Richards Bay volunteer, Gavin Fordham, is a talented photographer who is never far from his camera. Over the last year he has won a string of photographic awards with at least two of them showing great skill in the use of HDR photography. On a recent exercise Gavin made a set of new pictures of the Richards Bay rescue boats. We hope that you enjoy them.
Letter of Appreciation
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