Just came from the most interesting be wild camp of my journey on this farm so far.
I had the a older group who are exceptionally friendly and willing to help them selves.
The bushmen walk was difficult because they would get easily distracted, like any group you have your one or two people who does not really care for the facts but would rather just hang behind the group and does rarely contribute to the conversation. You always who have this one guy who is busy with some sort of research and asks a lot of questions, it is those people who I like. Then you have that people who does not want to taste the veld food and I do not understand why, it might be the only time in your life that you get to experience such a delightful treat in your life.
The evening dance was quite one of the best even though I shorted two of the most enthusiastic dancers of my bushmen. The atmosphere was perfect and the timing was perfect. It was not to dark nor to light.
After the hungry guests almost finished all the food on the buffet, which I found as a compliment to our chef, I made a nice big fire and we all sat around it sharing stories and asking questions. The guests sat about an hour when they said they are getting cold and would rather spend the rest of the evening in bed, my mouth almost hit the floor. These people go through winters where it snows, and it was not at all a cold evening, don't get me wrong but I am a real softy to cold, if it goes bellow 20 degrees I put on my jacket.
Who knew people who experience very cold whether every winter and most parts of the summer would feel cold before I do??
You experience the most interesting guests when you get to work them directly.
Translated to German
Gerade kam von der interessanteste sein wilde Lager meiner Reise auf dieser Farm so weit.
Ich hatte die eine ältere Gruppe, die sehr freundlich sind und bereit sind, sie selbst zu helfen.
Der bushmen Weg war schwierig, weil sie leicht ablenken lassen würde, wie jede Gruppe, die Sie Ihre ein oder zwei Leute haben, die für die Fakten nicht wirklich egal, aber ich würde lieber nur hinter der Gruppe hängen und nur selten das Gespräch beiträgt. Sie haben immer die haben einen Kerl, der mit irgendeiner Art von Forschung beschäftigt ist, und fragt viele Fragen, es jene Menschen, die Ich mag. Dann haben Sie, dass Menschen, die nicht wollen, das Veld Essen zu probieren und ich verstehe nicht, warum, es könnte das einzige Mal in Ihrem Leben, die Sie erhalten zu erleben, eine solche erfreuliches Vergnügen in Ihrem Leben.
Der Tanzabend war ziemlich eines der besten, obwohl ich zwei der am meisten begeisterten Tänzer meiner bushmen kurzgeschlossen. Die Atmosphäre war perfekt und das Timing war perfekt. Es war nicht zu dunkel noch ans Licht.
Nachdem die hungrigen Gäste am Buffet das ganze Essen fast fertig, die ich als Kompliment an unseren Koch gefunden, machte ich ein schönes, großes Feuer, und wir saßen alle um ihn herum Geschichten austauschen und Fragen stellen. Die Gäste saßen etwa eine Stunde, wenn sie sagten, sie werden kalt und würde lieber den Rest des Abends im Bett verbringen, mein Mund fast auf dem Boden aufschlug. Diese Menschen gehen durch Winter, wo es schneit, und es war überhaupt nicht einem kalten Abend, verstehen Sie mich nicht falsch, aber ich bin ein echtes Weichei zu kalt, wenn es unten 20 Grad geht ich auf meine Jacke anziehen.
Wer wusste, dass Menschen, die sehr kalt erfahren, ob in jedem Winter und den meisten Teilen der Sommer kalt anfühlen würde, bevor ich tun ??
Sie erleben die interessantesten Gäste, wenn man sie direkt an die Arbeit.
Thursday, 28 April 2016
Monday, 25 April 2016
Porcupine photo shoot
I met this traveler called Jens. He really inspired me a lot to uptake photography and the reason for that being is that he gave me the real experience in what effort goes into a perfect shot.
We waited til about 8 o'clock in the evening until we met in front of the bar and had a quick drink before the shoot was to take place. It was pitch dark. We chatted a bit about everything and when I saw he was almost finished with his drink I brought up the topic about the photo he wanted to take and what he wants me to do. As I am the guide of the farm it was necessary for me to go with him because he needed to go inside the enclosure and my job was to distract "Piet" , our porcupine, to right place and make sure that he is standing in the correct position so that the perfect shot can be made.
We headed of to old Piet's enclosure and as expected he was out of his hole and very active, after all they are nocturnal. Before entering he took of the covers from his cameras and mounted them on a tripod. I literally had to look twice to make sure my eyes weren't deceiving me as he had the largest camera lens on this one camera. It looked as if he had a hand canon, ironically the camera make was also Canon. Upon entering Piet immediately noted me and I had all his attention, We struggled to get Piet alone in the shot because he followed to close to me. I then remembered we have a lot of left over Greek salad in the kitchen and I went to fetch it. The moment I got close enough to the cage I saw Jens running from the one side of the cage at top speed to the other, turned around and pointed the camera in the direction of Piet and of when the bizarre clicking sound of his camera taking what sounds like a hundred photos at a time. He repeated the process like three times before I broke out and laughed, describing it words does not sound as funny as the real sighting would be,
I strategically placed the food in the enclosure and Piet immediately started eating, Jens' wife who places probably the most important role in the photo shoot shined the light in many different ways on the animal. later she used two flash lights.
When the food was finished I was the one who had to run down the cage so that we could get in some more shots and we ended it of with trying to get a nice shot of his face.
I think he must have taken about 500 or more photos of the animal, and he told me the reason to that is, that you can not rely on one or two shots for the perfect shot. We exchanged emails and once he gets time he will mail me the photo we tried to create.
The silhouette of a porcupine was the idea and I myself have seen what a difficult task it is to take such a magnificent photo.
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