Gerhard Uys Media

Tugela hike and Kelso Beach

2012-01-10T09:56:00.001+02:00

Bird is the word

2011-11-03T10:22:00.000+02:00

Studio Breinmasjien

2011-10-24T10:03:00.003+02:00

An old man looking at Maaike Bakkers Breinmasjien exhibition at +27 Design Cafe in Pretoria.

GQ best dressed 2011

2011-10-18T07:50:00.004+02:00

I shot the GQ best dressed awards 2011 last night.

Oscar Pistorius took first prize. Here' a shot of Ryan Botha and Gina Goldsmith and also a shot of the crazy Mika Stefamo.

Have a look here for the photos on the GQ website.

SA Cricket cover

2011-09-15T12:46:00.000+02:00

Oppikoppi 2011 Unknown Brother - Fulka

2011-08-10T18:14:00.001+02:00

stuff and stuff

2011-06-17T14:51:00.007+02:00

I just wanted to update with some of my work. The pink book is by Sunel Veldtman who wrote Manage your money, Live your dream. I did the author shot for Tafelberg.
Then you'll see a black and white shot. This was done for Property magazine of designer...oops, i forgot. some famous designer from Joburg. my bad.

Then there's a shot of Elton John when he was in ZA. I shot it for the South African Press Association.

Then you'll find copy that I did for Sashka Rappl from Flamebox Consulting in Switzerland. The website was designed by the rad guys from Soak.

Also you'll see some cocktail shot I did for GQ magazine of Africa Lounge at the State Theater. And then a shot of Fokofpolisiekar that I did years back but just wanted to share again.

Later.

Mix and Match

2011-06-14T09:57:00.006+02:00

The Mix and Match website has finally gone up.
Check them out here
And here are some shots I did from them. I sommer screengrabbed it off of their site.

Hotel Apollo

2011-04-27T20:21:00.003+02:00

Recent work for Hotel Apollo in Joburg. Check out their website on www.hotelapollo.co.za

2011-04-27T19:59:00.001+02:00

Shot for Flauta Concorda's website.

Louis Brittz

2011-03-17T07:49:00.003+02:00

Hey, Louis Brittz's new CD cover.
ZANG!

Have a look at his site on www.merchantmusic.co.za

Zuraida Jardine - Heat magazine

2011-03-07T13:10:00.002+02:00

Here's some work I did of Zuraida Jardine for Heat magazine. She's pregnat so we did a whole bay type theme thingy.

Check heat out On www.heat.co.za and Zuraida's site on www.zuraida.com

Later.

Night shot

2011-03-04T16:27:00.002+02:00

Dreamgirls at Teatro Montecasino

2011-02-14T07:37:00.002+02:00

Hi, I shot this of the cast and crew of the Dreamgirls production that will start showing soon at Teatro at Montecasino. A previous Broadway production it is sure to be a hit.
Both cast and crew were super chill while we shot on a tight schedule.
Leading lady Lindiwe Bungane and leading man Aubrey Poo seemed to jump right into character the moment the lights started flashing.
It was all for Equinox magazine, a publication by HSM. Check them out on www.hsm.co.za
The shots with the text on are layouts from the magazine and the shots without text are unpublished shots that I wanted to share.

Fourie du Preez - SA Rugby magazine

2011-02-13T14:28:00.004+02:00

I shot the cover, and a spread, for SA Rugby Magazine of Fourie du Preez last month.
The mag is published by HSM, check out their site on www.hsm.co.za
The shots are a bit pixelated because I got seriously low res images back from them. But you get the drift.

More Circus

2011-01-22T07:29:00.002+02:00

We'll get by with a little help from our friends

2011-01-13T12:11:00.004+02:00

Here are some shots that I took for a project at the Danville Kamers (Danville Rooms) in Pretoria. My girlfriend Lelanie works at the rooms as a welfare worker/social worker and asked me to document their afterschool center (afterschool center, does such a word exist?).
Kids living in the rooms, with their often unemployed parents, come to the center to get a cooked meal and get help with their homework. There is also group therapy, ears that are willing to listen to their problems and people who treat them with respect. The project also has yearly camps, bay therapy, ans psychologists on board.
The project is run by a NGO called Eleos. Check them out on www.eleos.co.za

Go team!

That Pencil

2011-01-11T08:32:00.002+02:00

Here's a little project my friend and illustrator Petrus Gerhardus van Wyk from http://thispencil.blogspot.com and I worked on together. Be sure to check out his work. It both rocks and rolls.

