I was in Glasgow recently for a friends, mums, cousions, nephews wedding or some connection like that, anyway it was brilliant.

I stepped on the brides dress but that was a whole load better than what happened at the Polish wedding I went to last year……

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I have been wanting to make it to sub club for some time now and finally last weekend I was in town so a visit was a must.

Why oh why did I wait so long?

Sub Club is brilliant and with a line up of Harri & Dominic, Matthew Dear and Andrew Weatherall it was one of the best nights I have ever been to.

More photos can be found at RA.  Click here.

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People always ask me why I live in Berlin.

This is why.

On Wednesday I visited the former Iraqi embassy in Pankow which was abandoned in 1991. Abandoned as in, right that’s work done for the day lets leave everything and never come back, sort of like the time I worked at Sizzler and they shut down over night keeping my pay cheque and the cheese toast.

It was a little sad to see that some idiots just can’t help themselves and had to go in and destroy everything they could get their slimy hands on and tag their name everywhere like a dog marking its territory.

A couple of weeks ago I had french dj and producer Marcus Vector in the studio.

I love the challenge of shooting portraits, having only a couple of hours to meet someone build a connection and produce some great images.

Here are a couple of my favourites.

Last week I spent four beautiful days with three other gorgeous women enjoying the beauty of Amsterdam.

Bliss.

The day before I left Cape Town I spent the morning photographing at the studio of Missibaba a luxury accessory design label established in 2005 by leather aficionado Chloe Townsend.

Chloe and her team produce some beautiful bags and accessories with fantastic bright prints, they radiate happiness!

I turned up wearing my latest thrift store purchase which turned out was Chloe’s grandmother, she had donated it to the Salvation Army store where I bought it.

Small world!

Yesterday I went on a little adventure to Beelitz-Heilstätten.

Originally built as a tuberculosis sanatorium it was converted into a military hospital during World War I by the German Imperial Army.

It’s slightly creepy and in parts still smells like a hospital.

I am looking forward to getting back there soon!

This is my skin.

The skin I am learning to live in, to shine in and to love.

I was met with a lot of love in Cape Town.

The story of how I met Joe is a long one, so in a nutshell:

I had a meeting about 40 min away from Cape Town so like the city girl I am I had it all planned out, jump on the train then grab a taxi from the train station to the office park about 5 km away.

Easy.

However I was in Africa and a thirty min train ride lands you basically in the middle of
nowhere, to my delight there was a shipping container acting as an office for the local taxi company when I enquired about actually hiring a taxi I was met with a blank stare and “A taxi? No not here, you would be better off to catch the train back to Cape Town and get one from there”

My meeting was to start in 15 minutes.

Enter stage right Joe, who runs a recycled building yard the only thing near by. He kindly agreed to drive me to where I needed to be, waited for me to have my meeting and drove me back to the station (we got lost on the way, had the wrong address and the only phone number I had was for  the companies office in Namibia)

Joe is a beautiful man who started his business two years ago with €200 euro and a lot of love, two years previously to opening the yard Joe survived a car accident that lead to him losing his architecture business that employed over thirty people and supported his wife and two children.

My meeting was a success but somehow I suspect this meeting with Joe was the one I was really was ment to have.

I returned a couple of weeks later to photograph him at work.

Sun in Berlin, is there anything more beautiful?

I have had a lot of fun running my workshops and was delighted to have the opportunity to run one in Cape Town while I was there.

Sadly, I won’t be running them anymore.

Well not in the same format anyway, I will now be offering one on one mentor sessions, allowing for a persoanlised learning experience. The sessions involve a hands on 4 hours of shooting where I will guide you through what to look for and how you can polish up on your photography skills. After the shoot I will review your images and provide detailed feedback.

I am travelling a lot this year so will be available in several countries including Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Scotland, Australia and more to be confirmed.

If you are interested in working with me please email me directly for more information katrina@illgetyoumypretty.net

Khayelitsha is a beautiful part of Cape Town, I didn’t visit until close to the end of my trip.

I wish I had of discovered the area earlier as I would have loved to spend more time there.

Next time.

Every now and then I do something a little crazy, I take some photos that I think aren’t up to standard, that don’t make the cut for my blog.

So I post them on my facebook page thinking that you will know the difference you will some how look at them differently and well, …..not judge me.

I am slowly starting to realise its not you I have to worry about it’s me and the little voice in my head that has a habit of whispering “you’re not good enough”.

Then I thought about how amazing the night was when I took these pictures, riding through the streets of Cape Town where cars have the right of way, always!

I took these as I rode my bike, yes I rode a little to slow for my friends liking but I don’t care I slowed down enough to take in what was happening to actually be present.

These pictures aren’t perfect but neither am I.