http://www.carlosdop.com en-gb carlosdop.com 2012-5-8T00:00:00Z carlosdop.com http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#117900 2012-5-8 13:36:09 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#116659 On the set of Jacobs Cross season seven 2012-4-18 11:26:03 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#110666 Life in a fishbowlI have added a Jozi skyline to my gallery with the same fisheye perspective 2012-1-19 07:29:34 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#104303 2011-10-10 09:12:42 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#102795 2011-9-19 11:58:25 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#96901 I recently shot on the Sony F3 it is an impressive camera. This camera is a byproduct of DSLR revolution with a super 35mm equivalent sensor. The Canon 5D mkii has positively pushed the video world into a new dimension. The menu on the F3 is simple enough to sail through if you have handled one of Sonys prosumer cameras before. What would make these video cameras more effective and filmlike since film is the aspiring standard is to have less navigational menus. Instead of the menus a button that switches the camera into film mode would give the cleanest highest quality video with the greatest possible latitude for postproduction. In addition three or four dials to control colour temperature shutter speed frame rate and ISO is all that would be required to make the camera simple professional and easy to use. Sony F3 Angenieux 25250 HR 2011-6-23 10:48:06 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#96629 The white moon is the shadow of the earth engulfing the moon. The orange moon is the earth shadow traversing the moon. 2011-6-20 09:37:55 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#96120 2011-6-13 09:18:53 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#95664 Julius Malema Mining for change is a documentary I worked on and it is making its debut at the encounters film festival in Cape Town VampA and Hyde Park Johannesburg. The story is as colorful and interwoven as is the South African landscape.httpwww.encounters.co.zafilmsminingforchangeastoryofsouthafricanmining 2011-6-7 09:33:30 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#93738 2011-5-12 09:17:58 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#92114 Semonkong a little town in Lesotho where the common mode of transport is the horse and donkey. 2011-4-20 08:04:49 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#86784 2011-2-12 13:22:21 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#83106 Storm cloud and dhow on the golden sea. 2010-12-20 12:18:00 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#82918 Fisherman wading to his dhow at dawn with fluttering seagulls Maputo 2010-12-17 07:54:12 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#80111 2010-11-12 07:50:25 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#78692 Dawn flyfishing in Dullstroom 2010-10-25 09:43:37 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#78217 Mozambique has a wonderful heritage of art deco buildings. They are doing there utmost to upkeep these buildings for a developing African country it is not always simple but a fresh coat of paint does help. This photo of tower windows was canvas wrapped A1 size for a boardroom. 2010-10-18 17:16:44 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#75515 A ramshackle guard tower overlooking an old open sea diamond claim. 2010-9-15 07:26:55 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#73703 A magnificent building in a staggering landscape Mapungubwe National Park Limpopo South Africa. World Architecture Festival 2009 World Building of the Year 2010-8-25 08:09:02 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#73034 Ray magazine did a photographic profile on my work in the August September edition on page 109. It is always nice to have ones personal portfolio photos printed in a magazine.httpwww.raymagazine.com 2010-8-17 06:07:18 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#72120 2010-8-4 16:28:35 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#71406 I recently finished an independent documentary on mining South Africa. We got to film all round SA in extreme conditions from being 3600 meters underground with a humidity of 70 at TauTona Gold Mine to Alexander Bays freezing winter sea fog. This was a good platform to see how camera equipment would respond. We used a Panasonic HDX 900 with the Letus Ultimate lens adapter and Letus Relay. The lenses were Nikon mounted Zeiss primes 28 355085 Nikon 14 20 55 macro and 80200 f2.8 zoom. Zacuto followfocus and lens gears were used. The lenses both Zeiss and Nikon live up to their reputation. The 55 macro wide open doing macro work had a blurry streaky distortion the infocus portion of the image was not completely sharp but it did have a magical quality about it giving it an ethereal look. The Camera was a work horse feed it tap and batteries and on it went never protesting with overtime. The Letus wonderful instudio but after a week in the field it became probl... 2010-7-27 10:45:23 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#69362 Last month in Carlton center downtown JHB I setup a time lapse of the assembly of the nike ball man. A towering eyecatching three dimensional kinetic sculpture with footballs. Well with a gander. 2010-7-2 08:35:41 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#64659 Main Street west of Gandhi square is looking superb. If you in JHB for FIFA world cup it is worth an architectural and historical walk in downtown JHB. This is the mining district with the sidewalks displaying old mining machinery as sculptures. These photos are from an old mine head gear that was reerected on Main Street. 2010-5-6 08:31:54 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#64414 Edward Weston photographed green peppers that looked like the backs of beautiful nudes. These are my intertwined legs. 2010-5-3 11:43:24 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#63125 Soweto Gauteng 2010-4-16 09:31:48 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#62426 Tin roof 2010-4-7 16:52:10 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#61820 Improvisation the window held open by a plastering tool. 2010-3-31 07:22:29 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#61444 This photo was taken in a mining village on the southern end of Johannesburg. 