Haiku Photography
Haiku photography in Studio on 98 in Napier, Western Cape, South Africa . HAIKU DANCE Slow song sweetly sungshe sways gently. wishing forhis tender embrace
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Lockdown South Africa; the first 25 days
For 35 days we document the lockdown in our village (Napier, Western Cape, South Africa). All landscape pictures were made in advance. The other photographs within the boundaries of our property. All photo’s in Black & White. 1 Photo daily.
Read More Lockdown South Africa; the first 25 daysAntique Anvil
A new addition to Yvonne’s workshop is an antique anvil. It’s a miniature one for fine jewellery making. Yvonne works preferable with ancient tools for these give her the feeling of real jewellery craft. “And my customers experience it as such. It’s different from the laser cut and casted mass produced items that are for […]
Read More Antique AnvilThe inspirational location
We are located in Napier, Western Cape, South Africa along the main road between Cape Town (90 minutes if no traffic jam) and Cape Agulhas (40 minutes with rural traffic jam). Tourists tend to rush pass our village on their way to their mainstream destination. But more and more explorers amongst those travellers are discovering […]
Read More The inspirational locationDetour
3 Famous #Dutch #actors made a detour between Oudshoorn and Cape Town. Just to visit our #gallery and buying Yvonne’s studs. #jewellery #art
Read More DetourLocally sourced photo model
Yesterday first test shoot with locally sourced model Zeta. It went well and we had a lot of fun. Zeta shows merely the retro (#steampunk) range handmade of recycled plumbing material added with a few items of the #downtoearth #signature line. BTW 1; most of the pictures are still not fully processed. BTW 2; We always source photo […]
Read More Locally sourced photo modelBook sales
Thanks to those who ordered one (or two). Distribution from tomorrow onwards. 28 Pictures of Napier and surrounds. Only 2 books left. Book in hardcover and in box. R 800.00 each. Published in a limited edition of 51 including one for ourselves. 28 Pictures. Numbered and signed. P.S. Within a few hours after sharing this […]
Read More Book salesColor temperature
Sunrise in the West. (Friday morning 8 September 2017 around 6:45 local time at Sandfontein near Napier, South Africa). Almost unreal but that is the influence of the color temperature of the sky at that specific moment. Hardly needed processing. ISO 100 A11 S 1/60 Sony A77 Zeiss 300mm. Only one print (on order) available. […]
Read More Color temperatureThe story behind ‘The fish went fly-about’
Dreamtime ‘The fish that went fly-about’ is inspired by the Australian aboriginal legend ‘The fish became the moon’. In the time known as ‘Dreamtime’ the world took shape, the ancestors retired into the earth, into the sky, into the clouds and into the creatures, and planted in the earth, as the ancestors call it, the […]
Read More The story behind ‘The fish went fly-about’Wave of the Whale (2 pictures)
It’s not a whale but the ‘Wave of the Whale’. Beautifully crafted in a unique piece of original South African designer jewellery made of treasures of the South African Earth (all ‘waves’ are different). For the complete collection of original artisan Designer Jewellery of Yvonne de Wit visit (on appointment) Private Gallery 98 Sarel Cilliers […]
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