The Property

2010-12-07T09:56:00.005+02:00

Two shots I did for the Property magazine.

Check them out on www.thepropertymag.co.za

Some food

2010-12-07T09:48:00.003+02:00

Here's some recent food work I recently did.

The awesome steak and red peppers was for Arik Air airways new brochure. That's their in-flight munchies which is really amazing. It was shot through The Fire House who are one of my favourite clients. Check them out on www.thefirehouse.co.za

The biltong shots is for this dude I know who is opening biltong kiosks in Pretoria and Joburg. I will post the name of the shop as soon as he lets me know what it is.

Nina

2010-11-10T10:08:00.002+02:00

Mix and Match

2010-11-02T09:40:00.004+02:00

A shoot for Mix and Match fashion. The fashion is from the labels Crowned and Nooi.

Circus fashion

2010-10-25T07:48:00.006+02:00

Did a fashion shoot for my friend Sheila-Madge of her clothing range at the Brian Boswell Circus.
Here are a couple of shots.

Bittereinder

2010-10-22T10:57:00.008+02:00

Hey, I just did a shoot for my friends from Bittereinder. Their work is really cool and I am amped to be part of the creative team that makes things happen for them.

Go check out their website on http://www.bittereinder.com/
and their facebook page on www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Bittereinder/109941795705389

Here's a couple of shots.

WOORD!

Zoo

2010-09-21T13:03:00.003+02:00

I recently went on a zoo outing with students that I give intermediate photography classes for at Vega in Pretoria.
I also took a couple of shots and these are the results.

The fire house

2010-09-08T17:23:00.003+02:00

Did this job for design company The Fire House a while back. It is portraits for a yearly by The Business Place. Was a lekker shoot. The guys from The Fire House are great to work with.
Check them out on www.thefirehouse.co.za

My first book cover - hitting shops in October 2010

2010-09-08T17:21:00.001+02:00

GQ and Jacquie Chemaly

2010-09-08T17:19:00.003+02:00

Did a pitch for GQ with journo/editor extraordinaire Jacquie Chemaly the other day for a editorial by this bloke. I can't remember his name but he gave me a bottle of tequila, so blame it on that!

Sparkly stuff

2010-09-08T17:18:00.001+02:00

Shot some sparkly stuff for Crystally Yours the other day.

Something for The Property Magazine

2010-09-08T17:16:00.001+02:00

When My Week was still going - Joan Madibeng

2010-09-08T17:12:00.002+02:00

I came across this shot that I did for My Week a long while back.
Joan Madibeng is a former Miss SA and is the brand manager for Mamelodi Sundowns.
Another shot ended up on the cover of My Week but this one was my favorite.

On my travels

2010-09-08T17:11:00.000+02:00

Missy

2010-09-03T17:11:00.001+02:00

SNAP II

2010-07-14T14:56:00.007+02:00

So this week a bunch of photographers and I had an exhibition at Platform on 18th gallery in Rietondale. It was a follow up to SNAP, so we called it SNAP II. Here's the shots that I exhibited. It's running till the 24th of July 2010.
The first shot is the flyer and then the rest of the work is mine.

Brandwag Hotel - Golden Gate Park

2010-04-19T20:38:00.004+02:00

Last Friday i delivered 25 prints to Brandwag Hotel in Golden Gate park.
I shot art for the walls of their Dining room and a lot of the bedrooms. I think some of the work is also goijng to hand in their conference rooms or places like that.

Here's a couple of examples.

Muggers

2010-02-19T09:00:00.005+02:00

Louis Minnaar and I held our Muggers exhibition opening last night. A Skyline on Fire also had a gig at the event. Here are some of the shots. I will post the rest of the shots when i have time.

Cheers.

Fulka

2010-01-27T14:02:00.003+02:00

hey, here's some shots that i did for Fulka. I think Fulka means folk, as in folk music, in polish.
My friend Ola is polish and her folk music is awesome. Yes, awesome! there's no way to describe it.
I'll find out from her where you can download some tunes and then you can listen to her sweet sounds yourself.

later.

Rubriek

2010-01-27T10:16:00.002+02:00

Hey all,
i started writing a monthly column for OFM this week. Check it out on www.ofm.co.za click on News, then Yellow Door and then you'll see Gerhard Uys and a photo of me. The first column is about my experiences on airports.

aletr. i mean, Later!

