This was an assignment for a client of ours whereby they needed a panoramic view of Durban Harbour incorporating the building, Spinnaker, for which they were completing the interior design of one of the apartments.
At our church service on Sunday we had a visiting preacher from Australia, Tony Rainbow (Tony Rambo), and he shared his mesage with us on which he spoke on how “failure was not an option, it was a given”. That is we are meant to fail in order for us to succeed. He then went on to share, in one of his points, on how Russian trapeze artists, when they first start their training, are taught, first and foremost, how to fall. In other words they are given the impression it is OK to fall - in fact falling is part of the process of getting better but you must know how to fall properly.
Well, life is much like this principle. We will make mistakes, we will say the wrong things, hey we even make the wrong decisions that could cost us money but in learning to fall or in essence learning from the errors, we move on and become better people. It generally is hard to grasp what the failure process is teaching us right within the midst of that process but as we work through it and then ultimately look back from whence we came we can see that we actually did achieve a victory and then we come to realise that we are in fact “people in process”. A process of change for the better.
Liquid gold - no really, it is. I photographed a wine tasting evening at AL63 Restaurant Cafe Bar for the Meinert Wine Estate. They saved the best until last! Below we have some ‘T‘. It’s a noble late harvest dessert wine, which I don’t normally enjoy, but this was delightful with so many notes of flavour. It got a 5 star rating from Platters. Thoroughly enjoyable evening.
I was very entrigued when I came across this video of an ol’ school mate of mine, Rui Esteves, who started the Vida e Caffe coffee franchise. Being a coffee lover myself and especially enjoying the Vida brand, Rui has some very interesting points he’s brought up in this presentation he made at a HeavyChef online media event. Rui has since sold the Vida franchise and is now building the CSG Portugal beer brand.
Taking a greater perspective on life! The Digital Valley team and friends took some time out to traverse the Northern Drakensberg and spend a night in tents at 3000m above sea level. Quite a challenge with the season leading into the winter months but an amazing time with some incredible scenery. You definitely are able to unwind completely at a time such a this and experience the full beauty of God’s creation.
A bridge I cross almost daily but in the Winter of ‘07 it was the end of the day and I was on my way home when I saw the moon rising between the arches. Fortunately I had my camera with me - surprisingly (but no tripod)! So I was super chuffed when I was able to hand-hold the equipment still enough to capture this memorable scene.
This was our early morning sunrise on the first morning of our team Drakensberg hike. What a way to start the trip!
An assignment to capture the architectural detail of this warehouse for the developer. I loved the way the lighting and the textures made this image seem like a 3D render.
We now have a blog, albeit an unfinished one. Forgive us as we try and find the time to manage all our personal projects. At the moment this site is more like an experiment, a sketch if you will, where it will slowly evolve into a finished product.