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Woman with DVD

Posted on 1 December 2009 | Leave a comment
Woman with DVD

I decided while walking on the beach, that I would undertake the 100 strangers project but it was an early morning and very windy so the few people walking on the beach were not approachable. Then, as I got back to my car I saw this young woman coming along the pavement. I asked if I could photograph her and she smiled and nodded, but kept on walking so I had to take a quick shot as she passed. The image isn’t as sharp as I’d like but it gets my feet wet in the project so I decided to use it anyway.

This picture is #1 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com

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Falcons Four

Posted on 21 November 2009 | Leave a comment
Four Silver Falcon aircraft in diamond formation

The Silver Falcons, official display team of the South African Air Force perform at an air show at AFB Overberg.

Unlike the display teams of many other air forces the Silver Falcons pilots are not dedicated to the team only. Team pilots are all instructors at the Central Flying School based at AFB Langebaanweg and can only spend their spare time practising for their displays.

Each display starts and ends as a five ship formation, with the body of the display alternating between manoeuvres by this four ship formation and the solo display pilot. The team currently flies the Pilatus PC-7 Astra.

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RIP Dave Stock

Posted on 15 November 2009 | Leave a comment
Dave Stock at AFB Ysterplaat in 2005

Dave Stock died in a crash at AFB Overberg on 14 November 2009 while doing what he loved, flying the English Electric Lightning.

He will be missed, not only by family and friends, but by thousands of air show fans like myself; who were entertained by his marvellous displays over the years.

This photograph was taken at AFB Ysterplaat on 3 December 2005, shortly after Dave and the Lightning had set a new African time to altitude record. I believe this record still stands.

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Yolandi

Posted on 26 September 2009 | Leave a comment
Yolandi

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Tammy

Posted on 24 September 2009 | Leave a comment
Tammy

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Vicki

Posted on 22 September 2009 | Leave a comment
Vicki

Vicki is the next of the young ladies from the make-up shoot.

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Charné

Posted on 21 September 2009 | Leave a comment
Charné

I was recently asked by my son’s girlfriend to take photographs of some models. She needed photographs for a make-up project she was doing for her studies. I haven’t done too much shooting of models before and these ladies were all amateurs but it was a fun way to spend an afternoon. The next few posts will be photographs from the shoot.

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Simply Asia

Posted on 4 August 2009 | 1 comment
Shopfront of Simply Asia Thai restaurant and noodle bar in Dorp Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Weathered

Posted on 1 August 2009 | Leave a comment
A cracked and damp-stained wall with the corner of a closed shutter visible at top right.

The photo above is the second of two photographs I submitted for consideration in the competition associated with the second annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk.

The winning photo from the Stellenbosch walk has been announced and sadly it wasn’t one of mine. Congratulations to Lizna Boshoff, who took the winning photograph. My photograph above was however one of four named as honourable mentions. Congratulations as well to Jurgen Blignaut, Lino Steenkamp and Wibke Dunaiski, who received the other honourable mentions.

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Leaves and Gable

Posted on 1 August 2009 | Leave a comment
Looking up through dead oak leaves and branches at a gabled Cape Dutch style house.

It has been two weeks since I took part in the second annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk. I walked in Stellenbosch where our route took in Stellenbosch’s historic Dorp Street, with perhaps more national monuments in close proximity than anywhere else in South Africa. Our walk leader asked that we try and capture the essence of Stellenbosch and after processing all my images I think that this one is the single one of my photos that really does that, incorporating the oak trees that fill the town, and the historic Cape Dutch architecture. It is also the first of two that I submitted for consideration in the competition associated with the walk.

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