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Atlantic Fog Time-lapse from Eric Nathan on Vimeo.
WATCH: Wonderful Time-Lapse Film Captures Fog Rolling In Over Cape Town [VIDEO]
16 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Photographer Eric Nathan captured the fog rolling in over Cape Town on Sunday evening, and the results are glorious. Check out the amazing time lapse video, after the jump
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The Shortlisted Photos For The Sony World Photography Awards Will Blow Your Mind [PICS]
28 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Its that time of the year again. From portraits to documentary, 3D to low-light the Sony World Photography Awards ceremony has it all, and is open to all. Entrants range professionals to youth, and entries encompass as diverse a set of themes that the world can provide. The turn out this year has been sterling, with the judges […]
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Couple Falls In Love On Instagram #NoFilter
14 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Santiago Perez Grovas (26) and Taylor Dee (22) met and fell in love on Instagram. The pair are Instagram royalty in their own rights, with 70 000 and 18 000 followers respectively. Their love affair started when Grovas reached 50 000 followers on the social media site, and to celebrate posted a competition. To enter […]
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The World’s First Point-And-Shoot 3D Camera Will Rock Your World [VIDEO+PICS]
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Finally, the world’s first point-and-shoot 3D camera! While it’s not a conventional camera, if you can use a point-and-shoot Nikon we are told that you’ll find the Lynx even easier to use. Instead of 2D images, the ‘Lynx A’ produces 3D models of whatever you point it at. Although it’s the size of a laptop […]
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10 Amazing Photographs Taken With Phones [GALLERY]
05 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gizmodo ran a photograph challenge for its readers. The entries had to be shot and edited on whatever phones the contestants were using. This, of course, meant a whole lot of filters, but also a bunch of really good images.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
05 Dec 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Outrage over pre-death train photo. John McAfee seeking asylum. ANCWL wants Shrien Dewani bad. Rhinos to get specialised surveillance aircraft. Eminem’s daughter attacks Taylor Swift on Twitter. Who is the world’s most overpaid actor?
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Awesome New Video From Tim Henny Creator Of “Mini Cape”: Mini Matera
23 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You all remember that brilliant short film Timmy Henny made of Cape Town, “Mini Cape”? Well, Tim has been chosen amongst six other international film makers to produce a video in the Basilicata region in Southern Italy.
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Epic Imagery, A Photographer’s Friendly Encounter With Great Whites [PICS]
24 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sharks, particularly Great Whites, have a pretty bad rep. The apex predators are often labelled as man-eaters based on a handful of out of context events. Photographer Daniel Botelho spent two weeks with the ancient beasts and returned with what he calls “definitive proof” that they don’t deserve the label or association.
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Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Winners [PICS]
19 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
From “Bubble Jetting Emperors”, to an awe-inspiring shot of Peyto Lake in Canada’s Banff National Park, the winning photographs of this year’s Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are truly astonishing, and not to be missed.
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2OV Deals: The Awesome Online Photography Course For Only R650 Is Back! – Usually Costs R5,300 (Discount Of 88%)
19 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
This is really a great opportunity for yourself or as a gift for aspiring shutterbugs and hipsters in general. For a radical discounted price of R650, they can install all the learning software they need to become master photographers with the certified 16 Module Online Photography Course from DigitalMasters. Blending the world-class expertise of some […]
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Space Station Time-Lapse Lets You Fly Through Time And Space [VIDEO]
18 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Photographer Christoph Malin from Austria created this amazing film by stacking image sequences taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. It shows beautiful star trails and city lights streaking over the Earth’s surface as seen from space.
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Swiss Photographer Sues Apple For Using Photo Without Permission
15 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh, snap! Apple and the Swiss are not having a good time right now. This morning, we reported in the Spice that Apple has just had to license the iconic Swiss-designed railway clock for use in its iOS 6 operation system. Now, Swiss photographer Sabine Liewald has filed a lawsuit against Apple for what she claims is the unauthorised use of one of her photographs.
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Never Before Seen Photos Of Steve Jobs [PICS]
31 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The “iconic image of Steve Jobs in the lotus position with a Mac on his lap” is exactly that, iconic. It was taken by South African born photographer Norman Seeff and is instantly recognisable. Now, for the first time ever, Seeff has released out-takes from that same shoot.
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Incredible Video And Photos Of Humpback Whale Feeding In Harbour [VIDEO]
21 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A few days ago, retired college biology professor, Bill Bouton, headed to San Luis Obispo, California, to snap some pics of some of his favourite subjects, birds. However, he stumbled on something considerably bigger, and decidedly less aerial.
