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Still on the road pt 2
This carries on from previous post http://blog.flipper.co.za/2009/08/25/on-the-road-yet-again/ 1916 boarding the Qantas flight now and guess what karma kickback straight away 55D middle row at bulkead so seat goes back about 50mm but the seat in front goes way back … awesome. Guess its better on a 7 hour flight than a 12 hour one but [...]
On the road again
Well after a long 2 weeks at home it seems like this season is never going to end – which financially makes sense – but time, family and rest wise is tough. As usual travel was an adventure – left home with time to spare – I mean the airport is technically only 15 minutes [...]
Pause for reflection
Or maybe even cause for reflection … Canon 5DMKII 15mm fisheye, 1/800 @ f7.1 @ ISO800 Thats myself, Sven Martin and Damian Breach in Bromont … post and pre rain storms! Been a wet and wild couple of weeks in Canada … it seemed to rain on and off all the time. I’m sure it [...]
Big ol’ update
Well a lot has happened since the last post … yeah it’s been a while. Almost 2 months. Sorry about that. In the months since i last posted i have shot almost non-stop all over the show – all over the Western Cape with the Cape Epic, Pietermaritzburg for the SA Nationals and the opening round [...]
Merry Xmas
Its that time of year again … where has the time gone. I’ve spent literally days on end on planes this year, travelled more then 100,000 miles in the air alone, driven something like 25,000 kms and taken more than 53,000 photos – give or take a few here and there. But yet despite all [...]
2008 season is done!
Yes i know we have like 20-odd days left till 2009, but the bike industry has been in 2009 for a while now and this week it seems the printers are headed that way too – I’ve already shot my first 2009 cover and sent off images for next year’s first magazines. Something like this [...]
This week flipper are be mostly …
Sorry for the shameless Fast Show rip-off title. But I’ve been pretty busy. Since getting back from the World Cup Finals in Schladming last month I’ve managed to go on an awesome bike safari in Botswana with Cycle Mashatu – check out some pics here, shot the Cape Odyssey 5 day trail running race over [...]