I've been fiddling with the blog's layout all evening, changing dimensions so that I can add bigger pictures and redesigning the title masthead. I think I may have it now so the flower with the fly on it will act as a test run. I do still have a number of pictures that have been edited smaller for the old layout so they will still get posted, but all the new ones will be this size from now on. Any comments…
We like to get together as a family over Christmas with my family coming over on Christmas Eve and my in-laws on Christmas Day. We normally eat way to much over the period, but we'll worry about that in the New Year.Because Christmas falls in the summer down here in South Africa, we as a family don't do the whole traditional Christmas meal thing, but rather opt for cold meats and salads.This year we started with prunes wrapped in bacon made…
The Rugrats opening their gifts on Christmas morningI want to wish all the regular, not so regular, by chance and "find it through Google" visitors to Port Elizabeth Daily Photo a Merry Christmas. I hope it was a blessed day and that everybody received the gifts that they asked for in their Dear Santa letters.
It is peak summer holiday season and people are flocking to the Port Elizabeth beachfront
One of those unwritten rules of photography (and life) is to never venture somewhere potentially dangerous or unknown while you are on your own. Always make sure you have backup. Not that a guy like James Bond listens to that kind of advice. But James Bond I'm not, so I ventured as far as the door. There are a couple of old houses at the bottom of South End in Port Elizabeth that is literally falling apart and I decided…
The upgrade on the Donkin Reserve is well advanced at the moment and as soon as most of it is completed I want to go and photograph and post all the upgrades and art pieces that has been added to the historic Donkin Reserve. The Donkin Lighthouse upgrade was the first part of the project that was completed and an interesting feature that has been added to the lighthouse are these mosaic tiles around its base.
Its amazing how you often see a photo opportunity and when you go for it you find a whole host of others. I stopped on the Swartkops Road between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage to get some photos of the old Swartkops Power Station and the flamingos on the salt pans and also ended up with little yellow flowers with the salt pans in the background.
A couple of weeks ago I was very fortunate to be at a SAMREC penguin release at Hobie Beach here in Port Elizabeth. The South African Rehabilitation and Education Centre (SAMREC) is based at Cape Recife and their main aim is to save and rehabilitate the endangered African Penguins which are found on the islands in Algoa Bay. Once the penguins have been rehabilitated they are released back into the bay to return to what is said to be the biggest breeding colony of African…
Every Sunday morning the beachfront promenade between the Kings Beach parking area and McArthurs Pool is turned into the Kings Beach Flea Market. Handmade wares share the space with foreigners selling sun glasses and cell phone chargers. There may be lots of junk (junk being a relative word cause on Sunday my only purchase was a cell phone cover bought from a Nigerian) being sold in between the interesting stuff, but its still worth a hour or so walk enjoying the…