Ride with me as I try and make sense of it all

Starting mid January, 2010, I will attempt to share with those who care to know, what it is that 'floats my boat'-'blows my hair back' and how i deal with the ups and the disappointments of it all. From my perspective as a middle-aged, divorced, now re-married father of two gorgeous girls, photographer and skeptic, living now, after 48 years in a foreign land.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Real biltong at Last!


6 months without biltong is the longest i've ever had to endure. The beef jerky in the US is disgusting! Out of sheer desperation for some salt and protein, I made some myself. Why the hell did I wait so long!?-this stuff is awesome-took a few pieces to some of the lads i've met in this city-and, well, they are confused-why the f#ck have we accepted this jerky shite for so long!!?-i see a business potential!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010


Just when I question spending $1200 on a lens for my pro digital canon camera-I get asked to do a shoot that requires every inch of the technology in my hands. Case in point:-I'm asked to shoot the opening of a new non- denominational church in Harlem, New York City. Well the lighting is really low and yeuch!- mixed tungsten and fluorescent. I bump the camera to 800 ISO and the lens to wide open-f2.8-and get a great shot of the minister doing his thang!