A Vincent Mounier Photography Blog

About the Upcoming VMP Fine Art Print Shop - Part 2
October 19, 2013
Here is some information about the various mounting and finish options that will soon be available for you to choose from when ordering fine art prints from VMP. Mounting types MetalPrints - To create MetalPrints we infuse dyes directly into specially coated aluminum sheets, creating truly archival works of art. These MetalPrints showcase a revolutionary new medium that is highly durable, waterproof, weatherproof, and ultra scratch-resistant. The unique printing met...
Globetrotting in Harlem
October 13, 2013
UPDATE: Funny how the most important factors manage to avoid detection. As Marie just pointed it out, referenced by my "Related Post" listing at the bottom of each entry and adding much depth and incredible karma to what follows, make sure when you're done here to read a 2009 post about my first 21st century visit to Harlem here. A small step as far as NYC is concerned, one giant leap for us three. This is a non-post.  Our Cobble Hill retreat, home for years to 66 Squ...
Mysterious Transit Anomaly (MTA)
Note: This was first posted on August 9, 2010. I was commuting from the Evil Empire State building in the wee hours as my supervisor shift finished long after all visitors and staff had departed. These were the dark days of working for Darth ESB. I will eventually end back up there for other reasons but things have much improved. But it remains of actuality and I had a laugh reading it again, so I thought I would share. Out of necessity more than curiosity, I d...
Slingshot to Kruger, Part 11 - Lion Roar on a Quiet Karoo Evening
October 2, 2013
Leaving the milk farm behind, we joined N1 and steered due south. Driving through Bloemfontein in daytime again, we did not see much more than we had before. Eventually, dry agricultural lands turned into plain dryness and the northern boundary of the Karoo was crossed at the Orange River. Marie and I took turns driving and when sitting in the left seat, we took snapshots through a briefly lowered window. There was construction now and then slowing us greatly, the avera...
Slingshot to Kruger, Part 10 - The Man Who Loved Milk
September 21, 2013
Up early in Skukuza, we packed up the Landcruiser and brewed coffee for the road, wondering whether we should go for one last morning drive, but there would have been no way to justify a breakdown anywhere else than on the road home. Our last animal sighting was a family of warthogs hanging out by a stop sign. "That way to civilization," they seemed to be saying, "Do come and visit us again soon. Oink." Goodbye Kruger We drove a few kilometers to the Paul Kruger Gate a...
About the Upcoming VMP Fine Art Print Shop
September 11, 2013
The Print Shop, version 2.0, is in the final stages of its rebirth. It will be hosted - and orchestrated - by the fine folks over at SmugMug, but integrated into my main site Vincent Mounier Photography (VMP) for a seamless experience. Some of you have been requesting a way to purchase prints of images posted on Coriolistic Anachronisms or the main site,  and the shop will allow just that. A variety of print sizes, photo finishes, framing and mounting options will be av...
66 Square feet: A Delicious Life - By Marie Viljoen
September 7, 2013
Today was a big day for Marie whose first book has just been published by Stewart, Tabori and Chang, an imprint of Abrams. A launch had been organized at our neighborhood bookstore, Book Court on Court Street, a very appropriate vector considering the local essence of 66 Square Feet: A Delicious Life. The real thing! Sorry about the red line, it's on my raw file too, might be the register's barcode scanner... Through the mingling and wine pouring and delicious snacks a...
Slingshot to Kruger, Part 9 - False Alarm on the Exit Road to Skukuza
August 31, 2013
Author's note: I wrote this post over the course of a week and pretty much let my fingers and distraction do the writing without really focusing on a goal. When I began editing, however, I realized I had drifted completely off course in a sort of self-indulging monologue. I considered pruning the story heavily but ended up keeping it as-is. The reason is simple: while my train of thoughts doesn't really have anything to do with the Kruger in what follows, it actu...
Slingshot to Kruger, Part 8 - The Hunters and the Hunted
August 19, 2013
While Satara lacked the soft song of a river and the hippo grunts that had faded away to the north, evenings in camp were quite enjoyable. Our rondavel circle was visited by a wide variety of exotic birds in late afternoon and when the night closed in, we sat in our camping chairs and watched the ring of fire come alive. Most people braaied with dry wood and their flames systematically rose higher than ours since we used hardwood charcoal. We joked about it while our ri...
Macro-pped
August 18, 2013
The last few installments of Slingshot to Kruger are brewing, their publication somehow slowed by the many imponderables of life. Despair not, they will happen. In the meantime, in search of easy distraction, I have revamped my macro setup and improved the props. My latest addition is the simplest of them all, the famous Pringles box as a flash re-director. Here is what the rather silly apparatus looks like. Canon 7D and grip, Kinko 1.4x tele-converter,  good old Canon ...
Slingshot to Kruger, Part 7 - In Lion Country
August 10, 2013
Olifants was revisited with intimate pleasure. Our new rondavel had an even better view than the previous. Hippos were on station down below, loud and comical. Birds and mongooses were also on cue. We managed to change our following booking from Letaba to Satara where we would now stay three days. Then we drove around, came back and braaied our dinner by candlelight and river music, and slept like babies. Sunset over the Kruger Park In the morning, we packed up with re...
New York Skyline, a Maritime View
August 6, 2013
Water, however murky, is ever-present in New York City. I guess things could be much worse. Out for a cruise aboard the Hornblower Hybrid recently, I made the best of stormy weather and shot the city from a maritime point of view, the Big Apple's urban assault dampened by much water and beautiful shimmering lights. Unfortunately, the city hum and incessant horns and sirens had been horribly replaced by on-board disco. It fascinates me that a sightseeing cruise would not...