Archive for October 2008
Flower magic.
Shooting flowers and plants with a macro lens is the best thing out. its gets even better if they are all on top of each other like these “Vygies” were in my garden. this was a fantastic idea to plant them this close (close together and close to home) because they look great together and it saved me some pertrol money in stead of having to drive out to the west coast for an hour!
What I found was that the flowers got quite abstract the closer I got because part of the petals became ridiculously out of focus (OOF) to a point where it started to look like abstract paintings and the colour fields of  Mark Rothco, just with some flowery details mixed in. Read more…
Kalk Bay
This is the most amazing little harbour and is super photogenic. There are all sorts of things to be photographed: textures, colours, people landscapes, close-ups, even macros. Take care around spring tide in September though, as the seas are very rough and people have been swept off the otherwise peaceful harbour wall before! Right on the wall is Harbour house and Polana, two very good restaurants and around overlooking the harbour is The Brass Bell and Cape to Cuba. Read more…
How to fail as a photographer
Following some advice (that you will also soon read thanks to the controversial topic…) ,this is going to be sweet and short because I’m hectic right now and making photos.
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Nuff sed.
