Photographing Photographers Taking Photographs
I have to admit it’s a bit of a habit of mine.
A helicopter scooping water out of the sea, while a huge fire raged behind us in Kommetjie.
Samsung A50. It wasn’t exactly a warm day, and that water is cold, so I’m sure a closeup would reveal goosebumps! Noordhoek.
Or even a painterly photo of an artist painting the scenery and surfers at Long Beach, with Hout Bay and the back of Table Mountain in the far distance, left of centre. This is Beth Lowe, a well-known plein-air artist, based in Kommetjie, Cape Town.
Snapped with my Samusung A50, and then reworked.
Beth Lowe. The stormier the weather, the more likely you are to find her behind her easel, painting with oils in her oilskins. Beth’s art is truly beautiful, see more here..
My daughter, Erin, also enjoys her photography.
I’m not sure what the occasion was, possibly a wedding, but they looked so proudly superb.. Muizenberg.
Again, not sure what the occasion was but, as they were all dressed in black, possibly a Memorial. Langebaan, on a typical windy day.
Dominique capturing the sunset. Noordhoek.
And once more, Beth Lowe. She could be forgiven for thinking I’m stalking her, just we both seem to share an eye for where the presence of beauty and the light might be. That log was one of several hardwood trees washed up on our shores after a recent storm.
On a photo outing with Matthew Cargill, Misty Cliffs.
Matthew.
Matthew Cargill, well-known Cape Town photographer, we’d often find ourselves at the same locations. Sunrise in Glencairn. Samsung A52..
And again.
I felt a bit bad, as I noticed, after the fact, how I had inadvertently ‘hijacked’ this gent’s photo op, while I was killing time waiting for the full moon to rise. See opposite..
This cool dude from the group asked me to take a photo of him afterwards. I didn’t get his details, so if anyone recognizes him, please let him know, I’m sure he’d appreciate this photo.
Yours truly. Photo by Sylvie on her iPhone. I love the intentional grain!
We were on our way to the dam at Silvermine Nature Reserve, when it started clouding over rapidly, so we turned around at this point..
My photo, a few moments later. One can see how rapidly the clouds are coming our way.
Samsung A50 Noordhoek.
A couple, professing undying love, oblivious to me or the photographer next to them, capturing a lady with her dogs. Noordhoek
Pity I couldn’t coordinate my photo with his flash, but I felt I was already overstaying my welcome. Noordhoek.
What a beautiful veil (the symbol of Modesty and Purity). Noordhoek is a popular place for photo shoots.
Sylvie has a keen eye (as one would expect of an architect!) :)
Another thoughtful composition. Slangkop lighthouse, Kommetjie.
A happy sunset snapper, snapped with my own cellphone, Noordhoek. One gets home, has a brief look at the photo, disappointingly sees it doesn’t quite capture how it looked and felt at the time, gets discarded, never to be looked at again, like the lasting resonance of a fart in the wind.
I’m guilty of my fair share of photos of moonrises, sunsets, etc., waiting for the mythical green flash, in awe of the unfolding visual treat.
Of sunsets, Annebella Pollen, writing for The Guardian, says: “Sunset photographs have a low cultural status: they are characterized as sentimental visual confectionery indicative of limited aesthetic vision and an undeveloped practice.” Ouch, but LOL!
