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Video with a DSLR

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Roger

This is all very new to us! Having shot stills for the past er, well, more years than I care to remember we are starting to shoot a bit of video using Nikon’s D7000. What a lovely experience! Also included … Continue reading →

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Botswana Photographic Safari

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Roger

A friend of ours owns the Zambezi Queen based in Kasane in Botswana and we’ll be running a Photographic Safari there in June. Follow the link above to see how special this is. Have a look here for details. While … Continue reading →

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Early Mornings

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Roger

Trying this entry from my Blackberry. Who knows how it will turn out but here goes… We’ve decided to spend Christmas at Didima Camp in the KwaZulu Natal Drakensberg and it seems as though the weather may turn grotty soon … Continue reading →

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Nikon D7000

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Roger

Have been playing with Nikon’s new D7000 DSLR, first on our recent Photo Safari to Swaziland and now shooting some flowers on a misty and rainy day here in Howick in KwaZulu Natal. (By the way, the noise you hear in the … Continue reading →

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Drakensberg Boys’ Choir

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Roger

This one caught us by surprise and no this is not about photography but rather something we experienced while doing photography. We needed some pix of the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir in the Champagne Valley for a book that we are … Continue reading →

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Local Knowledge

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Roger

Just a short one this week. We were down in Durban wrapping up the photography for a book on KwaZulu Natal and one of the things we had to get was some pix of Hindu Temple Dancers. But how? I … Continue reading →

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No camera – No Pix!

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Roger

I’ve said it before, but it is worth repeating: If you don’t have a camera with you, you are not going to get many photographs! I carry a little point and shoot camera around with me all the time and … Continue reading →

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Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Roger

While we were in the Eastern Cape  recently we stopped off in Port Elizabeth to see if we could get some images of the Nelson Mandela Bay Soccer Stadium there. I had done some initial research using Google Earth and … Continue reading →

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KwaZulu Natal Midlands Photo Workshop

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Roger

What a bunch of fun that was. We mixed in a number of different shoots for our March 2010 KwaZulu Natal Photographic Workshop – scenery, birds of prey, portraiture, waterfalls and movement/action and got some great images in the process. … Continue reading →

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Moses Mabhida Stadium and other Durban Attractions.

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Roger

I think it’s the most beautiful of the lot! The Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa dominates the city skyline making almost ever photograph shot before its completion last year, obsolete. The graceful steel centre arch, based on the … Continue reading →

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