Train travel…a great alternative

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….

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The fairest Cape…

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,…

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The journey begins…

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…

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HDR revisited

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…

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The misty sea

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…

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Getting it right – Exposure – Tip 2

To follow on from my last “getting it right” post we will continue looking at exposure. Please understand that I am really giving some basic tips about exposure, you can go into serious detail about exposure, in fact, whole books have been written on the subject. You can look at things like Ansel Adams Zone…

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