Livingstone exhibition
June 30, 2010
I was in Livingstone last weekend setting up an exhibition which will be at the Royal Livingstone hotel until the 7th of July. It will then move to the Zambezi Sun hotel until the 31st of July so if you are in town be sure to pop in and take a look.
It was full moon while I was down there so I took the opportunity to photograph Victoria Falls at night. The falls are still very full for this time of year which means that there is a huge amount of spray in the air – bad for camera gear but great for lunar rainbows. The lights in the photograph are on the Zimbabwean side.
Victoria falls by moonlight
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Lodge Photography
June 30, 2010
A large amount of my time in the last month has been taken up photographing lodges – I photographed 9 different camps in the Valley including 2 of my favourites – Luwi bushcamp (Norman Carr Safaris) and Chindeni (The Bushcamp Company). It was quite frustrating to be stuck in the camps and hear reports coming in from the game-drives of incredible wildlife sightings! Here are a few shots from the thousands that I took on this trip.
Honeymoon Chalet - Luwi Bushcamp
Dinner on the sandy Luwi riverbed
Breakfast at Luwi Bushcamp
Champagne at sunset - Kakuli camp
Chindeni chalet
Chindeni dawn
Breakfast on the deck - Chindeni
Dinner table - Chindeni
Chindeni deck at dusk
Honeymoon chalet and Milky Way - Chindeni
Sundowners in the Kapamba river
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Soaring with eagles!
June 30, 2010
It has been a very long time since my last post – the last couple months have been non-stop for me but finally I have some time to do a little blogging. I headed down to Wilderness in South Africa at the beginning of May to do a paragliding course. I have a very exciting project in the pipeline which involves lots of flying and photography – more details of this in the months to come. Here are a couple shots of my first few flights courtesy of my excellent instructor Jan at Cloudbase paragliding. It was a fabulous experience and I can’t wait to return.
A few more..
May 5, 2010
Black and white
April 24, 2010
I am currently working on a portfolio of black and white photographs that will feature in an exhibition later this year. A few images:
Elephant herd
Tree climbing lion
Old buffalo bulls
Lion eye
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End of the rains
April 15, 2010
The sky is clear and there is a definite chill in the air today which means the dry season is on its way – it always amazes me just how quickly the safari season comes around again each year. The rains are a quieter time for me in terms of actual photography and I spend an huge amount of my time sitting in front of a computer. I am really looking forward to getting back into the bush and behind the camera again..
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The river
April 1, 2010
The Luangwa river in flood is something to behold. The sky meets with the river and creates the most incredible vistas of cloud and colour. The dry season is approaching now and soon the river will be back to its sandy safari-season state. A few images while it lasts…
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