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March/April 2021 Cape Camera

always your friend. My goal has always been to learn as much as dead-end, but at least it is something new to try.
possible from the person leading the workshop and if I am lucky In 2019 I attended two Art Photography courses with Martin
to get the images it is a bonus. If I gain new knowledge and in- Osner and am still playing with my box of tricks – thinners,
spiration to keep working on what I have learned I am satisfied. turpentine, paint, wax and a whole lot of weird and wonderful
When we were on the West Coast of France, we had very strong things.
winds for two days which just happened to be the two days at
the place I was most keen to visit. When we were in Venice in My next goal is to improve my processing skills, specifically
November 2019 it was the week of the worst storm they had in black and white conversions. I bought some black and white
50 years. I can clearly remember standing in St Mark’s Square conversion videos after listening to the E&D presentation by
with the water level above my knees. Having said that, we did Russel Smith when he advised that you have to invest in your
have some nice days in which we got some good images. photography and buy training material from a person whose
work you admire and who will be willing to assist with the
I have never seen myself as a wildlife photographer, but after learning process. In order to inspire me to watch all the videos
visiting Addo, the game reserves in Namibia and a recent trip and put in the hours of practice, I set myself a goal to prepare a
to Zimanga, it is starting to grow on me. I am now planning a black and white honours panel. I hope to have enough images
possible trip to Etosha and have already booked 10 days in the to get a panel together by the end of next year.
Kgalagadi. I will see where this road takes me – it might be a

All images by Jacoba van Zyl

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