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Welcome to the blog list!

Below you'll find a listing of my latest blog posts ordered by publish date.
Simply click on the yellow portion of text and you'll be taken to the relevant article.

Once there, you'll notice that I've filed each blog article under some sort of header. For now this is purely arbitrary and may not help you much in finding something worth reading. ...Come to think of it, you may never find something worth reading here!...but I digress!
In time you will also find commenting functionality added to the articles and some rudimentary profile features for adding your own avatar, nickname, and such.

Other than that, and without further ado (2008 is my year of mixed metaphors - sorry for you!), Bon Apetit!

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"What good thing ever came from Newcastle?"

After a protracted silence, The GP has again found something to say. Actually - not so much something to say, but somewhere new to go, and this entry is all about it...

Published on: with 475 view/s, and 1 comment.

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Life in the left lane

Much has changed for "life as we know it" over the last 3 decades. We have all sorts of technological advancements to prolong life, enable communication and preserve foodstuff so that it can be shipped to/from exotic places from/to anywhere in the world, no matter how long the journey. We also have ever-changing morality so that some things that were previously tabboo are now ok and vice versa. Fortunately some things stay the same, no matter what...

Published on: with 682 view/s, and 2 comments.

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Controlling the light part 2

In part 2 of this article we get more in-depth in controlling your lighting

Published on: with 970 view/s, and 1 comment.

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Controlling the light

In this first "How to" article, I'll be sharing with you how to take control of lighting and make even the most unglamorous item look stunning! Oh - and while I'm busy, I'll show you how to do it on a budget.

Published on: with 690 view/s, and no comments yet.

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Which club do you belong to?

At some point shortly after birth we learn to associate - not just words with images, whereby we build a functional vocabulary with which to makes sense of the world we live in - but also with other like-minded people, or with those we would like to think are like-minded to us.

Published on: with 650 view/s, and 1 comment.

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The Ethics of Photography

Lecturers at varsity and photo colleges around the world are compelled to discuss issues regarding when and where it's appropriate to say "cheese" with their students. After all, words like "dignity" and "human rights" have their place in the viewfinder, as much as they do anywhere else. Here's my take on this thorny issue...

Published on: with 11517 view/s, and 11 comments.

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Don't you just hate the news?!

Everywhere you turn, the headlines scream, and the announcers trumpet that the whole world is going to hell in a handbasket. In the midst of the mounting hysteria you'd be pleasantly surprised to know that some people actually still give a hoot...

Published on: with 1913 view/s, and 2 comments.

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Storm-Chase 02-02-2008 (not so much a "chase", as a sad meander, really...)

...I had found the storm's footprint, and had hung around it as evening closed in, only to find that it had grown appendages all around me like some wild mutant beast, now punishing me for my lack of attention...

Published on: with 896 view/s, and 2 comments.

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Some Sunday afternoon snaps.

You'd be surprised at what you can shoot if you have a little time to spare...

Published on: with 1149 view/s, and no comments yet.

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Powerless to do anything about the power?

Eskom's latest bouts of load-shedding have much of the country up in arms, and consumers flocking for UPS' and generators in a shopping frenzy that makes Christmas look tame by comparison. Here's some good cheer to help you through it..

Published on: with 512 view/s, and no comments yet.

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