image and what we are trying to say with it. Also, when we started working with models it opened up an entirely new world for us. We can now use the same location, but with different models the whole look and feel of each shoot will be different.
Best piece of advice you ever received about photography?
L:“Just let it go.” It was something one of our instructors said in a course.
Sometimes you need to forget about the rules around composition, lighting and all the other things, and just shoot what you feel.
Have your best shots come from planning or by accident?
B: We try to plan the location, props, makeup and those types of things down to the finest details. But when the time comes to do the actual shoot we tend to rely a lot on what the model wants to do.
We don’t like telling people, "stand there, sit like this or pull a face" the whole time. We like it when the model gets into the shoot and starts doing their own thing. So I suppose you could it say it’s a bit of planning, a bit of accident and sometimes just pure luck!
Most challenging shoot you’ve ever done?
L: Definitely the World Goth Day party at Zeplins Rock Shack in Centurion.
It was very dark in the club and we wanted to capture that feeling you get on the dance floor with the lights, the music and the way the people move. So we couldn’t exactly walk around popping off our flashes in people’s faces.
We spent most of our time sitting next to the dance floor trying to time our shots to coincide with the strobes and other lights on the dance floor.
Between the two of us, we came back with about 3 000 shots, out of which about 300 were usable afterwards!
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