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I went down to Kortijk yesterday evening for the retirement party of a former Barco Chromatics colleague. I hadn’t seen Rich in about 10 years. In fact, I hadn’t met most of the people there in almost 10 years. It was great to meet them again. A very big “thank you” to Cindy for inviting me!
Rich was kind enough to pose with me for a farwell photo, and I have a few more shots in this album.
Rich: I wish you all the best, and I promise to come and visit whenever I’m in the Atlanta Area.
Today, I had Inke in the studio again; our 3rd shoot together. She had sent me lots of examples of things she wanted to do. So we went ahead, got into the studio and tried to give our own little twist to them magazine shots. We ended up having lots of fun in even tryin’ to get the poses right.
And I had fun doin’ something special with the shots.
More pics in Inke’s latest gallery. Also look at the galleries of our shoots in 2008 and 2007.
Thanks for the shoot Inke! Also a big thank you to Jessie for the make up and Gert for the assistance during the shoot.
Time for a little rant: a rainy Thursday afternoon, a single accident causes total gridlock around Antwerp. All traffic comes to a grinding halt and I will be spending almost 2.5 hours to get home.
And right there in the middle of that mess, someone’s car breaks down. As the driver struggles to push the car to the side of the road at least 25 other cars pass by. Not one of them pulls over to give the unfortunate driver a hand and help to clear the road as soon as possible.
Pffff…. Have we all become so self-centered that we’ld rather run over someone than get him a hand?
There’s a place out on the edge of town sir
Risin’ above the factories and the fields
Now ever since I was a child I can remember that mansion on the hill
In the summer all the lights would shine there’d be music playin’ people laughin’ all the time
Me and my sister we’d hide out in the tall corn fields
Sit and listen to the mansion on the hill
©1982 B Springsteen
I have a very nice shot of my best friend Luc at the overlook at the Warche in Falize (at geocache GCWQGV).
It’s been ages since we went geocaching. We logged 2 this weekend and it was great to be outdoors again. It was great to be with my big brother again. Thanks Bro! For everything!
My site received a massive behind-the-scenes update: WordPress, Gallery2 and all of the plug-ins I use have been brought up to the latest version. You should not see any diference or at least not a lot.
If you notice anything strange or if you see a bug, please contact me using the contact form.
Hold on folks… I’m updating my WordPress software and my MySQL database. Expect a few hiccups while I do this.
I am so ashamed of myself. It’s the end of February and I have hardly touched my camera this year. A lack of time? A lack of inspiration? Don’t know… A lack of motivation. That’s for sure.
I made a fresh start today and joined my friends of Apertura for the monthly shoot. Jurgen go us in at the old papermill of Herisem: a very nice location. Unfortunately, the weather did not allow us to shoot outside. And technical problems made my shoot a bit troublesome. But I did manage to get a few nice shots.
Thank you for organizing the shoot and taking such good care of us Jurgen! And thank you Caroline, Eline and Ine for being so patient with me.
I attended Points of View, organized by CvB and FgA, tonight: an chance for photographers to show their work to a larger audience. 3 ladies presented their work: Karina Brys, Sanne Weckx and Janna Beck. They were supposed to give us a new fresh point of view on photography. They did! But to some it was either too technically imperfect or too gloomy. I know everybody is entitled to his/her opinion and one can not argue about taste. But one has to know how to express his/her point of view without having to resort to hurtfull remarks about photos that belong on toilet paper.
For what it’s worth, my point of view: let art be art. Art can be pretty, but doesn’t always have to be. Art always has to trigger an emotion. Respect the work of the maker, respect his/her opinion. Listen closely… You might learn something.
And BTW: Sanne, I loved your work!
Horace Walpole, English Autor