Those Irish cliffs and Guinness
šRepublic of IrelandšøFujifilm X-E4. Straight out of camera, using Kodak Ultramax 400 and Kodak Tri-X film recipes from Fuji X Weekly
Tropical Winter
One morning about a week ago I noticed an offshore westerly wind when I woke up. And a fairly big swell to go with it. It was freezing cold too due to snow falling on nearby mountains the previous night. I grabbed my camera and drove down to the beach
Surf Contest Day
Went out last weekend to take some photos of the vibe at the beach during a surf contest. šScottburgh, South AfricašøFujifilm X-E4 with Pacific Blues film recipe.
Abandoned Waterslides
Childhood memories down the slide.
Kuala Lumpur in black & white
Went out on a Sunday morning with my Fujifilm X-E4 and decided to only shoot JPEG's. I applied one of the stock film simulations, ACROS which is based on Fujifilm's ACROS film, manufactured in the early 2000s. This is what came out.
Address is Approximate
I first discovered this video when I was 18 years old, early 2012. I had just gotten my first DSLR, at the time and spent a lot of time on Vimeo for inspiration & to learn about cinematography and photography. What was special about Vimeo? Vimeo is different to YouTube.
From the land of Khao Soi
šChiang Mai, Thailandš·Fujifilm X-E4
Bangkok Cyberpunk
Had a quick stop over in Bangkok en-route to Kuala Lumpur late December 2022. Made most of my evening there behind the lens. Great city! šBangkok, Thailandš·Fujifilm X-E4 using Jeff Davenport Night film recipe
Reliving the moment
Growing up my dad would always film holidays, Christmas, birthdays and when visiting family and friends on his Sony Video 8 Handycam. We'd get back home and then I'd be all excited to have all the footage recorded onto a VHS tape from the camera and
What Sixty40 could be like if it relaunched 20 years later.
As a passionate software developer, I often find myself going into a nostalgia trip trying to think what it would be like to rebuild and relaunch Sixty40 in 2022. I used to live on Sixty40 and it played a huge role into growing my passion for the sport. After all,
Sixty40 nostalgia
I got covid
In May I got covid. I managed to avoid it for the greater part of the pandemic. Now I'm a statistic. Symptoms was pretty rough to be honest - I expected it to be borderline a cold. It was worse. I was bed bound for about 4 days
Sailboat
The Future of Bodyboarding
TLDR - Why is bodyboarding still not thriving? Over the years, weāve seen multiple bodyboarding bodyās, amongst them are Global Organization of Bodyboarding (GOB), International Bodyboarding Association (IBA), the Association of Professional Bodyboarders (APB) and now the International Bodyboarding Corporation - which I didnāt even know exists,
Cyclone Swell
The most ironic sport
Itās been about 4 months since I started playing golf modestly-serious again. While I played a lot as a kid and during my pre-teen years, itās something that faded a bit when surfing took priority in High School. Iāve been going to the range now once or
How to create smart playlists for Apple Music on your iPhone
Iāve been using Apple Music since itās initial launch in 2015. It launched in South Africa long before Spotify and being a Mac + iPhone owner at the time, it was the obvious answer to my music needs. Recently on my Macbook I started playing with Smart Playlists on
Mind Travel
Itās been about a year and a half since the Covid-19 pandemic started. I came back home to South Africa at the end of 2019, to spend Christmas with the family and my grandpa who a few months before was diagnosed with stage-4 lung cancer. My plan then was
I built an internet performance analytics tool isplogger.com
If youāre family, friend or follower (like on Twitter), you most certainly know by now they struggles Iāve had with my internet connection in most of 2020. If not, I recommend reading these posts to familiarise yourself the the bigger picture of why I build ISP Logger: * Rain
Kruger 2020
Using Sass with Django
Quickstart - Check out the Repo on Github After nearly 2 years of almost exclusively building frontends with ReactJS, I decided to give full stack Django a visit again. I needed to build a simple & stable CRUD application and figured, going the SPA (Single Page Application) route will be
Rain Speedtest
If youāve been following me over the last few months, you would most certainly know how many internet related issues Iāve been having since the start of 2020. If not, letās quickly recap from the very beginning of our internet situation at home in South Africaā¦ 1999:
How to integrate Paddle to your React JS application
Arriving in Chiang Mai
The morning of my flight to Chiang Mai, I checked in online and had that sorted. Good thing I did that as I noticed my flight is from Don Muang Airport and not the big airport where I arrived. My airbnb host explained that I can the train to the
First few days in Bangkok
Remember who you are
Whenever I feel some self-doubt vibes creeping up I watch this video and somehow I feel better again. :)
Coding for beginners
How do I build something? Iām not a programmer. If you wanna learn to make apps, build websites, etc and donāt have a budget to hire a developer, you should really take a couple of months and learn to build products. With a bit of effort and dedication
J-Bay is always magical
I've been coming to Jeffreys Bay for many years, ever since I can remember. Little did I know back then that it's home to one of the best waves in the world. In recent years as I started getting into bodyboarding I learnt more about the
I made a Telegram bot that tells me local surf conditions.
