Jurgen’s Photography Blog | 2nd Cape Town Photography Meetup
It’s time to meet for our second Cape Town Photography Meetup. I initiated these meetups last month for photo enthusiasts in Cape Town. My aim is to create a platform of communal learning and creating a forum for people interested in photography.
The next meetup is this coming Saturday morning, 16 May at 10am. If you might be interested in attending, click the link above for more info.
Here are the winners of the May competition for which the set subject was City Life.
Please note that only digital images are available for display.
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Projected Images
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Spend a relaxing long weekend in the magical Karoo town of Prince Albert learning how to get the best results from your camera and how to improve your travel photography.
Led by photographers, Samantha Reinders and Simone Scholtz, in addition to photographic training, the weekend promises delicious local food, the chance to meet other photo enthusiasts and enough time to kick off your shoes and relax a little.
Samantha and Simone will take you through the basic technical aspects of travel photography and provide tips and ideas along the way as they guide you in capturing the people and landscape provided by the exquisite Karoo. They have both frequently published in South Africa as well as abroad. Samantha (MA, Ohio University) recently published a book for National Geographic, (Travelers Guide to South Africa ) as well as Key to Cape Town, a travel book on the city for Jonathan Ball publishers. 2009 has seen her travel to New York, Burkina Faso and Namibia.
Simone (Bjournalism, Rhodes University) is an award winning photojournalist and works for NGO’s, magazines and corporate clients. She is passionate about travel and in February she completed a masterclass by the renowned agency VII in India.
Read the introduction or schedule documents or visit their websites for more information: www.samreinders.com and www.simonescholtz.com.
Around 2pm on Saturday 2nd May 2009, a number of us met up on Paddy’s farm for an afternoon of learning and teaching each other how to achieve various things with our cameras. Those present were Paddy herself, Irmel Dunaiski, Bernard Seymour-Hall, Liz Atkins, Noeleen Kutash, Steve Crane and Gavin and Denise Whiteford.
We spent some time around Paddy’s studio with the more knowledgeable/experience members answering questions from those less so. There was also much shooting of macro shots, both of flowers and various items that Paddy had set up under lights. Around 4pm we had some tea and coffee then wandered off down past an empty dam that is being raised. I took this photo on the way.
There were some earth-moving machines parked there and Paddy suggested this might be an opportunity to take some shots for the “Small parts of big things” subject that is coming up later in the year.
After a while spent around these monsters we continued on past the dam to a little bluegum forest where we were able to shoot some abstracts by panning our cameras at a slow shutter speed.
After leaving the forest we headed back to the house and stood chatting for a while as the sun was setting.
Nettie was not able to attend the April AV meeting so writing this has fallen to me, hence the delay in posting it. I didn’t make any notes that I can draw on for writing this so please excuse any omissions or errors I might make.
We started off watching an AV by Noeleen Kutash, her first one ever and everyone agreed that it was very well done for a first attempt. Neels Beyers brought along one or two AVs but the details escape me right now. Johan Beyers was visiting from Paarl again and I think many members hope he will continue to be a regular visitor. He showed us an inspiring AV made from landscape photos he took on a recent trip to the USA. It was full of buttes, mesas, canyons, arches and other incredible landscape features; also featured were some ancient cliff dwellings that Noeleen informed us were used by the Anasazi. André du Toit showed an AV made from images he took at a bird photography workshop in the Kalahari; he also brought us a box of his delicious apples.
After tea Irmel demonstrated how to incorporate movement into AVs using Wings Platinum. Although her demonstration used multiple picture tracks, she explained that the same effect can be achieved with the single picture track of the free basic version that many of us use.
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“The Boys and Girls of Modern Day Railways” prints by The Polaroid Kidd
Mike Brodie aka “The Polaroid Kidd” is a somewhat accidental documentary photographer. By photographing his friends, their homes, and lifestyles, Brodie has captured a marginalized segment of the American population that’s not so prevalent in main stream society. His haunting photos of hobos, punks, and squatters criss-crossing the country in boxcars are reminiscent of Horace Bristol’s Grapes of Wrath era pics that captured migrant workers on their way to California ….except now they have facial tattoos. They’re truly amazing.
CANON EOS 5D FOR SALE
I have a Canon EOS 5D for sale.
Full frame sensor 12.8 Mg.
Body only with extra battery pack and 3 batteries.
R15 000,00 for body and R1 000,00 for battery pack.
Contact me at 082 656 0660 or 021 531 5415 or 021 462 4064 or cpbeyers@mweb.co.za.
Neels Beyers
Join well-known photographer David Rogers from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July for a three-day workshop focusing on the coastal and floral treasures of the Southern Cape. The workshop includes accommodation at Bucaco Sud in the quiet coastal town of Betty’s Bay.
This area is the heart of the Cape Floral Region, which has such diversity of plants that it has been proclaimed a World Heritage Site. Our field trips, where we will be accompanied by a guide as well as David Rogers, will take us to Harold Porter Botanical Gardens, Kogelberg Nature Reserve as well as scenic stretches of the southern Cape coastline.
David will cover the following subjects in two lectures that will be held in the Harold Porter Botanical Gardens.
There will be an opportunity for David to analyse images taken during the workshop. It is targeted at digital SLR camera users but partners are also welcome.
David Rogers is a professional photographer and writer specializing in natural history and tourism. He has a degree in Environmental and Geographical Science and English from the University of Cape Town. After starting his career as an editor at Reader’s Digest Special Books he became an award-winning photojournalist at Getaway magazine where he spent seven years. As a freelancer for the past 10 years he has featured in Africa Geographic, Conde Naste Traveller, Travel Africa, Sunday Times, Getaway, Geo, Travel and Leisure and many other titles. He now concentrates on photographing lodges, making books and running specialist photographic trips throughout Southern and East Africa. For more go to www.davidrogers.co.za
His most recent titles include:
Winelands in Style (Africa Geographic, 2009)
Classic Safari Camps of Africa (Hornbill, 2008)
South Africa in Style (Africa Geographic, 2008)
African Islands in Style (Africa Geographic, 2007)
Living Landscapes of Southern Africa (Struik, 2007)
East Africa in Style (Africa Geographic, 2006)
Zambia in Style (Africa Geographic, 2006)
Southern Africa in Style (Africa Geographic, 2005)
Zambia Landscapes (Struik, 2004)
The workshop price of R2,995-00 per person includes accommodation and all meals, comprehensive lecture notes, a guide and David Rogers.
Where applicable, entrance is free to Botanical Society members or those with Wild Cards, otherwise entrance fees will be payable by individuals.
IN ORDER TO ENSURE PERSONAL ATTENTION, NUMBERS ARE RESTRICTED TO 10 PARTICIPANTS.
TO MAKE A BOOKING PLEASE CONTACT JOHN TAYLOR:
EMAIL: john@bestcape.co.za
FAX: 086 5731371
CELL: 082 5646001
A MINIMUM DEPOSIT OF 50% WILL RESERVE YOUR PLACE.
BALANCE DUE BY NO LATER THAN 25 JUNE 2009.
richard mark dobson – the crest hotel | burn magazine
I remember the Crest Hotel way back in the 70’s. In fact it was from this hotel that I gathered my first impressions of our newly adopted land, South Africa.
Helderberg Photographic Society