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PCPhil wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:10 pm Always like panos but they need to printed for a wall hanging to do them justice. Very nice.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:55 pm

PCPhil wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:10 pm Always like panos but they need to printed for a wall hanging to do them justice. Very nice.

Thanks. Yes, the Swansea Bay one struggles even on my 27" Eizo!

notfatcat wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:33 pm Cheers. I sometimes think about buying C1 but it doesn't have the cataloguing capability of LR, which is essential for my work.

TheFrog wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:50 am Do you guys have any news from some of the top photographers on PR?

I think Troglodiet comes to mind. Or WelshmanBKK.

troglodiet wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 9:05 am

TheFrog wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:50 am Do you guys have any news from some of the top photographers on PR?

I think Troglodiet comes to mind. Or WelshmanBKK.

Oi mate, you can't put my name in the same paragraph as the words "top photographers".

I very recently made a "comeback" to NPR. I was around, under a multi as I went through a crazy period in my life, some bad, some great (like becoming a dad at the ripe old age of 48). During this time, made worse by the pandemic, I did not touch my camera (and hardly had time to be online, hence the multi).

I've starting to get shutter fever about a month ago so want to start again. I still won't be able to do my favourite genre (landscapes) due to circumstances, maybe I will start with some macros en general photography work for now.

TheFrog wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:00 pm Welcome back then! Looking forward to your photos. Why not try urban landscapes?

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:09 pm
Hi trog. Glad you made it out from under the dark cloud. Did you take your website down?

troglodiet wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:09 pm

TheFrog wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:00 pm Welcome back then! Looking forward to your photos. Why not try urban landscapes?

Good idea. The CBD of my hometown, where I moved back to after 25 years, has deteriorated tremendously. Bad news in general, good news for photographers.

Biggest problem right now is to get used to being a parent of a 15-year old, who has to be home-schooled because he's English-speaking and there aren't decent English schools closeby. Afrikaans school insists that he re-do last year's grade in Afrikaans before they will admit him.

So right now it's being parents at our ripe old age, raising a 15-year boy (especially knowing the shit I got up to at that age!), helping him with his schoolwork after we get back from work, driving him around for his social life, trying to improve his Afrikaans........Hang on, I just realised why I'm constantly tired!

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:16 pm Did you adopt then?

PS the johanmarietjie.co.za comes up as forbidden, which is why I asked.

troglodiet wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:57 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:16 pm Did you adopt then?

PS the johanmarietjie.co.za comes up as forbidden, which is why I asked.

It's not an official adoption, the mother was just beyond useless, so initially we volunteered to help out with the boy.

They were our neighbours in Durban, but the kid was more at our home than at his mom and her boyfriend's. It was one of those cases where you're never sure which one is the best example of gender based violence: the mom or "dad". Every night drunken shitstorm.

Lost contact when we moved away, the mother blocked us everywhere so we couldn't get in contact with him. Next thing we hear, after 2.5 years, is a message from the mom saying her old bf died (pancreatitis...not sure what caused it....) and her current boyfriend is also kicking her out, and she can't look after the boy.

We got the mom in a shelter for homeless women, and got a contract drawn up which gave us guardianship over the boy until the mom is back on her feet. Then the shelter contacted us and said the "mom" had run away, nobody knows where she is.

Since then, she hardly contacts her son, usually when she's drunk. Last message he got was her telling him to never contact her again, something he prefers as he now calls us mom and dad, and has so for the last 2 years at least.

Since he became 16 earlier this month, he may now decide where he wants to live, and she cannot just claim him back. So technically he's our son. He has indicated that once we are declared rehabilitated from our bankruptcy, he wants us to adopt him legally and he wants to take our surname.


It's weird, johanmarietjie.co.za is the main and original website. aessidhe.co.za is just pointing and re-routing to johanmarietjie.co.za. Both addresses work for me, and I'm at work so first time I've accessed those two websites from here and it worked.

troglodiet wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:57 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:16 pm Did you adopt then?

PS the johanmarietjie.co.za comes up as forbidden, which is why I asked.

It's not an official adoption, the mother was just beyond useless, so initially we volunteered to help out with the boy.

They were our neighbours in Durban, but the kid was more at our home than at his mom and her boyfriend's. It was one of those cases where you're never sure which one is the best example of gender based violence: the mom or "dad". Every night drunken shitstorm.

