Tagged as: photography
A Photography walk through Cape Town
When it comes to Cape Town and photography, there is so much to capture, it’s insane. So it was a brilliant idea for Ed Suter to hone in on street style and graphics throughout the city and encourage a group of photographers to capture this colour and energy....
Great tips for using your DSLR – PART TWO
I've just started using my DSLR and want to get the hang of modes other than auto. Whilst playing around trying to find out where to start and where best to focus, I've written a few pointers to share with others who also want to do more than simply point and ...
Great tips for using your DSLR – PART ONE
I've had a DSLR, or digital SLR, for over a year now. And I confess, I still use it on good old auto. Translated: I border on pathetic when it comes to skilled photography, obviously. Luckily for me, the gorgeous Canon I have literally does most of it for m...
Windsurfing Photographs by Charnell Timms
Charnell of Charnell Timms Photography has sent us two fantastic images of windsurfing. She took the images on Sunset Beach, the 3rd best windsurfing spot in the world she tells us. In the Summer months when Sunset Beach is at its peak the South-Easter blow...
Meet Dave Moffatt of KhakiWeed Photographic Safaris
We'd like to introduce Dave Moffatt of KhakiWeed Photographic Safaris. Dave has shared some of his amazing wildlife photographs with us and we thought they were too good not to share with all of you! Thank you for sharing your wonderful photographs with us Dav...
How To Take Great Safari Photos
Going on a safari in South Africa is a truly memorable experience, one that you will treasure for a lifetime. Naturally, you want to capture these memories so that you can look at them for decades to come, but also so that you can share some of the splendour o...
Flightless Dungbeetle by Neville Cowan (photograph)
Dungbeetles seem to be a favourite sighting for visitors to South Africa, based on the number of photographs of dungbeetles that have been entered into our photographers' competitions. Here is one of my favourites from our Photographers Competition November 20...
All eyes on Cape Town (photographs)
The city is buzzing with visitors all here to enjoy what Cape Town has to offer in the lead up to the final draw for the FIFA 2010 World Cup which is happening on 4 December. Readers of the UK Telegraph recently voted Cape Town as their favourite city outside ...
Birds Eye View by Noula Bouwer (photograph)
Todays photograph was sent to us by Noula Bouwer as is entiled "Bird's Eye View". A great photograph of a giraffe, Noula has submitted a number of really great photographs to our current photography competition. You can see more of her entries at November Phot...
Game Drive photograph by Justin Cohen
South Africa is a wildlife paradise offering umpteen numbers of national parks and game reserves. Although each game reserve offers its own dimension to game viewing, one common factor ties them all together: the regal big five of the South African wild world ...
Eagle in Flight – photographs by Dror Orbach
These two photographs caught my eye when we received them as I think they are quite spectacular. Taken during a holiday to South Africa last year, they were sent to us by Dror Orbach from Israel. Dror has quite the eye for taking great wildlife photographs ......
Giraffe photograph by Erma Mae Perkins
This beautiful photograph of a Giraffe taken on a game walk in the Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Reserve was submitted to our November Photography Competition by Erma Mae Perkins. Established in 1895, this is the oldest game park in South Africa along with nearby St ...
Photographers Competition November 2009 (closed)
Restore my faith that not all travellers are only interested in the Big 5 ... submit your favourite game reserve or nature photo and win! The only spec is that it cannot be a photo of a Lion, Leopard, Buffalo, Rhino or an Elephant. Oh, and amateur photographer...
Interview with a Wildlife Photographer
SA-Venues.com talk to Dave Estment, intrepid wildlife photographer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Q: What first inspired you to pick up a camera? A: Racing Superbikes, strangely enough! I raced professionally from 1979 – 1985, so got to know some of Sout...
Adderley Street Flower Seller by Greg Lumley
Freshly cut flowers including indigenous and our national flower, the protea, are available from the colourful flower sellers in Adderley Street, Cape Town, from where they having been operating for the past 100 years. The Adderley Street flower sellers and t...