Welcome to our New Studio

How has the first half of 2022 treated you? We hope it’s been meaningful, happy and successful. Here at Outdoor Video & Photographic, epic change has been underway, as we’ve moved our home and business from Johannesburg to Devon Valley near Stellenbosch. Having lived for 25 years in the same house, which included our home-based studio, we completely underestimated the upheaval associated with moving cities. It’s been a challenging time, but also filled with adventure.

We’re now living on a beautiful olive farm and are delighted to say that our brand new studio, just down the hill from the farm, is open and ready to make magic with you in the Devonbosch development on Bottelary Road. One of the first shoots we’ve done here was to capture the launch of Goodness Grows, the village store at Devonbosch. Take a look at our short video that shares the flavour of the event, with a captivating backing track by the talented musician Forest, who played live at the launch:

We’ve also photographed our first clients at Studio 01C, Devonbosch, where we’d love to welcome you too! At the top of this post and below are two pics of our studio, which offers plenty of creative options for personal, product and promotional photo and video shoots. We can also combine this with location and aerial photography and filming as you can see in the video above.

Photo & Video Studio

Of course, we’re still serving our valued clients in Johannesburg and around the country, so have been frequently flying for photo and video shoots as well. Please contact us if you’d like to discuss how we can help you to promote your business with compelling photos and videos that showcase you and your work. We’d love to assist!

Dave & Naomi Estment on a Filming Project

Year in Review

Wow, it’s been a weird year, and how quickly it’s come and gone! Given our collective global challenges, we are especially grateful to all of our wonderful clients, associates, suppliers, family and friends for your support. THANK YOU!

It’s been so fulfilling to have inspiring work to co-create, including online education content, individual and business promotional videos, aerial and time lapse photos and videos (we were capturing an extensive solar installation on a warehouse roof in the pic above), personal branding and modelling portfolios, and even coverage of some special live events.

Another highlight has been teaching photography and videography online and in person. Dave has also been innovating in our studio, in between us hiring it out, combining creativity and tech to showcase products, as you can see here:

We’ve also had amazing trips with our cameras in hand, from the magnificent flowers in Namaqualand to the breath-taking bushveld at Welgevonden game reserve, where Dave went with his brother Mike, and shot this short video:

Be sure to watch if you love nature and wildlife, and don’t miss the exceptional footage of a Lilac Breasted Roller flitting in and out of its nest in a tree, or the majesty of lions, elephants and other game that never fails to stir the soul.

When you click to watch these videos on our Outdoor Video & Photographic YouTube channel and participate in our thousands of monthly views, then subscribe while you’re there so that you’re first in line to see our upcoming content as it’s published.

And contact us if you have personal or professional photography or videography requirements. We’d love to help. In the meantime, we wish you a wonderful Festive Season and New Year! May 2022 bring you abundant fulfilment, happiness and success.

Dave Estment - Photography & Videography Training

Opportunities to Upskill

As we step into the second half of 2021, how satisfied do you feel with your personal and business progress this year? One of the keys to achieving this is to develop your own or your team’s skills, especially as these apply to current circumstances. We can likely agree that the economic fallout from COVID has added pressure for personal and business brands to differentiate themselves, especially online. This includes showing up effectively in your on-screen meetings as well as sharing high quality photo and video content.

We’ve been responding to requests for assistance with this, and we’d love to help you too. Drawing on our 20 years of professional experience, we offer individual and/or group training, in person or online. Opportunities for you or your team to upskill include photography and videography courses and Zoom setup support sessions that cover all the aspects required to achieve great results, tailored to your personal or professional needs. Above is a screen grab from a Zoom training session that Dave was giving for our wonderful clients Tim & Yvonne Driman, and here is the testimonial that Tim shared afterwards, with our sincere thanks!

My wife Yvonne and I have just completed an awesome online Zoom course on video with Dave and Naomi Estment of Outdoor Video & Photographic. Yvonne has been shooting video and I have been shooting stills since the late 1990’s, but I needed to learn how to shoot video, as Yvonne needed to gauge her progress, and also to learn how to shoot as a team. It was a lot simpler than I had envisioned, and I learned so much more than I had even anticipated. The course has certainly opened both our eyes to the vastness and intricacies of shooting video, and we enjoyed every moment of it. We are both really excited to put this new knowledge to the test, out in the field. Would I recommend this to other people? Absolutely, without a doubt.” – Tim Driman, https://timdrimanphotography.co.za, Ballito – KwaZulu Natal (South Africa)

Contact us today if you’d like to find out more or discuss your own learning requirements. It will be our pleasure to support your success in representing yourself and your business in the most impactful and resonant way with your followers and clients.

Wishing you an outstanding second half of 2021!