I went on another photo excursion to Soweto this morning with 3 other photographers.  We left just as early as the last trip, but this time we got to watch the sun rise at Soccer City (the new stadium being built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup) on the way to Soweto from Johannesburg.

I’ll be posting the rest of my trip’s photos using the Soweto tag that I used for the last trip we did a few weeks ago.   I’m stoked with the photos that I managed to take this time… they’re mostly of people and photojournalistic shots that I enjoy so much!  One post will not do them justice, so this is the first of 3 posts that I’ll be writing over the next few days.

I took this photo from the pedestrian bridge just outside the stadium looking towards the Johannesburg CBD.

These photos don’t really do justice to the mammoth size of the stadium.  It’s an INCREDIBLE sight… I really hope that one day I’ll be able to take photos from the inside of it.

We went to the main gate to try and get into the stadium, but they wouldn’t let us in.  I wasn’t too concerned though, as there was a mini-market with cafes and shops that had set themselves up next to the main gate, and that gave us ample photographic inspiration!! What a win! It’s just a pity we were there so early and the patrons weren’t around.  Thankfully, I didn’t see the massive rats that the other guys told me about when we got in the car or else I’m not sure I would have walked between the shacks like I did!

I absolutely love the last photo with the contrast between the shop shacks and the modern stadium.

I hope you come back to my blog to see the rest from my photo morning.

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