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Geocaching season for us started this afternoon. We went looking for the Prinsenpark geocache (GCKJQ7). It was a rather easy pick up. And since the park is a nice little nature preserve, we used the rest of the afternoon for a little walk and to shoot some photos. We can across a pond with a couple of dragonflies and we just had to give it a go. Shots didn’t come out as we wanted it though.
I’m doing some design work for new website templates. I suddenly realized that this year is the 10th anniversary of our website.
When we first got an Internet connection, about 10 years ago, we were connecting to the internet with a 14K modem. I remember the hassle it was to set up a connection back then: lousy modem drivers, winsocks stuff, slow browsers and the phone always busy. And it took forever to load a page.
Almost as soon as we got the internet connection, I started experimenting with my own website. And pretty soon, I was hosting the website of the Belgian Bruce Springsteen fanclub. But that site is no more as the fanclub is no more.
At first, our site was a simple HTML based site, hosted with our internet provider. See snapshots of our site on the wayback server. Later, in 1999, we got our own domain name. All that time, the site has become more and more complex, as you can see from the wayback server.
Here’s a couple of photo’s I made last Sunday at the Olmense Zoo (full album here).
The Olmense Zoo is a privately owned zoo. It’s a nice little zoo with lots of big cats. They’ve got some rather special ones too: white tigers, white lions, 2 little tiger cubs and 2 little lion cubs. Go and see them. They will be worth your while.
I’ve been wanting to work in the studio again for quite some time. But something always seemed to interfere: I didn’t have enough time, or the model cancelled at the last moment, or the studio wasn’t available.
Last Sunday, all came together, and I finally got around to doin’ a shoot. Kristel was modeling for me this time. Thank you girl!!! I had a great time in the studio. And I must say, I’m pretty pleased with the results. Here’s a couple…
Of course: a big thank you to Willy for letting me use the studio, for all the help, and for the tips & tricks. The hair pieces are provided by Miss Needles.
More photos of this studio session in Kristel’s album.
I’m back to being a webmaster again.
My photo club has started their own website: www.fotoclubdifo.be. And they’ve asked me to sort things out. We found us a domain name, hosting provider, and I’m now building the framework for the site and a gallery.
I had been webmaster of a Belgian Springsteen website for almost 8 years, until we decided to call it quits. I always loved being a webmaster. When my photo club asked me to set up their website, I was more then happy to put my knowledge to work.
I went to visit the Margraten American Cemetery and Memorial yesterday. It’s the only official American WWII cemetery in the Netherlands. As the Dutch celebrate Liberation Day on May 5th and since the weather was nice, this weekend seemed an excellent opportunity for a visit.
More photos can be found here.
A few weeks back, I went to the coalmine in Waterschei with model Stephanie and my good friend and fellow photographer Luc Bogaerts for a photoshoot. Although the shoot didn’t go quite as planned: a few models that we had contacted cancelled because they were ill and I was ill too.
Despite the little problems, the shoot was fun to do. And I would like to take this opportunity to thank Stephanie for her efforts and her patience.
Take a look at the rest of the photos in Stephanie’s album.
It has been a very busy Springsteen week. Springsteen announced the first concerts to support his new album with Pete Seeger covers. Tickets went on sale for most European shows in the past week. As usual, it has been an absolute nightmare to get tickets. I managed to get tickets for Paris and Amsterdam, but not for London.
Anyone wanna trade a pair of category 1 tickets for Paris for a pair of tickets to the London show? 😉
And last Thursday, I got a chance to preview Springsteen’s new album. Sony BMG had organized a listing party for the Belgian music press and a select group of Springsteen fans. Free food, free drinks and above all a first listen at We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions.
Here’s a few shots from that night:
I went to a little park in Merksplas with model Katleen Struyven the other day to shoot some photos. It was a fun shoot. A big thanks to Katleen for her time and effort.
More photo’s of Katleen can be found in her album.