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I have planned a server migration on Friday, August 7 between 20:00H and 24:00H CET (18:00 to 22:00H UTC). This website and the partner websites will not be available at that time. I will also not be available via e-mail during that period.
I have decided to move my hosting at Combell to a bigger, more flexible hosting service. Hence this server migration.
How does one spend a rainy Sunday in the middle of Summer? Get together your photo buddies, find a bunch of models and head down to a secret location in Antwerp. And that’s just what I did today…
My buddies at Apertura and I had planned a shoot in Antwerp with the contestants of Miss Fashion 2010. We didn’t plan on the rainy day weather though. But it did not spoil the fun: we had a great location in the heart of Antwerp. Plenty of room to shoot and have a day of photo fun. Hard work, a lot of laughs and great food. What more does one need to spend his Sunday?
Even our the Apertura junior members joined the fun. It was a lot of fun to see young Jens working with Evelien Breakman, Miss Fashion 2009, as a pro.
Right now, I can only show behind the scenes shots. The real deal is embargoed until the end of October.
I had a great time! Thanks to everyone involved: An, Rudi, the makeup artists, Karin, Melissa, the Apertura gang and not in the least the girls for Miss Fashion 2010.
The NATO air force target practice range of Houthalen-Helchteren is home to PMF (Pampa Modelfighters). They are host to Jets over Pampa: an international air show for model planes. This year’s edition was #19.
Great fun to see those baby F-16, Starfighters and F-4 buzz the practice range. And with top speeds of up to 300 km/h they’re just as hard to photograph as their big brothers.
Quite a common sight at Pampa fields: a baby Viper.
But this one has flown there since the 1970’s I guess: an F-104 Starfigther.
A couple of shots from today’s session with Sabrina. What started out as a shoot in a grain field turned into a great portrait session.
It had been a while since I worked one-on-one with a model. I had fun! Thanks Sabrina for a great shoot despite the rainy weather. And also a big thank you to Luc for bein’ my VALS for the evening.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the 1st man walking on the moon. Although I wasn’t born in 1969, it still is a defining moment for me: I remember bein’ mesmerized by photos from the Apollo missions. Those images triggered my interest in space exploration and eventually helped trigger my interest in science and technology, I guess.
It is amazing how much we’ve accomplished in those 40 years, and yet we still have a long way to go…
Tomorrow is Belgium’s National Holiday. Every year, on July 21, we celebrate our independence from the Dutch in 1830. I thought I’d start the festivities by posting the lyrics to the Brabançonne, our National Anthem.
The Dutch lyrics:
O dierbaar België
O heilig land der vaad’ren
Onze ziel en ons hart zijn u gewijd.
Aanvaard ons kracht en het bloed van onze adren,
Wees ons doel in arbeid en in strijd.
Bloei, o land, in eendracht niet te breken;
Wees immer u zelf en ongeknecht,
Het woord getrouw, dat ge onbevreesd moogt spreken:
Voor Vorst, voor Vrijheid en voor Recht. (x3)
In French:
Ô Belgique, ô mère chérie,
À toi nos cœurs, à toi nos bras,
À toi notre sang, ô Patrie !
Nous le jurons tous, tu vivras !
Tu vivras toujours grande et belle
Et ton invincible unité
Aura pour devise immortelle :
Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté !
Aura pour devise immortelle :
Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté ! (x3)
And in German:
O liebes Land, o Belgiens Erde,
Dir unser Herz, Dir unsere Hand,
Dir unser Blut, dem Heimatherde,
wir schworen’s Dir, o Vaterland!
So blühe froh in voller Schöne,
zu der die Freiheit Dich erzog,
und fortan singen Deine Söhne:
“Gesetz und König und die Freiheit hoch!”
und fortan singen Deine Söhne:
“Gesetz und König und die Freiheit hoch!” (x3)
In over 200 cities around the world, photographers gathered for Scott Kelby‘s 2nd Annual Worldwide Photo Walk. I joined a group of 50 photo enthusiasts for a 2 mile walk through Antwerp looking for an award winning shot.
I don’t think any of my work will be award winning, but at least I had a good time.
Instead of focusing on people as usual, I tried something else for a change: abstracts. And this is what I saw:
“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one.”
Captain Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The character of Captain Spock is played by actor Leonard Nimoy