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10 Best Photographs Of The Olympic Games [GALLERY]
10 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Telegraph has put together what they believe to be the 10 best photographs of the Olympics so far. There are some pretty spectacular images in the selection, but I found them to be a little biased toward team Britain.
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Winner’s POV, Usain Bolt Nabs Photographer’s Camera After 200m Final [PICS]
10 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This must be any photographer’s dream – Usain Bolt, the undisputed fastest man alive, grabbed an Olympic photographer’s camera and started snapping pics straight from the track.
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The Olympics, Shot Exclusively With An iPhone 4S [PICS]
03 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dan Chung is a photojournalist for the Guardian on assignment at the Olympics. Instead of lugging around a bag full of heavy, expensive equipment like everyone else, he’s using just his iPhone 4S and a few aftermarket attachments. The results have been amazing.
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Terra Sacra – A Time-Lapse Spanning Seven Continents Over Six Years [VIDEO]
08 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Very few people are privileged enough to travel the world and even fewer can say they’ve set foot on all seven continents. Thankfully we have been blessed with photographers like Sean F. White, who has not only accomplished both, but chose to record the journey and share it via an amazing time-lapse recording. Click through for a magnificent six-minute trip around the world.
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Glacier Boarding, Because Snowboarding Is Too Mainstream [AMAZING PICS]
20 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Much like Jeb Corliss took BASE jumping to new heights, a group of adrenaline-thirsty snowboarders have taken their obsession to the next level. Who would’ve guessed that ditching snowy slopes for icy glaciers would make for such amazing pictures.
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Check Out The Awesome Underwater Dog Photography Of Seth Casteel [PICS]
16 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Seth Casteel is an award-winning photographer famed for his pictures of peoples’ pets. Check out this awesome gallery of underwater dog photos he produced after the jump!
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Calm After The Storm – A Wrap Up Of CT’s Weather Week In Photos
10 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Commenting on the weather is usually as insightful as commenting that a pregnant chick’s belly “is growing”. It’s obvious, a bit silly and we all still do it. But in Cape Town this week the weather really was worth mentioning – and worth looking back at.
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Winners Of The National Geographic Photo Competition [PICS]
23 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
National Geographic has announced their 2011 global-wide photography contest. See all the winning images after the jump.
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New 9/11 Photos By James Nachtwey Surface
07 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
American documentary photographer James Nachtwey happened to be in New York on 11 September 2001. The images Nachtwey captured on that fateful day were published by TIME immediately following 9/11, and have become iconic. As the ten year anniversary of the Twin Towers tragedy looms, a number of previously unpublished photos by Nachtwey have just been released.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Bang Bang Club (2011)
24 Aug 2011 by SPLING / No Comments
The Bang Bang Club is the story of four conflict photographers, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva, in the build-up to South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994. These high profile photographers were like soldiers, their weapons – cameras and their ammo – extra spools.
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Magnified Sand Is… Gorgeous [Photos]
13 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Next time you’re on the beach (and frankly, given the current weather in Cape Town, that may be later today), bear in mind that there’s more to the scenery than meets the eye. Sand is ba-yoodiful, too – beyond what our human eyes can perceive. Have a look at these shots of tiny grains of sand magnified to 250 times their real size.
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Intriguing Photos Of New York City Life
24 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Photographer Peter Funch has created a series of unusual images capturing New York City life. One of them depicts a full city street where every single person is yawning. Others show a Big Apple populated, seemingly, only by young children. On your Friday afternoon, have a look at these.
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This May Change Photography Forever
23 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Imagine never having to focus on what you’re photographing. You could just snap away knowing you could refocus the shots later. A new light-field camera will be launched this year by a company called Lytro, which will allow you to do just that. And it will mark a massive step forward in the evolution of photography as we know it.
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‘Tennis Girl’ Reveals Herself 35 Years Later
25 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Hey, you guys know that photo, right? The one with the tennis-playing girl lifting up the back of her skirt in a way that’s sort of sexy but also obliviously enough for people to call it art, rather than sexy-tennis-photography? It’s by Martin Elliot, who died recently, so the model’s decided to let us know who she is.
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UCT Digital Photography Course – Get 10% Off With 2oceansvibe
28 Feb 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Yes, this is EXACTLY the course you need. You enjoy taking pics and you want to get better. You keep on telling people that you would like to improve, but just haven’t found the right course. Here it is, my friend – just look at the title – “University of Cape Town (UCT) Digital Photography […]
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Some Colour Photos Of Sophiatown Have Popped Up
22 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s a pun in there, but if I’d been the one to write it I’d be forced to punch myself in the face, and that’s relatively difficult. Photographer John Mason has released a series of colour photos depicting Sophiatown’s destruction in ’59; they’re worth checking out on your lunch break. Pretty colours, historical relevance…take your pick.
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