Chocolate Easter Bunnies

How to Showcase Products

Professional product photography and videography are crucial elements of the majority of marketing activity both online and offline. From the high-definition still and moving images that adorn billboards and are broadcast on TV to the low res versions shared on Facebook and YouTube, capture quality remains key to effective brand promotion. As with other genres of photography and videography, it’s important to establish an accurate brief up front. Brainstorming ideas can also contribute to superior results, addressing various things like theme, setting, backdrop, lighting, mood, colour scheme, positioning, cast, props and special effects – created during or post capture. Continue reading “How to Showcase Products”

50/50 TV Presenter James Steyn

SABC2 50/50 TV Insert

What a privilege and pleasure it is to play a role in sharing a newsworthy story with a wide viewership. This is the case with our national Safari Guide of The Year competition, which we captured in still images and video towards the end of November 2013. For more information, also about the winners, follow this link to our article Safari Guide of the Year 2013. Continue reading “SABC2 50/50 TV Insert”

Sandton Gautrain Station by night

Importance of Retouching

Debates sometimes rage about the degree of retouching that is appropriate – or in the case of photography competitions, acceptable – in the arena of digital photography. Opinions range across the spectrum from purists who feel that photos should be mastered entirely before being taken, through to artistic creatives for whom Photoshop provides a playground where the sky is the limit. Continue reading “Importance of Retouching”