Paul Jacobson

Category: Travel and places

  • Something for rain-soaked Capetonians

    I have been hearing how awful Cape Town’s weather is lately. I spoke to a Capetonian today who told me about the clouds, the rain, the wind and the cold weather. Capetonians are usually so generous when it comes to sharing their experiences of their terrific weather in other seasons, I thought it is only…

  • 3 great photos for a long weekend

    I love this photo by Thomas Hawk titled “Water Under a Bridge”. I’m not sure if I have shared this next one before but it is just a terrific image. It is one of Simon Clarke’s photos and it’s title is “blossoming”: Lastly, Chris Frank’s “ALIVE” is a terrific sunset-style photo. Good timing as I…

  • Electrified blooms

    Something from a walk.

  • Bean There memories

    One of the things I enjoy about putting my presentation slides for talks and workshops together is using my growing library of photos. I’ve pretty much stopped using other stock photos for my talks (well, 99% stopped). This afternoon I came across this great little set of photos I took at one of my few…

  • Afternoon at the park

    I took our kids off to the park yesterday afternoon and spent the time experimenting with my kit lenses some more. In good light, they actually work really well for me. I love the colour and contrast I get with the lenses, particularly my 18-55mm lens. I am really enjoying the wide angle stuff at…

  • And then the shark gets it

    Boy, you spend some time fishing lazily on the river, catch something and start to reel it in only to have a shark hurl itself out of the water and steal your fish. Sucks, doesn’t it!

  • Oxford Road this morning

    I noticed this view when I parked at the Rosebank Gautrain station this morning and I had my camera with me.

  • 100 000 Photos of Hope and a few of my own

    We took a drive to Melrose Arch to see what the Sunflower Fund‘s 100 000 Photos of Hope exhibition and donor drive. The event’s supporters included Nikon South Africa, IVOK, Pix Magazine and the Photo & Film Expo. I’d been thinking about taking my camera out for some exercise (I’ve been so busy lately I…