De Kat - recycling life

2009-09-15T13:36:00.005+02:00

Here's shots that have just been published in the Sept/Oct edition of De Kat magazine. I both wrote the article and shot pics of the lives of people who recycle for a living.
Most of the work was done at Valhalla rubbish dump in Pretoria. The last shoot was at Allied recycling in Pretoria, which is a recycling depot.
Get your hands on the article and have a read. It is amazing how people with a lot of will power can make a living out something so basic.

My Photos. Louis Minnaars' design. That's it. - For The Open Window prospectus

2009-08-07T15:38:00.004+02:00

Exhibition at Platform on 18th

2009-07-24T12:18:00.004+02:00

Okay, the exhibition came and went. i sold a lot of work. here's some shots you may enjoy.

a lot of stuff that you may have seen.

2009-06-26T10:22:00.008+02:00

Some recent work that you may have seen. Here interiors that i shot at Alpine Attitude in Pta for diffrent publications. Then some covers for My Week magazine and a shot of Morne Steyn (springbok) that was also used on My Week's cover. The guy with the flowers is Brian Leib. Shot for The Property magazine. Okay, so I'm lazy today and i just chucked a bunch of stuff together. I need a holiday!

GQ 2

2009-04-07T17:44:00.002+02:00

okay, so i have unlazied myself. here's the proper shot of jeroen bleekemolen that i did for GQ.

GQ magazine

2009-03-28T08:01:00.004+02:00

like always i haven't posted for a long while. i just had to share this. here is an article and photos of Dutch A1 driver Jeroen Bleekemolen that i did. it is my first article and photos in GQ and i am quite psyched about it. yes i am cheap and took a pic of it on my bedroom carpet! yes, i am too lazy to load the rest of the shots!
o ja, lotsa thanks to Amelia Burger who is editor there and thought of me for the shoot!

something commercial

2009-02-09T17:52:00.004+02:00

Hey, i thought i'd load some of my commercial work for you guys to see. (im actually a bit bored!)

Here you can see Springbok cricket player Albie Morkel for the cover of My Week magazine. Joleen and Kai getting into cigars and Cuban culture for another my Week cover. Comedian Kedibone playing on the slide and 5 of ZA's biggest property developers posing for Property magazine. and finally Egoli's Darryl Desmarais with his daughter.

It is 2009 and truthfully i'd like to get into writing a bit more. I miss Wegbreek and Mooiloop and the writing i did for them.
see ya.

my first hOlGa attEmPt

2009-01-28T12:28:00.003+02:00

so, i've felt a distinct lack of creativity in photography lately. so i borrowed my friend gerhard's Holga and shot a bit of film. the union buildings are just outside our flat, so obviously they feature.
then Debra, Marieke, Gus and I went to feed the ducks at LC sports grounds and here are the results.
hope you like!
(mmmm, debbie doesn't like to be photographed, so i hope the semi-silhouette is to her liking)

the rain over the union buildings

2008-11-28T08:42:00.001+02:00

Louis Minnaar

2008-10-09T07:50:00.003+02:00

I know this guy called Louis. He's kinda quiet. after a whole long time i find out he's actually THE Louis Minnaar whose art i've admired for a long while.
So i shot some work for him for a movie called "everything but the sky" that he is busy shooting. then i took the opportunity to do a few portraits of him.
he's the man in the black and white portrait - looking all serious.
and then i actually caught him laughing in one shot where he was standing on his bed.
the other shot of the very office-worker looking type is for the movie.
hope you likes.

fsHn, i mean it

2008-10-03T22:50:00.003+02:00

Hey, long time no post (lika always). thought i'd update with some fashion portraits i recently shot.
da lady with the 7up in her hand is Julien Snyders and shot against the white backdrop is Elena Pappas.
later.

All is peaChy!!

2008-09-02T15:28:00.002+02:00

Hey, finally Peach posted the shots i took of him on his Facebook page, so now it's time for me to post. Yesterdays Pupil is launching the album soon, and these shots are for that.

Pretoria East Hospital

2008-08-11T20:21:00.002+02:00

I was ill. i need sleep. i am alive again. thank you God for sending Dr. Lewis and Dr. van der Merwe. and for answering prayers. and Anna the nurse who loved me even though i was scared.

