visual marketing, utilising images and/or video

Dave Estment of Outdoor Video & Photographic

Giving Thanks

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Happy Thanksgiving to our friends in the USA and, in the spirit of gratitude, heartfelt thanks to every one of our valued clients and associates, also for our 45 fantastic Google reviews! 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 It’s thanks to you that we’ve been in business for over 21 years.

We’re so grateful also to have set up our studio recently at Devonbosch near Stellenbosch (as per our last post) and listed OV&P on Google for the first time, because we had our studio at home in Johannesburg and wanted to retain our privacy there. It’s wonderful to freely share our address now and we welcome visitors here! Please just check before popping in that we’re not out on a shoot 😄

Google listing for Outdoor Video & Photographic

In the pic above, Dave was photographing super rugged, very colourful wheelbarrows for a client at Devonbosch a few days ago, which was so much fun and provided a range of great setups to depict commercial, industrial, domestic and farm oriented scenarios. It also led to lots of interest and a business enquiry from local cyclists, who frequent the development for early morning coffee.

Do you leverage the power of sharing client testimonials about your business, including Google reviews, and behind-the-scenes photos or videos of you doing what you do? In our experience, this can typically generate valuable interest via social media, blog posts and emails, and contribute to conveying an authentic, approachable vibe for your business by showing rather than telling.

With this in mind, please contact us if you or someone you know needs beautiful, compelling photos and videos to showcase what they do or their products. And for those who are the face of their brand, a fresh personal branding portfolio may be just the thing to start 2023 in inspirational style. We’d love to help with studio and location shoots in or around Stellenbosch and Cape Town!

Dave Estment - Photography & Videography Training

Opportunities to Upskill

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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!

Naomi & Dave Estment of Outdoor Video & Photographic

Wrapping up 2020

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What a year this has been and how amazing to think that it’s almost behind us! We can likely agree that it’s been particularly challenging, including for businesses across the board. So, we’re especially grateful for each and every client, associate, supplier, family member and friend who has supported us and participated in our journey throughout 2020. Sincere thanks to you all!

Despite the significant impact of lockdown on our in-person photo and video shoots, as well as the knock-on effect of widespread budget cuts by many clients, we’ve been blessed with some inspiring work for special people. The creative fulfilment this brought us offered refreshing relief from the global focus on Covid-19, and we’re delighted to have contributed to their marketing campaigns. Above is a recent pic from our final climb onto a warehouse roof to retrieve the time lapse camera that had been faithfully capturing the contstruction of the new warehouse that you can see behind us, for our valued clients at Fortress REIT Limited.

Here’s another example of a project that we filmed and photographed for SA Paving, including capturing their wonderful team at work! This video combines ground and aerial photography and videography, which adds great perspectives for a more dynamic viewing experience, and helps to showcase the premium service that this industry leader has been delivering for over 40 years:

And here’s a super fun, Bond-inspired stop motion sequence that we created for Dimanzi perfume’s men’s fragrance, which Dave wears and we love! The theme incorporates vibrant gambling flair, complete with cards, chips and dice rolling out onto a black glass reflective surface for added impact and allure. Take a look for some fast-paced action and then click here to shop online for Christmas gifts in the form of gorgeous Dimanzi fragrances for men and women to treat that special person in your life!

Do you have any innovative plans for your marketing projects, perhaps to implement in 2021 so that you can start the year strong? We hope these two videos give you some fresh ideas and inspiration, and wish you every success as we move forward in collective recovery from 2020. In the meantime, Happy Holidays to you and yours, and may your festive season be richly blessed!