hamish NIVEN Photography

Photography South Africa Cape Town photographer


This blog is an informal collection of some of my work.

It is a mixture of personal and commercial photographs, but placed here so I can share my photographic world.

They are copyright hamish NIVEN Photography

they may be shared on Tumblr and the internet, but they are not for commercial use, please don't use them without asking me.



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sunsets
panoramas
HDR
Creating HDR photographs
interior design
sunrise / dawn
the race horse
architecture
black and white
details
wildlife
food
video
time lapse


Creating HDR photographs

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Tuscany #05

Olive tree

Olive trees are pruned so that their branches hang downwards. The main trunk is often cleft in two, so that it will hang down.
The tree recovers from the damage, the branches hang down like a hand opened up to the heavens.
This allows for easy picking of the olives, it prevents one branch getting too high and over time the tree branches almost follow the shape of the outside of a pudding bowl.

qbnscholar replied to your photo: Tuscany #04 Sunrise. Looking northeast over…

Oh my.

Thought you’d like this place!

Tuscany #04

Sunrise.
Looking northeast over Cetaldo, the flats and onto the mountains 80 miles north of San Martino

Tuscany #03
San Martino is a 5 bedroom villa is between San Gimignano, Volterra and Gambassi in Tuscany. The villa is set in 100 acres of woodland, olive groves and vineyards and produces stunning oil and will be making wine in the on coming season.
This photograph shows the villa standing at the highest point, over looking the larger olive fields and the paddocks for the horses that will be rehabilitated here as the paperwork is sorted

Tuscany #02
Evening storms

After a cloudy day, the heavens opened and the sun lit up patches of the surrounding hillsides.

Tuscany #01
Scamp after a sunrise walk with me

Liquid sustenance on the way home  

Tuscany #03


Vineyards

Tuscany #02


Bedroom 5

Tuscany #01


La Quercia
qbnscholar replied to your panorama: Cape View Clifton A serene and elegant boutique…

Great picture and blurb. DId you finally do anything with that picture you asked for suggestions about what to do with it? Just curious. Okay, nosey…

Hey F, thanks for the comments. Its an amazing place : http://www.capeviewclifton.co.za/ hmm, hotel, I photographed it early in the morning, looking away from the hotel, I decided 40lb of semtex was not the way to go!

Behind the scenes at the Sales

Pocket Power the Retired Champion

Pocket Power was an absolute phenomenon in South Africa, winning most of the best races in the country.
He retired as a race horse and began a relaxed life under the guidance of Belinda.
She jumps him and events him and he is as amazing and special a retired racehorse as he was a superstar racehorse

Pocket Power a legend.

stabled