Meetup

12th Cape Town Photography Meetup

It’s time to meet for the 12th Cape Town Photography Meetup.
The main platform for the meetup group is on our Facebook Group Page. This is the place, where we will present and discuss the images in the online forum. During our next meetup, we will discuss these and other images in the convenience of a [...]


Review of the 11th Cape Town Photography Meetup

Review of the 11th Cape Town Photography Meetup

11 meetups and counting. I look forward to all the Cape Town photography meetups, as they are so much fun and I learn so much from everyone. We met on Saturday in the are of Table Mountain and went shooting under the watchful eyes of Lion’s Head (this is one of the mountain peaks right [...]


11th Cape Town Photo Meetup

On the 9th of January 2010, we will meet for our next Cape Town Photo Meetup. We will start the year with a practical session along Table Mountain. Living in this beautiful part of the world gives us plenty opportunity for landscape and nature photography. It always amazed me in Cape Town, how quickly you [...]


Our 10th Cape Town Photography Meetup

Our 10th Cape Town Photography Meetup

We met on Saturday the 10th time for the Cape Town Photography Meetup.  We used a new venue for the discussion meetup, which is closer to town and reachable for everyone from the northern and southern suburbs. Our theme was portraits and we looked at images we took at the 9th meetup and I also [...]


Review of the 9th Cape Town Photography Meetup

Review of the 9th Cape Town Photography Meetup

We met today the 9th time for our meetup and the 2nd time for our practical photography meetup. We met today at Red Hill to photograph portraits and headshots with ruins of worker’s homes as backdrop. Andre introduced me to this location a couple of months ago. Thanks for all of you, who participated and [...]


7th Cape Town Photography Meetup

7th Cape Town Photography Meetup

Our latest Cape Town Photography Meetup brought us to Bo-Kaap.
Interested in joining us for one of the meetings, please send me an email at info@jurgen-photo.com

Meetup October 2009 – Images by Jurgen Banda-Hansmann


6th Cape Town Photography Meetup

6th Cape Town Photography Meetup

Last week we met for the 6th Cape Town Photography Meetup, this time on location in Hout Bay Harbour. We were lucky to have two (actually 3 including a baby) models with us, partners of two of the meetup members. The weather promised to be good and turned out to be a bit more difficult [...]


6th Cape Town Photography Meetup

Our Next Meetup

We will meet for our next meetup on Saturday, 26 September 2009 at 10:00. During the course of the previous meetup, we decided that we will photograph together.
Where shall we meet? What is our theme for the morning?
Please send me tons of emails with ideas and suggestions. As usual, everyone is welcome [...]


5th Monthly Cape Town Photography Meetup

5th Monthly Cape Town Photography Meetup

We met on Saturday for the 5th time for the Cape Town Photography Meetup. We welcomed two new visitors to the group and it is so much fun to learn from each other. The experience in the group ranges from the absolute novice to the very experienced photographer. We discussed a lot of good images, [...]


Learning Photography

How do you learn photography? Where do you get inspiration? Where can you learn new techniques?
I love reading and have been learning a lot about photography through reading books. The local library in my hometown had a good collection of high quality photography books. That was a starting point.
The more you practice, the better your [...]


3rd Monthly Meetup

Tomorrow is time again to meet for the 3rd monthly meetup. We will be talking about some easy technical aspects of photography, which will help you to take better pictures, without getting stuck in technical details.
We will be meeting at La Cantina, Woodstock in the Palms Lifestyle Centre on Main Road at 10:00. Please confirm [...]


Our 2nd Photography Meetup – Review

Our 2nd Photography Meetup - Review

On Saturday, we met for our 2nd Photography Meetup. We met at La Cantina and I think we found a venue, where we can meet going forward on a monthly basis.


2nd Cape Town Photography Meetup

2nd Cape Town Photography Meetup

It’s time to meet for our second Cape Town Photography Meetup. I initiated these meetups last month for photo enthusiasts in Cape Town. My aim is to create a platform of communal learning and creating a forum for people interested in photography.


My top 3 favourite photography blogs

If there is an update in any of three following blogs, I read them! No questions asked. These are my favourite photography blogs, though I follow more than 30 photography blogs.

Strobist: If you haven’t thought of using your flash off your hotshoe (the hotshoe has it’s origins in a shoe for viewfinders for wide angle [...]


First Meetup on 18 April 2009

Jurgen’s Photography is starting monthly meetups for people in the Cape Town area, who are interested in photography. These meetups give the opportunity to learn, exchange experiences and meet other photo enthusiasts in a relaxed environment. Everyone, who is interested in photography is welcome to join. The meetups are for free. The first meetup is [...]