I can’t resist posting a few more of the workshop photos I took at Forum Homini.  I’ve been editing more of them, in order to choose my favourites to submit for review by Dror and Andrea, and found more gems in the process.

I also thought I’d show you some shots of the other photogs that were there, because in true blogging style, I had to record other memories from the day, and not just take photos of the gorgeous couple!  They include Lisa,  Ichizu, Kat Forsyth, Stella Sassen, Ursula Tocik, Chanique and Monique

I attended the RE.Invent workshop that was held in the gorgeous surroundings of Forum Homini, in the Cradle of Humankind, today.  The wedding photography workshop was held by Dror Eyal and Andrea Carlysle, and it was amazing! I learnt so much, and got to spend some time chatting to photographers that I’ve only chatted to via Twitter and through blogging… so that was awesome too!

After the learning sessions, we did a shoot with a couple, Genevieve and Greg.  We not only took photos around the hotel, but Dror and Andrea took us to one of their spots on the property for some fun and grungy photos too.  It was the perfect venue for this… and you know how I like veld and open spaces for my photography, so it suited me down to the ground!

I’m posting a lot more than I usually do, it’s a little bit of overkill, but I cannot choose fewer shots! I like them all for different reasons.  I’m also really hoping that I got different shots to the other 20 photographers that were there

Now the problem is going to be choosing 5 from these images to send to Dror for review!

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

I’ve just come home from a strategy weekend at Kloofzicht Hotel, in Muldersdrift; and although I didn’t have very much time to myself, I managed to catch the sunset last night, and then I woke up early (which was a huge feat considering the time I got to sleep) to get photos of the sun rising too.

I’m probably not going to be posting on my blog tomorrow, I’m flying to Cape Town to do some presentations and more corporate portraits (with some borrowed equipment), so until Tuesday night… have fun and  behave yourselves Don’t miss me too much.

These have to be my Weekly Winners! Lance took me to Forum Homini for the night of my birthday.  What an incredibe experience! It’s a five star boutique hotel in the Cradle of Humankind (less than an hours drive from home).  It’s set in a game reserve, so we couldn’t walk around after 5:30pm because of the hippos (which we sadly didn’t end up seeing).

It’s an amazing place that is so unimposing to look at, and it was designed to blend into the surroundings with grass on the roof etc.

Ooh and the restaurant!! Wow! We rolled out of there yesterday morning after all the amazing food.  On Friday night we had a 6 course dinner and we decided to have the wine teasers that went with it.  Basically they served South African wines specifically for that plate of food.  It was awesome, and we had rose, white, and red and a mixture of dry and sweetish wines.  And the food!! Wow! We started with a tomato and anise seed soup with a mussel in the middle, then it was an artichoke salad with crisp ham, then kingklip with oxtail wonton, then pork belly with apple tart tatin, then slow roasted lamb shoulder, then it ended with coffee cream pavlova.  And if that wasn’t enough, they then presented a plate with Happy Birthday written in chocolate and a gorgeous sorbet.

And then yesterday morning, we had a 5 course brunch before leaving the hotel! I didn’t eat for the rest of yesterday!

Here are some of my photos from our short trip, I think I’ve gone a bit overboard but I haven’t posted in a few days

First, our room…

This gorgeous bath was in the lounge and overlooked the veld and a little stream.

The shower was incredible… it was a double shower with a glass roof and glass doors that opened to a private garden – it must be awesome in summer.

Now for some photos of the hotel itself…

We went for a walk in the reserve in the afternoon, and we managed to get some photos of the hotel rooms from the front.  Note the grass that’s grown on the roof.  You actually can’t see the hotel from very far because it blends so well into the surroundings.

These were taken at sunset over the dam with Roots restaurant on the left.  You can see the roofs of the hotel rooms just to the right of the restaurant.

Some random shots from our walk on Friday afternoon and the drive back home yesterday.

And my favourite shot… hehe I love it!