Showing posts with label Short Stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Short Stories. Show all posts

Saturday, November 19, 2016

27.Sunrise Sunset Series

You may have noticed that not many of the photos in the series are “award winning” shots; that is because I am posting the good and the bad. The “bad” ones are lessons to be learned, that we discuss in Photography 101, the “good” ones come as a result of said discussions.





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Pictures of the Moon



26. Sunrise Sunset Series

You may have noticed that not many of the photos in the series are “award winning” shots; that is because I am posting the good and the bad. The “bad” ones are lessons to be learned, that we discuss in Photography 101, the “good” ones come as a result of said discussions.





Please view and like my page to read about the adventures of

THE MEXICAN HORSE THIEF  

who is not a Mexican at all and feel free to join us at  Photography 101; which is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.


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Magical Pink Moments of Ouija



Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Cheetahs and the Movies







One day I got the opportunity  to work on a movie set through a friend of mine: a mad inventor and adventurer of note, Peter Dickens. He knew a stunt man, Peter Spiro, and between the two of them they signed me onto a set as a diver.
The part of the script to be shot was of a young boy on a raft with a cheetah. The raft capsizes and both are in the river. Our job was to make sure the beast and the boy got back on terra firma safely. One of us had to be in the water to pull out the child actor (that was Spiro), the others (Peter and I) had to get the cat out. Okay, a cheetah is not the most dangerous member of the cat family, but is certainly not your household domestic one. We came up with a plan to build a small pontoon, put a battery-powered outboard on the back and nail a piece of carpet on the front. The idea was, one of us would steer and the other would do whatever else needed doing.
We built the pontoon. It was about a metre wide and two metres long. The film was being shot outside Parys on the Vaal river. The plan worked very well. We would motor up to the animal and it would claw its way onto the pontoon via the carpet. Peter was in charge of the steering and I had to help the cheetah up, some close calls with him snapping at my hands, but fear makes one quick! Then we, who were now stuck on a floating piece of wood with one very pissed-off and sopping wet cheetah, Peter would steer towards the bank where the animal’s trainer was waiting. We were doing this for 4 days; in the movie, Duma, the whole shot is about 2 minutes long.

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Evening Sky by Estelle Haward

15. Flowers Series

This Series is not about great photography. It is, as  mentioned, firstly, about finding pretty things in ugly places. Then just a record of what flora I found in my travels.






Photography 101 is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.

Get quality back links. The Gravy Train  

Of Interest.
 
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Evening Sky by Estelle Haward


24. Sunrise Sunset Series

You may have noticed that not many of the photos in the series are “award winning” shots; that is because I am posting the good and the bad. The “bad” ones are lessons to be learned, that we discuss in Photography 101, the “good” ones come as a result of said discussions.








Please view and like my page to read about the adventures of

THE MEXICAN HORSE THIEF  

who is not a Mexican at all and feel free to join us at  Photography 101 SA; which is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:

The Mexican and Bierpens.

Buy quality back links. The Gravy Train  

Niume seems to be the best microblogging platform available at present, why not give them a try?

Evening Sky by Estelle Haward


Tuesday, November 15, 2016

14. Flowers Series

This Series is not about great photography. It is, as  mentioned, firstly, about finding pretty things in ugly places. Then just a record of what flora I found in my travels.








You can read about some of my “travels” here in a series of short stories on my Facebook Page.
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Photography 101 is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.

Buy quality back links. The Gravy Train 


23. Sunrise Sunset Series

You may have noticed that not many of the photos in the series are “award winning” shots; that is because I am posting the good and the bad. The “bad” ones are lessons to be learned, that we discuss in Photography 101, the “good” ones come as a result of said discussions.








Please view and like my page to read about the adventures of

THE MEXICAN HORSE THIEF  

who is not a Mexican at all, and feel free to join us at  Photography 101 SA; which is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.


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Rhino Wars – On Causes

The original post was written by myself in 2014, One Man's Opinion blog but people said tha the ANC would not be involved in the Rhino killings..... I rest my case.

Firstly, no matter what cause you choose to fight, until the ludicrously high rate of corruption in South Africa is addressed and put right, we stand no chance of success. If by some miracle all the hundreds of causes one sees on facebook could join and fight this common enemy we have a small chance, not of ending the corruption; that is unrealistic even within the realms of miracles, but of bringing it down to “acceptable” norms of this modern society we have created.

