Agriculture. Farm photography. Commercial Photography.
I attended an informative lighting workshop this weekend that had a wedding theme to it. Doing these workshops are of incredible value and there is always something new to learn despite wedding photography not being my subject. Other than a heap of helpful information I got from this workshop, I also got confirmation that the… Read More
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 me in a spectacular valley… Read More
Another album for Harry Gwala Agri! This time it was of agriculture TVET student Tumeka Sapo who has been getting work experience at the Carisbrooke Valley Citrus packhouse. If you require photography of your agriculture operations or programs, please use the contact form below to make your enquiry. I have photographed a number of agricultural… Read More
Today Dylan Weyer of Harry Gwala Agri and Graeme Horne of Omnia visited a group of emerging farmers in the Donnybrook area to do soil samples for a future maize project. Here are a few images I took of the soil sampling and of the meeting that took place. It will be good to come… Read More
There is no day for a sleep-in during Autumn for me! The morning light and colour around this time of year is incredible! Soon after I had captured some of that beautiful morning light, I got caught up in a herd of cattle being moved to another field! So I left the landscape and opted… Read More
Harry Gwala Agri is an NGO and has partnered with a number of commercial farmers in the Harry Gwala District. These farmers offer an 18 month work experience and mentorship program for the Agriculture students of Esayidi TVET College in Umzimkulu. I’ll be working with Harry Gwala Agri in the coming months and will be… Read More
This is the first of many agricultural shoots to come for Harry Gwala Agri (Pty) Ltd. Harry Gwala Agri (Pty) Ltd offer the Esayidi TVET College students in Umzimkulu the opportunity to get 18 months of mentorship/work experience at various commercial farms in the district. Today, I visited Bruce Allwood’s Dairy and Avo Orchard in… Read More
Some low level flying happening on the farm today!
For much of the Ixopo and Highflats agricultural history, dairy farming and timber have dominated this area. A few years ago, citrus was introduced and now Avo farming is about to take off too. I had the pleasure of photographing the first major commercial avo development happening, implemented by Craig Macfarlane of Ixopo. On this… Read More
I had the pleasure of going back to Malawi for a shoot for AgDevCo, an investment company partnering with smallholder farmer units (SDU’s) within large agricultural companies. This 5 day shoot included everything from community agricultural training, a Groundnut factory, paprika, macadamias and the largest mac factory in Malawi (Tropha) to farm supply stores. Here… Read More
