DFBothma Ghost Writer

Be Good. Be Grand. _ gone.

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A quick fix of inspiration... This is heartfelt short story I wrote about a young mute South African girl named Pachy  who was kidnapped, sold into a slavery, and rescued. Are you reading closely?

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Regardless of race, age, creed, or country, nothing calms the beast or soothes the soul more profoundly than a blowout music festival! Here's my Top 15 Extreme Music Festivals Burning To Rock Your World!

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Steve Jobs introduces Apple's "Think Different" aka "The Crazy Ones" Brand Campaign and accidentally reveals the best Marketing strategy known to man!

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Check out my #flashpacking #travel article & conquer #ISTANBUL in 48 hrs with @The Flash Pack delivr.com/2nc4e

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YOU ARE THE SCREEN. Images are projected at you. The images wrap around you. You are the vanishing point. - Marshal Mcluhan

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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. - V. Havner

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Up for a Street Photography Mission to Istanbul?

If you are passionate about photography but lack the essential skills to capture that magic moment in its full magnificence, then prepare to take your expertise to the next level. The vibrant people and colourful city streets of Istanbul will be our studio and Lee will be our friendly private tutor and guide.

Street Photography Istanbul is a fully immersive, practical and hands-on crash course presented by award-winning photojournalist and The Flash Pack co-founder, Lee Thompson. The welcoming natural light, visually compelling surroundings and vast choice of exotic subjects make Istanbul the perfect training ground for beginners wishing to exchange the safety of shooting on automatic for the real deal (and enjoy some exquisite Turkish nosh too).

Learn how to set your camera to stun on the run!

More practical street snapping with a real expert by your side than tedious lecture; more exciting adventure than strenuous boot camp; this intense street photography workshop is limited to 8 individuals per trip and will teach you how to:

Master every setting on your camera and unleash your creativity

Compose stunning images and explore unseen perspectives

Boost your confidence and take stunning people portraits and landscapes

Enhance your technique and benefit from insider tips, tricks and shortcuts

Capture that perfect moment no matter how low the light or fast the subject

Enjoy a fun-filled 4 –day weekend and return a pro with the snaps to prove it

Itinerary:

Day 1 – Thursday: After a short BA flight to Taturk airport, we will transfer to a 4-star boutique hotel located in the heart of the old city, spend the day exploring Istanbul and plan our moves around a delicious meet and greet dinner. Day 2 – Friday: To make the most of every sliver of natural light, we rise with the sun and begin our day with a location shoot in the exquisite Blue Mosque.We hit the picturesque backstreets toward Aya Sofiya and spend the rest of the day preparing for our first nightlife shoot of Istanbul after dark. Day 3 – Saturday: To add an element of fun we start our third day getting lost in the vibrant Covered Bazaar. After some local lunchtime nibbles we embark on a series of 20-minute ‘photographic challenges’ just to make sure that everyone is up to speed. Without flashes or floodlights, we spend our last evening going boldly forth into the electric night on a private twilight cruise to Asia. Day 4 – Sunday: Over a hearty breakfast we will recap on everything learned during our short but fruitful stay and bring the course to a formal close with a show and tell session before heading back to the Airport for a 4pm flight back home.

About Lee Thompson

Lee is a bold adventurer with an appetite for sharing the unseen, uncharted and unexplored. As an award winning photographer (and co-founder of The Flash Pack), he has been at the heart of many of the world’s top breaking stories, including the Tsunami in Japan, Egyptian Revolution, and Libyan Conflict. He has worked alongside journalists in extreme hostile environments and developed an uncanny ability to deliver high-impact and evocative images under intense pressure. Lee has had work published in FHM, Time Magazine, The Sun, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Christian Aid and the Conservative Party and many other international newspapers and magazines. Click here to see some of Lee’s work

Space is limited, so put in leave, tender your resignation or do whatever you have to do, but get your name on the list today and contact Lee directly for more info.

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And, my personal favourite: "Advertising is an environmental striptease for a world of abundance." - Marshall McLuhan

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10 Epic Time-lapse Travel Videos. Watch them all at The Flash Pack Blog

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Top 10 Best Bars In Rio De Janeiro. Salud!