The second problem of causes is the amount of armchair warriors we find, they latch on to a cause and sail forth, mainly with a vague half assed theory and fuck all experience. Sitting in a plush chair on an expensive laptop they blow smoke with cyber generated word. My personal pet hate is all the people that post the comments about killing the poachers. It shows not only ignorance but total lack of understanding in general.
Highly emotive, and useless. I too doubt if 99% of the people that cyber scream, that given the chance they would not only kill the poachers but mutilate them as well, could. Killing a man, any man is a ….. difficult thing and changes you for life. They should pray that they never have to.

 Instead of sitting doing a whole bunch of ranting and raving about the rhino, if a percentage got off their backsides and in their posh 4×4 and went into the hot zones, volunteering to help patrol or take out the guys in an APU, which has a broken down vehicle it would do more good for the rhino that the hundreds of hours they waste typing all sorts of shit on their favourite facebook group.
As usual this is… just one man’s opinion.

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13. Flowers and Plants Series

This Series is not about great photography. It is, as  mentioned, firstly, about finding pretty things in ugly places. Then just a record of what flora I found in my travels.





You can read about some of my “travels” here in a series of short stories.

Please “like” the page.
THE MEXICAN HORSE THIEF


Photography 101 SA is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
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Monday, November 14, 2016

22. Sunrise Sunset Series

You may have noticed that not many of the photos in the series are “award winning” shots; that is because I am posting the good and the bad. The “bad” ones are lessons to be learned, that we discuss in Photography 101, the “good” ones come as a result of said discussions.





Please view and like my page to read about the adventures of

THE MEXICAN HORSE THIEF  

who is not a Mexican at all and feel free to join us at  Photography 101 SA; which is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.
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Sunday, November 13, 2016

12. Flowers and Plants Series

This Series is not about great photography. It is, as  mentioned, firstly, about finding pretty things in ugly places. Then just a record of what flora I found in my travels.





You can read about some of my “travels” here in a series of short stories.
Please “like” the page.
THE MEXICAN HORSE THIEF


Photography 101 SA is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.


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21. Sunrise Sunset Series

You may have noticed that not many of the photos in the series are “award winning” shots; that is because I am posting the good and the bad. The “bad” ones are lessons to be learned, that we discuss in Photography 101, the “good” ones come as a result of said discussions. Please join us.






Photography 101 SA is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.

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11. Flowers and Plants Series

This Series is not about great photography. It is, as  mentioned, firstly, about finding pretty things in ugly places. Then just a record of what flora I found in my travels.








You can read about some of my “travels” here in a series of short stories.
Please “like” the page.
THE MEXICAN HORSE THIEF



Photography 101 SA is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.


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Saturday, November 12, 2016

20. Sunrise Sunset Series

You may have noticed that not many of the photos in the series are “award winning” shots; that is because I am posting the good and the bad. The “bad” ones are lessons to be learned, that we discuss in Photography 101, the “good” ones come as a result of said discussions. Please join us.






Photography 101 SA is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.

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Did the Army make “Men” out of us?







I often see statements that the army is the sole reason my generation of South African men are so tough. I do not agree.
Taking an example from my group of friends as a child, city boys all, growing up near  Johannesburg.  After we had survived half the day confined in a classroom, we would rush home and my friends and I would collect my dog. Outside my house in Wychwood was the storm drain, we would pry that open, careful that no parents were watching and climb in. From there we would link up with the main drain and walk, underground, to what is now Geldenhuise Interchange, a good few km away. Here we would pop up into the light, oh, and if we were thirsty we just drank the drain water. From there we were in the veld, crossing that we came to the mine dumps and, most fun,the sludge dams. Supposedly we should all have died, either from drowning, the sludge dams  are very much like the quick sand I see in movies. Or at least cyanide poisoning, as those days cyanide  was used in the process of getting gold out.
While here, we shot each other with pellet guns, built underground forts and generally, like most boys of the time played Cowboys and Indians. Now and then we would get hurt pretty badly. The one time I smashed my knee open, could see the bone, my friends helped me home and then all ran away. When the mothers in Wychwood saw all the boys in their rooms, doing homework, they would panic. So, instead of a quick self patch up job, I got busted. The doctor’s office was just up the road. I did not scream when I got hurt, but boy did I scream all the way to the doc. Once he patched me up my mom gave me a good slug of neat Brandy, for the shock she said and sent me out to play, in the yard. My dad got home and I got a good strapping with a thick leather belt, we were not supposed to go in the drains, never mind to the dumps.
Obviously we did not listen.
This is just one of my adventures, and all the boys had plenty of their own.  The boys growing up on farms were an even tougher bunch, from the stories they told me when I was doing basic training in Phalaborwa.
My conclusion is:
We were very resilient by the time the army got us, and just grew stronger.
I believe that the previous generations were harder, and tougher than us.
I doubt if you take a bunch of cyberspace loving teenagers and throw them in the army, that they would come out anything like our bunch.


