Photography is the Art of Painting with light – from there Light Brush Photography.

Although photography has been a hobby for me for most of my life, it cannot be classified as a hobby – something you dust off over a weekend. Photography is a way of living.

I am always looking for new things to learn and genres to explore, or new techniques to learn. That keeps me going.

I am also a keen nature lover and love showing the beauty of nature and thereby try to preserve the world around us.

The whole point of taking pictures is so that you do not have to explain things with words

Elliot Erwin

My Blog

This blog is intended to give a bit more detail to concepts around a shooting, or various projects I have undertaken.

Mirage 211 – How one mans dream became a groups dream

What started out as the South African Airforce Museum Photography Club chairmain's dream has become the dream of the members of the club. Chris could tell you in detail how he struggled to get the shell of the Mirage F1-CZ (Tail 211) in the museum hanger - and that...

Chasing that one big Picture.

As photographers we always seem to be chasing that on big picture that will make us famous or rich or even better both. Unfortunately many of us will probably at the end of the day end up on the infamous list of people who did not achieve their full photographic...

An absolutely Amazing Experience.

It was hot, the plane was small and uncomfortable, but the blue skies were calling. And 14 of the SAAFM club members got the opportunity to fly with the South African Airforce in a CASA212 during the SAAFM fly day on 3 December 2011. I was lucky to be one of the...

Why do photographers get up at 4am?

So, why do photographers get up at 4am? It almost sounds like a : Why did the chicken cross the road question. Well the answer is that we would like to use that very special first light, often referred to as the golden hour. So when last did you do something like...

My Portfolio

All images are also available as prints.