Video – Photography Workshops

Hi Everyone We have produced another short video – this time to market our photography workshops. The link of this short 1 minute ad video is as follows: http://youtu.be/V1feNWf5oQ0 More pictures and short videos to follow soon! Have a nice day!  

Oshana Spy Cam

Hi Everyone We have been experimenting with video posts to the blog and have recently uploaded a short video to YouTube. We are using YouTube as a third party host. Please have a look and let us know if we should follow this route. The link to our first Animal Spy Cam footage is as [...]

Erwin Niemand/Nicoleen Niemand – Official Diamond Route Photographers

Greetings from a wet Kalahari! At 03:00 this morning it started to rain. Hope to get some macro talent to photograph. We are now the official Diamond Route Photographers. You can have a look at some of our work on the Diamond Route properties at the gallery page of the Diamond Route website. (http://www.diamondroute.co.za/photo_gallery.htm) We [...]

Kalahari Sunrise

Hi Everyone!!! After a busy week in the Kalahari I eventually located a spot with internet access. Here is the promised sunrise/sunset picture: I set myself up on the western side of the dam waiting for the sun to rise over the water. Behind me the clouds in the west was starting to turn red [...]

Not gone yet…

Hi Everyone I have not left Gauteng for the Kalahari yet. Will be there soon and you will be the first to see a Kalahari sunset once I put my feet into the red sands. I will be visiting Ezemvelo Nature Reserve over the coming week-end (10-11 March). Will report back from there. To everyone [...]

Off to the Kalahari !

Hi Everyone After a quiet time we are on the roll again! Will be in the Kalahari at Tswalu for two weeks starting next Monday – hope to get some good pictures!! The past month or so kept us behind our desks catching up on admin. We also had an exiting time exploring video and filming [...]

2012 – 366 days!

Hi Everyone!! Welcome back to our blog – we hope you are having a prosperous new year so far! Fortunately this year has one extra day – we will need every minute for our plans to fit into 366 days: 1.  Our Diamond Route book project is picking up speed. We have started with the [...]

Come rain or sunshine…

Hi Everyone!! After braving some violent weather at Welgevonden yesterday, we decided to tour the country and visit the town of Prince Albert. To get to Prince Albert we had two choices: either take the tame road via De Rust and Klaarstroom, or tackle the mighty Swartberg Pass. And yes – you guessed it – [...]

Starry clouds

Welcome back!! We returned to Fancourt late this afternoon and joined in for a pleasant evening of Carols by candlelight. We were first entertained by the Keiskamma Music Academy to traditional flute music. By this time it was already dark and overcast with a soft drizzle. Not deterred by the weather, approximately 200 Chinese lanterns [...]

Montagu Pass

Hi Everyone Today we travelled up Montagu Pass and a trip that normally takes 45 minutes turned into a 2 hour photography excursion. Here are the info and pics as promised: Named after John Montagu, the Montagu Pass is a good gravel road with many serpentine curves that wind through the fynbos-covered Cradock’s Kloof until [...]