Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
I’ll be presenting an exhibition of my photography - Portals - at this year’s National Arts Festival. There are six months to go before the Festival and I’m going to try and upload a picture more or less every week. The exhibition shows how I use mirroring of imagery - usually nature photography - to... Continue Reading →
When I return home to Grahamstown from my regular trips to Sweden I come from 58 North to 32 South. That's almost exactly a quarter of the way around the world. To take photos at dawn and sunset here in South Africa you have to be quick as the sun and moon rise and fall... Continue Reading →
Mid winter is the right time for seeing the spectacular flowering of the Eastern Cape's aloes. These four pictures were taken on my daily walk from our home in Sunnyside down the hill, across Somerset Street and through the Botanic gardens to work. The whole countryside is glowing with them: particularly at dawn and towards... Continue Reading →
A couple of days ago we visited Kate's sister at Harbottle. It's an enchanting village, quite remote at the upper end of Coquetdale, where spring flowers are still to be found in full bloom at the end of May. I've never seen clematis look so enchanting. The air was full of their delicate blossom and... Continue Reading →
This past six weeks I've been exploring new ideas and finding some new directions in my nature photography. Since finishing Symmetry in Nature in January I have been full of the urge to create but I was only able to follow this once I got to Sweden and Finland in April and May. The places... Continue Reading →
The past eight months of Kate’s cancer treatment have seen our lives turned upside-down. Seemingly by chance I started a photo project - Symmetry - and it’s proved to be a therapeutic space where I can turn away from day-to-day concerns and focus my creativity on beauty and harmony. As I have been working I’ve... Continue Reading →
Fieldwork with Kate in the Karoo usually involves lots of walking in hot dusty and scratchy places. Last week's trip to Ganora was no exception. On the way to collect data from various instruments and gadgets you find yourself dodging spiders webs and finding the most exquisitely coloured insects. They are the inhabitants of the sand... Continue Reading →
Two of my favourite pictures from our midwinter safari to Namibia and Botswana were of the same sunset. We were camping out in the Okavango panhandle on Xaga Island and had gone out for a beautiful sunset walk. As the sun dropped rapidly down I took pictures looking west and then east - catching both... Continue Reading →
Last week we were staying in Nieu Bethesda and I realised that one of the important things about the Karoo is the shape and texture of the small things we experience. I've already posted pictures of big skies and clouds or rain storms and sunsets in the Karoo. Yet the Karoo is also in the shape... Continue Reading →
A new compact camera was waiting for me at Willy's post office in Uddevalla last month. It's the Pentax WG-3 GPS that I took around with me. Here are six of my better efforts with the new technology: A sunset from the cliffs above Äsperöd where our apartment is; Black and white leaves and a... Continue Reading →
Sun Downer Blogs 