lawrence boatwright photography

This past week was busy. This weekend has been a ball and very busy! Life is good.

It’s late and I’m tired so I’m going to stick with something that will tell its own story – Rodeo, Rayton style. Yesterday we – Eugene, Julia, Margarethie and I – went to the rodeo in Rayton, near Cullinan.  What it absolutely is not is the big stadium, glitzy Texas version of Rodeo. It was the first time it was held at that farm, next to the main road to Cullinan, where a patch of land was plowed up and some fences erected. A grandstand was put up to house the crowds and we had a rodeo.  It was absolutely stunning!.

(more…)

Weddings run in this family! It seems like just the other day that Francois’ brother, Deville, got married and we had such a blast doing their wedding pics at the Irene Village Mall. Now it’s little brother’s turn and we did the pre-shoot at the Botanical Gardens recently.

(more…)

We had Helga, Erich and Monique in the studio for a family shoot. This was a return visit for them—previously we’d done a family shoot at the Botanical Gardens. It was good to do a studio shoot this time for variety. We mostly used the white backdrop but moved to a darker look at the end.

(more…)

We had such fun in the studio with brothers Daniel and Cameron recently. Generally all was peaceful and loads of laughs but every now and then the sibling rivalry would come out!

I’m the winner!

(more…)

(more…)

That’s a pretty grand title for a blog. It’s also a pretty momentous occasion when an individual can be part of the demise of a species from the planet. I was there today.

(more…)

We went to Sandton a week or so ago to do some architectural photography. The ‘we’ is Eugene and I, with Julia carrying kit for me. Thank you Julia! Here are some of my images. You can see Eugene’s here.

(more…)

I would usually say that schlepping all the way out to the dam at dawn and only coming back with a single picture is a waste of time. But I think the picture was worth it this time.

This pic was the result of using very long exposure times (30s) to blur the water completely. I love the texture of the wood in relation to the smooth milkiness of the water.

There are a couple of other pics that warrant showing…

(more…)

We visited Church Square last weekend to photograph the beautiful buildings. One of my goals was to try some serious HDR photography—a skill that I have read about and studied but never done any serious work on.

We went to the old Raadsaal (parliament building) of the Transvaal Republic that ceased to be at the and of the Anglo Boer War in 1902. The building, although in daily use by the City Council, is in absolutely perfect condition.

The old Raadsaal.

(more…)

This is Khensani – part time model, designer and fashion retailer. She popped into the studio for what I thought was to be a headshot shoot for her web site. I should have been warned by the big suitcase of clothes that accompanied her!

End result? A pile of pics for a beautiful lady. More after the jump…

(more…)