This post is about a comtemplation in regard of an old graveyard in the city of Eindhoven. The old burial stones, and with them the statues of Jesus Christ, are crumbling into dust. All togehter this evokes a feeling of comfort. READ MORE…
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medieval cathedral statues
A once in a lifetime opportunity got me outside on the high roof of the St. John’s cathedral in Den Bosch (The Netherlands). From the roof the unique series of statues could be seen, sitting on the supportpillars, floating high in the air. In the setting of the old city, all giving an almost touchable medieval atmosphere. READ MORE…
swiss alps in B&W
During the years I have made a lot of mountain trekkings in the “Valley”, the district in south-west of Switzerland. The high mountain scenery with its green pastures, white glaciers and clouds against deep-blue skys were always asking for color. Having done this so many times, I now chose for black&white. READ MORE…
chaos exposition
To get a better understanding about a joint exposition-theme of “Chaos”, google came up with worthwile defenitions. The challenge now was to create pictures, imagining an undefined chaotic universe in its beginning. Another challenge was to succeed without using photoshoptechniques. READ MORE…
virgen on the pillar pilgrimage
Long time ago mother Mary appeared on a pillar in the city of Zaragoza in Spain. It’s now an annual pilgrimage, with day-long processions offering flowers and food. With lots of music, dance, parades and other fiestas, It takes one vibrant week, attracting 500.000 visitors worldwide. READ MORE…
south-east alps mountainscapes
During a six-weeks trekking along the Italian and Swiss borders, the alpine mountain scenery showed a diversity of faces and feels. Warm golden sunglows; monochrome cold wintersnow; briljant ice-covered mountaintops. All captured with the Fuji XE2 and Panasonic GX7. READ MORE…
the power of african statues
Many museums don’t do justice to the magic and emotion of what is called “primitive African art”. African tradition does not benefit from the clean non-contextual museum surroundings. With a photographical exercise I try to pay tribute by focussing on their original content. READ MORE…
new windows, an experiment
I have reservations against developing my “own signature” or style in photography. Afraid of “more of the same” pictures, every now and then I try to experiment, do something else in order to gain new insights and creativity. This one is on a series of windows. READ MORE…
staged portraits in black&white
The annual “living statues festival” in Belgium attracts artists from all over the world. This series of pictures is focussed on personal portraits in black&white. Some funny festival streetshots in color are added as way of variation. Fuji xe2 is used, combined with the 18-55 and 55-200 zooms. READ MORE…
choosing raw or jpg is not about quality
The discussion about choosing raw or jpg has mostly been focussed on image quality and post-processing time. Evaluating some example images from the Fuji X-trans and Panasonic m4/3 sensors show that it’s not about quality or speed anymore. With nowadays cameras other factors come into play. READ MORE…