Just a little of what I find interesting or wish to write about.How to download photos from this site.HOW TO DOWNLOAD PHOTOS Only some galleries allow downloading and in most cases a password will be required at step 5. 1. Start in the gallery grid view and SELECT PHOTOS
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I hope this helps. Cape to RioAn opportunity too good to miss.Ray Matthews, Race Chairman, invited me to be the "official" photographer for the 2016/17 Cape to Rio Yacht Race. The brief: to record the entries in the run-up to the event, the starts and, of course, the finishes and apres-event in Rio. I began by visiting competitors on or shortly after arrival. Team Angola Cables, Runaway and Black Pearl had arrived early and had much assembly to do. One evening, I received a call from the race administrator, Tiffany McSwan: Mercenario 4 was due to arrive in Cape Town at 10 p.m. Would I join in to meet them? Well, of course. The South Easter was blowing about 25 kts, it was pitch black and cloudy. Out came a big battery operated flash. My first time using it out in the elements. I put it on a vertical pole at the back of Royal Cape II (hopefully out of the splash zone) and off we went ...
Here is a gallery of the Boats and Crews Every photographer has a different "eye", by which I mean that, if left to their own devices, they will each take different shots from different angles. When there are three of them in the same boat there will be some debate and many similar photos. For Cape Town there were to be shared media boats, sponsored by Maserati, and in Rio I had my own boat, kindly lent to us by the ICRJ Sailing Office. At the first start, I was committed to be at Royal Cape Yacht Club to catch the blessing of the fleet and crew farewells. The media boat was leaving from the Race Village and so I went out on the RCYC VIP catamaran instead of joining a media boat. A different perspective.
The second start, on 1 January 2017, was an altogether larger affair and took place from the Race Village at the V&A Waterfront. It was a great send-off with a large crowd - I had to climb out onto one of the tyres hanging from the quayside to ensure clear shots of the sail-past. I joined a media boat for the main event and was then kindly permitted aboard Ocean Princess by David Abromowitz to accompany the early leaders out to Blouberg. It was, once again, beneficial to get a different position and enabled me to see Trekker II passing Robben Island for the last time.
Fast forward to Rio de Janeiro.I flew over a week after the starts to join Ray and Liz Matthews and Tiffany McSwan in Rio. We watched, we waited. We learned that few Brazilians speak or understand English. Things take time in Rio. The Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro were very helpful and gave us all the resources we needed. The FinishersIt looked to be Runaway coming in first. We observed the tracker and waited. We went out to the finish boat, moored in position for the duration of the finishes. We waited. It was a dark night. Eventually, Runaway approached the line with startling rapidity. I had my flash rigged on its pole in the little RIB and had to rush to get into position to capture the finish. For the future, I vowed to go out sooner and meet the boats on their way in. By having my own boat in Rio, I was able to be where I needed to be to get the "Arriving in Rio" experience recorded for each finisher. This was greatly aided by the calm conditions, which allowed me to steer the boat by leaning on the wheel whilst keeping both hands free for the camera. Sometimes I got rather close but without incident and nobody seemed to mind. The VibeThe most memorable and notable thing was the huge sense of camaraderie within and between the crews. This reached a peak when Mercenario 4, Ullman Challenge and Saravah all finished in close succession. These pictures are but a small subset. There were of course prizegivings and many other things to record. Also, it would be unfair to omit that photographing this race is a joy because it starts in one beautiful place and ends in another. There is always a great setting for one's efforts...
All the pictures are here: http://www.imagemundi.com/cape2rio2017
SA-photographers.comI have registered on SA-photographers.com, so we'll see what happens next... Now I get to say I'm a member of SA-Photographers.com Rediscovering black and white filmA couple of years ago my father was having a clean out and offered me his old Pentax ME-Super. I thought it would make a good hardcore street photography tool (in the absence of a viewfinder camera). I went out and bought a roll of 35mm Ilford HP5 400ASA film. Here is what I took. Experimentally shooting from hip level. Everything has to be preset - including focus. Also remember to wind on (remember that expression?) I got lucky as you can see. Not so much about the photo, but I remember trying to be surreptitious so as not to be seen to be obviously taking photos. In retrospect, unnecessary when taking a performance. Oops! She looks a little surprised... .. and she was completely oblivious. This was where I climbed up on a bollard behind the official photographers. I think I was the one who got the groom's engagement! All's fair in love and street photography.
In-camera CubismBy typing “cubist photo”, and related terms, into Google image search one will find a lot of post-shutter spliced images. How nice, doesn’t anybody do this geometrically, without resorting to a pair of scissors and glue (virtual or otherwise)? Here is my crack at looking “cubist” using nothing more than camera and lighting. (there was a mirror involved too.) Cubist 1 The first setup was for experimental purposes only. The principal virtue of using a shop dummy is that one can take a lot of time even if it is a cold evening. They also don’t move around much and never complain. Take 2 (to about 50) involved more care in the positioning of things. Cubist 2a Much happier with Cubist 2. Below is what it looked like with the ambient lighting, together with a special appearance by an electrical outlet.
More to come…
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