We are having a great time at our couchsurfing hosts Alejandro and Marianna. They are really special people and have welcomed us into their lovely apartment in San Telmo as if we were old friends. We chatted with them until late last night and drank some amazing Malbec wine from the Mendoza region. They are…
This is a quick photo essay of what we have been up to so far in Buenos Aires and some sights from in and around this huge city… The big bird that flew us here: this is a pic of our plane landing at Cape Town International, coming in from JHB. Yesterday (Thursday) we went…
We arrived at 20:00 SA time in Buenos Aires after a 9 hour flight out of Cape Town. It was a good flight, but now we feel really tired…. Time for a shower and a good sleep. We are staying in an area in BA called San Telmo, to read more about BA and San…
In South Africa, we don’t have much to choose from when it comes to public transport. Unfortunately, we have not developed a robust system that can be used by all South Africans. In years gone by, air travel was expensive and I remember as a child we would travel from Durban to Johannesburg by train….
There is no doubt in my mind that Cape Town is certainly one of the most beautiful cities in South Africa. Francis and were in Cape Town for only two days to say goodbye to some friends and to fly out from here to Buenos Aires. For me, Cape Town is such an iconic city,…
I lecture at the College of Digital Photography on Photoshop and very often I hear students tell me that friends and family will say to them that using Photoshop is cheating. I have also heard some photographers say that they are “purists” and don’t do any Photoshop “manipulation”. I find that this kind of comment…
We have less than two weeks to go before we leave Johannesburg and go down to PE and then Cape Town. We fly out of Cape Town to Buenos Aires in mid December and from there the journey begins. We will spend a few weeks in Buenos Aires and then we are planning to go…
This past week, I have been putting together some presentations about HDR and Photostitching for the AVA Show that is currently on in Johannesburg. I took the time to revisit HDR as a technique in digital photography and after really playing around a lot, I realised just what a powerful tool it is. I have…
As you all know, I am a “binnelander” (live inland…in afrikaans) but I grew up in Kwazulu Natal, close to the sea. Since I have been doing photography, the sea is one of my favourite landscape subjects. I love its moods, its colours and its shapes and movement. Last week I was down in Ballito…
Ok, so for my next site or blog of the day, I would like to introduce you to a really great blog about photography by a guy called Trey Ratcliff. His blog, stuck in customs, is the #1 blog on the web on travel photography with about 350 000 views per month. So he is…
