Vernon Chalmers Photography

Bird Life Photography at Kirstenbosch A morning of Small Birds and Flowers at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden Swee Waxbill Kirstenbosch Garden Cape Town Friday Morning at Kirstenbosch: Small perched birds and a Garden full of Peace I expected a lot from this morning. I did not get it in the form of many small birds, but a peaceful walkabout around Kirstenbosch on a fabulous Friday morning. Again, after quite a few rainy days in Cape Town, I returned to Kirstenbosch with my Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera / EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens to fine-tune this new genre of small perched birds. What I am learning is the shutter speed relationship between the small perched birds and when some of them take flight during one continuous burst. Working with a non-IS lens, I shoot with a shutter speed of 1/1250s at Kirstenbosch which is fast enough for this purpose, but not fast enough for their incredible fast in-flight action. For this I will have to increase the shutter speed to a minimum of 1/250...

Vernon Chalmers Photography First Impressions : Canon EOS R6 Canon EOS R6 - Image Credit: Canon USA Update:  Canon EOS R6 Mark III RF 800mm f/11 Birds in Flight Impressions Field / First Impressions Report: 'Canon EOS R6 / RF 600 / 800mm f/11 IS STM Lenses for Birds in Flight / General Bird Photography' for Canon South Africa I received a phone call from Roger Machin, Product Marketing Manager, Canon South Africa, asking if I would be interested in field testing the then recently launched Canon EOS R 6 and two Canon RF lenses. Roger made it very clear from the outset that there are substantial improvements in (at least) the Autofocus System (speed and tracking) and Shooting Modes (Frames per second / shutter application). The Canon EOS R6, together with the EOS R5 World Wide launched on 9 July 2020. Media Release We discussed my testing objectives and a few weeks later the Canon EOS R6 body and two Canon RF lenses where delivered by Ashik Essop, Account Manager-Pro Dealer, Can...

In Memory of a Very Special Friend, Artist and Photographer African Art & Textile Images for Joseph Inns “ The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart .” — Helen Keller Bay Harbour Market - Hout Bay Harbour Cape Town On Wednesday morning (28 April 2021) Karen Donaldson and I – both friends of the late Joseph Inns , went to Hout Bay Harbour, Cape Town, along the Atlantic Seaboard, to reminisce and grieve our relationship for our very special friend. I’ve captured many images of Hout Bay Harbour before, with its picturise fishing boats, fresh fish for sale, impressive flotilla of yachts and glorious surrounding mountains. But for Joseph, I wanted something different. For this post I selected four vibrant colour images from the Bay Harbour Market (African Art and Textiles) - for my friend that will best represent his love for Africa, Art, Colour and Simplicity. That they were all captured from the exquisite craftman...

Visit to Zeitz MOCAA - Museum of Contemporary Art Africa : Silo District, V&A Waterfront Focus on the Architecture: Up the silos... I Spent some quality time in July 2018 with my friend / photographer Joseph Inns exploring the museum earlier today. We visited most of the art exhibitions inside the Zeitz MOCCA museum - intended to return for some more of this incredible museum photography opportunities. Unfortunately Joseph Inns sadly passed away before we ever could. All Vernon Chalmers Zeitz MOCAA - V&A Waterfront Cape Town images with Canon EOS 6D / Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM Lens (Handheld / Natural Light). Post-processing in Lightroom Classic CC. Architecture Images © Vernon Chalmers Photography Copyright Policy Representing Cape Town / SA Tourism with Zeitz MOCAA Image via National Geographic Another MOCAA Image published by National Geographic History of the Zeitz MOCAA  V&A Waterfront Cape Town Zeitz MOCAA - Silo District V&A Waterfront, Cape Town Ze...

It Was Always a Privilege Spending Time with this Gentle Giant of a Man Butterfly Image Copyright : Joseph Inns "You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your friends." – Mark Twain Yesterday, Monday, 19 April 2021, at 00.06, one of my best friends, Joseph Inns, passed away after suffering metastatic cancer for more than the last year and six months. He phoned me on Valentine’s Day 2020 in Cape Town to convey the tragic news. I cried, I’m still crying after the loss of this giant of a man. He was the most peaceful person in my life and I believe, in many people’s lives. I’ve known him for 28 years – as lecturers – as business partners – as photographers – as friends – together we dreamed of conquering our world(s) – and we did! In many ways he was my inspiration into photography. I believed in his passion, his image making and above all, his endless patience. Today I’m sad, very sad, but i...