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Ok so this is pretty cool if it works. taking into consideration that i know nothing about coding, here goes:
(and it seems that it does!)
This thingamagiggy is called FlikrSlidr and I came accross it here. Please support these okes for making something so easy and cool.
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
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…
Light. Fantastic.
I read a book years ago in my teens written by Terry Prachett called “The light fantastic”, the sequel to “The colour of magic” and in on of the two I recall something about a picturebox with tiny artisans inside that painted images of everywhere the guy with the picturebox went. It made me think of the cameras you mostly see in movies. You know the kind where you look into the box from the top and it has two lenses on top of each other like the Yashicas and Rolleis (see the images in this article)
I bought one such camera a while ago in fairly good nick, had it serviced and it still makes amazing shots on 120 roll film!
Now here’s the sucker punch: this article is not about cameras. Read more…
Old-car retirement village
Enough of the reviews – show some photos! Yes, I hear your voice in my head loud and clear… I’m sure its your voice…
So a couple of guys and a gal rocked up at Wijnland Auto Museum on Saturday and had a bit of a rustic celebration of old cars – they all looked like they were smiling without any teeth. Its great to get out and get a dash of vitamin-D overdose and a slight red tint to the neck and forearms.
This is what we got up to. Just click here to see my shots on flickr or here to see what the rest of the guys did. You could even join the group if you want in on the next round of phun (photo+fun). Read more…
Cape Town photo walk
This was probably one of the best ideas yet. And Scott Kelby took it a couple of levels up by making it an international event. He announced an international photo walk with a max of 50 people per group in various (more than 200!) cities all over the world. the Cape Town group ended up being about 35 people that rocked up on a morning that promised at least mild showers, so cudos to everyone that came. The idea was to get to know people that also love carrying cameras with them (and intend to use them for pleasure, not just as workhorses). We met up afterwards at a coffee shop (that will be reviewed soon) to get to know each other a bit better and dry off after a downpour over a hot coffee and croissant.Â
Here is the link to my favourite photos of the morning’s shutter festivities.
