The bonsai trees are properly trained, but the same cannot be said for the canine model.
During last week’s photo shoot for Willow Bonsai, Grietjie the wire hair fox terrier wanted in on the photoshoot - not to mention the attention the trees were receiving …
Bright and early on a Sunday morning we were out on the road with Morgan and one of the Gauteng road marking crews from Mega Roads & Civils (Megaphase Road Marking) one of the many South African businesses that benefit from the assistance of Stefanutti Stocks Enterprise Development.
These guys use water- and air blasting techniques to clean the remnants of old paint, grease, diesel, dust and other dirt and grime from the road surface, before painting on the bright new road markings in long lasting thermal paint.
Given the attitudes of some motorists when faced with delays, it seems a bit of a thankless job sometimes, but remember, these people help make the roads safer for everyone.
It’s hot, sweaty, messy and sometimes even dangerous work, but the guys from this road crew were friendly, efficient and fun to work with. We had some good times behind the scenes on this photoshoot.
whatever and however you choose to celebrate
Whether you will be spending time with friends or family, or exercising and dieting after all the lovely fried foods eaten during Hannukah, at Christmas mass, at a solstice circle or Yule celebration, or even just spending a welcome couple of days off chilling with your favourite book, enjoy the next few days and we will check in again in 2019!
Our offices will be closed from 22 December to 1 January, so email responses may be a bit slow, but you can still reach us via the number below.
+27 82 463 7689 (Dalton)
If you need some festive images for your own cards this season, check out our stock photos on Shutterstock:
We had a lot of fun setting up shots for the 2019 Bonsai calendar.
Now how does one mark a tree that size? Tikka having a quiet moment of contemplation.
Antony and Mavourneen Smith from Willow Bonsai provided the amazing selection of bonsai trees and also played model for some of the shots, along with their colleague Jessica - and of course our favourite blonde calendar model Tikka.
Bonsai Lovers have a treat in store for the new year!
And for all the worried moms out there - you don’t have to worry all that much, Tikka is the only model posing au naturel.
- The calendar will be available soon -
Keep an eye out for announcements on their Facebook page @willowbonsaishop and the Willow Bonsai website.
And once the calendar is out on the shelves, we may publish some of the funnier things that happened behind the scenes.
The end of the year is approaching fast, which means another Sizimizele annual to get ready for publication.
We have shot hundreds of exposures throughout the year of the various Enterprise Development and Socio-Economic Development projects Stefanutti Stocks are involved in. Quite a few of those will end up in this year’s Sizimizele, but now it’s time to find those last few special shots for the front page and featured articles.
