Lianne Ashton - Photographer
My recent photography tour of a number of nursery’s that have embraced the Ellepot propagation system included Danroc, a state of the art nursery and leading Macadamia nut farm in the White River area.
This was a scorcher of a day! 42 degrees in White River and spending most of that time in tunnels photographing Ellepot seedlings being planted and grown at the Sappi’s Ngodwana Nursery … a day’s sauna session and some steamed up lenses to say the least! But what an impressive
I have visited many farms. With each farm I visit, I often get to observe where the priorities are of the farmer other than the running of a farm. With Rockfontein farm, I immediately noticed the staff and the atmosphere on the farm. It’s a happy place here.
I’ve been on an agricultural Ellepot shoot in White River this last week with a ‘weekend’ slap bang in the middle of it. With Kruger just a short drive from White River, I decided to head into the bush for a weekend of game viewing! Here are a couple of
The Flying Swans are a Dutch initiative to help Dutch corporations succeed in developing markets in Africa. Recently I was commissioned by the The Flying Swans to capture their initiative to support emerging citrus farmers in the Tzaneen area. Their support focuses on emerging farmers meeting the quality criteria for
These images are licenced to Pannar Seed Lianne provides agricultural and documentary imagery for websites, advertising, training manuals, webinars and imagery for editorial purposes. If you would like to know more about Lianne’s services, please contact Lianne here with your enquiry or request.
I’ll be doing a series of shoots for Ellepot in the coming months. I kicked off the series with the Hayter’s/Ixopo contracting planting operations. Sutherland Seedlings supplied them with Ellepot Eucalyptus root stock. It was a perfect day for planting; wet, misty and rainy! Ellepot is a propagation system with
Documentary photography of Craig Macfarlane and the Hayter’s team in Ixopo burning fire breaks. Lianne provides agricultural imagery for websites, advertising, training manuals, webinars and imagery for editorial purposes. If you would like to know more about Lianne’s packages and rates, contact Lianne here with your enquiry or request.
A couple weeks ago, I went to the likes of Parys, Nigel and Delmas in South Africa, some areas I have not been to before. This shoot was for Pannar Seed and Corteva Agriscience. The 3 day shoot kicked off with the Van der Westhuizen brothers in Parys! They farm
Last week I got to go to some places in South Africa that I have never been to before! I went on tour to the likes of Parys, Nigel and Delmas for Pannar Seed where I photographed sunflowers, maize and soya crops. I also got to experience my first Pannar
I got another fantastic opportunity with AgDevCo this December and went right across to Senegal to photograph one of their company partners, CNT S.U.A.R.L. CNT are an agricultural company that specialise in farming rice. They operate 7000 hectares of rice in the Senegal Valley region. 6000 of these hectares are
I’ve been doing a number of shoots for Harry Gwala Agri recently. Harry Gwala Agri is an NGO that coordinates mentorship programs and training for smallholder farmers and agriculture TVET students with the help of local commercial farmers in the area. This particular shoot was just down the road from
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