Andrew Basson ZA

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How to create photography packages 101

Photo packages In this section we will cover how to market packages and how to get clients to spend more by offering them more value for money, packages also make marketing easier since you are able to simply market a set package and clients will have a good understanding of what you are offering them, […]

Laowa 100mm F2.8 CA-Dreamer macro lens Review

Laowa 100mm F2.8 CA-Dreamer the good, the not so good and the fluffy This review will cover my experiences from buying the lens all the way to using it for my day to day photography. Disclaimer – I bought this lens with my own cash, this review reflects my own findings , like them or […]

shot brake down

 For the love of COMPOSITION  Camera settings and details Camera – Sony A7R3, mounted on a mono pod Lens – Tamron 28-75 F2.8, shot at 75mm F4 Shutter speed – 1/100 ISO – 800 Time of Day – 17:40 Weather – sunny, no wind, scattered clouds Flash – not used Reflector – not used Coffee […]

My most popular photo to date

 Lightning, the random beauty This was one of those one in a life time photos, the pure power and random nature of lighting makes each time it fires off a special moment only showing itself for a fraction of time, to capture this moment you need to be ether lucky or rather well trained in […]

Different software paid and free

greetings fellow photo people, I have seen it come up a couple times where some one asks which software to use for editing, well here let me list a couple for you all that might be handy, hope this helps some one, if you have any other software that comes to mind feel free to […]

Rainy day photography

 Rainy weather, who cares Some times you just have to take a few steps on the wet side of life , I gave it a go with the video thing, it’s hard to do though here you go my first attempt at a YouTube video, might suck but hay have to start some place right […]

Scouting locations part one

Scouting locations Lets talk about something a little bit fun, scouting locations if often over looked by some photographers, which is sad as it is a vital skill set that a photographer needs, and this is not limited to landscapes, but portrait photography as well. Scouting locations helps you see what you have to work […]

Fujifilm XT-100

Well this little camera has been a joy to use, or well will be once I manage to finally have it for myself for a bit of time, a few weeks ago I bought the XT-100, the original idea was to have a cheap little backup camera to use for teaching other more about photography, […]

Fuji film as seen from an X Nikon user

Greetings all, it has now been a good couple of months since moving over to Fujifilm from my Nikon gear, thought I should share a couple things I have noticed as well a couple things I would like to compare between the two systems. To start of with the most important thing for me from […]

The First 10 000

For some time now I have been using my trusty Nikon D5300, it has served me well and has been at my side day in and day out though after 10 000 plus photos what have I learned and what will be changing my love for my Nikon system started back in January, picked up […]