2010-3-26 08:23:06 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#57124 2010-1-27 13:47:17 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#56475 A lot of love in downtown JHB. 2010-1-19 05:49:19 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#56156 Early morning opposite the Market Theater JHB. 2010-1-14 14:20:06 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#55609 Guess what I was doing on 31 December 09 new years eve yep taking time lapse photos of the partial lunar eclipse. Cant say I was too impressed was expecting a little more. The area that did see the full lunar eclipse was the border of Pakistan and India. 2010-1-6 17:42:13 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#55236 A glass of red wine to celebrate the new year. 2010-1-1 15:41:02 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#54926 Christmas is feasting time this home made wife made cherry cupcake did not make it to Christmas eve. 2009-12-23 08:41:41 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#54848 This photo was taken on a Durban patio. The wrought iron chairs and long morning shadows is inspired by early Parisian Photographers of the likes of Andre Kertesz. 2009-12-21 10:36:11 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#53418 2009-11-26 09:28:15 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#53203 Textural decay on an old colonial building. Nice backdrop for a fashion shoot 2009-11-23 12:06:48 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#52859 An endless expanse of indigenous forest near Gorongosa National Park. The trees looked etherial so I simply enhanced it in post. 2009-11-19 10:07:50 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#52672 Dotted along the Mozambique coat line are fishing villages with brightly coloured dugouts. 2009-11-16 15:34:46 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#52052 2009-11-6 12:19:44 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#51486 Today is voting day for Mozambique. 2009-10-28 10:34:05 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#51444 I was in Mozambique for a few days filming aerials for Frelimos TV campaign. It was four days of pure heaven we flew from Maputo to Cabora Bassa Dam in the north west. The scenery was breathtaking. 2009-10-27 17:08:42 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#51344 At a restaurant in White River Mpumalanga. 2009-10-25 16:01:44 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#51190 At White River we went to visit the two Bosch Studios of Anton Bosch and Esra Bosch.Besides being fabulous people they are very talented ceramic artists. Check out their websites www.boschstudio.co.za and esrabosch.co.za respectively. 2009-10-22 17:19:43 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#50949 A Helping hand after a morning wallow. 2009-10-19 17:34:56 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#50694 2009-10-16 08:00:02 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#50652 2009-10-15 13:10:04 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#50459 We took some time out and went to the Kruger National Park that was the idea. We spent more time shopping at White River and twisting by the pool. This photo is of cape vultures eating a young giraffe. I like the vulture on top with his neck bent low thanking his lucky stars. 2009-10-12 17:18:30 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#47869 Normal 0 0 1 20 119 1 1 146 11.1282 0 0 0 I wanted the blurred lights going into and away from the Palace. To achieve this I had to composite two photos to create the desired effect. 2009-9-1 07:54:40 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#47486 2009-8-25 07:46:34 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#47400 This Lily is wading at the Tusk Lounge Sun City. 2009-8-23 18:40:22 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#47176 The reflection of the windows and tusks off a baby grand piano. I have a fascination for pianos their craftsmanship engineering and beauty create aineffable sound. 2009-8-20 07:04:56 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#46997 Palace tower reflected on Baby Grand Piano Sun City Palace of the Lost City. 2009-8-16 16:44:14 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#46851 Sunset at the Palace of the Lost City Sun City 2009-8-13 05:40:09 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#46653 Local and international production companies alike use Sun City as a filming location. On this occasion I was working for TV Globo a Brazilian TV Network filming a soapopera telanovela. 2009-8-10 07:02:44 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#45973 All a man needs is an unlimited horizon fire to fuel his passion and a cold beer. 2009-8-2 20:36:52 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#45970 Cooling breeze at the end of a hot desert day. 2009-8-1 20:15:56 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#45909 2009-7-31 09:27:40 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#45636 2009-7-27 07:32:08 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#45551 When you are in the middle of the ocean with only sky and sea about the vastness and space seems endless. That is what it feels like when you are in Namibia. 2009-7-25 12:45:28 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#45525 After eating miles upon miles of sand road we arrived at the wide open spaces of Kulala. 2009-7-24 19:02:24 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#45464 The solitary road out of Solitaire 2009-7-23 19:14:53 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#45363 On our way to Sossusvlei from Windhoek we filled up in a town called Solitaire. Pixar the makers of the animation movie Cars must have based their town in the movie on Solitaire. It hardly ever rains there and it exists due to its petrol station in the middle of nowhere. 2009-7-22 10:08:08 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#45340 The early morning silence of Namibia is an invigorating affair one willeasily wake up with the Sun. 2009-7-21 18:49:33 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#45206 Some more Photos of Naankuse Namibia. Go to their web site www.ecotourismnamibia.comthey have a wonderful conservation program which includes volunteers. 2009-7-20 06:31:36 http://www.carlosdop.com/page7.htm#45122 I recently did a shoot in Namibia. It was my first time in Namibia and boy did it blow me away. The shoot was for the Australian TV Network Channel 7. The shoot was on Marlice the Cheetah women so we spent 7 days in the bush. Naankuse is Marlice and Rudis farm where we did most of the filming it is 50km outside Windhoek and it isbeautiful. We next did a 10 hour trip South to Kulala bordering Sossusvlei. The space silence and peace at Kulala was breathtaking. These are some picks of Naankuse more to follow. 2009-7-18 10:42:09