Despite sunburn cream and hats, Keith and I look like we're in the pink. I think it's more wind burn than anything, but it's not a pretty sight. We've just had a wonderful dinner and we were musing on our great day when we were approached by a lady with a baby..She needed money to…
Category: Capture & Create
Zebra Quilt.
Now I have to finish this when I get home….!!
Is it voyeurism or a cultural experience.?
Is it voyeurism or a cultural experience.? This is not my first experience in spending time in a township. But we were offered the option yesterday and took it with a little trepidation. We've had first hand knowledge through our aid project in slums in Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and India… we've been in the…
Capturing the day. Robben Island.
January 11th 1990, I, along with millions of other people watched the release of Nelson Mandela from Robben Island. He had served 27 years of his prison term. Past South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, alongside many other political prisoners, spent decades imprisoned during the apartheid era. Among those political prisoners was current South African President…
An emotional day.
Woow, I'm exhausted… we've been out all day, it's 10 pm and the entire city has erupted into festivities. Out hotel is right in the middle of it so there is no peace… Its been rather an emotional day. The visit to Robben Island and 5 minutes ago I got to see photos of our…
Robben Island.
I vividly remember Nelson Mandelas' release from Robben Island. I sat up in bed most of the night watching history unfold before my eyes. So this trip today is a special event for me. It's a perfect day, the wind has dropped and I have the cameras ready. !!!!
The face.
This is the design from the image I photographed yesterday. I love the small shells, and I would never have thought of the idea unless I had photographed the image yesterday. It would look wonderful on black. The shells would look wonderful appliqued and the black line would look good if it was hand embroidered….
Try it, it’s fun… a design idea.
As a designer I get great pleasure out of photographing the interesting. I may never use all the elements I photograph and manipulate but its a great exercise. The photo above is the result of the trip to the sand dunes of Dubai. I can see it as a quilt. Often I create a theme…
Have you ever woken in a state of confusion and don't know where you are? A few minutes to gather my thoughts and I realize I'm not in Scotland like I was dreaming but Johannesburg South Africa and it's not night but early morning.!!! It happens to me sometimes when I change hotels in short…