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Photo Writing is the web version of the Photo Writing mini-magazine produced by Limephoto and Emil von Maltitz since 2010. As of 2015 it is now completely online. Feel free to browse through the articles and please leave comments in the comments section if you would like to engage with us.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Lightroom Bootcamp - 7th December 2013

The Lightroom workshop is an intensive one day course on how to use Lightroom. We concentrate on the Library and Develop Modes so that digital asset management and RAW conversion can be effectively utilized.

The workshop will take place at Iphiti College in Gillits (same location as the Introduction to Digital Photography courses). Students are required to bring a laptop with Lightroom so that they can follow along with hands-on examples. Please also bring a packed lunch.

Time: 8:30am 7th December 2013
Cost R1100 per photographer (limited to 6 photographers)

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Dead Vlei Finale - Part 4 of the Namibia Landscape Workshop Recce.



It has to be one of the bucket-list destinations for photographers from around the world. It ranks there with Antarctica, the Okavango Delta, Torres del Paine and Death Valley among others. It's instantly recognizable from screen-savers splashed across both Microsoft and Apple computers around the globe, and it was our last location. What a finale! Sossusvlei and the incredible tree skeletons of the Dead Vlei.

Read more at Dead Vlei Finale... 


Saturday, November 16, 2013

A Sho't Left to the Great White Place - Part 3.5 of the Namibia Landscape Workshop Recce



We're here, so why not? Etosha Game Reserve in the north of Namibia is one of world's most famous natural reserves. Its enormous pan and surrounding arid lands are home to thousands of animals and some of the most startling photographic opportunities to be had. Although we are in Namibia to recce for next year's landscape workshop, it seemed silly not to take a look at Etosha. So, although the reserve won't be included in the 2014 workshop, it is an option for photographers to continue to after the workshop (which can be organised through Tailor Made Safaris as an addition to the workshop). 

Read more at A Sho't Left to the Great White Place... 

Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Fiery Monolith - Part 3 of the Namibia Workshop Recce

Towards the west of Namibia's Kalahari, in the region that settles itself as the Nama Karoo but is spitting distance from the Skeleton Coast, is the Spitzkoppe. Rising some 600m from the flattest of landscapes, this incredible engorging of orange colored granite is like a giant beacon visible from dozens of miles away. It's immense folds of rock contort and wave around the pinnacle that is the Spitzkoppe itself, creating a Mountain that would not be out of place in a Martian Landscape. Meanwhile the heat of the desert bakes the rock face so that moving over it is like walking across a massive stove top, searing your body if you dare to spend too long in the sun.

Read more at The Fiery Monolith...


Saturday, November 9, 2013

Through the Desert to A Ghost Town - Part 2 of the Namibia Workshop Recce


Leaving the surreal landscape of the Quiver Tree Forest we cut across the southern end of Namibia towards the coastal town of Luderitz. The landscape only gets more surreal as you journey along the B4 highway. Dolerite capped hills disappear and you find long avenues of short grassed sandstone hills that march along the side of the highway, forming a huge geologic avenue of sorts. The very occasional farmhouse stands out starkly against this semi-desert landscape. An oasis of humanity in a sea of emptiness. 

 Read more at Through the Desert to A ghost Town...


Thursday, November 7, 2013

From The Ocean to The Quiver Trees - Part 1 of the Namibia Landscape Workshop Recce


Namibia is a long way to travel if you want to start from the Indian Ocean. Two days driving, not all of which was uneventful, and 1667 kilometres from Durban to Keetmanshoop with a short stop in Bloemfontein en route. Clouded skies rapidly made way to limitless blue skies over a burnt horizon. Miles and miles of scrub and dust make for a harsh beauty in the dry landscape. 

Read more at: From The Ocean to The Quiver Trees...