tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83854726758875387222024-03-04T10:38:16.046+02:00Ivan Muller, The Lazy Travel PhotographerWelcome to my world of photography! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-5001334515946413952019-02-01T15:27:00.000+02:002019-02-19T15:30:50.606+02:00Street Portraits, Malealea Village, Lesotho, Southern Africa
' A shop owner and her daughter '
Every year in December I endeavor to travel and photograph in the rural areas of South Africa. I have done that for a couple of years now and have build up n comprehensive photographic portfolio of the people and places of our land.
I prefer photographing in the Karoo, an arid region in the central part of South Africa, but recently the Ivan Mullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00428482209550781971noreply@blogger.com4Malealea, Lesotho-29.848582 27.55985720000001-29.862354 27.53968720000001 -29.83481 27.580027200000011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-35425106964329529722017-07-07T15:01:00.000+02:002017-07-07T15:07:18.182+02:00People watching in Roma, Italy!
I love watching people!
Here are a few of my people watching photographs made on a 5 day visit to Rome in 2015. Most of the photos in this portfolio are of the people in Rome juxtaposed against the magnificent architecture and textures of the ancient city
Its can be difficult to spot the locals from the tourists sometimes...and everyone is just so busy with their Ivan Mullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00428482209550781971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-30008817364501474162017-05-10T14:26:00.001+02:002017-05-24T13:24:24.394+02:00A short walk through the TUKS Campus - my Alma Mater
My youngest daughter is a 3rd year drama student at the University of Pretoria. Last weekend she had a dance exam and invited me to come and have a look. Long before she was born I was also a student at TUKS, as the University of Pretoria is usually called.
After the dance performance I walked back to my car and took a few snaps of the campus as I was trying to find my car...I got a Ivan Mullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00428482209550781971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-59417137859346818742016-11-29T17:21:00.000+02:002016-12-06T12:18:51.471+02:00Newtown Graffiti, Johannesburg 2016In Newtown, Johannesburg there is a stretch of the De Villiers Graaf motorway motorway known as the 'Double Decker'. The Double Decker is actually a bridge like structure consisting of two reinforced concrete deck superstructures, directly above each other supported on trestle like piers.
These massive concrete piers has become a magnet for graffiti artists and many of the piers Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-30969864968167798672016-05-20T16:13:00.000+02:002016-05-21T16:32:07.404+02:00Bavaria, Germany - Day 1
In July, 2015 my wife Cheryl and I traveled to Munich in Bavaria, Germany. At the airport we rented a car and drove down to Oberammergau near the Austrian Alps where we stayed for three nights giving us two full and two half days to explore the country side and then back to Munich for another two nights before flying to Naples in Italy.
We had a full program as we wanted to visit Mad King Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-80561876654566259712016-05-17T09:08:00.001+02:002016-05-17T09:12:38.251+02:00a Short walk in the Bushveld
Last weekend I joined my friends for a short break in the Bushveld on the farm Hermanusdoorn. Autumn is here and the veld is starting to prepare for winter. The Bushveld around Vaalwater in the Limpopo Province is particularly beautiful and has the added advantage of being malaria free.
On Sunday morning a group of us took a walk up a steep '4x4 only road' behind our lodge Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-45993293577862827572016-01-20T09:04:00.000+02:002016-01-22T08:49:58.831+02:00Amalfi : B&W Street Photography
In July 2015 my wife Cheryl & I stayed for three nights in the small town of Amalfi on the Amalfi coast near Naples. Amalfi was the perfect place to practice my 'street' photography skills with my new Eos M3 mirrorless camera.
A selection of 35 B&W images can be seen below....
Our hotel room overlooked a busy little square with the magnificent Duomo Di Sant' Andrea Apostolo Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-5586324657282742382015-09-23T11:59:00.001+02:002015-09-23T12:01:31.028+02:00A short walk in Orange Grove...Yesterday I visited an Italian delicatessen and grocery shop in Louis Botha Avenue, Orange Grove, Johannesburg. My mission was to buy some of those little red Italian cold drinks that look and tate a bit like Campari, but without the alcohol. There are many brands that sell these cold drinks but the one I am familiar with is called 'Crodo Bitters'.