US of A documentary

2008-07-24T11:25:00.006+02:00

So, a year has gone by since my visit to the states and in the light of all the traveling i've been doing for Mooiloop, i decided to post shots from the first article i did for them. This was on a visit to my brother in the USA. the rodeo shots were taken at the annual Mission Viejo Rodeo in California and the landscape was shot in Yosemite national park.
be on the lookout for something bigger to come from all my traveling work. (all this work is copyrighted so paws of)

On the street

2008-07-22T07:21:00.002+02:00

Some of you have heard about the project that i have been shooting with homeless guy Johan Theart. Well the project with him has turned into so much more than expected. Firstly Johan, who has been on the street for 8 years, is not homeless any more. A church called Westview Methodist Church decided to take him under their wing and gave him a place to stay. He is also working for them and sorting out his life at the same time. It is insane how much someone can change if given the opportunity. Well the project turned into something that started encompassing the whole neighborhood and with up to 200 homeless people sleeping in Wierdapark every night, i have started taking pics of other people as well. Here are two pics. One of Johan and another shot. As Johan changes i will keep shooting with him an hope to bring you a whole series some day in the future.

A liitle bit more east of Cape

2008-07-22T07:14:00.002+02:00

Mooiloop is on the shelves and here is some of the work i did for the article in Dordrecht. I'm focusing more on portraits these days when i shoot for them. I'm thinking a lot about what makes a good portrait and till some burst of creativity hits me (which may well never happen) I will shoot straight-forward portraits like this. As always the work is corprighted to Mooiloop. The man at the taxi is Joe Motele and the old man in the overall is Wellington Damane. Damane is the overseer at the cemetery in Jamestown and when i was speaking to him i called him 'Oom' all the time. i don't know why.

The smallest seed

2008-06-24T18:59:00.006+02:00

Here are some musician portraits that recently appeared in issue 11 of One Small Seed. Knowing that my shots were gona appear in One Small Seed was freakin nerve-wracking, but working with the musicians was rad. One Small Seed used 5 shots. I posted some more and different versions, but you get the jist. Journo Amelia Burger made me sound like the pope. I haven't met her (we talked over the phone and through emails) but for the month of July she is my favourite person. Photos are of Jacob Israel (with helmit), Alexaeva (against white wall), Jaco Mans from Tidal Waves (smoking da cigarette), Jon Savage from Cassette (holding the water gun and officialy a mad man), Ajax (with the trophee in the park) and Mel from Tailor (in da field).
Thanks 2 all.

East of Cape

2008-05-26T16:58:00.005+02:00

i recently went to the Eastern Cape on a job for Mooiloop magazine (they used to be called Wegbreek) and decided to shoot some private work as well. Here are some of the shots i got. I will upload the work i did for them as soon as the magazine hits the shelves.

Surfs Up

2008-03-23T13:33:00.003+02:00

The next issue of Wegbreek magazine has hit the shelves and here are some shots of a story i did with journalist Carie Maas. we were taught how to surf by Hugh Thompson, ex-circuit surfer, and owner of African Surf Rider magazine(seen on the tip of his longboard in one of the shots). he and Shaun Hague had their hands full with me and Carie trying to learn the skills. like all work i do for Wegbreek it was a lot of fun and the people we met like, Shaun, Hugh and Kim of Vulamanzi made me love the job even more. (all images copyrighted to Wegbreek magazine)

My Coke Fest 2008

2008-03-23T13:24:00.009+02:00

Coke Fest 2008 at the New Market Race Course in JHB, was a crazy, muddy affair with 46 000 people. i once again realised how removed one feels when you have a camera between you and the action. Muse, 30 seconds to Mars, Kaiser Chiefs, Korn, Chris Cornell and Good Charlotte played and it all felt like i wasn't even there. It was kinda crazy with people passing out from exhaustion all over the show cause they didn't want to give up their spots in the crowd. Thus, heat+dehydration+alcohol=good bye Kansas.
O yeah, Paris Hilton was also there. and Here's a shot of her filming her boyfriend.

Joe Cocker

2008-03-23T13:21:00.002+02:00

Here's a shot of Joe Cocker that i took for South African Press Association at the Big Top arena in Carnival City.

Cut, Snip, Fit - Taylor

2008-02-28T19:59:00.004+02:00

So it's been a hard days night and and i've been shooting like a dog (that's a but overdramatic but it's been busy). It's all been feeling like work, but this morning i shot with Mel, lead singer of Taylor, and all made sense again. She's a tokyo star, singer, word poet, a voice and a whole lot a laughter. Dankie Mel.

