This great web competition, initiated for Red Heart Rum by Award winning Digital Agency Hello Computer.

Design and Win a Cafe Racer  is an online competition where you can win a motorcycle if your design is closest to Rugby legend Victor Matfield’s. Victor used to ride motorcycles and so was the perfect brand ambassador and he appeared in their previous campaign with Bakkies Botha. See the Behind the Scenes video below shot and edited by Ernst Heusser, big thank you to Bigsky Productions who produced this shoot.

Lalesso SS/13 Behind the Scenes from Lalesso on Vimeo.

This years Lalesso Catalogue photographed in Cape Town with Boss models Isabella, thanks again to the designers Alice Heusser and Olivia Kennaway. Other members of the crew consist of Crystal Birch (Styling), Nandi Fourie (H&M), Riyaad Jamal (Photo Assist), Wesley Davies (Production Support) & Ernst Heusser (Videography).

Here is a day of product shot for my friend at Popyacollar, this online shop will be launching soon and will be taking the net by storm watch her space.

This image was photographed for De Grendel Wine estate to promote the opening of their new restaurant on the farm. The rich family legacy and the unique geographic position of De Grendel are key factors in this estate’s current success.

The Lovely Miss Turkey

This print campaign I photographed for agency David & Goliath based in Los Angeles, Client Carls Jr. The images ended up being used as life sized cut outs in their outlets. Apparently the response to the campaign was so great that many a Miss Turkey was abducted and there are probably a few life sized Miss Turkey’s hanging out in many an American household.

The idea is so simple yet effective and I loved the layout the moment I saw it.

I also love the attention to detail, have a look at the design of the swimsuit, very cool… see below the tiny burgers !

A shoot done for Puma with some of their contracted Springbok players - Schalk Burger Tendai Mtawarira and Francious Louw.

The Chalenge of getting a sharp image of a player running at full flight straight into camera was achieved by syncing with the Broncolor Flash and a Hasselblad body which allows syncing at 1/800th of a second.

Really nice to work with such down to earth players.

Lalesso - Behind the Scenes of Lalesso 2012 Collection from Ernst Heusser on Vimeo.

Here is the Lalesso SS12 catalogue I shot out near the most Southern tip of Africa, we decided on desert location as it made the clothes stand out more and also decided on quite a radical neon uber retouched vibe to add to the punchyness (thanks to Riyaad Jamal), not everybodys cupa joe but it does the trick nicely! Designers Olivia Kennaway & Alice Heusser, Model Annelot from Vision. Hair and Make Up Daleen Stewart, Styling Crystal Birch and Videographer Erst Heusser, Production Bigsky. 

KIDS CORDS TVC from bigsky productions on Vimeo.

Here is my first a TVC I directed for woolworths. Getting 5 - 7 year old kids to dance was one of the biggest challenges.

Styling Dinah Turner, Hair and Make Up Desmond Grundy at Carol Hayes London, Model Marinet. Production Bigsky Spain. 

I heard this great song the other day by a South African band (who cannot be named….) and thought these visuals worked quite nicely together so we went out and shot a music video.

Unfortunately there were some complications regarding which song version we liked, and they the band felt that having a different version on the music video would confuse the fan out there which meant that we hit a stale mate!?? Therefore this vid did not go Live which is a shame. Here it is anyway as part of my directoral & conceptual showcase. Enjoy.

other credits are: Ernst Heusser (2nd camera), Peter Verster-Cohen (3rd camera & edit), luke apteker (post), Bernice Raaff (styling) & bigsky productions