Bernard’s image, entitled ‘Sossusvlei’, was awarded the top honour in the Environment category in the youth competition of the Awards!
Bernard took the winning photo during a school holiday last year with his family when they travelled to Namibia for a 4×4 trip through the desert.
“We visited a lot of places like Sossusvlei, the Fish River Canyon and some Ghost Towns in the Namib desert,” he said.
To capture the beauty of ‘Sossusvlei’, Bernard used a Canon 7d, a tripod and polarizer filter; and took the photo at 3 pm “to get that awesome shadow”.
The high school student was born in Krugersdrop and did a basic photography course with Danie Bester at Digital Photography Courses (DPC) when he turned 15, and went on to win the Visual School’s award for Upcoming Photographer of the Year. Five of his eight images won first place in various categories.
Danie says: “Bernard did a basic photography course with DPC in 2010 and from there on it seems no one can stop him. We are extremely proud. He works really hard and take his photography serious.” So far two of Bernard’s photos have been published in the Pix magazine and he hopes there’s more to come.
Bernard says: “My biggest dream is to become a Civil Engineer while I live out my passion for photography.”
Below you can view two more photos that Bernard took during the same Namibian holiday – ‘Old Truck’ which was “taken at the Canyon Roadhouse on our way to The Fish River Canyon” and ‘Kokerboom’ which was shot from a low angle to capture the clouds.
Bernard took the winning photo during a school holiday last year with his family when they travelled to Namibia for a 4×4 trip through the desert.
“We visited a lot of places like Sossusvlei, the Fish River Canyon and some Ghost Towns in the Namib desert,” he said.
To capture the beauty of ‘Sossusvlei’, Bernard used a Canon 7d, a tripod and polarizer filter; and took the photo at 3 pm “to get that awesome shadow”.
Danie says: “Bernard did a basic photography course with DPC in 2010 and from there on it seems no one can stop him. We are extremely proud. He works really hard and take his photography serious.” So far two of Bernard’s photos have been published in the Pix magazine and he hopes there’s more to come.
Bernard says: “My biggest dream is to become a Civil Engineer while I live out my passion for photography.”
Below you can view two more photos that Bernard took during the same Namibian holiday – ‘Old Truck’ which was “taken at the Canyon Roadhouse on our way to The Fish River Canyon” and ‘Kokerboom’ which was shot from a low angle to capture the clouds.
