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Rocking the Daisies 2015: Saturday
Sat 3 October 2015 Day 2 of Rocking the Daisies 2015 featured the biggest crowd I’ve ever been stuck in (for German headliners Milky Chance – it honestly took me the majority of their set to get from the far end of … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, afrikaans, aking, al bairre, australian, bongeziwe mabandla, brass, british, cape town, card on spokes, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, dancers, dancing, darling, derek gripper, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, evenings, fairy lights, fire, flowers, george bacon, german, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, hula hoop, international act, jack parow, jon shaban, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, milky chance, mountains, music, nature, nu world, out in the country, outdoors, parade, peter bibby, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, scuba, seed experiences, ska, south africa, south african, stage, suitcase hearts, summer, sunset, tattoos, texx and the city, the brother moves on, the kooks, the shabeen, touchwood, trees, tribute, trumpet, weekends, wild lettuce
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, afrikaans, aking, al bairre, australian, bongeziwe mabandla, brass, british, cape town, card on spokes, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, dancers, dancing, darling, derek gripper, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, evenings, fairy lights, fire, flowers, george bacon, german, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, hula hoop, international act, jack parow, jon shaban, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, milky chance, mountains, music, nature, nu world, out in the country, outdoors, parade, peter bibby, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, scuba, seed experiences, ska, south africa, south african, stage, suitcase hearts, summer, sunset, tattoos, texx and the city, the brother moves on, the kooks, the shabeen, touchwood, trees, tribute, trumpet, weekends, wild lettuce
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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 3
Sunday 9 August 2015 With Women’s Day being observed on Monday, Oppikoppi 2015 ended on a Sunday, which I must confess felt a little weird as festival Sundays are usually used to recover from the weekend’s biggest acts the night before. Friday … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, american, anton goosen, bagpipes, birds, black math, brand new, camping, cape town, costumes, crowd, dirty hippies, doring, dressing up, durban, dust, emo, evenings, events, favourites, float parade, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, gogol bordello, guitars, heat, hilltop live, interior, international act, johnny clegg, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kings down south, landscape, limpopo, marching band, meth breath, moonchild, mountains, music, nature, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, rock, russia, russian, satanic dagga orgy, scottish, ska, sky, south africa, south african, spring, summer, sun, sunset, tents, texx and the city, the vanilla, trees, twin atlantic, umlilo, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, american, anton goosen, bagpipes, birds, black math, brand new, camping, cape town, costumes, crowd, dirty hippies, doring, dressing up, durban, dust, emo, evenings, events, favourites, float parade, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, gogol bordello, guitars, heat, hilltop live, interior, international act, johnny clegg, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kings down south, landscape, limpopo, marching band, meth breath, moonchild, mountains, music, nature, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, rock, russia, russian, satanic dagga orgy, scottish, ska, sky, south africa, south african, spring, summer, sun, sunset, tents, texx and the city, the vanilla, trees, twin atlantic, umlilo, weekends
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Infanteria press shoot
Saturday 27 June 2015 On a frosty morning last last month I met the guys from Infanteria in the forest for a press shoot ahead of their album launch. It was a little hilarious trying to go for the serious metal vibe with the … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, press shoots
Tagged cape town, forest, guitars, infanteria, leather, long hair, metal, mountains, nature, newlands, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, press, press shoot, rock, south africa, south african, trees, weekends, winter, winter days
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Tagged cape town, forest, guitars, infanteria, leather, long hair, metal, mountains, nature, newlands, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, press, press shoot, rock, south africa, south african, trees, weekends, winter, winter days
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Snapshots from the tail-end of the KKNK
10 & 11 April 2015 Back in 2007 I went on an epic matric trip to the KKNK in Oudtshoorn. Recently I joined my dad and headed back to the town/fest for the first time in 8 years. Even though … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album launch, events, family, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, kknk, long hair, market, memories, mountains, music, nature, nostalgia, ostrich, oudtshoorn, out in the country, outdoors, personal, roadtrip, ronnies sex shop, south africa, south african, tour, tourist, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, album launch, events, family, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, kknk, long hair, market, memories, mountains, music, nature, nostalgia, ostrich, oudtshoorn, out in the country, outdoors, personal, roadtrip, ronnies sex shop, south africa, south african, tour, tourist, weekends
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One from last year: West Coast trip
12-14 August 2014 Last year my mom and I took a trip up the West Coast to Langebaan, the West Coast National Park, Paternoster, Tietiesbaai and Shelley Point. I only recently had a chance to go through the photos and … Continue reading
Posted in Out & about, Photography
Tagged birds, canola, cape town, clouds, daisies, favourites, fields, flowers, kraalbaai, landscape, langebaan, lighthouse, mountains, national park, nature, ocean, out in the country, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, sea, sky, south africa, south african, summer, vygie, vygies, weekends, west coast, windmill
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Tagged birds, canola, cape town, clouds, daisies, favourites, fields, flowers, kraalbaai, landscape, langebaan, lighthouse, mountains, national park, nature, ocean, out in the country, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, sea, sky, south africa, south african, summer, vygie, vygies, weekends, west coast, windmill
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