This week has seen me return to South Africa - just in time to see Michelle embark on an exciting new chapter in her life as a photographer.
Earlier this year, Michelle relocated to St Lucia, a laidback little coastal town in KwaZulu-Natal. St Lucia is known as the gateway to the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, which is home to eight interlinking ecosystems, a huge variety of bird species, an impressive estuary and age-old coastal dunes. St Lucia is also close to Hluhluwe-iMfolozi, a fantastic Big Five game reserve. In other words: St Lucia is the perfect base for a photographer!
Michelle has recently teamed up with another couple of local photography enthusiasts, Nick and Freya from www.tailormadesafaris.co.za and www.nuphotography.co.za. Following discussions with a local coffee shop owner (the lovely Mario from Illy's), they were given the green light to decorate an entire wall of the coffee shop premises with their artwork, a fantastic opportunity to exhibit some of their wonderful shots captured in and around St Lucia. They have had a number of photographs printed on high-quality canvas and the results are simply stunning.
When I arrived here on Tuesday - bleary-eyed and jetlagged - things were already in full swing...
Finally, the moment they'd been waiting for... drilling holes and climbing ladders!
Nick and Michelle deciding on what looks best
Nick doing the honours of hanging up the first canvas...
...while Michelle and Freya keep a close eye on things.
The end result... pretty impressive!
So after a long day, we had one exhausted but very proud Michelle! The canvasses look a million dollars and here's hoping they sell like hot cakes so that room can be made for more superb artwork. Illy's will be hosting an exhibition night in the next month - champagne and all - so watch this space for another update on our three talented photographers.
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