Pieter Otto Photography

"Darkness is where the magic of moonlight lives" - Unknown

I had a blast doing this shoot with my friend. She is an artist and creative creating beautiful leather strap accessories by hand for all you alternatives out there. Check her out on Instagram

Outside Voices Pt 2

Happy smiles and beautiful people all around! Being able to meet such a diverse group of individuals all brought together by a love of spoken word and music was honestly a magical experience.

Outside Voices Part 1

I had so much fun at outside voices last Sunday! There were so many beautiful people and the energy created by the poets and artists on stage made time stand still for a little while.

Music is a universal language

I recently did a shoot with my beautiful friend/up and coming artist Kim Taylor. Her voice will sooth your soul so check her out.

Happy Woman's Day to all the beautiful women of the world!

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”

Model cred: Daniel Taverner

Frolicking in fields of madness

Afternoon Hike

Afterglow

The final post in my series of photographs from the album launch of Lungelo Moyo's album Thunder. It was lovely being able to reminice on that night as I was making these posts, recollecting the smiles and vibrant energy of the crowd as the music united us all.

Edited in Adobe Lightroom.

Rousing Red

The second to last in my series of photographs from the album launch of Lungelo Moyo's album Thunder.

Edited in Adobe Lightroom.

Starlight Dreams

The third in my series of photographs from the album launch of Lungelo Moyo's album Thunder at Railways Café.

Edited in Adobe Lightroom.

Yellow Submarine

The second in my series of photographs from the album launch of Lungelo Moyo's album Thunder at Railways Café.

Edited in Adobe Lightroom.

Turqoise Dreams

The first in a series of photographs from the album launch of Lungelo Moyo's album Thunder. There were so many interesting people and photos I decided to make a series of posts to get them all in.

Edited in Adobe Lightroom.

Railways Cafe was alive on Saturday night drumming to the sounds and songs of Lungelo Moyo's album release!

The energy was electrifying and I can't wait to see more from our local artists.

Pretoria Portrait Adventures Part 2

Had some fun with these shots meeting the cool people of Hatfield.

Pretoria Portrait Adventures Part 1

I've been in Pretoria for a couple of weeks now and it's been so interesting and encouraging for me, seeing how open people are to having their photo taken by a complete stranger. These are a few of my favorite shots so far.

My little brother has a tremendous passion for collecting and restoring old things such as this record player from 1929.

Which lightroom edit do you like best?

Saw this lovely lady on my street and just had to capture her look.

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This week I had the fantastic opportunity to work with Helping Hands in photographing their monkey rehabilitation operation at the foot of the stunning Hlumu-Hlumu mountains.

Helping hands is a non-profit wildlife sanctuary protecting and assisting in all aspects of wildlife but passionate about primates. They are at present home to 68 vervet monkeys ranging from babies to mature adults.

Their aim is to heel, protect and ultimately release back into the wild. Helping hands has successfully released over 1000 primates, several mongooses, and various antelope, providing a second chance for our beloved animals. The animals at the sanctuary have been rescued from situations in which they were severely abused, orphaned, malnutrition, and/or confiscated.

To maintain the animals Helping hands drives over 430km per week collecting various food sources from surrounding farmers. With helping hands, you are welcome to volunteer at the sanctuary to have a hands-on experience with the animals being rehabilitated.

You can add a helping hand by financially adopting a monkey to help with the sanctuary's upkeep.

Check them out

Dream Maker

Shoutout to (insta handle) for letting me capture this moment.

Sometimes you've got to be your own model.

Do the work, reap the rewards

I found this interesting man at my local resort whilst I was waiting for someone and had to take the snap.

Shredding It.

I got a cool shot of the slide reflecting in the water creating some cool abstract art.

This was my first proper modelling shoot in my new studio.

Model: Liana Landman

Selfie

My handsome father.

My beautiful mother

Incognito Mode

Love