Hi Liesel,
We bought this print back in Jan when we were staying in Hermanus and brought it back to the UK rolled up in a tube. We didn't even have a house then so didn't have an idea where it was going to hang. Now we've had it box framed and it's hanging and it looks beautiful. We love it!
Thanks a million. xx

Paul & Jenny Santos

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Liesel jou fotos is regtig regtig mooi! Dis nou hier waar taal mens in die steek laat - want dis meer as mooi - dit is kuns met 'n oog vir vorm kleur en hoek. EK sou wat wou gee om in die Kaap te woon en die landskappe te kon ontgin soos jy! Ag julself bevoorreg daar in die Kaap. Hier in GP is daar geen horison sonder 'n kragdraad nie!

Peet

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L,

Was vanoggend in jou gallery.

Whow !!!

Mooi Loop

Leo

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Liesel, you work is truly inspirational. Love all your images. I am glad to see your business growing.

Sean van Tonder Photography

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Hi Liesel - jou werk spreek tot my! Jy het 'n mooi gawe om spesiale oomblikke raak te sien en met lig te speel - dit is groot inspirasie vir ouens soos ek wat hard probeer maar nog nie daar is nie!

Hennie

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Hi - Love your pictures! My friend bought one in Hermanus.

Kind regards Mauveen

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Hi Liesel

I have just found your gallery in Hermanus and have become an instant fan. I have bought a copy of Agulhas Shipwreck and I'm sure it will not be the last of my purchases, either from the gallery or via the internet. Your work is absolutely amazing and once framed to match other frames in the house, your photo will have pride of place.

Regards
George

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Congratulations on the most beautiful work I have seen in a very long time - I am an instant fan.

Andre Delport

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Absoluut briljant!!

Floris

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Saw your work in Hermanus gallery, really amazing stuff! Your technique looks flawless, very impressed.

Keep up the good work! Regards

Stuart Bellamy

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Glad to see the business is expanding and good luck with the gallery in Hermanus. It sounds like the right venue in the right place!

Luc Hosten

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amazing pics in village square mall gallery - going to leave the brochure on hubby desk as a hint for a xmas idea ...

Paula

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I enjoyed your pics. Got to you off the "OutdoorPhoto" web page.

Rob Taylor

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Browsed through your gallery, Great photos.
Have a great day.

Hope to be where you are one day soon.

Cheers Carl

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You are truly gifted!! Just amazing...

Salome Runciman

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Hi Liesel.

Ek het 'n foto-artikel van jou in laas maand se Weg tydskrif gesien en toe besluit om jou te Google. Regtig asemrowende fotos hier op jou site.

Groete
Phil Louw

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Liesel, dit was n groot voorreg om jou te ontmoet en wat 'n aanwins vir ons dorp om so talentvolle kunstenaar te hê. Ek sien baie uit na die uitstalling wat ons in Desember gaan hê.
Groete vir eers,
Martie Koegelenberg

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Just wanted to say that i have viewed almost all your images on your website and i want to congratulate you on super work. May your dreams come true and may your work take you places you have never imagined.
Well done
Kobus Tollig
(www.dreampixphotography.co.za)

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Liesel

Ek boer in die Riviersonderend omgewing met n kamera altyd in my bakkie

Ek dink ons bly in een van die mooiste dele van die land en vir n landskap fotograaf is daar so baie geleenthede.

Is n groot bewonderaar van jou fotografie en het maar gister op jou webwerf af gekom nadat ek n foto van jou in n landbou tydskrif gesien het met die webwerf adres daarop.

Gerhard Solms


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Hi,

Firstly i would like to commend on your AWSOME photography!!!!!!!! I have just been through all your photos and all I can say is that each and every photo is beautiful, tranquil don't actually have the words to describe. You are a gifted, talented photographer. Your eye captures the perfect picture each and every time.

Michelle Mundell

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Hi Liesel had a look a your web page, I enjoyed the landscape images, congrats you have done so well capturing these stunning images...take care and God Bless.

Kind regards

Ruth Burchell

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Pragtige foto's Liesel.... om ons mooi natuur so te kan vasvang is voorwaar 'n kuns op sy eie en om dit nog te kan deel..... voorwaar 'n voorreg.

Ek wil darem ook noem: Ek bewonder jou vir die feit dat jy nie skroom om iemand te help met raad of om jou tegnieke te deel nie. Het al gevind dat baie fotograwe maar suinig is om te deel wat hulle weet. :-) Getuig van ware karakter ..... jy kry 10/10 in my boekie.

