It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business? Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more? Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, allow us to help you shape it.
Transformation and Empowerment are huge drivers in what I do - every single day. I believe that Creativity and Success are NOT mutually exclusive, and that as a creative you CAN build a successful, thriving business.
I have always been an entrepreneur - a “fearless” one my husband says. I am a qualified educator - degreed and all! I ran my own interior design studio for nearly ten years, and figured out that I needed great images for my website at the time. Naturally, I decided to create them myself and then picked up my first proper camera. The love affair with photography was born, and the rest is history!
Along the way I got involved with the local photographic community, having served on the leadership team of the Tygerberg Photographic Society for 6 years. I also formed part of the team that ran the 2-year Judging Accreditation Programme and hold Honours within the Photographic Society of South Africa
From November 2020 to the end of 2021, saw the formalized programme of a group of artistic photographers, many of whom I had been mentoring from my home for the previous 5 years. This Level.Up programme (previously known as Artsy-Fartsy) was conducted under the auspices of the Tygerberg Photographic Society from 2020 - 2021, and drew members from around the country. It is this structure that now forms the blueprint for the SHUTTER & INK course that helps guide people on their creative journey.
One of the Level.Up members had this to say: “I want to thank you so very much for this wonderful journey you have taken us on. It has been the single most helpful thing I’ve ever had the privilege of doing since I started doing photography all those years ago. The information and knowledge you have willingly shared is something I will always hold dear and I will be forever in your debt” - Luana Laubser, Sedgefield
Over the last few years, many photographers have also asked me to share business knowledge and the art of portraiture, and this now can be found in both the KICKSTARTER course (business only) and THE PORTRAIT COLLECTIVE where we cover the entire spectrum, and should you not yet think yourself a photographer, why not join in our SNAPSHOT course where Erwin will take you from unboxing your camera, to becoming proficient - and even perhaps uncovering your creative photographic side in the process!
Erwin also holds photographic Honours within the Photographic Society of South Africa, and is a qualified evaluator through their Judging Accreditation Programme
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined!”