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MEET OUR ESTEEMED CONTRIBUTORS WHO BROUGHT THIS SPECIAL PHOTO ISSUE OF SURE TRAVEL
JOURNEY TO LIFE, AND SOAK UP THEIR INSIDE TIPS FOR TRAVELLING AND TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY...
PETRUS CORNELIUS JACOBUS OBERHOLZER
– also known as “Obie” – is one of South
Africa’s most renowned fine art photographers.
He travels extensively and has published
several exquisite coffee-table books on his
travels from both home and abroad.
TRAVEL TIP: “Take to the road like Jack
(Kerouac) did. He did it in the US in the ‘50s
and I’ve been doing it in southern Africa since
the ‘70s. Take three spare tyres and your best
friend – Jack of Humour. Just get on the road
and go, because one day when you’re old you
won’t remember your time in the office or
mowing the lawn. I’m old, so perhaps I know.
‘Where are we going?’ Humour wants to know.
‘I don’t know,’ I say, ‘We’ll know when we get
there.’ Then I hang my arm out of the window
and drive over the horizon. ‘What’s over the
horizon?’ Jack asks. After 34 kilometres I
answer, ‘Another horizon.’ Rubber tyres roll
and hum on the road like a song. The three
spares harmonise the chorus. ‘What is the
freedom of the road?’ Jack asks around the
campfire at night. Stars flicker above and
somewhere in the dark a hyena whoops its
eerie call. ‘Freedom,’ I say, ‘Is when your right
arm is burnt darker than your left arm.’”
GREG EWING was
born in East London
way back in the
’70s. He spent
most of his life in
Cape Town where
he was introduced
to surfing and photography, setting him on
the career path he finds himself on today.
In that time he’s worked as the coffee guy,
got promoted to the mail guy, and eventually
worked his way up to photo editor at Zigzag
Surfing Magazine, one of South Africa’s
longest running titles. He now lives in Durban
with his beautiful family and feels pretty darn
fortunate that his job involves travelling to
amazing locations around the world, even if
he still has to make everyone the occasional
cup of coffee.
PHOTO TIP: “Never go to sleep without
charging your batteries for the next day!
Believe me, it’s a lesson hard learned...”
RICHARD HOLMES
is a travel, lifestyle
and food journalist
based in Cape
Town. When he’s
not jetting off on
assignment, Richard
can usually be found unearthing a new
foodie gem in the Mother City, or surfing
his local break. You can read more about his
travels at www.onanotherplane.com.
PHOTO TIP: “Want a snap of a photogenic
vendor in a public market? Buying a few
items before (politely) asking for a photo
ups your chances of success.”
TEAGAN CUNNIFFE
is a professional
freelance travel
and architecture
photographer who
shoots for editorial
publications,
tourism boards, safari operators and lodges
on continental Africa and its islands. She is a
former photo editor at Getaway magazine.
Check out her Instagram page: @tea.cunniffe
PHOTO TIP: Your eye is drawn to the lightest
part of an image. Draw attention to your
subject by placing it at that point. You can
also play with the black-and-white filter
in-camera; this way, you can easily see where
light and shadow fall and where the brightest
part of your image is. Then place your
subject accordingly.
CAMERON
EWART-SMITH is a
freelance producer
and director based
in Cape Town who
thrives in outdoor
spaces. Most
recently, he worked for Smithsonian Earth
on one of the largest wildlife documentary
series ever attempted in South Africa. Follow
him on Twitter: @justcam.
PHOTO TIP: In a world bombarded by social
media and digitally enhanced photography it
is more important than ever to be original.
Knowing more about your subject or
destination is key. Knowledge helps you get
into the right place at the right time, which
dramatically improves your chances of
creating something different.
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