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Eventually driving to Somerset West at night became less viable ing the dry season the concentration of game around the water
and I found my way back to CTPS in Pinelands. This club is amaz- holes makes for stunning photo opportunities. Botswana is also
ing and offers everyone, whatever your niche may be, outstand- a premier wildlife destination and we have travelled many kilo-
ing value from competitions, to E & D evenings, to outings, to metres over sandy roads and across rivers to reach our camping
audio-visual training destinations in the wild. Nothing can beat the sound of hyenas
Photography has been a wonderful journey for me. My love for calling in the dark around the campsite or seeing lions silently
the wilderness has taken me to many special places and seeing passing through the camp late in the night. Cameras were al-
all this beauty through the lens of a camera is a unique experi- ways close at hand to capture these moments.
ence that I think only photographers can understand. I have also been privileged to attend two workshops on the
I have been able to travel quite extensively in Southern Africa Chobe River. Accommodation was at one of the lodges on the
over the last two decades and this has taken Gail and I to Na- river and everyday we would cruise up and down the banks
mibia, Botswana, and many parts of South Africa. Namibia is a of the Chobe in specially designed photo boats. These were
photographer’s paradise and Sossusvlei has seen me visit there equipped with 360 degree rotating seats with attached Gimbal
a least five times. The scope for landscapes is unending. I joined heads. Photographing wildlife and birds from the water on such
Nicol and JJ for a week’s workshop in Aus and we explored the boats is one of my special highlights. It gives one such a differ-
surrounding desert scenery, photographed the wild horses, and ent perspective that we are not used to. Our own South Africa
spent an enthralling day at Kolmanskop. I found it almost a spir- is also full of wonderful destinations and my cameras have fol-
itual experience as in the afternoon I was the only person there lowed me to Kruger, the Drakensberg, Namaqualand, the Rich-
photographing and could almost sense the past life in those tersveld, the Kalagadi, Arniston and many more lesser known
sand filled rooms. places. Cape Town and it`s surrounds also has unlimited photo
opportunities.
Etosha has been our go to place on many occasions and dur-

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