Author Archives: Roger

Nikon D800

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Roger

Wow! Look at this press release I just received from Nikon South Africa on the new Nikon D800′ the replacement for the well loved D700. Looks like it’s going to be a wonderful camera! Contact us for pricing and other … Continue reading →

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From Rhodes to Plettenberg Bay

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Roger

This account picks up the story as we leave Rhodes in the Drakensberg Mountains of the Eastern Cape after our one night stay en route to Plettenberg Bay and Cape Town. We have friends (Chris and Julie Marias) living in … Continue reading →

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The trip to Rhodes

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Roger

For the first time in many years we’ve decided to take a bit of a holiday – yes, holiday! It’s been a gruelling few months in the lead up to the deadline of our new book, so we thought a … Continue reading →

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Howick Photographic Workshop.

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Roger

It started off as a rather small, informal little workshop for a previous participant (Tammy) on one of our previous workshops and also for the son of some friends who is heading back to university in the next day or … Continue reading →

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Nikon D4

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Roger

Great Excitement. The Nikon D4 has just been announced and I haves never desired and camera more than this one. [Just hang on - I need to pop out and see the bank manager... ] Have a look at these … Continue reading →

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Lightroom Shortcuts

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Roger

I use Adobe Lightroom for the vast majority of my image editing and have found that these days I only really use Photoshop for stitching images into panoramas and for the more involved edits where I have to use layers … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Panoramas

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Roger

When one thinks of panoramas the mind automatically leaps to scenes of great vistas and awesome landscapes. (well mine does…) While working on our new book about lions I started playing about with shooting panoramas stitched from 2 or 3 images … Continue reading →

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500px Plugin for Lightroom.

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Roger

Wow, now this is a useful one: 500px (a wonderful site that allows you to post photographic portfolios and images and follow and interact with other photographers) has just launched a publish plugin for Adobe Lightroom. For those of us … Continue reading →

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Lion Roaring at MalaMala

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Roger

We are spending a few days at MalaMala Game Reserve working on our book about lions and on our first evening here came across this male lion on the airstrip. There were some lions calling to the north and he … Continue reading →

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Mala Mala Predators

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Roger

We are at Mala Mala Game Reserve at the moment and are having a very busy time shooting pix for our new book on lions. We’ve been getting some very nice material some of which I have put into a … Continue reading →

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