If you are a wildlife photographer and you were not inspired by Morkel’s guest post yesterday you need to check your pulse!
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is without a doubt a photographer’s paradise and all credit goes to Morkel for capturing some amazing images to showcase one of the truly wild place in southern Africa. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and images!
I have never had the privilege to visit the KTP but have already started looking at dates for the not too distant future. It is no longer a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’. For now I am going to have to settle for the Pilansberg Game Reserve where I will be spending a few days next week.
On Monday morning I will be leaving Madikwe for a two week break, which feels way overdue. The most exciting thing about my few days off is that I will be unplugging completely! No blogs, no Facebook, no Twitter, no email!
Yeah… nothing! I have no doubt that Adele is going to be very excited about this! I’ll most definitely be taking my camera with on the trip but that is about as hi tec as I will be going.
It’s definitely not due to a lack of work, it’s just that when you step away from things for a while you gain a bit of perspective. You fill up those little creative buckets. You get a chance to focus on the things that are really important. You get a chance to return to everything with a new vigor and renewed enthusiasm. A notebook and pen is the only work related items I will be taking along as ideas seem to pop up at the strangest times!
Apart from a few blog-free days during January, when I was on Bangkok, this will be the longest period in almost three years that Photo-Africa will not be updated. Not too worry, as the week after next I will be back with a lot of new posts, new images and a lot of page updates and new sections on the site.
Just in case you need your wildlife or photography fix during the week, here are a few sites you can visit with a whole lot more in the links list on the right of this page.
Grant Marcus
Grant works at the Tuningi Safari Lodge in the Madikwe Game Reserve and, through his stories and images, takes you on a virtual safari.
Morkel Erasmus
A regular guest blogger on Photo-Africa, Morkel explores Southern Africa in high dynamic range.
Kerry De Bruyn
Kerry shares her fine art and wildlife images thoughts on her blog.
AfricaFreak
This is the ultimate African safari guide where you can find safari info on anything ranging from photography to interesting wildlife facts.
Bush Warriors
These guys do a fantastic job of creating an awareness to stop poaching and the bush meat trade. They also run a great Photo of the Week competition.
You could also take a few moments and sign up for the Photo-Arica newsletter as I will be sending out the first edition in week or so. These newsletters, which will be circulated once a month, will include info on upcoming workshops and photographic safaris as well as travel and photographic tips. You can find the link to sigh up at the top right of the blog.
After a long six weeks in the bush and some amazing sightings, I am sitting on a huge number of RAW files that I will be playing with when I return from my ‘no technology’ week. I’ll leave you with this one from a few days ago. Golden afternoon light makes any scene come alive but in Africa it just seems better! (Click on the thumbnail for a larger view!)
So until next next week, somewhere around the 19th, be good!
Gerry
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Enjoy the week off Gerry! Have fun
thanks for letting me splurge your wonderful blog with a few of my humble words and images
enjoy the break, and see you on the flipside
(thanks for the shout-out by the way!)
Well enjoy your time out of blog and internet. We have a tendency to stay too much behind our screens sometime and it is cool to go back to nature
and internet freedom!!
Hope you will get thousands of pictures to share!