Johan Pretorius Photography

General information

South African official Nikon spokes person and brand ambassodor with 27 years of fulltime experience as a professional photographer, I am running my studio from Bloemfontein in central South Africa.
Being an international photographer I am available for assignments worldwide and have worked in 28 countries, with pictures been published all over the world.

I have photographed many major sporting events like the FIFA Soccer World Cup, Rugby World Cup the Cricket World Cup and the World Athletics Championships, amazing weddings at awesome venues, and editorials for many magazines and newspapers locally and abroad.

I have done work for the BBC, CNN, SABC 1, 2 and 3, MNET and some of the biggest newspapers in the world like “The News of the World”, and have done commissions for organisations like the Princess of Wales Foundation.
I was fortunate to have photographed people like Princes Diana, Nelson Mandela, Dr.Chris Barnard and actors like Morgan Freeman and famous sports men and women from all over… to name a few Gary Player, Hansie Cronje, Schalk Burger, Jean de Villiers, Victor Matfield, John Smit, François Pienaar, Marian Jones, Sean Fitzpatrick, Amanda Coetzer, Oscar Pistorius and dozens others.
Famous South Africans like Raymond Ackerman, Tony Leon and Danny Jordaan was also photographed by me.

I am equipped with the newest and latest camera gear from Nikon, and will use the equipment best fitting the assignment, namely the Nikon D4, or the high resolution 36 million pixel Nikon D800 bodies and I also use medium format when required.