@SouthAfrica recently organised the first #MeetSouthAfrica national instameet in Graaff-Reinet. The event took place over the Heritage Day weekend – 24 to 27 September 2015. This…

@SouthAfrica recently organised the first #MeetSouthAfrica national instameet in Graaff-Reinet. The event took place over the Heritage Day weekend – 24 to 27 September 2015. This…
Instagram announced Support for Landscape and Portrait Formats on 27 August 2015. In essence, this means we are no longer constrained to posting square format…
A year ago, Craig Okraskra (@crotography) called for submissions to his #chromaticus project. The aim of the project was to give back to the community…
I often get asked “Why don’t you post square? Instagram is meant to be square!” While I agree that photography is the art of omission,…
I took part in the Joburg Photomarathon, held on 8 November 2014. The basic premise is that contestants explore 3 neighbourhoods during the day, following…
Tim Moolman photographs people living large. I’m in awe of his action sports shots. Past Sunday, Tim organised an Instameet at the iconic Soweto Theatre…
At the end of Fox street (by the Johannesburg Central Police Station) is a precinct of vacant warehouses, shortly to be redeveloped into a Lifestyle…
On Monday 16 June 2014, Alessio, Heather, Roy and myself met up in Maboneng for a stroll. We walked up Fox street towards Jeppe station…
To me it’s Group Therapy. It’s a linear timeline showing how I’ve grown as a picture taker into a picture maker. A life log showing the influence my compatriots have had on my outlook and perception.
I’ve grown to love and cherish the core group of Jozi Instagramers like family members. I miss them when we are apart. Some of them have high profile online identities, yet they’re the most meek in person. Others are more down to earth on their feeds, yet they are the strongest people I’ve met. All of them have had a profound impact on the way I make pictures.
Composition is only part of the process. Opportunity and location are important. Telling the story of people and their environment make a picture.
Through Instagram I’ve met the most amazing group of storytellers. I’m glad they’re part of my own story.
It’s not all selfies and bad filters I had to scroll through my entire post history to get to my first photo for my “Instagram.…