ABOUT ME THE PERSONA BEHIND                                  THE LENS

ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF 

MY NAME IS MIKE AND I HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS. BUT LETS START AT THE BEGINING OF MY PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY

I DID ART AT SCHOOL BUT MESSING ABOUT WITH PAINT PENCILS AND CHARCOL DID NOT REALLY APPEAL TO ME I PESTED MY PARENTS FOR A NEW FANGLED THING CALLED A CAMERA I GOT MY FIRST CAMERA AND I HAD DISCOVERED A NEW WAY FOR MY CREATIVE OUTLOOK .I REMEBER MY FATHER JOKING SAYING "HELP I HAVE CREATED A MONSTER" EVEN WHEN I WAS DOING MY NATIONAL SERVICE I HAD THE CAMERA WITH ME  I MADE EXTRA MONEY , I KNEW THEN PHOTOGRAPHY WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO   .WHEN MY MILITARY SERVICE ENDED I NEEDE A NEW CHALLANGE FOR MY PASSION, 

MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER REALLY STARTED WHEN I WORKED FOR FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST NEWS PAPER GROUPS IN SOUTH AFRICA AS A PHOTOJOURNALIST AND LATER AS A FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS. HAVING MANY ACCOLADES FOR MY IMAGES  COUNTLESS FRONT PAGE BYLINES FOR MY PICTURES,SOUTH AFRICAN PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER ACHIVEMENT AWARDS OF THE YEAR 3 TIMES TO NAME A FEW.I AM NOW THE PROUD OWNER OF A LEVEL2 QUALIFACATION IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND FURTHER STUDY IS FORTH COMMING .

PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ESSENCE OF  CAPTURING A IMAGE THAT SPEAKS FOR ITS SELF CAUGHT IN TIME , BEFORE IT IS GONE FOREVER .

I WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND  GET TO KNOW YOU OVER A COFFEE AND START CREATING MAGICAL IMAGES TOGETHER