Anneline Visser
Stellenbosch

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Liesel,
Jou werk is pragtig! Jou foto's is 'n weerspieëling van jou passie. Uit die tipe foto's wat jy van hou, MOET jy die Visrivier canyon gaan stap. Daar wag ' paar wenner foto's met sonsopkoms en -ondergang vir jou. Geniet jou passie!

Alwyn
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Hi Liesel,
I found your work on Outdoor and then onto your web. Inspiring!
I love your landscapes and as a keen newbie would be be very interested in asking a few questions if you don't mind:
1. The equipment you use and especially lenses?
2. Do you do this full time...travelling around taking photos or do you have a permanent job (I was going to use the cliche "real job" but hate that), that keeps you going?
3. Also interested in your post work...to get your pics to look that saturated, etc. I'm busy learning Photoshop and am eager to learn every technique I can to improve my own photos.
4. How did you get your work published in magazines, etc?
Thank you for taking the time to respond.
Ciao,
Andre


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Hi Andre

Thank you for your e-mail!

Strange that you should ask these questions as I have just sent out my Feb. newsletter covering a few of the questions you are asking.
1. I use Nikon equipment: Nikon D80 camera, 18-200mm Nikkor lens ( I hope to buy one more this year), various Cokin filters, a polariser filter which is almost permanently on my lens and reflector boards. Manfrotto tripod and head.
2. I am only professional for 1.5 years now, that means that I do it full time and spend 80% of my time marketing and searching for new ways to draw clients and 20% taking photos. I am lucky to have a husband who are responsible for paying the bills and support me 200% in my quest until I can contribute my share. I have also spent 10 years of my life building up my own business which I have sold prior to starting my dream becoming a photographer. Photography is very expensive to start out and you need a cushion to give you that jump start.
3. I shoot RAW, thus all photo's needs processing before I send them to the portfolio. I use the saturation tool to only a small extend, mostly the type of light which I choose to shoot in (early morning/evening) already provides ample saturation. If I use the saturation tool, I throw a black and white mask over it to prevent the already saturated and bright areas from burning a channel. Photoshop is a powerful software, but if you do not use it correctly, it will easily ruin a photo. So, make sure you read up and do a lot of research on the techniques. I have only a few that I use regularly (google any one of them for the techniques):
* levels
*contrast mask
*curves
*dodging/burning
*exposure
*noise reduction
You will be surprised to know that all the techniques can be and have for many years been done in darkroom labs.
4. Google! I surf the net looking for magazines, getting their contact info and then contacting them. Marketing is a never-ending story. You are only as good as your marketing.

A couple of very informative websites, especially learning digital photography and photoshop techniques:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/contrast_masking.shtml
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm
http://www.naturescapes.net/docs/index.php/articles/350

Did I answer your questions? Feel free to contact me with anything, I do not mind at all.

Have a great day!

Liesel

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Liesel, dit is ongelooflike werk wat jy doen. Ons het die fotos vreeslik geniet en sien uit na nog!

Suzanne Frank
Kanada

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Hi Liesel,

Love the website really shows off your skills & talent to capture the beauty of SA. May it continue to be a show case of treasures for many years.

RGB

Glen Bradshaw


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Hi Liesel

I'm really impressed with your photo's. I've only recently started playing with my cameras as an outlet of the hussle and bustle of normal work. In the process learning as much as I can. Making any hobby work requires a high benchmarks to strive for. Hope you don't mind me using your pics as my initial and future benchmark.

Greetings

Peet

Hope to see more of your pics on ODP.


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Ek het nie woorde nie! Baie geluk met die wonderlike website, dit is regtig 'n plesier om hier jou foto's te kyk. Doen so voort. Dit maak my trots op ons omgewing!

Wessel Swart, Rietpoel, Overberg

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Liesel, I am so impressed with your website and your work! I am absolutely amazed by your talent and artistic approach. Well done, and keep up the great work that you do. All the best with this venture!

Canzius Kleyn

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Hi Liesl
Well done on a lovely website, you've got some amazing stuff. All the best! (",)
kate howells
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Hi Liesel

Really impressed with your new site. Good to see fresh, unique images from a South African landscape photographer. Hope your site brings in loads of business.

Cheers
John Reid
catchlightsa.com

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'n Baie oulike, skoon webwerf sonder fieterjasies wat lekker vinnig laai met die allermooiste fotos in jou gallerye!
Jy mag maar!

Johan Grobbelaar

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