Lockdown live with Dewald Kirsten

Today I chat with an amazing South African artist, Conrad Hicks. Conrad is a blacksmith by trade and he forges amazing art pieces and tools with raw metal and iron. We talk about where he started and how he got into the trade, where he gets his ideas from and he gives us a quick tour of the workshop.

Today I chat to one of my clients, David Nieuwoudt from Cederberg Wines. They re situated in the Cederberg region, at 1100m+ above sea level its one of the highest wine farms in South Africa and that together with the unique soils, makes for some of the best wines in South Africa  We talk about their unique Sauvignon Blanc wines.

Today I chat with South African Olympic athlete, Wenda Nel. Wenda is here from my home town, Worcester in the Western Cape and has competed at the last Olympic games. We chat about what it takes to be an athlete, how she stays positive all the time, managers and so much more, come and join us.

Today I chat with another legend, Jono Shales. Not just is Jono a nice guy, he is a hardcore fisherman and hard worker. We really don't talk any fishing in this one, we talk about the Journey Jono has been on to be where he is today and what he has done and how much hard work it takes to succeed.  Come and join us, its another one of those inspiring ones, and if Johan Van der Westhuizen sees this, send me a mail.

Today I spoke to a childhood hero, Andre Snyman. Andre played for the Springboks from 1996 till 2007. He was and in my opinion, still is one of the best outside centers we have had in South Africa. We speak about modern-day rugby, what happened to him after his career and what he is doing today.

I have met Clifford and Maryke through working together as freelancers. Both of them write travel stories and articles and both work on copywriting for corporate clients. Maryke was one of my first chats during lockdown but that was on Instagram so the content got lost. Today we talk about the amazing distilling industry and some cool things they have experienced etc.  Come and join us for this very informal chat.

One of my most inspiring chats in this series. I speak to Stephan Dombaj from Fly Fishing Nation about fishing and photography. We talk about social media, where Fly Fishing Nation started and what they are doing and planning for the future. If you are a fan, this is not to be missed!

Today on Lockdown Live I chat with a really cool guy here from Cape Town, Warren Baynes.  Warren is a commercial photographer here in Cape Town and he shoots for Bird on a wire Agency. We chat about doing personal projects, how he approached agencies, and much more.

Today I chat with Pat Mcgowan from Blackbox. Pat created Blackbox to be a creator community where people collaborate and earn money together, They focus on stock footage at this time and its an upload once and they then distribute it to the major platforms.  They have a massive portfolio with the stock agencies and they get first-hand info from the agencies as to what is needed etc.  Blackbox changed the way I sell stock footage and it has done so for many others. If you are a stock footage creator, come and have a look. Also, feel free to ask your questions, we will answer them.

Andrew Aveley and I have been friends for quite some time now and we have shot together and drank beer together. Hopefully, I can join him on one of his trips one day, especially to the Kalahari! We talk about his wildlife trips mostly on this chat. Andrew was my first guest on the Lockdown Live show, but as it was on Instagram, it could not be saved for later use again. Se we just set up another chat.