Shenton Safaris - Photographic Newsletter

June 2008 issue

It has to be said that blissful and wonderful as it is, life as a Mum is not shaping up quite as I had imagined on the ‘spare time’ front. When asked by many guests last year how I planned to combine my safari lifestyle with a new baby, I’d airily responded that semi-retirement from office life would give me SO much time to focus on my photography. I’d planned the long procrastinated move to RAW capture, and visualised the hours and hours I could while away sorting through a backlog of thousands of photos.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I imagine the parents among you are having a good chuckle – much as my guests did at the time - however I pointedly ignored them, keeping myself warmly wrapped in my illusions. Illusions I held right up until my precious bundle arrived in the bush. When the wheeze-honking of hippos failed to lull her into a magical state of repose I realised things might deviate somewhat from the plan.
Given a game drive is about 4 hours - I have absolutely no chance of going on one at the moment. This means my photography has been limited to short visits out and about in our closed landcruiser. I've had to adapt my photographic style to shooting through the roof, whilst perched on the centre console and trying to dodge my lens around the wing mirrors of the car. Still beggers most definitely can’t be choosers. Whilst I may be missing the feeling of the wind whistling past me on the open vehicle it is heaven to get out and about.
The source of my photographic discontent, the delightful Saphire India Shenton, graced us with her presence on the 4th of March this year and has continued to fill us with joy on a daily basis. Here are a couple of promised piccies: Saphire at 1 month and 3 months respectively.
 By some miracle I have managed to cobble together the makings of an entire newsletter! However, given Saphire’s tendancy to complain vociferously the second I get near a computer coupled with my infrequent drives at the moment, I am thinking I will alter my format. I plan to open a newsletter with the first photos of each month, then do small updates within that - posting pics within the relevant newsletter month on a more regular basis. I will send you out the odd e-postcard to remind you to check in each month.
Until next time

 Jules

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