Lost contact when we moved away, the mother blocked us everywhere so we couldn't get in contact with him. Next thing we hear, after 2.5 years, is a message from the mom saying her old bf died (pancreatitis...not sure what caused it....) and her current boyfriend is also kicking her out, and she can't look after the boy.

We got the mom in a shelter for homeless women, and got a contract drawn up which gave us guardianship over the boy until the mom is back on her feet. Then the shelter contacted us and said the "mom" had run away, nobody knows where she is.

Since then, she hardly contacts her son, usually when she's drunk. Last message he got was her telling him to never contact her again, something he prefers as he now calls us mom and dad, and has so for the last 2 years at least.

Since he became 16 earlier this month, he may now decide where he wants to live, and she cannot just claim him back. So technically he's our son. He has indicated that once we are declared rehabilitated from our bankruptcy, he wants us to adopt him legally and he wants to take our surname.


It's weird, johanmarietjie.co.za is the main and original website. aessidhe.co.za is just pointing and re-routing to johanmarietjie.co.za. Both addresses work for me, and I'm at work so first time I've accessed those two websites from here and it worked.

inactionman wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:53 pm On subject of photography, I'm quite the gentleman amateur but I really don't have the first clue what I'm doping re digital manipulation and editing. I used to have a monochrome darkroom but I'm all a bit lost with levels and balances. Anyone recommend a decent guide/cpurse? I'm really asking for some guidance in what to look to achieve - i.e. when you'd want to mess with levels - and not the buttonology/mechanics of doing so. I'm a member of Edinburgh photo soc (although not very active) and we've had a few masterclasses on Lightroom and photoshop - some of this focused on some really dull aspects like avoiding artefacts on lines, but I was always struck how a skilled editor could take a pretty dull, flat RAW image and create a really vibrant, punchy print. I've no clue how to approach that.

troglodiet wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:09 pm

TheFrog wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:00 pm Welcome back then! Looking forward to your photos. Why not try urban landscapes?

Good idea. The CBD of my hometown, where I moved back to after 25 years, has deteriorated tremendously. Bad news in general, good news for photographers.

Biggest problem right now is to get used to being a parent of a 15-year old, who has to be home-schooled because he's English-speaking and there aren't decent English schools closeby. Afrikaans school insists that he re-do last year's grade in Afrikaans before they will admit him.

So right now it's being parents at our ripe old age, raising a 15-year boy (especially knowing the shit I got up to at that age!), helping him with his schoolwork after we get back from work, driving him around for his social life, trying to improve his Afrikaans........Hang on, I just realised why I'm constantly tired!

troglodiet wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:16 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:09 pm
Hi trog. Glad you made it out from under the dark cloud. Did you take your website down?

Thanks mate, really appreciated.

Website is still up (aessidhe.co.za or johanmarietjie.co.za) but I haven't touched it for a good 5 years plus either.

Some new-years resolutions right there.

Although not totally out of the woods yet, I think another 2-3 months will do it, putting us right back to where we were way back when.


Great journey really. Tough but the lessons I learned were invaluable.

TheFrog wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:44 am

notfatcat wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:33 pm Cheers. I sometimes think about buying C1 but it doesn't have the cataloguing capability of LR, which is essential for my work.

Are you a pro photographer Fatcat?

I use LR personally and happy with it.

You are right that PCPhil photos have a look of HDR pictures.

notfatcat wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:29 pm Just bought my first 'pro' level mirrorless. Insane money compared to dslr.

notfatcat wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:29 pm Just bought my first 'pro' level mirrorless. Insane money compared to dslr.

laurent wrote: ↑Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:05 pm Lucky you I ordered an R3 ...

May get it in next few weeks...

notfatcat wrote: ↑Sat Jun 04, 2022 11:56 pm

laurent wrote: ↑Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:05 pm Lucky you I ordered an R3 ...

May get it in next few weeks...

I'm almost more upset at having to spend £140 on a fucking memory card. A hundred and forty fucking quid!

notfatcat wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:30 am When I start spending 10k at a time will probably be when I go for medium format!

vball wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:28 pm I have Olympus E-M1X and ordered an OM-1 but it has not arrived yet. Off to Botswana next week but am sure the X will do well enough.

I did get a front cover from my February trip to Iceland though .... was very pleased.