I Dream of Africa

Elephants wandering in large slow movements across the savannah. Giraffes striding majestically towering above the flat top trees. Lions on … Read More

Hiding a well

“One is a little bit alone in the desert. One is also alone among others.” – Antoine de Saint Exupéry … Read More

We Built Our Own World

Inception. I am in danger of becoming stuck inside this movie. I have watched it three times and it is … Read More

Cloudcatcher & Stargazer

Cloudcatcher. Stargazer. Occasional summoner of Weather. Dreamer – struggling mightily with reality. Clouds are nearby friends in the sky, the … Read More

Springboks in the dunes

Apologies for not blogging much lately, battling fatigue, a cold and a headache after pushing myself a bit too much … Read More

Into The Nothingness

I am completely taken aback by wide open desolate spaces. The bigger, wider, more open, more desolate the better and … Read More

Dancing in the Moonlight

“It’s caught me in it’s spotlight. It’s alright it’s alright the moonlight”. A Thin Lizzy hit although I tend to … Read More

Arrakis dunes

To attempt an understanding of Muad’Dib without understanding his mortal enemies, the Harkonnens, is to attempt seeing Truth without knowing … Read More

Patterns in the desert

I wrote earlier about zooming in and picking out patterns in the desert from the air. It works equally well … Read More

Dune with a Zoom

The sand dunes of Namibia are massive. Largest in the world. More than 400 meters tall. So you would be … Read More

The Lone Oryx in the Dunes

It is one of the classic Namibian photo compositions; The lone Oryx striding majestically in front of the massive orange … Read More

Sun or No Sun?

In actual life there is no question, like a solar panel I need the rays of the sun to energize … Read More

Sojourner

Perhaps I should have saved the title of my previous blog post for this. ‘What the hell am I doing … Read More

Desert. What is in a name?

My first images of the desert originated from watching David Attenborough documentaries as a child, seeing photos of the Sahara … Read More

Into The Wild

I am shamelessly lifting the title from Jon Krakauer’s brilliant book and Sean Penn’s equally brilliant movie about Christopher McCandless. … Read More

Next stop Namibia

“Hallou hoe gaan dit?” is Afrikaans for “hello how are you?”. Learning a bit of Afrikaans and dusting off my … Read More