Rudolph de Wet - Head of Production at OV&P

Our Team is Growing

Posted by Naomi on

Warm welcome to our new Head of Production, Rudolph de Wet! He brings valuable skills, expertise and experience to OV&P, spanning a range of genres and incorporating photography, videography, film making and editing. We took the above pic of him at the visionary Devonbosch development near Stellenbosch, where our studio is based.

As you can see, he’s geared to shoot with one of our Nikon cameras mounted on the DJI Ronin gimbal, which is a special piece of tech, particularly for capturing action footage and subjects like event content and real estate walk-throughs, super smoothly. Rudolph lives life to the full, embracing new opportunities along the way. He started out studying health and safety and going overseas. In the USA, he found himself in the position to assist in a big film production doing the work and research, and knew this was for him.

He studied a year of photography, then two years of film, TV and video production, before establishing his career as a photographer, videographer and editor. Rudolph weaves his unique and creative style into each frame, whether behind the lens capturing breathtaking moments or immersed at his editing desk. He thrives on bringing visions to life and had an absolute blast working with TV series and talented singers, among other exciting things.

The diversity of his projects has allowed Rudolph to refine his skills across various genres and styles. From capturing the raw emotions on set to adding that magical touch in post-production, he’s always wholeheartedly dedicated to delivering top-notch results. He loves venturing into new creative territories and collaborating with individuals from various industries. Every project brings fresh inspiration and opportunities to push boundaries.

Aside from work, Rudolph finds solace in outdoor adventures, especially mountain biking. We’re delighted to have him on board and look forward to plenty of great shoots and adventures together!

Winelands Anniversary

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It’s been a year since we moved from Johannesburg to the magnificent Western Cape Winelands and we feel so privileged to live and work here, especially when we get to film and photograph breath-taking properties, including farms, lifestyle developments, homes and historical buildings. Shooting property is one of our specialties, in part because Dave and I both certified as estate agents years ago, so we understand the requirements and have insight into what works to highlight key features of properties.

We love this work as it draws on a number of our core skills, including my diploma in interior decorating, which contributes to shooting interiors, and Dave’s extensive experience and skill as a licensed aerial drone pilot. In addition to recently filming and photographing the various buildings and vineyards on a beautiful wine farm, he captured a stunning time lapse sequence of the sunset from a spectacular vantage point. Here are a few behind the scenes pics to give you an idea of what we did:

Our interior and exterior, aerial and ground based images and video combine powerfully to create compelling portfolios that assist owners in showcasing their properties and promoting their associated businesses and services, or else support the sales objectives of appointed estate agents. Depending on the specific purpose of each shoot, the content can be enhanced with our product and lifestyle photography and videography too, shot strategically in our studio or on location in enchanting settings.

We’re also passionate about crafting impactful promo videos that leverage top quality, evocative content with captivating scripting and professional voice overs that convey the essence of our clients’ vision and message, while effectively demonstrating what they deliver, because ‘showing’ prospective customers what you do is so much more meaningful than ‘telling’ them. Contact us today if you’d like a no-obligation conversation to explore inspiring ideas to showcase your business or property.

Special shoutout and thanks to all our clients and associates who’ve contributed to our successful business transition to the Winelands, and to our wonderful family and friends for all they’ve done to help us establish our new home here!

Dave & Naomi Estment, co-owners of OV&P

Happy New Year

Posted by Dave on

Happy New Year and everything of the best to you and yours for a fantastic 2023. May it bring all that you wish for and more!

Looking back, we spent most of last year planning, packing and re-positioning our company and ourselves in the Western Cape Winelands, which must be one of the most beautiful regions in South Africa. It’s also close enough to Cape Town to enjoy the excitement of the Mother City and the ocean, which we had the pleasure of experiencing recently on a windy sunset cruise.

Cape Town view from the ocean

More specifically, we’re living on a gorgeous farm just outside Stellenbosch which is surrounded by mountains, vineyards, rivers and a very different culture to Johannesburg in many ways, most of them being positive, relaxing, friendly and welcoming.

Almost synchronistically, we’ve settled into a new studio in the visionary Devonbosch business and residential development which is less than 3km from our front door, so zero traffic and less than 5 minutes to the studio. It’s amazing how the Universe provides when you follow your instincts and commit to a goal. Thank you Universe! Here’s an aerial pic of our studio building to help you get your bearings if you visit us here, which you’re welcome to do. We’d love to discuss ideas for your photo and video portfolio!

Brickfield Studios at Devonbosch

Outdoor Video and Photographic has already established an amazing network of new clients and we’re sincerely grateful for their support and friendship, as well as that of all our long-standing clients, associates, family and friends. Thank you all! So, going into the new year we’re filled with enthusiasm, passion for what we do best and knowing that the more effort we put in the better our results will be in exceeding both our and our clients’ expectations, and the more value we will collectively contribute.

In the meantime, we wish you wonderful success and peace of mind as we head into 2023. Let’s make it count!