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As its Friday today, I thought  I would share a fun little clip from a videographer friend of mine. It is based in the new stadium in Durban, primed and ready for the World Cup, so it is still a travel related post.

The Nahoon Nature Reserve in East London offers travelers a touch of wilderness within the city.

With the World Cup Football around the corner, travelers from all over the world will be flocking to South Africa. Whilst the main show will undoubtedly be the football, I’m sure more than a handful will be interested in capturing the South African landscape.

This article was originally published in Pix magazine about two years ago, but it remains relevant and may help you, or someone you know, come back from South Africa with some awesome looking landscape work.

Please note, this was never intended to be a travel guide for photographers (although that would be a great idea). I’ve written this article to point out some of the many landscape themes in South Africa and to try to stop you from making the same mistakes I’ve made when shooting them.

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Morocco

Here is something different for our blog – a news report! Now, before you blow me away with your excitement, let me just mention that there won’t be too many of these, I just thought a little news post would be good to explain the absence of posts over the next week.

We’re leaving for Morocco tomorrow and I have to say, it could be the most excited for a trip that I’ve ever been. My excitement stems from the fact that we really don’t know what to expect. We’re spending 7 nights in 7 different locations, most of which do not have a large media presence online.

Packing for this trip has also been a bit different. Because part of the trip will involve riding camels, we have to take back packs and everything, including tripods, camera gear and sleeping bags has to fit. Consequently, we’re taking far less camera gear and we’re hoping all photos will fit on our 40 odd gigs worth of CF memory card. There will definitely be a report back on how it all pans out.

Pix Magazine

I was stoked to see that the latest Pix magazine published a 15 page (mostly pictures) article that we wrote on shooting strangers. I’ve been dying to post the article on the blog, but I don’t post any articles until they have been published, so that will be up next week some time.

Website Portfolio

If you tried to visit the blog and forgot to enter the /blog part of the address, you may have noticed that we have a new travel portfolio site up. It is not 100% complete, but I’m well pleased how it is starting to look, so check it out.

Catching Up

Lastly, I realized that we were on our way to Morocco and I still had photos to process from Scotland, France, Switzerland, South Africa and the UK. Needless to say, I spent quite a while in post production and managed to get through the bulk of the work. Below are some of my favorites.

A diver sells his catch along the Wild Coast of South Africa

I read a forum post on a travel site recently on which country had the friendliest locals. I was quite surprised to see that six of the eight people who responded said Turkey. Turkish locals must be super friendly to get such an overwhelming vote (I’ll confirm this when I visit in August).

What was also quite surprising is that no one voted for South Africa. It was then that I realized that many people who travel to South Africa would count Johannesburg as part of South Africa. If you want to get technical, it is, but the Johannesburg locals are definitely not representative of the average South African.

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Closeup portrait of Alfred with the Sedgefield lagoon in the background

As we explore the world, we meet fascinating people. I met Alfred whilst shooting landscapes at the main beach at Sedgefield.

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Portrait of a Nompumulelo child dreaming of being a star.

I had one goal for our three week trip to South Africa – a township shoot. I’ve realized that township may be a word only recognized in South Africa, so here is my own interpretation of what a township is:

In South Africa, there is a large gap between the rich and the poor (the second largest in the world). Generally, the poor end up working for the rich as cleaners, gardeners and so on. Outside of every major affluent area, there is an area where the “poor” set up a temporary home. Initially, they look like slums (squatter camps), but once permanent residents begin to settle, houses are built (by the government) and the squatter camp gets referred to as a township

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Warm light illuminates a cave at Sedgefield along the Garden Route of South Africa

First off, happy new decade to you all. We’ve just come back from a three week trip to South Africa and have already filled 2010 with travel plans.

If you’re a subscriber, you will have noticed that there haven’t been many posts in the last 3 weeks. This was partially because we had limited Internet facilities, but also because I would like to keep the posts on this site meaningful. I’m pretty sure you’re not interested in seeing a constant stream of Christmas family snapshots (although some photo blogs seem to think it is a good idea).

For 2010, the weekly travel photography competition will fall away. Instead, I will display a selection of my favorite images from the group. There are many awesome travel pictures posted to the Nomadic Vision flickr group and I want to give them all some exposure.

We will continue to split the articles up between travel photography tips and location guides. Thanks so much for your continued support.

The attractions of South Africa are well documented: the big five, Table Mountain, the cultural diversity and massive open spaces. Traditionally, the Western Cape is the tourist Mecca with Cape Town being one of the top ten holiday destinations in the world. With its neighbour getting so much attention, the Eastern Cape tends to be ignored, which makes it the perfect destination for savvy travelers.

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