Not the city

2008-02-21T15:47:00.002+02:00

I've been doing a lot of traveling for Wegbreek magazine lately. It is really cool to work with them and every month i open their magazine i can see that their content just gets better. Here is some shots i took in the Drakensberge on a trip up Langalibalele Pass. Friend Gerhard and I dragged our lazy behinds up the mountain for a killer hike. We were completely alone in a 11km radius. It was so good. One factor however freaked us out a bit. The pass is where cattle thieves take their cattle to and from Lesotho, so we were sleeping right in these guys path. We didn't come across any cattle thieves but when we saw carcasses lying in the grass, from the cattle that couldn't make it across the mountains, then we were a bit apprehensive. These shots belong to Wegbreek, so like always, keep your grubby paws offa it.

Tuks Rag

2008-02-10T09:09:00.000+02:00

So Alet, Waldo and Michel Bega (he'll be shooting for the Citizen soon) and me shot Tuks Rag. It was like every year - drunk students and music. Two thing however were different. For one i started feeling my age this year. It was like i couldn't associate with students like i always do. Two, there was no mud. Must be global warming or something, 'cause the usual mud-party didn't go on.

International act OK GO played, but to me the ZA music was much better. One of our group of photographers commented that if they have to shoot Parlortones again they'll vomit, i felt much the same. But then when Parlortones started we all kinda started shooting and loved their music. What is it that makes us always like them?

Fokofpolisiekar were the main act and i think that there were 10 000+ people that watched them. I couldn't get any nice shots of them, partly because i was shooting pics of security trying to stop the barriers from breaking. You could hear the screws pop every now and then. Security were really straining. And that was it, we photographers left before the end 'cause we wanted to miss all the drunken traffic. So that's it. Music and drunk students. Some things never change. (p.s. All these shots belong to Beeld, so hands off!)

Who are The Stenographers?

2007-12-05T08:12:00.000+02:00

Who are The Stenographers? No, really, who are they?

Dziękuję Ola

2007-12-04T19:58:00.001+02:00

So, Ola and i went out with two flashes and a car full of smiles and hit the local cafe about a kilometer from my house.
Ola is super easy to work with so my job was easy.
Most of the shots have two off-camera flashes directly to Ola's right and left. The background is underexposed by about two stops.
While we were shooting some guys came out of their house and just sat on the sidewalk 'observing' the shoot. How weird. Ola handled it super cool and the weirdness of it disappeared after a few bad Borat jokes from the both of us.
I think this might just be my personal favourite shoot so far this year.
One problem though. Look at the top picture (it's all warm) and then the rest (quite cold). i Struggle with editing. Do i warm up the pics, add saturation, cool it down or desaturate. I don't know. At the moment i like a cold look where the skintones are slightly desaturated.
Anyways, that's me for now.
I hope i can do another fun shoot like this soon.
Do widzenia

The Little Bird

2007-12-04T19:53:00.000+02:00

So, this is not the kind of thing i ever do. Photographing dead birds and stuff like that. I actually find it pointless. But i was jogging along the other day and saw this little dude just lying there. He (or is it she) looked like it was asleep.

So here it is:
Ode to a dead bird
you are lying there
wishing slumber upon yourself
because slumber brings waking

My 5cents!

'Two Small Seed'

2007-11-23T08:28:00.000+02:00

Thanx to Monique for pointing out that the other band was the New Academics. They are crazy. The photo of the tattooed arm is that of one of the New Academics guys. His arm. That belongs to him. On the photo below. If you scroll down. To see it. The photo of his arm. That has a tattoo on it. Below. OK that's it!

One Small Seed

2007-11-20T15:22:00.001+02:00

Well, here's the One Small Seed party shots i spoke about. It was at Carfax in JHb. Max Normal TV and aaaahhh, i can't remember the other bands name, performed.
Now that sucks, why can;t i remember their name. i even a tune from them in my head, na na nata da da... Well with my next update i'll let you know. The party was good. Max normal was insane, his public commentary really gets me going and the fact that he has a positive attitude is cool. The designer crowd was obviously looking all chic and stuff. One Small Seed is really a good thing for the media industry, it's a cool platform for everyone and i think one can learn a lot by just looking at the magazine. Anyways, that's it. the party was good, the music cool and even though the lighting was scary-dark i think i did ok.