Super Sconto sells important Italian foodAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-90150902994579174502015-09-18T11:32:00.001+02:002016-01-22T08:54:41.985+02:00Colours & Textures of Naples, Italy
Naples is very different from any other part of Italy that I have ever been to. The traffic, kamikaze scooters, graffiti, grime and the dirt is an assault on ones senses. But gradually the shock wears off and one does notice some unwritten code in operation, some fleeting moments of order.
The ancient city looms large over all human endeavors and provides a colourful and gritty Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-23961864829422191592015-09-02T12:30:00.000+02:002015-09-03T16:58:49.405+02:003 Weeks in Europe - My Eos M3 Review - 3rd time lucky?
I have just come back
from three weeks in Germany and Italy where I used my new Canon Eos M3 daily as a travel camera, photographing people, structures, landscapes and even some attempts at 'street photography'.
Atrani , Amalfi Coast 2015
In this user report I will share with you my thoughts on how the Canon Eos M3 behaved as my backup compact camera and what Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-917250962952410982015-01-12T17:57:00.001+02:002015-03-30T09:04:25.722+02:00B&W 'Platteland' StructuresIn December of 2014 my wife, Cheryl and I went on our annual photographic journey through the 'platteland' of South Africa. For a change we skipped the Karoo and instead decided to travel around our Southern border with landlocked Lesotho.
Our first stop was at Zastron and then we drove to Barkly East via Lady Grey. From there we drove to Matatiele and then on to the Sani Pass and finally Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0South Africa-30.864510226258346 27.861328125-34.380929226258345 22.697754125 -27.348091226258347 33.024902125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-46126737069826336092014-12-03T17:59:00.001+02:002014-12-04T12:47:08.578+02:00Some of my favourite Eos M Pictures
The Eos M received a lukewarm reception at launch...mostly because of the pedestrian AF speed. A firmware update did improve the AF but it is nowhere near the speeds one can get from some of the other camera brands.
Last year with a price drop interest suddenly picked up. I even bought a black one for myself with the fixed 22mm lens and EF lens adapter. This year I added a white paired with Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-74960073255677901052014-11-28T07:37:00.001+02:002017-05-12T10:34:25.363+02:00My Namibian Adventure! - 5 Nights in Sesriem
On the 3rd day after leaving our home in Irene near Pretoria we eventually arrived in Sesriem. We had just enough sunlight left to be able to pitch our tent and get the camp organized before the darkness.
Above: Deadvlei about 60km from Sossusvlei...
The next morning we took it slow as we were still recovering from the long drive through Botswana and across Namibia. On top Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-78146576552132505852014-09-10T15:56:00.001+02:002017-05-12T10:40:38.768+02:00My Namibian Adventure! - The Journey to Sesriem
During July and August 2014 my wife Cheryl and I journeyed through the central part of Namibia via the Trans Kalahari Highway 'short cut' through Botswana.
We visited the Namib Naukluft Park at Sesriem where one can find the famous Namib Dunes as well as Sossusvlei and Deadvlei etc. From there we went to Swakopmund, Hentiesbaai, Spitzkoppe and finally Windhoek before returning Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-64012005165925827712014-07-24T17:36:00.000+02:002014-09-10T18:28:34.087+02:00Vosburg, again!Many years ago I stayed over at the Vosburg hotel for a night...
My girlfriend at the time ( now my wife Cheryl ), and I had been on a holiday in Capetown. On the way back to the 'old Transvaal' we decided, on a whim, to visit my grandmother who lived in Brandvlei.
It was quite a detour and we drove via Calvinia where I remember someone told us that it was 40 degrees Celcius! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-11433133162006482682014-03-17T15:09:00.000+02:002014-03-19T13:59:02.417+02:00Welcome to Strydenburg !
I don't have much to say about sleepy Strydenburg, except that on the day we were there it was very hot and dusty. But the town is neat & clean and the people are friendly!
