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<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">People call me Krispy. (Chris P)uren</p><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It started many years ago. My friend and I went out for drinks when her mom called and asked her where she was. She said she was out having drinks with “Chris”. Her mom asked which Chris (In the town I grew up there were a lot of us) and she said “Chris Puren”. All her mom heard was Chrispy. The name stuck haha!</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">My journey into photography started when I left school to go study Graphic Design. I instantly fell in love with the art. In those days I was shooting on a Minolta Dynax on black and white film and then developing the images myself in the darkroom… It’s a method that teaches you a lot about getting composition and lighting right before you press the shutter….</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I was first introduced to the Fujifilm XT-1 in 2015 when Karlien Murray from AtPhoto brought her body for me to try out. Having seen many positive reviews on the colour rendition of the model, I found myself really impressed by what this little camera could deliver. I promptly ordered one alongside the f1.2 56mm lens - the combination was incredible, and I loved shooting personal projects with the combo…</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">My second trip to Zanzibar brought along challenges that we didn’t expect as the weather has contradicted the norm as August is meant to be a sunny and clear skies month. My client, The Royal Zanzibar situated in the North in Nungwi, contracted me to capture several images for their website and upcoming Sales Brochure…</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">My love affair with Fujifilm started when my friend and fellow photographer, Warren James moved over to the X-T2. Seeing what the camera could do in the hands of a professional won me over, while the cost of the kit sweetened the deal…</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am a wedding and portrait photographer based in the beautiful Garden Route in the Western Cape of South Africa. I love to capture the special moments in people's life from all over the world…</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">My journey as a photographer started in high school when I started capturing images with my father’s digital camera (it still used a stiffie disk to capture images on-if that gives you an idea of how long ago this was). The instant access and gratification to capture, download and view my images sparked a lot of interest and creativity within me. I started experimenting with creative retouching and using different effects on the images I took of my younger sisters-who had no choice but to pose for me in all kinds of weird and wonderful scenarios I came up with….</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello, I’m Stefan Daniël Kotzé and I’m a Johannesburg based Fujifilm photographer and videographer....</p>