Infused By Art - Baardskeerdersbos Art Walk

The dreaded words “you’ve run out of Wi-Fi data” have once again reared their ugly head. I could quite easily commit hari kiri when this happens.

The small village of Baardskeerdersbos, with its warm community spirit, made us feel truly connected. Meeting local artists and chatting with them was inspiring, and I find it uplifting how they see beauty in the ordinary and make it extraordinary. Soul food, mind food, heart food. They have passion and know how to express their thoughts in so many ways. We met photographers, printers, fine artists, sculptors, potters, watercolourists, oil painters, cooks, chefs, winemakers, gardeners, and poets in a tiny village with no more than 500 souls.

Everyone opens their homes to exhibit art or run a pop-up restaurant or coffee shop. We enjoyed visiting small labourers’ cottages, now transformed into weekend getaways. Magic. This is a day that feels like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night to steal leftover chocolate pudding.

I tried to achieve the following:

1. Tell a story
2. Street photography
3. Balancing light indoors/outdoors
4. Use only available light
5. Use of natural colour
6. Getting the ISO, Shutter speed, and Aperture right in camera and not in the digital darkroom
7. Convey the atmosphere of the homes and the “spirit” of the people living there.
8. I love things balanced, and sometimes it's just two doors that do it for me.
9. Animals are gorgeous but unpredictable and fast. I got down low for the Brindle.
10. Motion blur (the face in focus, the body out of focus), slow shutter speed in low light. 
    
    

Here are my favourites for the day. My 16th day. I hope you enjoy them as well. Who knows, maybe you'll feel inspired to pack up and visit next year, too. The magic of discovering art in a small village is something special, and I'd love for you to experience it yourself.

“One of the joys of photography is that you never know what will surprise you around the next corner.” (Tom Ang) This sense of discovery kept me excited all day, and I hope it sparks your curiosity, too.

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