#MyAfricanAdventure

One of the reasons I did very little shoots during the month

of May was my trip to Northern Namibia, in a villiage near Oshikuku called 

Okathitu konkayi, very near to the Angolian border. 

For the past 15 or so years, I have always dedicated any of my

holidays going to South Africa, and I felt I needed to change that. 

Travel more, see more, explore more. This was the result of that 

that decision, which I call My African Adventure.

It was a cultural shock, to say the least. I felt prepared, but it was something

completely different. You rely on your body to get you where you want to go;

you quite literally work for your food.  

Take a look:

Beans

Mahangu, which is cultivated to make porridge, a staple food in the Ovambo culture.

Prota with a basket of Mahangu 

There was no electricity, but trust MTC to provide network ;D 

Kennedy. 

Passage way inside the village

Passage way inside the village

Kalabash cultivated. They are used for drinking out of

Kalabashes are dried and emptied, and a whole is made on the side.
Makes for an easy scoop of water

A hut on the Eastern side of the village. Not sure what was inside
it as it was camped off completely.

Mahangu as it grows in the fields

Mahangu as it grows in the fields. This variant is used to make the drink
Oshikundu. 

Some of the villagers 

Me & Kennedy.

My friend Josef (orange shirt) with his brother, who's also
named Josef?

On our way to a nearby village. When I said nearby, it's 5km in total ;D

The family we visited in the village nearby. When they said they would
dish up pig, I didn't expect half of it's teeth would be involved as well ;D

Cows graze freely & openly. 

Mahangu ready to be dried out

Mahangu ready to be dried out

The Mahangu variant used to make the drink Oshikundu

The Mahangu variant used to make the drink Oshikundu

Marula Tree. A huge, massive tree 

Erastus & me in Oshikuku on my way back to Oshikati

A Boboab tree. Josef & Erastus walking infront of me.

Efukwa nuts. Highly addictive stuff right here. One does not stop eating!lol

#PractiseMakesPerfectMonsters

I had time on my hands one night and decided to do some highlighting

& contouring as practise for #shotophoots, and came up with the name

of the shoot then (especially while in process of photo number 2). 

This in turn inspired this shoot:

It is also noteworthy that there was no foundation used for neither set

of photos, and it is all highlighting & contouring;

 the tan colour of my face is from actual tanning (as

seen in the first picture which seems like i'm wearing a neckpiece lol)

Kissing The Flame [Mini Post]

Been quite a while since I have done a photoshoot,

and with reason. Been on leave since late April, and since

attended my brother's wedding and took a fascinating and 

knowledgeable trip to the North to experience a culture I 

wanted to know more of. 

So here is my first shoot since returning, altho it's a mini post

because I forgot my tripod in my mother's car ;D

Bunny Wabbit Went Down The Hole

Perfumes: Ralph Lauren - Polo Blue

Been exceptionally motivated in creating, or re creating

a fragrance's photo by using natural back drops.

So I got the idea to find notes from fragrances that I have

easy access to; Oranges are more readily available then

say, Safron, or Vanilla Pods. 

So my first successful fragrance shoot with natural back drops

is Ralph Lauren's Polo Blue, which consist of, among other elements, 

Cucumber, Basil, Suede & Musk.  

For a complete list of notes & main accords of this gorgeous

aromatic fougere, check out Fragrantica

You Cow! The Moo-sical

Clock The Mug Mini Post

Perfumes: Thierry Mugler Angel EDP

Having little to none props at home to create backdrops and 

such for the fragrances, I decided to bring my bottle to work

 and snap it off my phone instead.

For full list of notes & main accords, head on over to Fragrantica

The Fiery Cock Mini Post

Been out of it for a while, and coming back into it, I think I have lost

the details of how I usually contour my face, cos I was beating that

face for almost an hour! lol. 

So here's a mini post for now, as I get back into the swing of things ;D