Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
Two of the pictures I've taken in the past couple of weeks are merged here. It's something that I experiment with every now and then and this time I've got an interesting result. The first picture in the merge is called Across the Valley. It's a shot I’ve wanted for quite a while. Taken looking... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was the bicentenary of the Battle of Grahamstown. I've always intended to visit the site but somehow never managed it. So this afternoon I took a brief gap in the rain to go across the valley to Egazini: the township based heritage site. On the way there you get a good view of the... Continue Reading →
Here's something a little different - three different takes of Grahamstown's iconic Cathedral of St Michael and St George. The first is in the antique sepia style I've been using for the Grahamstown heritage series. The second is the full colour by moonlight shot and the third is a multiple exposure fantasy. They are all... Continue Reading →
The second post of the Grahamstown heritage sites is a street-scene. There's no getting away from the new in this picture because there's a young cyclist front and centre. Behind him Howse Street runs up to the historical core of the city. There's power lines and street lights leading the eye towards the skyline and... Continue Reading →
The first post of a new series - Grahamstown Heritage - features the old and the new. Fort Selwyn lies on Gunfire Hill and it was built for its strategic view over the city below. No great surprise that it's one of Grahamstown 70 heritage sites. These days it has lost its military importance but... Continue Reading →
Ever since I won the WESSA Natural Heritage photo competition last October we've been looking forward to our trip to Kwandwe. Understated luxury, a conservation victory and your private wilderness is their promise - we weren't disappointed in any way. It's a short drive out to Kwandwe from Grahamstown where we were met by Oza at... Continue Reading →
Last Wednesday we were waiting to collect our luggage at Port Elizabeth airport when I got the news on social media that I'd won First Prize (Professional Category) in the WESSA Natural Heritage Photo Competition 2018. I was a bit stunned. That's partly because we'd been travelling home from Sweden for 27 hours but also... Continue Reading →
We've been staying in Helen's house at Wild Fox Hill, Hogsback, this past week. There's been her three dogs and four cats to look after whilst she's in Sweden visiting Jeannie. We've also taken care of her Eco-Cabin and the Air BnB guests. I've brought along my Olympus OMD I mark 2 along with the... Continue Reading →
Two or three times a year we make the journey west from Grahamstown and into the Karoo - often staying somewhere around Compassberg which at 2504 metres is the highest peak in the Sneeuberg and Karoo. Kate has been working in the area for many years and I've gone along too. Sometimes that's involved some... Continue Reading →
Our second experience of the Karoo Wine Club’s excellent tasting weekend in Graaff-Reinet didn’t disappoint. We went last Friday to find some wines cheap enough for the opening of my fringe exhibition 'Metamorphosis' at #NAF18. For the price of a R250 ticket you get to sample wine from some 30 different estates: there’s craft beer,... Continue Reading →
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