Music in the making

2007-11-18T22:43:00.000+02:00

i was just thinking, i've been doing music photography for so long but haven't posted any work yet. Here are some shots, they're old but this is what i've been doing for the past three years (thanks Alet!).
I shot some cool stuff at The One Small Seed party, hopefully i can post some of it soon.

Ola Ola

2007-11-18T22:07:00.000+02:00

So, here's a new font cause i'm bored. Well Saturday morning at 11 i'm lying on my bed snoozing cause i shot the Joburg One Small Seed party till after 2 in the morning and i'm tired, and the phone rings. "Hello!"
A girls' voice says, "Dude, i'm here".
And i'm like "huh, whose this".
And it turns out to be Ola Kobak. She asked me to take photos of her, similar to the one's i took of Malgosia, but i'd completely forgotten she was coming over. So uhh, throw on some jeans, T-shirt (forgot to brush them thar teeth) and set up the flash. O yeah, i'd also forgotten some of my gear at Carfax where the One Small Seed party was, so i end up with just one flash. But it works out fine. I've known Ola for a couple of years, but never really spoke to her. You know, just the whole "how are you?" at parties kinda thing. But she ends up sitting with me while i'm editing the shots and we talk about everything. So it was a cool day. Thanks Ola!!

Some off-camera flash

2007-11-14T15:42:00.000+02:00

So, I haven't updated the blog for quite a while, but here are some portraits I took this month. Hopefully I'll be editing the blog again soon. The images were all taken with of camera flash a la strobist style.

My Week job application

2007-10-06T19:29:00.000+02:00

This is my My Week job application blog. I thought a CD with a bunch of photographs is a bit impersonal, so I decided on this. I should introduce myself properly. My name is Gerhard Uys. I am currently a freelance journalist and photographer. I have been freelancing for Beeld newspaper for the past three years. I also do work for SAPA (South African Press Association) and am traveling on my first two stories for Wegbreek magazine this week.

Shooting for My Week has brought out the best in my photography and this is precisely why I want to work for you.

In this blog you will find four posts. The first is my portrait work. I love this work the most because capturing someones character is what makes photography worthwhile every day of the week.

Next there is a few food and product style shots. This is challenging and like I say in the post, "I can't wait to experiment more with this kind of work".

Thirdly there are interior shots. It is all location work. I look forward to doing some studio interiors for My Week.

Lastly there is my Curriculum Vitae. It is less than three A4 pages long, so it's easy to read through.

I hope to become My Week's photographer in Cape Town soon. I am a hard worker and always willing to learn. I am easy to work with.

The blog is easy to scroll through. I hope you like what you see.

I look forward to hearing from you.

PORTRAITS (all work copyrighted)

2007-10-06T17:02:00.000+02:00

So, portraits. I really love taking photos when the human element is present. I always looked at other photographers work and thought, "I wish I could do that". Then along comes My Week and suddenly the opportunity is there and I'm thinking, "I can do this". So, a lot of these shots were taken within the last week, cause I wanted to give you new and fresh work.

What you see is the beginning of my new approach to portraits.

I hope you like! (And, who are these people? Uschi Dahlman, lawyer and part owner of the art gallery
Platform on 18th, is holding the light. If you are ever in

Pretoria, go visit the gallery and meet her. She'll have you laughing in no time. Inge Beckmann from the group Lark is the one looking into the media tent at Oppikoppi music festival. This isn't really a commercial photograph, but I love the shot. Photographers can't keep their lenses of her. Then there's Taso Kripharis, owner of the Coffee shop Co.fi. Yes, this is a shot that I did for My Week. The fireman's name I can't divulge unfortunately. But I like how brave he looks. Mel is the girl wearing pink. She is the lead singer of the band Tailor.

I've never worked with someone as photogenic before. Next is Blue Bulls rugby player Francois van Schouwenburg looking into the Pretoria skies.

I shot some pics of him for a Perfect Weekend and then called him up afterwards and asked him if he'll pose for
portfolio shots.
Elena is the

model showing off the blue dress made by St. Lorient.
The man with the mountain bike is Loerie winner and owner of design company Soak Productions, Gerhard Human.

(And yes, he'll rather be mountain biking.)

So, now you know their names. I hope the photographs say something of their character.

Food and Products

2007-10-06T15:54:00.000+02:00

Food and products. Great. With subjects such as this one can get surprisingly creative. I love the current trend of shallow focus within food and product photography.
I love shallow focus, period.

