Send your couple a personalised electronic card a few days after their wedding with your favourite photo, thanking them for making you part of their big day. Relationship management after the wedding is essential to maintain momentum for future references from your couples.

My earliest memories of wildlife are that of a baboon stealing my banana whilst I was sitting in a  pram at the picture perfect Victoria Falls. I was 4. In the ‘70’s my parents did slide show evenings. After dinner my father would haul out his projector and slide trays filled with selected images he took in the 60’s around Southern Africa and described each shot and subject in perfect detail to the guests. Naturally the big 5 but also Fauna and Flora. This subconsciously instilled in me an interest in the natural world.

F-801s, D80, D90 and D300s, grips and SB-800s. 
Nikkor: AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR II, 
Sigma: 75-300mm APO f/4.5-5.6 Macro DG AF, 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG AF, 70-200mm f/2.8 II EX DG APO Macro HSM AF, 100-300mm f/4 EX APO IF HSM AF, 170-500mm f/5-6.3 APO DG AF, 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF HSM, Vivitar: 500mm f/6.3 DX Series 1 Mirror Lens catadioptric (reflex) lens, DX: Tokina 12-24mm f/4 AT-X 124 AF Pro DX, Manfrotto Tripods, Monopods and Gimbals, Studio Lights, Triggers and accessories.

Photographically I am self taught. I learn faster that way. It sinks in and stays there. That’s not to say that I don’t learn from my peers. I live on the internet. If there is a technique or a shot I like I will ask how or look for it online. Today’s digital photographers have no excuse for poor work. Google is your friend!

I have qualifications in IT (was a project manager and A+ / MCSE trainer) and in the Emergency Services as a Fire-fighter and Medic (Sandton Fire Platoon Commander) during the rough years of ’89-’97 when SA almost slipped into civil war. I wished I had a digital camera in those days or a bigger budget for film! The township violence photographs alone could have filled a book.