Vernon Chalmers Photography

Canon Photography Training, Conscious Intelligence and Environmental Understanding Conscious Intelligence through photography education, awareness, environmental understanding and observation with Vernon Chalmers Photography. See Deeper. Understand More. Vernon Chalmers Photography is not simply a photography website in the conventional sense. While photography forms its foundation, the platform's broader purpose extends beyond the creation and display of images. It functions as an educational environment where photography becomes a means of exploring, understanding, and documenting the natural world. Within this context, the camera serves not only as a creative tool but also as an instrument of observation, learning, and environmental engagement. Underlying this philosophy is the concept of Conscious Intelligence —a framework developed by Vernon Chalmers that emphasises awareness, presence, intentional observation, meaning-making, and reflective engagement with lived experience. ...

Birds in Flight Exposure & Metering Settings | Canon EOS R5 & R6 Series Cameras Practical Canon EOS R5 and R6 BIF exposure and metering settings for bright morning photography at Woodbridge Island with 300–800mm lenses. Cape Teal Ducks in Flight | Woodbridge Island, Cape Town  This guide is based on repeated practical Birds in Flight photography at Woodbridge Island, Cape Town, where bright morning light, water reflections, changing backgrounds and active bird flight paths provide a demanding real-world exposure environment. The methodology focuses on Canon EOS R5 and R6-series cameras using Manual exposure, Auto ISO and Evaluative Metering, with EF and RF lenses spanning approximately 300mm to 800mm. The recommendations distinguish between shutter speed, aperture, ISO, metering and exposure compensation rather than treating BIF photography as a fixed settings recipe. The article forms part of the Vernon Chalmers Photography technical photography resources and connects prac...

The Port of Cape Town: Maritime Gateway to Table Bay and the World Explore the Port of Cape Town, its maritime history, working harbour, Table Bay shipping and role in Cape Town's evolving maritime landscape. The Port of Cape Town from Signal Hill A panoramic view of the Port of Cape Town from Signal Hill showing the working harbour, container terminal, docks and vessels within Table Bay, with the Cape Town metropolitan landscape and distant mountains forming the background. Photography, Observation and Local Maritime Context: This article forms part of the Vernon Chalmers Photography maritime photography and observation project in Cape Town. It combines photographic observation from Signal Hill, Milnerton, Table Bay and other local vantage points with research into the Port of Cape Town, its infrastructure, vessel movements and wider maritime environment. The article is intended as a photographic and geographical interpretation of the port rather than as an official description of...

Table Mountain Cableway: History, Stations, Hiking & Photography Explore the history of Cape Town's Table Mountain Cableway, its evolving stations, hiking access, tourism and photographic opportunities. A conceptual landscape representation of the Table Mountain Cableway Upper Station, cable car infrastructure and the elevated Cape Town coastal landscape, illustrating the relationship between engineering, tourism, hiking and photography. This article combines historical research into the development of the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway and its stations with my own experience of using the Cableway with family and friends. As a Cape Town-based photography trainer and photographer, I also consider its continuing value as an access point for landscape, cityscape and nature photography.  Cape Town as Contemporary Tourism Attraction A Century of Access, Engineering and Photography Table Mountain is one of the defining physical features of Cape Town. For generations, its distinctive...

South Africa's National Bird: Blue Crane on the Cape West Coast A Blue Crane photographed beside the road towards Jacobsbaai on South Africa's West Coast. Blue Crane | Jacobsbaai, Cape West Coast Blue Crane photographed beside the road towards Jacobsbaai on South Africa's West Coast. About this photograph: This Blue Crane photograph forms part of the Vernon Chalmers Photography archive and was made during a roadside encounter while travelling towards Jacobsbaai on South Africa's West Coast. The image is revisited here not only as a bird photograph, but as a record of place, landscape and photographic observation. Blue Crane on the Cape West Coast The Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus), South Africa's proud national bird, can be found across the rolling wheat fields and pastures of the Cape West Coast, though it is most famously concentrated in the Overberg region.  Spotting the Blue Crane on the West Coast While more than half of the world's remaining Blue C...