Now that is what I call an awesome Monday surprise

I just had to share my awesome surprise this morning. I logged onto Facebook to check my news feed (ie. stalk my friends, haha) and clicked on a link that Guy Buttery (an amazing South African folk musician that I photographed in studio at the National Arts Festival) had put up and....................what do you know there were two of my studio photos of him! haha awesome!!
Check it out here and give our local artists some support!

The below two photos are the ones that I took.

Just for the pear of it

Last week I found myself waiting in the studio for a friend to arrive and decided instead of playing tetris on my mobile, checking facebook or twitter I would photograph some still life of whatever I had in my bag. On this particular day said random object was in fact a pear. Yip, my forgotten afternoon snack was still residing in my bag. I also found my ipod which after some six years of brilliant music playing has sadly stopped working.

Some prestik, water, earphones and a glass jug later and I was happily entertaining myself with some still life.

  

  

 

 

 

The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley describes themselves as being "A cold beer for your ears, abab couplets for your heart'

They are a two-piece folk-pop band consisting of Terri-Lee Adendorff and Nick Mulgrew. The band was formed in Grahamstown, yes that big city in which I currently reside.  And I may be a little bit biased as I did do journalism with both Terri and Nick but I think that they are FABULOUS!! They have such a quirky and different sound that you can't help but be attracted to it! 

I enjoyed photographing them in studio so much as their enthusiasm and humour just shone through as you can see by the photos. I doubt there was even one serious photo taken at the shoot. So I have to thank both Terri and Nick for being superstars and making photographing them look easy! You two both ROCK!!

The Life of Riley have just independently released their first album which is called 'The Golden Age of Us'. So I urge you all to check them out on facebook and you can order their album by emailing thegoldenageofus@gmail.com