Learn, Remember or Find Inspiration

Jul 21, 2010 No Comments by Gerry

Last Saturday 9 people joined Photo-Africa at the Centurion Country Club for the Digital Photography 101 workshop. Starting from the very beginning and working through all the technical ‘stuff’, artistic elements of photography and even a bit of post processing the day was not only a lot of fun but a huge success. The approach [...]

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It’s Worth It

Jun 14, 2010 1 Comment

It’s not always about the size. I suppose it’s with good reason though.  Lions, leopards and cheetahs are without a doubt some of the most sought after photographic subjects out in the bush but don’t forget about the small cats. The African Wild Cat is one of the more seldomly seen cats in Madikwe.  Actually, [...]

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One Image, Three Lessons

Jun 02, 2010 No Comments

Like it or not, you will take bad images. Ok, that might sound a bit harsh but it’s true.  It does not matter whether you take your time to photograph a wildlife subject or whether you fill up card after card on rapid fire, there will always be a few images that you feel is [...]

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We All Make Mistakes

Mar 24, 2010 2 Comments

Isn’t it amazing how sensitive some photographers can be? Whatever it is that we photograph, we always try and put our best images forward.  Makes sense doesn’t it?  Why on earth would you show your bad images to people?  All fine and well but when you get too caught up in filtering your best images [...]

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Cropping Wildlife Images

Dec 11, 2009 2 Comments

A big thanks to Pieter Pretorius for his guest post and video yesterday. I was lucky enough to to meet Pieter last year when I did a drive for WildEarth TV.  He is truly one of the nicest people you can imagine and his passion for what he does shines through in his images.  Personally [...]

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Expose to the Right

Oct 17, 2009 No Comments

There has been a lot of talk as to whether you should under or overexpose when shooting with a digital camera.  The answer is simple.  You should expose correctly. Ok, let’s look at it a little closer.  Your goal should always be to expose your image as correctly as possible.  That is ultimately your goal [...]

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Basic Color Theory

Aug 23, 2009 No Comments

Photography is about light. Obvious statement, but let’s look at it in a little more details. For more scientific details you canclick herebut the short version is that light, which is what you are trying to capture in your images, has different wavelengths which renders it visually as different colors. The visual color range is [...]

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