Off to a fast start

Wow! This year is starting with a bang...

Almost a week into the New Year and the calendar is filling up fast.  From timelapse workshops, to Gunther Wegner from LRTimelapse coming to SA, to a date finalized for the long awaited time lapse expedition.

We have a venue and a date. And it's free! You just have to pay for your accommodation.  Jonelle and myself are leaving on Friday 8 Feb 2013 at 12 noon from the Total Garage on the N1 north, just past Zambezi Drive - Total Petroport Panorama.  You can join us from here or travel in your own time and meet us at the venue just west of Nylstroom.

As always, we will be camping and there is ample space for you to pitch a tent along with us.  Tented camps and rooms in the guesthouse is also available for those who prefer a bit more comfort and luxury. The campsite is located close to the Donkerpoort dam and will certainly present a perfect timelapse backdrop with wide open night skies above.

Bring whatever photographic timelapse equipment you have! And if you don't have much, you can still join in the fun but you must at least have a camera, tripod and intervalometer, whether internal or external. There will also be a few dollies available for you to shoot with so you can try out both the Shukuma DOLLY and the Shukuma MINI.

Shooting will take place pretty much on a continuous basis so make sure you have sufficient battery power and memory cards. Electricity is available at the campsites too so I'm sure we can allow everyone a chance to get recharged ;-)

Rates are as follows:

Camping: R390 per person for 2 nights, including Sunday brunch

12 pax

Tented camps: R740 per person for 2 nights, including Sunday brunch

4 pax

Guesthouse: R890 per person for 2 nights, including Sunday brunch

8 pax

Max 24 people.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner is all self-catering.  We will all have our meals together as a group.  There is no shop available on the premises so please bring along all refreshments and snacks. Even though we are on a timelapse expedition we will still make a fire to braai at night. We won't be that cruel to punish you without a fire like we always do when timelapsing on our own ;-) So please bring a bag of wood.

On Sunday we will all enjoy a brunch together before departing at leisure.

Please RSVP with proof of payment on or before 31st Jan 2013.

E-mail me for bank details, directions and more info.

See the original blog here: thombe SAFARI

Looking forward to a timelapse packed weekend! Yeah!!

PS: Please respect the environment.

Venue co-ordinates: S24.66242 E28.32327