die drie hieronder is van waar Reef aangedring het om tee te maak, sy ouma het hom op die kas getel en hy het net beduie wie wat moet doen en wie wat waar moet gaan haal. Persoonlikheid het hy baie van.







Reef by sy pa

Reef en sy oupa 




Reef saam sy pa en ma.


Reef is regtig 'n klein vegtertjie, van die oomblik wat ek hom ontmoet het, het hy in my hart ingekruip. Hy is so vol energie soos enige ander kind van sy ouderdom. Dit was 'n besonderse moeilike opdrag gewees om vir Reef te gaan afneem, die rede hiervoor is dat hy so besig is en nie vir 'n oomblik wou stilsit nie. Die ander rede is natuurlik dat ek 'n foto wou kry wat sy persoonlikheid asook sy siekte wys sonder om die foto op te stel. Die fotos hierbo is wat ek gekry het.

Die Artikel hieronder is uit Rapport en geskryf deur Hanri Wondergem. Ek en Hanri het die storie vir Rapport gedoen.

Die driejarige Reef Carneson is ’n klein vegtertjie met ’n groot lag.


Dié seuntjie, wat die afgelope week ’n golf van deernis op die sosiale netwerke ontlok het, was sedert sy geboorte baie siek. Maar ’n mens sou dit nooit kon raai as jy luister na sy skaterlag wat deur sy ouerhuis weerklink nie.



Reef is net ná sy geboorte in 2009 met leukemie gediagnoseer en het kort daarna ’n beenmurgoorplanting ondergaan. In sy drie lewensjare was hy al sewe keer in intensiewe sorg.



En nou het hy ’n erge graad van transplantaat-versus-gasheer-siekte (TVGS), ’n gevolg van die beenmurgoorplanting. Sy vel is oral gebars en teer, sy vuisies is permanent gebal, hy kan nie normaal loop nie en word deur ’n buis deur sy neus gevoed.



Sedert dit bekend geword het dat sy ouers, van Tedderfield in die suide van Johannesburg, se mediese fonds nie vir sy behandeling in Amerika gaan betaal nie, het 900 mense ’n aanlyn-versoekskrif onderteken om druk op Discovery Health uit te oefen om dit wel te doen. 



Reef het feitlik oornag 7 335 Facebook-vriende gekry en meer as 4 000 het na ’n YouTube-video oor hom gekyk. Sowat R100 000 is reeds geskenk vir sy behandeling in Amerika, maar minstens R3,5 miljoen is nodig.



Tydens Rapport se besoek het Reef aanhoudend gelag, maar hy is duidelik baie siek. Later word hy moeg, maar daar is geen trane nie. 



“Hy kan nie huil nie omdat die siekte ook sy traankliere aangetas het,” verduidelik sy ma, me. Lydia Carneson. 



Sy pa, Ryan, voeg by: “As hy nie die nodige behandeling kry nie, gaan hy doof en blind word en in ’n rolstoel gekluister wees.”



Reef weeg 9,4 kg, net 4 g swaarder as Payten, sy sussie van agt maande. Hy dra babaklere en kan nie met ander kinders speel nie, want hy het feitlik geen immuniteit nie. 



Tog is hy ’n gelukkige kind, sê sy ma. “Dis asof hy vrede in sy hartjie het. Elke dag is ’n wonderwerk vir hom.”



Dr. Janet Poole, ’n pediatriese onkoloog, sê TVGS beteken ’n skenker se beenmurg val die ontvanger se liggaam aan. Volgens haar is medikasie en kundige dokters wel in Suid-Afrika beskikbaar, maar omdat nie baie oorplantings in Suid-Afrika gedoen word nie is TVGS seldsaam, en is daar nie voldoende geriewe vir rehabilitasie nie. 



Reef se ouers sê hulle neem hom einde vandeesmaand Los Angeles toe, al weet hulle nog nie waar die geld vandaan gaan kom nie. “Ons hou aan bid daar sal uitkoms wees.” 

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