“Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be”.  – Duane Michals (with thanks to Belgian photographer  Luc Dewaele from whose blog I copied this quote).
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CV Enriching
Just got a nice CV-enriching email in from one of my clients.
A quote: “It is a wonderful opportunity to have made the acquaintance of such a brilliant photographer who has created for …….. an equally brilliant blog … the 30 something wordpress comments in my inbox this morning bear testimony to this!”……
It just made my day!!!  Co-incidentally it’s also my Birthday 😀
I’m happy!!! So happy that I don’t add a picture to this post ….
A Play with Beth
In the previous posting Beth is showing off the 3-piece prom-dress her grandmother made. During this short Sunday afternoon photo-shoot session I made some additional portraits just for the sheer fun of trying out different processing techniques. I also worked on a few pictures of the previous blog submission.
Mona Beth (en profile)
Beth loves trees
Portrait of Beth in classical Black and White
Sepia with added colour
In the meantime …
I have changed the blog theme. The new theme -Forever- has a more refreshing look and is one of the themes that allows a slide show. See the right column of my blog. Still have to work on the colours (background, etc.) but that will come in due time.
In the meantime also I got annual contracts for social media presentation of a few clients. Have a look at the stunning jewellery blog of Yvonne de Wit  (unique pieces of ‘down-to-earth art’) and the one of ‘the most unusual and quirky bookshop of South Africa’; Hemingways of Hermanus Both have links to their Facebook pages and use the same theme (with slide shows).
Dormancy in and around our South African Winter Garden
People who follow this blog know that we have a fairly unusual garden with merely (rare) succulent plants from all over the world. We enjoy a year-round floral display but also a year-round dormancy. This gallery shows some plants having their Winter Sleep.
‘Peggy Lee’
Wanted to make this one some time ago but a good colleague was just ahead of me in his blog so I waited a bit. This is my version of a peg. 😉
Reflection in the Mist
Just saw the statistics of this blog: last night two mile stones the first being 40,000 views (excluding the bloggers who scan through the WordPress Reader) and 1000 likers!!!
And it was misty early this morning …
The inside story of a Freesia in Black and White
Could not resist. Wrote yesterday that I’ll be back on this blog next Friday. Well … love this photo soooooo much …. etc., etc., And now I’m out!!! 😉
Like a woman ….
…… Soft on the outside but watch out for the spines in between …. 😉 (Alluaudia procera. Origin: Madagascar)
What I in fact want to tell is that I’m out of this blog … for one week … but be back Friday 4 October (that’s ‘Animal Day’ according to the Roman Catholic church which also happens to be my Birth Day….). Wonder if I’m going to meet Shiara …. 😉 Should be around in this part of South Africa I understood….
Herman van Bon Photography 