Lots of panarama style cards

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These are all my panarama cards. The first one you would have seen before. I added it again because it is my favourite one with so many memories. Number two you will probable recognize with the stadium in it. Yes it is the city of Durban at night. A great shot of Durban.  Card three is of Giants Castle in the Drakensburg. A wonderfully relaxing holiday place. Card four is of Albert Falls. If you are a lover of waterfalls then this one should not be missed. And card five is just a panarama style photo of the original photo that was the first card I showed on this blog.

Fabric and wall hangings.

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Fabric has always been a thing my mom has loved and I only loved fabric if she was going to make me something out of it. Well of lately I have been spending all my money on fabric. Like the cupcakes above. My mom has been teaching me to sew but in the last 6 months I have really been into it and doing the best I can, which also means paying attention. About 2 months ago my mom bought me my very own sewing machine. In the top 5 of best gifts from my parents ever. So now all my time is spent sewing and making cards. Life is great.

I thought what a clever idea it would be to photograph some fabric. Not all the shots came out good enough for cards. It is not an easy subject to photograph. Then one idea leads to another and I though hey my mom has made some awesome wall hangings and that's how the second image became a card.

Cars

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There are not many cards that I have seen to be very attractive for men. I thought about it the other day and remembered I had some beautiful car shots I could use for men cards. These two cars where shot in PMB at the car show. I'm not a huge fan of cars. People ask me what car was so and so driving and I would say a blue one. Ya like that's what they asking. Any how even if you not into cars the PMB car show is a great place to have some quality time with your boyfriend or husband or even your dad.  

Jewlery

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to have diversity in my cards I thought some jewlery one would be cool. The lady with the earing was taken as an assignment for tech in second year. I was asked to photograph a reflective object, but no one said how big the object had to be. This photo was one of my creative ones that did not require what the outside gave me. The star ring photo was a studio shot I had to take for my assignment macro jewlery. My dad bought me this ring when we went to JHB and I love how it looks, so I though it would be perfect for the job. Two photos which I think are great in showing my creativity.

Another butterfly

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This is another one of my beautiful butterfly pictures.

Glass

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One of the best images I ever took in first year photography was this black and white image of 3 glasses. The task was to photograph glass in the studio on black and white film then develope the film and print the image all by ourselves. These glasses are my mothers and I have always loved them. I think they came from her mom my grandmother, but in any case it don't matter too much where they came from as long as they are loved.

Love and Hearts

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These photos where taken for my boyfriend. Hence why the hearts. I decided that I needed some love cards, so this is why the hearts.

Panarama shape Cards

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One technique I learnt at tech was how to take a panarama photo. Basically it is more than one photo. Most are made up off 3 photos. I find using a tripod for this kind of photo the best because then you know your photos will link together. Another thing you must remember is to keep your camera on the same settings eg aperture and shutter speed. Do not keep your camera on auto or all your photos will have different lighting. For them to fit well together they need to have the same light and exposure. I have two good panaramas that I will be using for my cards. One as you can see is above. This one is of my cousins farm in Underberg. Yes I love that place. This is the stunningly beautiful view her and her children get to see every morning in their garden. Wouldn't that be so awesome to see this view every day.

Animals

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A lot of the photos I am using for my cards have come from my years of studying. I have a b.tech in photography and studying this has been the best 5 years of my life. I met great people and in doing people photography has brought my self confidence up a lot. Photography is also a lot of patience. Most of what I enjoy photographing is out door and the best lighting is before 9am and sunrises which I love is anywhere between 4 - 7am. It may be a pain to get up and do it but when you get home with that perfect shot it was all worth it.

Butterflies

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On my mom's request I created these cards of my butterflies. A great place to enjoy butterflies and easily take their photograph is Butterflies for Africa in Pietermartizburg. That is definitely one of my favourite places. I hope to visit there again. Even though I been there twice already I would go again and again and again.

Other Services

While I'm in the process off making more of my cards, getting my stock up I would like to tell you about my other businesses I have. I do babysitting and I also convert home videos onto DVD and audio tapes to CD. My partner, Nic and I do house sitting together. Nic does high pressure cleaning, eg roofs and driveways.

Please remember me if ever you are in need of any of the above services.

Sunrise in Underberg

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This is my first card I have made. It was done for my moms birthday today. This is her favorite photo of which I have taken. This photo will always remind us of my cousins farm in Underberg. She farms cattle and I always fine it interesting to watch her and how she looks after the cattle. This sunrise was taken at about 5 am a couple years ago.

If you would like to order any of my cards feel free to email  me nix.stew@gmail.com. use the caption on the photo when ordering, eg be blessed example 01.

All about Be Blessed

Be Blessed is my new business idea. Simply put is is cards with my photos on them, and maybe even some cards made with my creativity. But mainly they will be cards with my photos on them. Will add a pic later to show you an example.