El Rey Photography

I personally feel that as a photographer nailing a photo in camera makes you really proud... Yes I do love to edit and to photoshop but I love to make my photos look perfect from the moment I press the button on my camera...

This photo here is an example of getting the right light, right framing and right "in camera" special effects... We took this photo of Jenna by an abandoned building in Pretoria and my friend Tich was blowing the dust all around the place (using a reflector) so we could pick up the sun rays coming through the window, ideally this is something you want to do with a smoke machine but since we didn't have one we improvised something on the spot and it worked beautifully !

This image was shot with very simple gear, a Nikon D700 + ROkinon 85mm 1.4 + YN560 through Octabox... Check comments for a cellphone BTS shot taken by Kelsey :)

Photographer: Rey Mangouta
Talent: Jenna Murray ヅ
Hair stylist: Kelsey Mugnaioni
Assistan: Tich Graphicxz

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Sometimes last year I shot for a local company and we shot some interesting concepts for something that they were working on... this image here is one of the results from a long day of shooting in studio, this actually looks like it could be a poster for a band and to be honest it would make such a kick ass poster ! I'm really hoping to work on some kick ass concepts this year...

Photographer: Rey Vo Lution
Retouch: Rey
Make up: Annice Roux

Hi guys !

I have been so quiet that I actually never wished everyone a Happy new year… so here it is : Happy New Year to all my friends around the world and I hope 2015 will be one amazing year for you, hope you work harder so amazing opportunities come your way !

And to start my year here is an image from a shoot I had last week with Melissa who is actually a super amazing make up artist, she is slowly becoming a model too haha… I got my hands on a soflighter (light diffuser) that I decided to test and I’m quite happy with the light quality you get from it especially when you move it really close to the subject, I will do further tests and see how it is compared to an octabox.

In the meantime enjoy looking at this image, somehow my eyes just can’t stop looking at her… She reminds me of a celebrity, can you guess who ?

I will try to keep you guys really entertained this year and I can’t wait to work on interesting projects.

Stay safe !

Rey

I thought I would publish a closer shot of Tanya just to show you guys a bit more details especially when it comes to her hair that was done by the awesome Kelsey Vardy Hair ...

For those who asked me what location was used and what light setups were used just have a little bit more patience, the video we are releasing soon will give you all the details you need to know.

Photographer: Rey Vo Lution
Talent: Tanya Van Aswegen
Make up: Kelly Kii Meyer

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