commercial photography

My colleages Frank Jomo and Nathan doing an interview at JTI

Im in Lilongwe doing corporate photos for JTI, mostly portraits. Going smoothly, and thanks to their clear photo guidelines I can do them in the right style, and their guidelines leave room for creativity. Actually creativity is required in many cases. Nice type of job!

BOOKS!

I went to the second hand bookstore today. New books are expensive here in Malawi and the choice is limited. With used books you have to be lucky to find something. Today was great!

Eyewitness, 150 years of photojournalism, that is a great book that will keep me busy many hours. Then there is the catalogue to the great photo exhibition: “the family of man”. I already had it, but such a unique book, I cannot leave it in the store, so now I have two.
ON top of that, I found two books of the Time/Life library of photography. Very influential in the 1970s when photography started to get a mass following. These are about “the Studio” and “Colour”. Very dated info and photos, but great documents, and I am sure I will learn a thing or two from them.

And then I got some great art books, about Titiaan, Hieronymus Bosch, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, my hometown, and a few more great books. 

makeup photos

Yesterday I did makeup photos for model and makeup artist Vivianna Makuwira. It was fun. On the photo Susan Makuwira (Vianna's sister) is the model. Check this out: https://www.facebook.com/StyleCastleMalawi?fref=photo

elected

Last Wednesday I was elected to vice secretary of the Photographers' Association of Malawi (Photama) I did not even have time to travel to Mzuzu for the elections, but the little write up I had presented there must have done it. Thank you Photama members for the confidence in me. On Monday we will have a meeting with the new executive to decide how to proceed.

Lucky Mkandawire (left) is being congratulated with his reelection as President of Photama by the new vice President Amos Kwadzanji.

Last week

I'm busy editing last weeks wedding. In this photo I am getting ready to make the photos.

Back from Mzuzu

on the road from Mzuzu

Yesterday I drove back from Mzuzu. It was a long but nice trip. And along the way I got a nice African view. I took all day anyway, so I was not in a hurry.
It was good to be back home with Joke.
Thursday we will have Photama (Photographers' Association of Malawi) elections. I will stand for secretary. We'll see what comes out.

Today we had fun. Among several others, we made the flying man to promote Kentam products. I had to make Kondwani jump about a hundred times to get it right!