positivenegatives

this began when I was living in the UK and trying to get my photographic career off the ground. I was making good inroads when the opportunity to move to South Africa appeared. So I did and doors just opened. Hard work, much hard work and many hours later, trial and error with styles and techniques, freebies and poor rates and then….
I got phone calls, I got recommendations, I got emails and requests for work.
3 hard years in the middle of a world wide recession made property – vilas – houses – homes – hotels – offices etc hard to photograph, but the jobs came in and I was noticed.
Then less than 2 months ago, I had to opportunity to goto the races and horse photography became and option. This is not an overnight success story, this is the culumination of 5 years practice as horses are very hard to shoot well.
The results are here, and they are very good, very well received and its keeping me busy.
hamish NIVEN Photography

Its been a long while since I wrote here, a long time
I am now working in South Africa setting myself up as a photographer. I am fortunate enough to be working in the property world, photographing beautiful homes, and its earning me a living.

http://www.positivenegatives.co.uk/propertymarketing/index.html

I moved out to South Africa to start a new life, set up a company and make it successful and quickly.
Its been particularly hard as I my wife is in London waiting to come out here when I am making enough money to support us both
(what an incentive to work hard, I’m missing her terribly)

However, I have a company Positive Negatives Marketing, I have a car, I have my wifes apartment in Cape Town, and I have a few clients who really like my work
So I can pretty much say
YES I’VE BECOME A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER

I am now working for Moores Interiors photographing their show homes. They give me carte blanche to spend a whole day photographing 5 rooms, picking up details and spending time to light the room, to maximise the look of the shots. To date I have done 2 properties and I have been commissioned to photograph at least 2 more!
And And I am going to photograph their wedding day in May!
How good is that?