Here is some of the work I did for My Week. Also some work I shot for NB Uitgewers of presidential chef Hilton Little. Odd how something as mundane as a bowl or jar can seem enticing if the photograph works. Food and products always have to look fresh and therefore it works to use lot of light. Working with Mike Robinson in Cape Town a number of years ago showed me that photographing food is an art form. Hopefully I can experiment some more with this in the near future. On top of all this I am a food addict, so my intentions aren't all good. Shoot the food. Eat the food, that's more like it.

Interiors

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I consider interiors the most challenging of a lot of types of photography. There is usually no human element and the straightforward nature of it is sometimes difficult. Here you'll see the inside of a few houses, restaurants like Pappa's and the interior of the Innovation Hub. I've done only location interior work and look forward to doing some studio work of this kind.

Curriculum vitae

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Gerhard Uys
083 348 6580
gerhard@gumedia.co.za
www.gumedia.co.za
http://gerharduysmedia.blogspot.com/

P E R S O N A L

Birth Date: 13 June 1979
ID Number: 790613 5018 084
Drivers License: Code 08

E D U C A T I O N

Primary:
1986 – 1987
Laerskool Swartkop, Pretoria, South Africa
1988 – 1991
Asuncion Christian Academy, Paraguay, South America
1992
Laerskool Swartkops, Pretoria, South Africa

Secondary:
1993 – 1997
Hoërskool Eldoraigne, Pretoria, South Africa
1997
Matriculated, Hoërskool Eldoraigne

Tertiary:
1998 – 2000
Technicon Pretoria, Photography
*National Diploma in Photography (N Dip Photography) 2000
2003 (June-December)
Unisa
Introduction to Chinese culture
Early Asian Civilisations (passed both with distinction)
2004 – 2006
University of Pretoria, Journalism
* BA Languages Journalism (BA Lang. Journ.)

W O R K I N G E X P E R I E N C E
Photographic Experience

· Freelance photographic work for:
o Beeld, Weg travel magazine, SAPA (South African Press Association), My Week, DZM space interior design company, The Embassy of Mexico, The French Embassy, Arrive Alive, www.kungfumagazine.com, Frontnuus, Minit Print, www.militia.co.za, www.rockingsa.co.za, Kampus-Beeld, Tshwane-Beeld, Rapport, Maksiman magazine, AlookAway magazine, www.squarewave.co.za, www.soak.co.za, Lark, The Andersons, Klopjag, Duck&Cover, Tidal Waves
o Wedding photography

Journalistic Experience
· Freelance journalism for:
o Beeld Newspaper, My Week, Eat Out Magazine, WEG travel magazine, SA-Music Website, Tshwane-Beeld Newspaper, Kampus-Beeld Student newspaper, Maksiman magazine, www.squarewave.co.za , www.livegigs.co.za, www.nefco.co.za

Copy-editing, proofreading Experience
• Fulltime freelance proofreader for South African Computer Magazine (June – Oct 07 issues)
• Freelance proofreading, copy-editing, Copy-writing and translating for Brand Builders Design (since 2005)

2002
Minitprint Printing House

2002 – 2003
Pixel Foundry Photographic Studio, Cape Town
- Digital Assisting and 1st Assisting on photographic shoots for ad campaigns by agencies such as Jupiter Drawing Room, Ogilvie & Mather and Berrybush
- With photographers Malcolm Dare (Jewelry), Mike Robinson (Food), Des Kleinebst (Cars), Jacques Weyers, Gerda Genis (Fashion).

2006
- Monitoring South Africa, Media analyst

2007
- Currently: Working on freelance contract for Beeld newspaper and Wegbreek magazine as photographer and journalist.
- Working as freelance photographer for SAPA (South African Press Association).
- Working as freelance journalist, copy-editor and photographer under Gerhard Uys Media.
- Working as freelance photographer for My Week magazine.

R E F E R E N C E S

• Stefanus Truter
Brand Builders Design
Tel: 012 346 3451
www.brandbuilders.co.za

· Lauren das Neves
South African Computer Magazine
lauren.dasneves@tidemedia.co.za
Tel: 083 725 8072

· Alet Pretorius
Beeld Newspaper
Senior photographer
apretorius@beeld.com
Tel: 012 420 7800

· Annie Olivier
My Week magazine
Assistant Editor
annie.olivier@myweek.co.za
Tel: 021 406 3860

L A N G U A G E S
· Afrikaans (fluent, read and write)
· English (fluent, read and write)
· Spanish (speak)