Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
There's an Illawarra flame tree just outside my studio window where the green wood hoopoes go fossicking for insects. With the noise they make it's easy to hear them, pick up the camera and try and get some pictures from the stoop. They don't keep still for more than a moment or two but they... 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 →
Think of rural Sweden and forests, lakes, fields and fells spring to mind - wonderfully green in summer and white in winter. The houses, farms and barns will almost all be painted in Sweden's favourite colour - Falu Red or Falu Rödfärg - that comes from the 1000 year old copper mine in Falun, Dalarna.... Continue Reading →
Opening up a roll of prints takes me straight back to childhood. It's the anticipation, the long wait since you finished the post production and uploaded the images to your printer in Port Elizabeth or Cape Town. Then you get the email, they're done, and you have to wait for the courier to deliver. 24... Continue Reading →
I always like to make a mosaic of the images I'm going to show. So this first picture's your overview of the 14 images that'll be up for sale at Space Creative and Culinary, 14 Fitzroy Street, Grahamstown on 28th October. They're almost all pictures of trees: Balanites, Baobab, Birch, Cabbage, Fig, Fever, Hornbeam, Oak,... Continue Reading →
I've had several requests for hard copies of Symmetry in Nature but unfortunately they're sold out. So here's a decent quality free download: it's the pdf file of the whole book: If anyone would like to purchase the high quality pdf of the book (R75) please contact me.
There will probably be autumn mist tomorrow morning, our host at Tsitsa Falls backpackers (Adrian Badenhorst) told us around the camp fire, you often get them when a hot day follows. He was right. The whole Tsitsa valley was dark with mist at sunrise but it soon began to clear as the sun burned through.... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago I posted this picture on Facebook. It's one of my favourite trees catching the warm sunshine: full of twisty arching shapes. At the time my good friend Harry Owen said he could see an artwork coming on .... he was right. I've managed to find some time to work with... Continue Reading →
The cost of framed and print only copies are given below. All images are available in digital format at R250/image. Trees (costs do not include postage and packaging) Äsperöd Gnarly (900 x 754) R2200 framed (sold); R1350 print Äsperöd Gnarly Creature (900 x 800) R2300 framed; R1350 print Aurajoki Runic (643 x 900) R1900 framed (sold);... Continue Reading →
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