Close-up of an elephant’s wrinkled skin and a single tusk lit against black

Texture, light and the West Coast

Black-and-white wildlife and long-exposure seascapes by Hanou Roets. The ebooks and courses show you how each one was made.

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Learn to make pictures like these

Guides and courses built from Hanou’s own photographs, with the settings and the edits.

West Coast photo spots

Guide. Google map + 30-page PDF. 24 locations. Tide and light notes.

Where to stand, and when, from Saldanha to St Helena Bay: harbours, granite coves and beaches, with notes on tide and light for each.

Get the guide – R180

Monochrome wildlife

Ebook. PDF, 90 pages. 40 photographs with settings. Lightroom steps.

How to see an animal as shape, texture and light, then turn the file into a black-and-white print that holds its blacks.

Get the ebook – R350

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From colour file to black and white

Drag the handle to compare the colour frame with the monochrome edit. The masterclass takes you through edits like this one, start to finish.

About the editing masterclass
Granite boulders on the beach, in colour
The same boulders, edited in black and white

The work

Prints for your wall

Signed archival prints of the black-and-white work, from R650 for A4.

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Matric farewells, portraits, weddings, and guesthouse interiors on the West Coast and further afield.

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