El Rey Photography

Name: El Rey Photography
Address: Garsfontein, Pretoria, 0042, ZA
Telephone: +27766851333
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Welcome to my page, please take some time to read about me and my photography :-) Hope to work with you soon

Rey
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Well well well...there is a lot to say about myself but let me try to keep it short. I'm Rey and I'm originally from Congo, my father is congolese and my mother is russian and I've been living in South Africa for some time now. I picked up my first camera in 2011 and I've been teaching myself photography since that time, I see myself as a creative individual who loves creating images whenever its

possible. I like challenges and I love it when someone approaches me with a specific idea or concept, so if you reading this and you feel like trying something new then let me know and we can maybe make sure your idea comes alive :-)

I focus on people photography at the moment so anything that deals with human beings I can easily handle it :-) If you have any specific queries feel free to inbox me and I will get back to you as soon as possible. By the way, I'm a strobist so I use artificial light a lot but I can work with natural light too.

10/09/2015

I personally feel that as a photographer nailing a photo in camera makes you really proud... Yes I do love to edit and to photoshop but I love to make my photos look perfect from the moment I press the button on my camera...

This photo here is an example of getting the right light, right framing and right "in camera" special effects... We took this photo of Jenna by an abandoned building in Pretoria and my friend Tich was blowing the dust all around the place (using a reflector) so we could pick up the sun rays coming through the window, ideally this is something you want to do with a smoke machine but since we didn't have one we improvised something on the spot and it worked beautifully !

This image was shot with very simple gear, a Nikon D700 + ROkinon 85mm 1.4 + YN560 through Octabox... Check comments for a cellphone BTS shot taken by Kelsey :)

Photographer: Rey Mangouta
Talent: Jenna Murray ヅ
Hair stylist: Kelsey Mugnaioni
Assistan: Tich Graphicxz

:)

09/06/2015

This time of the year here in South Africa winter kicks in and shooting outdoor isn't always as interesting as summer time... A couple of days ago (when it was still quite warm) with some friends we had a fun shoot with a Shelby Cobra. We initially thought we were going to have the car for a whole afternoon but unfortunately when we started shooting we were told that we didn't have much time and "not much time" happened to be just under 1 hour. Well we made it work and here is one of my favorite images from the quick shoot, probably one of the quickest shoot I've ever had and this was really a test for me as I had to move around very quickly !

Special thanks to Steve for the help and Graham Robertson Photographic for the lighting gear !

Photographer: Rey Mangouta ---
Talent : Cassie Bianca Shear ---
Make up:Mikhara Ford - Makeup artist & Hairstylist ---
Hairstylist: Kelsey Mugnaioni ---
Assistants : Steve Castings ( ) and Tich Graphicxz ( )

If you are curious about the setup and gear used this was shot with a Rokinon 85mm a 1.4 using a Jinbei HD600 as main light and YN560 as kick behind subject, check the comments for a quick setup shot !

30/04/2015

We didn't have much time to shoot on that day but we really tried our best to make the most of it, I really can't wait to use that location again one day or shoot by the beach !

Photographer: Rey Vo Lution
Talent: Jessica Lourens
Assistant. Judy Helena Jordaan

29/04/2015

I recently drove all the way to the Vaal dam with Jessica and Judy... It was really refreshing to shoot around boats and this is something that you will not find in the city unless you live by the coast. Driving 100 kms away from Johannesburg felt like a proper road trip, somehow I felt like I was on my way to Cape town.

Last time I took photos of Jessica was 3 years ago when I really knew nothing much about photography so it was cool to get to shoot with her again. So here is the first image from our shoot, I will be posting more before the end of the week.

Photographer: Rey Vo Lution
Talent: Jessica Lourens
Assistant: Judy Helena Jordaan

19/02/2015

Sometimes last year I shot for a local company and we shot some interesting concepts for something that they were working on... this image here is one of the results from a long day of shooting in studio, this actually looks like it could be a poster for a band and to be honest it would make such a kick ass poster ! I'm really hoping to work on some kick ass concepts this year...

