Lebogang Nkoane has a simple mantra in life. “Beer, design, music and philosophy.”

Most of us probably find that pretty easy to relate to. Certainly I do, though my tastes have migrated from beer to good wine and great whisky. And of course South Africa is blessed with some exceptional wines, which we, the connected aficionado wannabees, work hard at sampling, going so far as to keep each other updated on our latest palate busting exposes via Twitter. A brief search on Twitter of #wine @andyhadfield will give you a little insight into our musings, but for something a little more crisp, you might want to read Vinography founder and editor Alder Yarrow thoughts on South African wines.

But I digress.

Lebogang is an interesting guy. Expanding on his simple mantra, Lebogang defines his philosophy on matters design and development, by suggesting that “Every experience, requires thought before an answer can be. To research, to think of ideas, to expand the mind beyond the obvious, to imagine, to dream. After that, we create.”

And so his philosophy embraces: Dream, Create.

From there his approach is a simple one. “Research, then Develop.”

Focused on new media, Lebogang researches and develops effective and sustainable new media strategies to achieve his clients’ objectives, researching and developing new technologies to establish sustainable new businesses (and/or processes). Through, mobile and web technologies.

The inherent principle is to bridge the divide digitally. “Because we are African,” he says.

 It is as simple as that.           

A photographic Tour de Force

I came across Lebogang when, as an aspiring amateur photographer, I chanced upon 75.co.za, a daily collaborative photographic project that Lebogang initiated, born of a desire to see more day to day photography from other people.

Upon conceptualising 75.co.za, he invited a couple of people to join him, and these initial `grapher's (also known as Lebogang’s rock-stars), invited whom-ever they wanted, the circle growing bigger over time. Limited to just one photograph a day, every other day, to “induce a sense and appreciation of photography”, 75.co.za now hosts some 5,545 photographs, 42,666 comments, and more than 125 ‘graphers.

Unexpected

Now a well established member of the 75.co.za ‘grapher community, I see the unexpected every time I login. One of the few white contributors to the community, I am constantly amazed, and refreshed at how we all see the world through different eyes, born of different experiences, producing different results. And yet, at heart, we all simply love the visual image.

Dream, Create.

It’s as simple as that.

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Here are a few of the images I have taken in recent months, that the 75.co.za community has showered with a little love.

Welcome

Welcome to our home. The men and women of the Masai welcome us with song and dance, to their home. Amboseli, Kenya.

Mother's Day

Sunday was Mother's Day.

It was supposed to be about her. But like all good Mother's it seemed to be once again, about us.

And she poured herself onto the most fertile of soils.

And touched our hearts.

Swinging times

This was taken late afternoon, 22nd April, at the Boskruin Community Centre. Yep, that's right. Election Day in South Africa, the 3rd since 1994 when South Africa gave birth to the Rainbow Nation.

Today, whilst the queues formed, and people voted, the kids were on the swings and roundabouts.

Every-one was having a swinging time.

South Africa has come a long way.

I'm pretty proud to be a part of its story.

Bad hair day

Face down on the 3rd green at Clarens Country Club.

I saw what it means,