Meggin Murphy

Im a creative living in a small town who loves adventure and simple living. Im inspired by light,character and sound. This is embedded into my photography and my well being mapping. I seek the light before the subject most of the time through my work. There of course the occasion where my subject is my muse and I sometimes cant move my subject to get the desired light for whatever the reason may be at the time. Iv learnt to work with it. There are those spectacular moments where the subject and light are so insync its sickening that I find myself without a device to capture the moment. Its worse than the feeling of having a device and not capturing the way you saw it. Those moments are learning experiences. Photography has given me the most precious gift Iv ask for in life and that would the gift of patience. Its a slow teacher, if the student isnt willing to put in the work but absolutely rewarding if you do.

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- ANNIEKA & HER EXQUISITE DRESS When I took this shot, I was about to call it a day with the Bridal shots & shoot off 38 kilometers out to Mooiplaat where the gorgeous ceremony & reception was held (her hubbies farm). #bride👰 #weddingdress #weddingphotography #easterncape #bridalwear (at Burgersdorp) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtS2TrYllts/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ufvm9r587ykw

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- ANNIEKA & HER EXQUISITE DRESS When I took this shot, I was about to call it a day with the Bridal shots & shoot off 38 kilometers out to Mooiplaat where the gorgeous ceremony & reception was held (her hubbies farm). (at Burgersdorp) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtS1SpYlkE6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=51tjf03xo6zm

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So this a late one. A whole week late to be exact. Better late than never. I clean forgot the night of the #lunar #eclipse to pack a longer lense in my Travel bag. I was aware of the eclipse this month 🙈 but forgot all about it. Thanks to my darling friend, Natilie, for reminding me by whatsapping and smsing that I got this shot. Honestly, its not a great pic,but I am still stoked for taking it. I was also fortunate to be out on the road traveling anyways, and that my awesome man packed his tripod, because I FORGOT mine🙊😹! #lunareclipse2018 (at Queenstown. N6 Road)

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- Autumn 2018 series "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. " - Albert Einstein #shotzdelight #auntumn #autumncolours #coloursofyousa #nature (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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- Red Iris BE HAPPY BE BRIGHT BE YOU #iris #igflowers #ig_masterpiece #coloursofyousa #colour (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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Eish, I was so excited to take photos of the snow yesterday and it didn't even pack enough to be photo worthy, but I accepted the challenge. My #snow captures were short lived .Even though I knew it was 40% snow fall I still feel like I didn't prepare myself better. The thing is it was my first time I bothered to even try when I see nothing to work with except, the snow falling. So, I got over my hissy fit with myself and tried. Think next time I'd have better luck. Practice makes perfect after all. I hovered under my backdoor enterence for long to just get the snow in motion and not get my camera wet. I eventually remembered I have my dads Mini for the week and jumped straight into and drove around town finding a better scene. I didn't find any, but I do have of Vices Hill coming into Molteno with just the last moments of snow passing through. I was reluctant to share these, because I'm an artist who wants things to be just right. I'm slowly learning that " Done is better than perfect". #snowy #capturethemoment #winter (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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-"Autumn Leaves & daddy's Junk yard." Series I love my trees around and in my yard. Its only natural I start my #autumnphotography yearly craze with what I see first. #autumn is my favourite season to go out and just shoot. Winter, unfortunately is not! I'm going to challenge myself, to change that! #autumncolours #smalltownlife #agameoftones #ig_photooftheday (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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- Sunset Reflection #abstractart #reflections #sunset🌅 #coloursofyousa #ig_masterpiece (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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- May Autumn Leaves I was practicing to shoot only #complementarycolors on this day. When I found this shot, it gave me an idea to get some of my friends involved with my next attempt at this. My challenge is to shoot winter in #complementary #colours And @robynne_botha @robyn_coldham_photography @queen_nayes @o0kingtyrone0o @craig_giese_photography @upendopictures your challenge, because not all of you are landscape photographers, is to just use the technique with any subject matter of your choice. Looking forward to seeing your results. You can post it any time the month of June and tag me in your first comment. Thought a week might be too stressful. Sooooo Excited. (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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-Big Boy Slash Larger than life as usual. #catsofinstagram #lovemyanimals (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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- 28th June Sunset #sunset🌅 #sunset_vision #agameoftones #ig_shotz #ig_masterpiece (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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-"Autumn Leaves & daddy's Junk yard." Series I took so many photos this Autumn, but lacked the Oomf to go through my camera roll and edit. Well the Oomf is back & found some shots I forgot all about that brought such a smile to my face. Love the season of #autumn. #smalltownlife #autumncolours #coloursofyousa #landscape_capture (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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-June Japonica Blossoms #japonica #blossoms #winterblossom #igflowers #creation (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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- 25th June Moonscape ~ Southeast Sky Dale Street View #moonscape #moonrise #southafricanskies #igmoon (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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- 25th June 2018 Sunset ~Corner of Dale and Piet Retief Two scenes one corner. #southafricanskies #sunrise_sunsets_aroundworld #sunset_stream #sunset🌅 (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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- 25th June 2018 Sunset ~Corner of Dale and Piet Retief Two scenes one corner. #southafricanskies #sunrise_sunsets_aroundworld #sunset_stream #sunset🌅 (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)

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-Sunrise 25th June 2018, Inspired by "Make It Beautiful " @ings.gregory and @pixiewilson Friday 22nd June sunrise walkies. Decided to grin and bare the cold today. Hopefully this is a new routine, instead of just watching the #sunrise🌅 through my kitchen window whilst jumping up and down to keep warm,waiting for the kettle to boil so i can go back to the warmth of my room. #sunrise_sunsets_aroundworld #sunrise_madness #wintersunrise #landscape_capture - Canon 700d - ISO 800 - 1/4000 sec at F/18 (at Molteno, Eastern Cape)