A week ago while out walking our dogs, Terry and I found a baby hare about 2 weeks old, lying in the road, weak and covered in red ants preparing to eat him alive. We took him home and put him in a quiet dark place wrapped in a towel. He was very weak, in… Continue reading Fiver
I'm allergic to having my photo taken. I am almost never satisfied with the result and I'm not very good at smiling for the camera, it all feels so fake and uncomfortable and in my opinion, I generally just look awful. In fact, it's so bad that I have difficulty looking at myself in a… Continue reading The far side of my lens
We are in the short strokes now and things are all happening pretty quickly with regard to the "Big Move" back to South Africa. However, it's not all sunshine and coconuts and tying up the remaining threads of our life here in Mauritius is proving to be pretty stressful, take for example yesterday. Terry and… Continue reading Short strokes
One of my favorite "moments" of the day is my "coffee moment", it happens early in the morning directly after walking the dogs. While the doggies are munching happily on their breakfast Terry and I sit on the patio and sip our cappuccinos. It's not just the drinking of the coffee that I love, it's… Continue reading My coffee moment
Photographing kids at a party is definitely not for sissies! They are like little bunnies moving at the speed of light, one barely has time to focus and the little monsters are gone again! Here are my images from Miss A's 4th birthday party (the little girl on my blog header) and even though my… Continue reading Let’s have a party!
I sat down this morning and worked out that in the last 50 odd years I have moved house 19 times and 4 of those times involved living in a different country! Once again I'm on the move, this time from the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean to the Western Cape in South… Continue reading Home is where the heart is…
Sadly, this is the last week of my online photo basics course with Brooke Snow. I have learned so much during these past 5 weeks and even though it was a struggle to shoot in Manual Mode, especially in the beginning, now I love the control it gives me over my camera and images, no… Continue reading Photo Basics Course – medley of images
I found it most interesting that the word photography is derived from a combination of two Greek words meaning "drawing with light". The focus for this weeks lesson was, you guessed it, working with natural light and using it to our best advantage. After watching all the videos and reading all the notes, the most valuable… Continue reading 3 most important questions to ask when shooting in natural light…
This week was all about composition, the things to avoid and things to include. Avoid anything that intersects or merges with your subject, how often have we seen a photograph of someone with a pole or a tree growing out of the top of their head? Anything that distracts the eye weakens the image, like… Continue reading Composition – The sum of the whole is greater than its parts
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