Placécol - Copyright - Chris Wessels

Here is a new Placécol shot I did a week or so ago. I love all the possiblities that water holds...

la Passion...Avanti Caffe - Copyright

Don't we all just love coffee!

A little before and after - Copyright - Chris Wessels

Back after to long.....

This is a quick snap I took at an event during arrivals of one of the guests. The theme was military. below is the unedited original and also a shot I played around with in Photoshop...

A little before and after :-)

A Taste of things to come - Danish Embassy Trip across South Africa

This year has been quite hectic and I have'nt been here for a while, here is just a little big project that I have been busy with for a cosmetics company called Placécol based in Johannesburg. Here are a few of the shots. I'll be here again soon with some corporate projects...

Jozi - my hometown - Copyright - Chris Wessels

Listening to the city from 49 stories up is something rather extra-ordinary. Music blasting from an African market down below as people as tiny as ants scurry between stalls either buying veggies for their evening meal or that new pair of shoes that was flown in directly from China or Taiwan. A minute later a prayer erupts from a loudspeaker somewhere from a mosque below. Taxi's hooting to attract passengers and the odd police or ambulance siren echos through the streets which is a common sound around here. Sitting up high on the shoulder of a steel and concrete giant, with the breeze whisking past my ears thinking...It's days like these I love this town...It's times like these we are reminded....

Tansey Coetzee - Miss S.A. 2007 - NSI (Nail Systems International) - Copyright - Chris Wessels -

Jolandie and myself did this shoot for NSI during the first half of last year. This was the first time we met Tansey, what a sparkling personality. As I mentioned in a previous post, she's a real pleasure to work with and is very accommodating. No issues what so ever! There are more shots from this shoot that I will post soon that shows more the generic shots of hands etc. of this campaign. Once again, this was a lot of hard work and planning and the day was allot of fun and always seems to go by to quickly.
I shot these using a Canon 5D in Raw.

Make-up by Marie-Louise Bleksley

Cedar Square - Copyrighted - Chris Wessels

I took these photographs for the Mall today after many attempts and numerous visits waiting a few months for the weather to clear, it looked like rain and was leaning toward heavy weather this afternoon, but at last, never let the weather fool you and rather be safe than sorry!

These are a few of my favourites from this assignment...

Jenna Clifford - Copyrighted - Chris Wessels

These are two shots I did towards the end of last year, Jenna had a promotion collaboration with Appletizer and these are a few of the images shot of the new range of jewelery, I think they are awesome pieces, especially the one with green stones.

Copyright - CWphotography - Durban South coast - Voetplaatstrand

These are photos from our beach holiday in Durban's South Coast. I couldn't decide on portrait or landscape at the time and still feel I like them both. This was one of the only afternoons that the sun actually decided to stick it's bright yellowish orange neck through the cloud formations which plagued the southern tip of Africa for the remainder of January. It was still a nice break though.

This is the view down the coast line towards Port Shepstone in the distance.

Land Rover Sub-Saharan Africa Images - Copyright - Land Rover

Its been a while since I posted, December and January came and went. It's hard to believe we are already in Feb. Crazy, this year CWphotography has hit the ground running, so until things simmer down for Jolandie and myself and only then if and when it happens, will I be able to spend some more time in here.
This is the Land Rover shoot that I was and am very excited about, this was allot of preparation blood sweat and tears. These are a bunch of the final images that I retouched for final production. Hopefully they will be at their stores and in their brochures soon, it's always nice to see an image on screen, but it's another thing all together seeing it in print. 'Real life just tastes better!'

I'll be up here soon with some images from the end of last year and some new projects for this year.

In the meantime, late nights and loads of coffee.....

It's been a while...

It's been the silly season, happy happy and all of that. Been editing up a storm except for Christmas and New Years eve and obviously the 1st....

This is a recent photo I took while photographing for a Lodge in the Limpopo Provence.

(will post some images after they have been published)

There is something eerie about this shot that I like, not the usual image I would come up with, but different is nice sometimes.

Will be here with quite a few things real soon

Copyright - ADS/Gypsy - Shoot in Dullstroom

We did a recent trip to dullstroom on a shoot for Gypsy caravans. Being limited with time and different weather to what we had hoped for, a lot of rain, winter cold winds one minute and really warm take your coat off kind of weather the next. We had lots of fun and ate really good.

The shoot took place in Elandskloof, if you are into fly fishing or just relaxing with a good book while others fish , I would recommend staying over and also eating at the restaurant with Chef Celeste.

Here are a few shots of the shoot and then two other random photos of a beautiful late sunset, almost to late, but one of the only times the sun broke through and then the passing sheep 'follow the heard'. Then I could also not post this without mentioning 'Vossie' (named by my little girl, Jaycee), This ostrich is most probably the friendliest bird I have ever encountered. Very lovable and always curious.

Thanks to the guys from Ads and Jergens/Gypsy. Tim, Geoff, Francois and Nico.

Copyright - Jenna Clifford -

It took me a day to work this image together and I finaly have it done and am now sharing it in here. Jewelery is always challenging and I've been doing it for 3 years now. It's kind of fullfilling when you sit back and look at the final product on screen. I love Photoshop!

Copyright - CWphotography - View over the lake at Milly's

I took this photo on the way back home from a weekend away with the family in 2006.

I only recently stitched it together. This photo is made of three different images, a right, centre and left image was Photoshoped together to create this Panorama of Milly's view over the lake.

Milly's Mall is located about 10km from Waterfall - Boven and 240km from Pretoria.