After I made Downtime bot, I decided to go a bit further and make it related to something Iām truly passionate about. Surfing. It started off with mapping out my local knowledge about surfing here. * Wind Direction * Swell Direction * Swell Size I also had to write a bit of
Getting Downtime Bot featured on Product Hunt.
Launching products is what I love doingā¦.. well, creating products and seeing it come to life and then sharing it with the world.. It think itās the coding part thatās addictive. Writing code and then to see my computer finally doing what I asked it to do is
Brown water surfing
ģ½ė¼ė¦¬ King Dumplings
Elephant King Sized Dumplings at 3000won.
One night at the Han-River
Peace Camp 2016 - Highlights
On my way to Peace Camp
The other side of Gangnam
One of my German classmates in Korea posted a photo of him standing next to a shack on Instagram with no context. I initially thought the photo what taken somewhere along his travels through Africa, and coming from South Africa myself, I thought that's brave thing to do
Hiking to Daecheongbong at Seoraksan National Park
Over a weekend in early November 2015 my friends, Ricardo, Stefan, Fabi, Carlos and I jumped on a bus to Sokcho and hiked up one of the biggest mountains in South Korea. I'm writing this almost 7 years later, but backdated to fit in with my other posts.
Our trip to Timbavati
2013 in photos
The First Semester
Gwanghwamun at night
Where the echoes of history whisper, Gwanghwamun beckons with timeless charm, inviting you to capture moments of tranquility and heritage through your lens.
Jumping off Bloukrans Bridge
Long Exposure Photography at Yoeinaru
September 2012 in photos
Arriving in Seoul for the first time - first few days part 2
Arriving in Seoul for the first time
Korea Photos 2012
Fun surf - 06 October 2011
Me and my GoPro
Reasons why we Bodyboard
1) We can get barreled on anything 2) Bodyboards fit in the boot of a car 3) Bodyboarding and Mountain biking use the same muscle groups 4) We take-off deeper. Feel free to add to the topic. Click here for full forum discussion.
Exploration Pays off!
It was a very undecided morning as far as swell around the area was concerned. It was full high tide, not much swell, but at least the offshore was pumping! We checked out a few spots and they were absolutely tiny. We headed north to a few beaches, and we
What a good weekend!
No epic swell or heavy winds, but the long swell periods on light offshore breezes in the morning made sure we are in for some fun waves. We started of searching for waves yesterday morning. Everywhere was rather small or not really doing it. We eventually decided to go look
Just a few pictures
We have had some swell over the last 24 hours, but nothing to get extremely excited about. Waves was about 4-6ft overhead. A few pictures of unridden goodness.
My weekend, so far...
So, waves have been pumping today here on the South Coast of KZN! Epic 6ft barrels, offshore and clean perfect swell!...... I wish! Was actually like 2ft onshore mushy slop. So def not a very favorable weekend surf-wise - Onshore expected to stay for the rest of the weekend. Other
Pictures of this morning
Waves unfortunately weren't firing! But there were a few ones to relief the crave for waves.....
What a week!!
Wave Breaking on Aliwal Shoal
A solid left, breaking on Aliwal Shoal... Caused by a big EAST Cyclone swell and a Spring low tide.
Surf Story 2010
What a week!
Welcome
Actually decided to start a personal blog.... Well since I saw most bodyboarders have one, so I thought 'why not' ! Enjoy
18 January 2011āSouth Coast KZN
18 January 2011. 4-6ft SW Swell. Low Tide. Light Offshore breeze