Deon Maritz's photostream

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© Deon Maritz - All rights reserved

All my photos are copyrighted material and all rights are reserved. This means you must have permission to use the photos in any way that does not fall under the limited rights granted by the "fair use" clause of the copyright law. "Fair use" does not extend to taking the photos and putting them on your own website, even if modified and for non-commercial use. Ask permission if you want to make use of my material.

DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF MY WORK HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED, PUBLISHED IN PRINT AND SHOWED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION WITHOUT MY PERMISSION, I HAD NO CHOICE AS TO CHANGE MY LICENSING.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS MEANS THAT THE "ALL SIZES" FUNCTION HAS BEEN DISABLED.

Please do not use any of my photos without my permission.
If you want to make use of them please ask me first.
Thank you.


ABOUT MY ME & MY SITE:

MY PHOTOS ARE ABOUT ME, MY COUNTRY AND THE THINGS I LOVE IN LIFE

I am a Fun Loving, Happily Married South African Male and dad of 3 boys. I'm 40 yrs young, love sports, photography & music.
I have had the honour in meeting various celebrities in my career as Owner of a sound, video & lighting company.
(Nelson Mandela, Robbie Williams, Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, Kate Moss, Amber Valetta, Naomi Campbell, Pavarotti, Sean Connery, Ownen Wilson, Arnold Schwarzenegger etc.)

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS DISPLAYED UNDER MY PROFILE HAS BEEN TAKEN BY ME. I DO NOT UPLOAD PHOTOS FROM THE NET.
I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY AND MAYBE ONE DAY I'LL BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE A CAREER OF IT.


MY GEAR:
Canon 40D Camera
Canon 350D Camera
Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash
Canon Speedlite 550EX Flash
Canon 28-80mm lens
Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 lens
Sigma 10-20mm lens
Sigma 70-300mm lens
Canon EF 24-70mm 1:2.8 L USM lens
Canon EF 70-200mm 1:2.8 L IS USM Lens
Sigma 170-500mm lens

IF YOU ENJOY MY PHOTOSTREAM,
A TESTIMONIAL WOULD BE APPRECIATED!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!

SHOULD YOU BE INTERESTED TO CONTACT ME FOR PHOTOGRAPHY PLEASE DON'T HESTITATE TO CALL ME ON 082 374-9414 (SOUTH AFRICA) OR MAIL ME AT deon@eventstaging.co.za
I AM AVAILABLE FOR NATURE, PORTFOLIO, BAND/CONCERT, SPORT, MODELING & EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY.




ONE OF THE FEW PHOTOS OF ME YOU WILL GET TO SEE!





COMMENTS FROM OTHERS:
"I have to say it...your stream is GREAT! You handle both erotic classy pics and nature with the same great style I love it...thanks for sharing man, will keep in touch"

Roberto




Deon Maritz's flickr score: 2800


My latest favorite:









Poem by Inge Haupt

Afrika

Fierce, untamed, feral
within and without
We cannot escape.

Afrika nestled with beasts in our bones
drumming along the beat in our blood.
Our nerves hum with her songs
rhythms pulse in our veins.

Screaming wildly out every pore,
Shrieking, ululating the joy
of our sun, our sea, our mountains, our gods,
Our devils.

Each soul is powered, by the dark heart.
Each voice is deepened, by the dark soul.
Each touch tainted, by the dark love.
We will not be tamed.

Our souls shall not be luminous light.
Our voices not be bright with banter.
Our love shall not be soft, saccharine
for we sweat, we heave, we throb, we sigh.
She flows through our veins
and burns through our brains.

We breathe Afrika.
We cry Afrika.
We live
and then
We die Afrika.