visual marketing, utilising images and/or video

Celebrating in Style

As we approach the end of 2016, we wish you everything of the best for a fabulous festive season and an inspired start to 2017. In this spirit, here’s a thought for the day:

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein

At OV&P, we’re celebrating creativity, including sharing our New Look Website with you . . . just in time to enter it into the Best Photographic Blog category of the 2016 SA Blog Awards! Please CLICK HERE TO VOTE for us if you like what you see, or click on the Bright Red Vote Button to the right of this post.

Special thanks to all of you who have helped us win in the past, and also to Up Next Digital for the website redesign that you see here now. Bernard and his team are brilliant at what they do and great to work with as well. We highly recommend their services and love what they’ve done for our website. What do you think? Please leave a comment below to let us know 🙂

Speaking of service, it has been our privilege and pleasure to serve every one of our valued clients this year. Heartfelt THANK YOU to each of you, as well as our team, our associates and suppliers, all of whom contribute so much to our business at OV&P.

As always, our shoots have been exciting and varied, taking us far afield and high into the sky to cover exceptional projects for the likes of Fortress Income Fund, the Barrow Group, Renergen and Group Five, among others. We’ve also frequented the heart of South Africa’s financial hub to capture special events at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and FirstRand, for example.

In addition to shooting a range of photos and videos in our studio, along with hosting transformational confidence on camera workshops, we’ve grateful to have delivered creative solutions for numerous corporate, commercial and entrepreneurial clients. Cheers to creativity and fun! May 2017 bring loads more inspiration, peace and prosperity for us all.

Avianto Location Shoot Venue

How to Select a Location

Dreaming of the perfect place for your next location shoot? That’s a good thing. Dreams offer great food for thought, ideas for settings and inspiration for magic to happen when you step in front of that camera lens. Then there’s the practical side of pulling it all together and ensuring stunning photo and video results that can positively impact your success and that of your business in so many ways. With this in mind, you’ll want to consider various indoor and/or outdoor venue options, depending on the time of year and the weather conditions in your area. Continue reading “How to Select a Location”

OV&P 5 Star Videos & Photos

Show Reels . . . or Not?

We at OV&P sometimes wonder about what our new or potential clients would most like to see in terms of samples of our work, and whether or not show reels are the answer. Given that they can provide a concise, high impact summary of relevant footage, this approach can be effective. As an example, here is our brand new, market specific show reel that we have created for the hospitality industry: Continue reading “Show Reels . . . or Not?”