I was born in Zimbabwe on 03/06/88. My family, consisting of parents, older brother and sister, migrated to South Africa when I was six months old. We moved back to Zimbabwe six years later, to help my grandparents on their farm - a career change for my father.
After a measly eighteen months we upped sticks and went farming on our own. This led us to Kwekwe, in the heart of Zimbabwe, to farm tobacco! Borrowdale farm which is part of the "Midlands Black Rhino Conservancy" is where we settled . This was the most incredible experience, living with such an abundance of wild life ........... of which we became a part of during the school holidays! Due to the "land redistribution policy" we had no option but to move on.
10th November, 2001 saw us arrive in New Zealand with our former lives packed into a suitcase each, ready to start our new lives. Our first three years were spent on the South Island and I nearly froze!!!!!!! A great employment opportunity for my father had us move up to the North Island. I now live on a farm just outside Matamata aka "Hobbiton" (defrosting).
Yep that should sum it up ha!
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Comments (33)
sharky_
Good luck and may the best go your way. Aloha
thevolunteer
Wow, leaving us. Good luck in your work. Great last image for sure. Sad to see you go. Aloha and stay healthy and active.
magg_ca
Goodbye, take care. Leave the gallery, maybe some day you will be back?
olivier158
Hey my friend ! what's wrong ?? Hope you're fine ! Hope this is not last pic i see from you ! stay in contact :o) anyway... great picture ! very good ! BW treatment is good, may be a little bit burned on the hand... seeya ;o)
nongo
"And with this image it makes it all the harder to say goodbye so I'll just say see ya around, cause I'm hoping you will come around again, You will definitely be missed by all your friends here!!! Please leave your gallery up to inspire future photographers"!!! I hope you find a spot that feels good for you...Take care Kai, peace...
jeroni
Excellent photography
G_Mansco
Well it's really a pitty.... I'll try to see your splendid works at devianart ;O) Good luck, it's always a pleasure to see your works!
Cosine
That's sad, Kai. Yes, leave the gallery so we can still take a peek now and then. Thanks for the deviantart link; I'll keep tabs on you over there. :-) Good luck going forward, buddy.
aangus
Best wishes. Its right to leave your gallery though, for others here to enjoy. You'll be an inspiration where-ever you end up.
jocko500
leave it up. i hear people that leave and then change they minds later on knowing they did it when they was down and out. hope you not like that?
jorgegallardo
read the fine print when you sign up for Devian art...especially the part where they say they "Own" the art work. Then they will tell you no you own it....if you ask them about it, but technically you agreed to their terms by signing up and posting. Good Luck!
kimariehere
i shall miss your work so much !!! awesome self portrait btw take care !!! hugs`~!
Debwhosmiles
Best to ya~
MarioVicente
So hard to believe, but you know...We all are going to miss you here at RR. take care pal! and will try to catch you on the web. BYE ;(
bugatti
don't like to say goodbye, you were a friendly presence around here, I'll miss you ...
Lashia
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why. I would like to insert some curses into this... but Im not allowed YOURE ONE OF THE BEST ARTISTS ON RR! Come on, stay on, I need some fellow photographers, there arent enough of us on here, how are we supposed to take over the "render-ers" if YOU LEAVE! Oh geez... </3
bentchick
Oh Kai, another one dropping out of our community, it's heart breaking! You know we wish you all the best! You have become a splendid photographer and will be missed sorely. I hope (like others) you will stop by now and then even if it is just to say "hi"! Best of luck to you! Big hugs and bigger tears! :(
jedink
Mate, I wish you well in your endevours. Its to RR's misfortune that your leaving, but hey, you've been an inspiration to myself and I feel alot of others here. Good luck, bon voyage.
MrsLubner
I have to agree with you that it is time for you to move on. We are the place to learn and hone skills and obviously you have moved past that. I'm glad you have a spot that more suits your needs. Good luck to you. I hope you meet all your photographic goals in this new site. BTW, I do like this photo you posted of yourself. Perhaps one of the better ones, in my opinion, you've done. I do think the lighting highlights your hair very nicely. A bit bright on the palm of your hand, though. But then, you are leaving so it doesn't make much difference now, huh? All the best to you. :-)
short_ribs
MrsLubner, I never wanted to use RR as a mere stepping stone on some crazy journey but as my home on the net, surrounded by wonderful people AND inspirational work. Friends aren't disposable things in my opinion nor is a good community, but obviously it's time for me to move on, I plan to keep in contact with those I consider to be friends, for the rest of you I hope that with me moving off here that it really makes this a better place for you. Regards, Kai
ACS-001
How could your leaving possibly make this a better place? This place gets pettier and more hypocritical as time goes by, and really the only thing keeping it from being a black hole is the presence of great artists such as yourself. I won't beg for you not to go, because that's your decision, but I feel like your leaving will make this site worse, not better.
lizzibell
best wishes I will miss your work....
babuci
Here goes another great one. Be good kido go and make it big you have it in you.
TwoPynts
I sure you will flourish wherever you are and whatever you do. You will be missed there though, no doubt about that. But as you point out, you are only really a URL away...
Gog
Best of luck Kai, you will be very much missed! Please leave the gallery!
CaressingTheDark
Hate to see you go man. You have one hell of a gallery. I was at devART for four years but left because it has become to much like Myspace and Facebook. There is to much porn there and underage nudity. The admins there are so bad they have earned a place in Encyclopedia Dramatica. Just look up Daniel Sowers and Lolly. You will get a laugh. It is good that you are keeping this account here. Take care and good luck.
DefKisum
Super shot!!!!
natalieb
I understand, and I totally agree with MrsLubner. Your photo is great, I like this one better than your previous one. I know where to find you ;) Take care!
Chaos911
hm... i think i realy gona miss your photos, it was allways a plesure to watch theme :( Have a nice day! Adrian www.Foto-ka.de
xxancroft
See you on DeviatioNZ then!!