The people were inquisitive and many came up to me asking why I as taking photographs of their town. They usually suspect that there is going to be some sort of development, and often it takes quite aAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-46058452382606241272014-03-12T16:19:00.000+02:002014-03-12T16:24:37.691+02:00Welcome to Murraysburg !
Murraysburg is far from the main road to Cape Town...We drove through it on our way to Nieu Bethesda from Victoria West.
Our first impressions were rather sad as the first thing we saw as we entered town was the cemetery...
&Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-37791620969736857332014-03-06T17:52:00.000+02:002014-03-09T07:57:38.572+02:00Eos 6D Review - Part 3 ( Homage to Tri-X with my Eos 6D )
Intelligent Life has an article in its March/April edition on Tri-X, the iconic Kodak b&w negative film. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Tri-X. The article is well worth reading and explains things from a photographers perspective, but of course we photographers must remember that the viewer knows none of what goes on behind the scenes and in the photographers mind, and can only Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-30457975898684794282014-03-05T10:53:00.000+02:002014-03-05T18:23:52.924+02:00Eos 6D Review - Part 2 ( GPS & The Garden Route Portfolio )
Well I have had the Eos 6D for about 4 months now and I have come to really appreciate some of its unique features...and unfortunately some disappointment in others...
One feature that I really like a lotAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-52449408432679146532014-01-16T13:11:00.000+02:002014-03-06T17:59:54.552+02:00My Canon Eos 6D Review - Part 1 ( Image Quality & General impressions. )
What better way to test my new Canon Eos 6D than on a 4500km three week journey through the Karoo and on to Cape Town... and back?
This is exactly what I did over this past December and January. My wife and I made a slow six day photographic journey to Cape Town via the Karoo. My three children drove to Cape Town on their own and then we spend another two weeks in Cape Town with Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-56607525089270213452013-12-12T09:30:00.000+02:002017-05-12T10:54:14.783+02:00Blue Is The Colour...
Yesterday I went for a walk down Steve Biko str and Voortrekker str in Pretoria North...
I wanted to test my Canon Eos 6D and Canon Ef 85mm F1.8 lens. I recently bought the Eos 6D as a replacement to my Eos 5Dmk2. A few weeks later I also got the Eos Ef 85mm f1.8 lens. The 85mm gives subtle compression, is small not to attract too much attention and is sharp right out into the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-36175049574063409272013-09-04T17:30:00.001+02:002017-05-12T10:42:24.495+02:00Milan, Italy
We arrived in Milan from Stresa and the contrast was fascinating...
The small almost sleepy village of Stresa lies on the shore of Lago Maggiore, a beautiful lake with snow capped mountains in the distance and surrounded mostly by steep mountains. Milan on the other hand was a cacophony of sound & noise...especially on the Sunday when we arrived. There was some festival Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-31615673535230878882013-08-22T14:39:00.000+02:002013-10-28T16:31:14.562+02:00Greylingstad...
I stopped in Greylingstad on my way to an assignment at the nearby Sasol Impumulelo mine.
This is what I saw in the short half an hour or so . . .
I had a whole day industrial shoot to do at the Impumulelo mine and had left home at about 6hoo. Two hours later I arrived at Greylingstad. The light was beautiful and I stopped for a quick Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-8204947937737982202013-08-06T17:22:00.001+02:002014-09-11T15:37:43.607+02:00Review: Canon Eos M & Ef 50mm F1.8 - Part Six
My user report of the 'old' Ef 50mm F1.8 doing duty as a portrait lens on the Eos M.
When I tested the Eos M with the pancake lens last week I said that it was a perfect match with the Eos M and the EF M 22mm f2. The pancake lens has an equivalent focal length of 64mm and the EF 50mm f1.8 has an equivalent focal length of 80mm (in 35mm terms) on the Eos M. Traditionally a focal lengthAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09444841795894051092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385472675887538722.post-10569675023155901182013-08-01T13:18:00.004+02:002013-10-28T16:31:42.900+02:00Review: Canon Eos M & EF 40mm f2.8 STM 'pancake' lens - Part Five
My user report of the 40mm F2.8 pancake lens and the Eos M . . .
These two were made for each other...
Read part five of my review.
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