A Tale of Three Provinces & Hot Air Balloons

During the latter part of last week I was invited by a friend on Facebook to take part in photographing Hot Air Balloons at the Hot Air Balloon Championships in Parys. As luck would have it the weather turned nasty and the heavens opened for three days, but thanks to Accu Weather I took a gamble on it being worth going to Parys on Sunday. I was up at 4am and left home at 5am intending to be in Parys by 6.30 for those sunrise shots. Well I was there on time but the sun was not and it was bitterly cold, overcast and generally miserable but the balloons being pretty and bright colours sure made up for the dull weather and the headache from the cold was soon forgotten as the shutter was clicking away.
Having traveled through three provinces (Gauteng, Orange Free State and NorthWest) before shooting the balloons and on route home I'd say it ended up being a great day out where fun was had by all.