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Thursday, November 10, 2016

10. Flowers and Plants Series

This Series is not about great photography. It is, as  mentioned, firstly, about finding pretty things in ugly places. Then just a record of what flora I found in my travels.





You can read about some of my “travels” here in a series of short stories.
Please “like” the page.

THE MEXICAN HORSE THIEF


Photography 101 SA is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.


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An Open Letter to all the Animal Activists







Donald Trump and The Rhino Wars
It would seem that every person in the world has an opinion and a comment on Trump’s winning the election. As my interest lies more with animals than humans, I cannot say that the illegal immigrant issue moves me. What does worry me is the Trump boys and their trophy hunting. Still keeping an eye on some of the save the rhino sites I see that I am not the only one.
Alas, since I decided that Facebook pages/groups on Rhino Poaching and the majority of the members in such groups were pretty worthless.  – You can TRY and shoot me down on this statement, the comments on my blog are open, so please do.  – Yesterday was no different on the Rhino sites, well, maybe just a little more hysteria than the usual, but not much.  Posts were many; comments flew, most along this vein.
Because of the Trump’s lack of understanding or caring about basic nature conservation most people were doom and gloom prophets. Lots of uppercase and explanation marks. As usual, talk, talk, and very little else.  Mostly insulting Donald Trump and name calling, like kids. I believe that this type of action by that Hilary woman, cost her the election.
So, me with my big mouth, the ultimate armchair warrior according to some of the rhino activists, what am I doing? I have a small plan and I propose to all the other loud mouths to do the same.
Firstly if you want to be a soldier in a war, here we are in a war, the Rhino Wars, first thing you have to do to be victorious is: Know your enemy.
Trump is first and foremost a businessman; forget his personality, such as it is, for a few minutes. Using that start thinking how saving the rhino can help him in his new business; being the President of America. Think about how NOT caring for all endangered species can harm him.
Now think about his personality.  Huge ego of that there is no doubt. This is fine weapon for activists to use to help the rhino. Think of how he can boost this ego, by joining our ranks.
Once you have that as a base of you thinking process, pen a letter to the man, not an insulting one like many of you have most likely already damn sent anyhow, but one that plays on these two weaknesses the man you can only see as your enemy right now. Write a POLITE letter, for heaven sake!  Those of you that have contacts in the media, find the best “Open Letter to…” get as many signatures as you can and get it published, shared and viral.
I hope I have insulted you enough to spur you into some real action.
Please note:  I DO know that there are good people out there that are doing a lot more that I. Please excuse yourself from the above.
Wayne Bisset

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

9. Flowers and Plants Series

This Series is not about great photography. It is, as  mentioned, firstly, about finding pretty things in ugly places. Then just a record of what flora I found in my travels.





You can read about some of my “travels” here.
THE MEXICAN HORSE THIEF


Photography 101 SA is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.


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Monday, November 7, 2016

The Gravy Train

At the moment it may just be a Band Wagon, but best to jump on it now because later it is going to be, The Gravy Train.

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7. Flowers and Plants Series

This Series is not about great photography. It is, as  mentioned, firstly, about finding pretty things in ugly places. Then just a record of what flora I found in my travels.









You can read about some of my “travels” here.

THE MEXICAN HORSE THIEF


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 Photography 101 SA is an educational club where amateurs and professionals can join and share Techniques and Photo’s join our competitions and market your product to Magazines and Websites Developers, Locally and International. It is an educational based club hosted run and managed by:
The Mexican and Bierpens.