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Now you see me, now you don’t...
When he goes for a walk, Devon Bruiners of Kuils River
not only keeps his eyes open for the bigger subjects
including trees and rivers and the mountains. He sees the
small details, like this camouflaged lizard on the ground.“I went for a walk with a friend in the Jonkershoek reserve
outside Stellenbosch. Right at the end, I saw a sudden
movement at my feet. I stopped and slowly moved one foot...
and at that moment I saw a lizard running. Shortly afterward,
he stood still on a rock where I could shoot him.”You have to look closely to see the little guy in the photo -
he blends so well with the rock that he just about becomes
an extension of it.
The brown background and the green bits on the back
right distract your attention, and don’t really contribute to
the photo. But as you crop the picture closer to the lizard, it
looks as if you’re looking at a small dinosaur perched on a
rock, and it feels as if its small eye is looking right through
you. That’s something that gets lost in the bigger image.Window mates
The cold does not affect Hein le Hanie of Centurion,
especially when he steals a picture of his two sons
early in the morning.“We went to Clarens during the winter holiday, and it
was so cold that morning that the window of the room
was steamed over. I got up to make coffee and when
I turned around, I saw my two sons, Joah and Logan,
doodling on the glass. My phone was next to the bed and
I could capture the moment quickly. I changed the photo
afterward to monochrome.”Photos are invaluable on these occasions, because you
capture a spontaneous moment between two people,
and you will revisit that image.
The focal point is the two figures, but Logan’s hand links
the two together. The two also look away from you. It’s
when you get closer that you see the real focus of the
photo: Joah is drawing on the glass behind his head.
The contrast between black and white naturally
creates more atmosphere, but you can also get rid of
the rest of the detail in the dark bits so the photo will
have even more impact. The bright sections can also
be slightly softened. That way it highlights more detail,
specifically the fingermarksonthewindowpane
between the two boys.