Des Kleineibst
photographer
Transportation
Cape Town
Des Kleineibst has been a professional advertising photographer in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa since 1980 and internationally since 1999. Des specializes in Automotive Photography shooting cars and trucks in studio and on location for above and below the line advertising agencies, CGI, Virtual Tours for Automotive 360 Exteriors and Interiors and Tourism websites. Landscapes / Seascapes and Motion / Textures In Nature are his other passions.
Des has become recognized as one of the best automotive specialists producing exceptional commercial images for almost every brand of car and truck on the South African market. Des is based in Cape Town where he shoots on location because of the fantastic range of locations and light, he regularly commutes to Johannesburg to shoot cars in one of his purpose built car studios. Des has been shooting High end Digital, using Hasselblad and PhaseOne for over 13 years, at present Hasselblad H4D40 (40 MP) and PhaseOne P45 (39 MP) .
In 2008 Des ventured into the exciting world of CGI by investing in SpheroCam HDRi and Panoscan Camera Systems and opened his in-house CGI studio and he is loving the new and exciting challenge of blending traditional stills and CGI to produce award winning stills and multimedia campaigns. By owning all his own equipment and keeping everything in-house he can offer superlative creative images at a realistic cost. Des co-developed his own carbon fiber tracking rig that extends up to 10 meters.
Numerous awards over the years including
New York Festival, Ilford Profoto Photographer of the year and Automotive photographer of the year and Gold Awards, Fujifilm Photographer of the year and Automotive Photographer of the year and Gold Awards, ...
Most recently he won 2 of the 5 awards awarded in the CGI category in the 2010 AOP Awards. An EEC passport is conducive to shooting European assignments.
He is seeking representation worldwide by photographic agents with car experience and contacts. Des is a full member of the Association of Photographers (AOP) London
Languages: English
