NO 23………….
Photography has been a very passionate part of my world for a number of years and I have been fortunate to have a small bio included in the Canon South Africa digital publication , Click Mag edition 23. The answers are brief but they words from within……………..
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Please enjoy the Q&A session and subscribe to the best brand in SA , CANON……….Thanks to all the people at Canon and One thread who made this a reality for me. Remember to get out there and capture life through your lens , one frame at a time…………….AA
Reflections of 2011
I have seen many photographers do blog posts and reviews of their best photographs of a specific year but here I have put together a small AV presentation of some of my memorable images from 2011.I have use a song by the new legends of SA Music , TAXI VIOLENCE…………a great band and I had the pleasure of shooting them early in 2011. It has been a great year full of challenges and personal realisations.
Photography has been instrumental in helping me grow and see things in a unique light……………2012 will be a great year and I wish all of my fellow photographers a creative year in photography and remember, capture the light, one frame at a time……….AA
Etosha – Vulture Magic
During my trip this year to Etosha I was hoping to capture some of the vultures interaction with other predators in the vast wilderness. I was not disappointed by what i saw in the field but photographically it was very challenging. I did mange to witness 2 black back jackals ( canis mesomelas ) feeding on a fresh springbok carcass that was obviously a Cheetah kill from earlier that morning as the vultures had not yet started to congregate and sightings of Cheetah were recorded the days before in that general area . This image i captured was not the only highlight of this sighting………………………
One of the clues nature photographers use to find the site of a kill or dead animal is to scan the sky during the day and look for the tell tale thermals holding soaring vultures as they search for any meal . With the vast open spaces and large availability of water around I knew that finding any interaction near a water hole would be difficult . I concentrated early mornings on scanning low level shrubs and any ground activity and as it started to heat up , the signs of soaring vultures…….
