I will be printing out my first Vimage Media landscape work based on two pictures I took at different places. Somehow, I feel these pictures really blend together so well. The left picture is a road (middle of nowhere really) on the way to Tzaneen in the Limpopo Province. The right picture is a peer on a guest farm in Machadodorp. If you want these prints, let me know

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Photography isn’t just a way to snap a picture that composes well. Its meant to ingest emotion because one gets to see what the photographer feels at the moment of taking it. Even more amazing is being at the right time in history and go to places normal people would simply not endeavour to go. I was going through a list of photos that really changed the world and way we perceived it. Here’s a list of amazing history making photos through out history:

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/13-photographs-that-changed-the-world/

Since my acquisition of the 5D Mark II camera, I’ve been experimenting with it to see how much it can help me with my photography. Besides the usual bells and whistles, I was quite intrigued by its video capabilities. The problem with video on an SLR, as of now, cannot auto-focus like a video camera.  It uses a painful process called contrast detect (here’s an article on auto-focus) which tends to be quite slow. There’s no way of doing action or live video with this one. One must use manual focus to get it right and that can be painful as well. Interestingly, the manual focus method works wonders on slow moving laid back video, where one would expect from a wedding, for example. This process would be great even for a Stanley Kubrick style film (a series of slow panning, painstaking movements for carefully planned shots). Therefore, if the work is slow moving where the shots can be planned ahead, the 5D Mark II shines supremely. A wedding video done professionally by Bruce Dorn:

The first Vimage Media post. It has been quite a while getting this far. So much to do, to build this company and it begins with savvy marketing.  Just installed WordPress and trying out this blog. Apparently everyone needs a blog, so here it goes even though I do have a site as well – (http://www.vimagemedia.com). So this blog will have a more personal touch and any updates on work or any new photos will be put here. The Empire awakens…so to speak.

The picture above is one of the many inspirations to start such a venture. Capturing such precious moments is what Vimage Media is all about.