Photographer: Rey Vo Lution
Retouch: Rey
Make up: Annice Roux

09/02/2015

Few days ago I took some photos of a dear friend who didn't have the chance to be in front of the camera in a really long time... She is actually one of the first people I photographed when I started my photography career so every time she poses for my camera it is like a special celebration...

So here is some photos of her that I quite like and I will be posting some more images during the week...Hope you enjoy them.

Photographer: Rey Vo Lution
Model : Eloise Trublet De Nermont

:)

06/02/2015

I had a studio shoot with Lady in Rouge few days ago as she needed new images for promotional purposes...

We shot in studio ( Knight Studios ) and since her name " ROUGE " means "RED" in french I thought using a red backdrop would make the images more interesting and guess what ? It actually made a quite of an impact ! Shooting with grey or white gets tiring after a while as you get the same images over and over so it was nice to use a different color, I really dig it !

By the way, that ladder also helped quite a lot...it looks quite random but somehow it looks cool :)

Have a great weekend and be safe !

26/01/2015

Hi guys !

I have been so quiet that I actually never wished everyone a Happy new year… so here it is : Happy New Year to all my friends around the world and I hope 2015 will be one amazing year for you, hope you work harder so amazing opportunities come your way !

And to start my year here is an image from a shoot I had last week with Melissa who is actually a super amazing make up artist, she is slowly becoming a model too haha… I got my hands on a soflighter (light diffuser) that I decided to test and I’m quite happy with the light quality you get from it especially when you move it really close to the subject, I will do further tests and see how it is compared to an octabox.

In the meantime enjoy looking at this image, somehow my eyes just can’t stop looking at her… She reminds me of a celebrity, can you guess who ?

I will try to keep you guys really entertained this year and I can’t wait to work on interesting projects.

Stay safe !

Rey

05/12/2014

Hi guys !!

I'm really excited to be sharing this behind the scenes video of our Victorian inspired shoot that we worked on not too long ago with amazing people ! Big thanks to Jashughatt Pictures for putting together this beautiful video that I just can't stop watching ! ( I've watched it like 200 times already haha)

I would like to thank everyone who was part of it and who made it such a fun experience, I just cannot wait to work on more interesting concepts in the future...

And here is a list of everyone who was involved, thanks again guys !

Photographer: Rey Vo Lution
Models: Bruce K. Cantrell and Tanya Van Aswegen
Make up artist: Kelly Meyer
Hairstylist: Kelsey Vardy Hair

And one special thanks to Warren Louw for coming through and to Katharine Love for allowing us to use her beautiful museum that is really one amazing place, something that everyone in the country should actually visit ! ( and you will see in the video why I'm saying that).

The video is also available at a higher resolution on youtube : http://youtu.be/FZt5Xq4PIpM

Thanks a lot and feel free to share it with your friends, we will appreciate it a lot.

If you have any questions feel free to ask !

Ciaaooo

01/12/2014

I thought I would publish a closer shot of Tanya just to show you guys a bit more details especially when it comes to her hair that was done by the awesome Kelsey Vardy Hair ...

For those who asked me what location was used and what light setups were used just have a little bit more patience, the video we are releasing soon will give you all the details you need to know.

Photographer: Rey Vo Lution
Talent: Tanya Van Aswegen
Make up: Kelly Kii Meyer

:)

28/11/2014

Here is another image from our Victorian inspired photoshoot, this time we used a beautiful and genuine Victorian library.

Once again we really did not have a lot of space to work with but we are really happy with how this came out and I hope you guys will enjoy it too.

I will be uploading a behind the scenes video from the shoot probably early next week so keep an eye on this page :-)

Photographer: Rey Vo Lution
Talent: Bruce K. Cantrell

Have a great weekend guys and see you next week !

Address

Garsfontein
Pretoria
0042

Telephone

+27766851333

Website

http://www.elreyfoto.com/

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