Now I had the time of my life… And I owe it all to Rio…

With England heading to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup we thought we’d celebrate by making a list of the best bars in Rio de Janeiro. If you don’t know your “Caipirinhas” (cocktails) from your “Botecos” (Bars), you have not been to Rio (Brazil) and no introduction will do. If, however, you’ve shared an ice cold Chope with some loud, beautiful and utterly tanned Cariocas at the Copa, no introductions are necessary. Join me for a drink at The Flash Pack Blog.

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Time moves in one direction, memory in another. - W. Gibson

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Read more at The Flash Pack Blog

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Ads are the Cave art of the 20th century - Marshal Mcluhan

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And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because that's what we're supposed to do. Get under your skin, and make you react. - Stephen King

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42 Lateral Thinking Puzzles To Boost Your Creativity! - DFBothma

42 Lateral Thinking Puzzles To Boost Your Creativity! - Test your creative thinking abilities! There are hordes of answers, but none so satisfying as the truth, so don't be a spoil sport and scroll down to peak at the answers!

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Up for a Game of Snakes and Blabbers?

Let's not beat around the bush anymore.  If there was a fierce black-mouth Mamba slithering toward you right now, would you want me to shh or scream SNAKE? Obviously you would appreciate the heads up, but what if I told you that it was my job to feed that twisted serpent?

Think of that snake as Advertising incarnate. Yes, it is vicious, venomous, treacherous and terrifying, but without it the rats would take over and the owls would vanish. Markets would crash and cultures would crumble. No, it is not fair, or right or kind. It was never supposed to be.

The spine-chilling truth is that there are no burglar bars separating gentle persuasion from ruthless subjugation. Why do you think there are no laws against any form of mind control? Dead bolt up the nose serious! If there were, all the economic machines tearing at the delicate tummy of this planet would come to a grinding halt. That means ta-ta freedom and hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again. The only way to survive and POSITIVELY THRIVE in this surreal carnival is to embrace the fact that you are the predator and the prey. Both the infectious vampire and the consuming zombie. The interweb has flipped the switch on corporate power and the days of mass media games are numbered. From the burnt ashes of the dictatorial blow horns an open two-way dialogue between advertiser and audience now stirs. The quicker we learn to roll with the punches the better the ride gets. Half the fun is proving the "experts" wrong and watching the lazy fibbers squirm. The future belongs to the con-savvy digital adventurer slowly learning how to avoid irrelevant headlines and spot cosmetic angles from a cyber-mile away.  Here are just some of the verbose voodoo to watch out for: Perverted Logic - Nothing is better than making whoopee. Eating chocolate is better than nothing. Therefore, eating chocolate is better than making whoopee. (Momma said life is like a box of what?) Deliciously Fallacious - It might taste like the packaging, but our cereal is part of a nutritious breakfast, therefore our cereal is nutritious. (Did you get it at all this morning? Cereal is not nutritious simply because it is part of breakfast.) Double Binder - Has Robsa Bank made more or less profit since they started bullying the public out of their bus fare? (There are no clever press releases out of this one! If 'yes' they are guilty, if 'no' they are still guilty. Go directly to jail. Do not pass go and do not collect...) Ambiguous Ambush - Everything tastes better with real teeth. This sticky black goo is better than everything, ergo fizzy drinks are better than having real teeth. (Why not? Nine out of every 770.5519% of needy dentists agree.) The Windy Winder - If serving your children nuked rubber from a happy hole in the wall were not illegal, then our freaky meals would not be prohibited by the law. (He-I-He-I-Huh? This a sneaky example of using the claim as evidence because the only evidence is the claim. By the way, they are not one of my clients. Or are they?) We live in bizarre times and I sincerely hope this little mouthful proves that it is still possible to gently persuade (or at the very least mildly entertain) your audience without resorting to outright deception to make a quick killing. Here abruptly ends my shameless exploitation of your curiosity. And look! Not even one airbrushed anorexic model in sight. Yala! DF Bothma Be Good. Be Grand. _e Gone. P.S. Don't tell my Mom I work in advertising. She still thinks I'm a pimp at a strip club.