For the first time I had color film with me for the Rolleiflex. One of the first times I shot Kodak Portra 160 too. I had limited myself to black and white because this is easily self-developed at home but not this time. (although I took a bunch of BW film with me too 😉…
Somewhere mid-July I had booked Agata Suduiko for half a day in Paris. I was there with Nathalie for a weekend and I always enjoy working with a model in a new environment. Paris is not really new to me but I never worked with a model there. I had not really prepared anything except…
some images from last summer. all taken with the Rolleiflex 3.5 TLR on Ilford film (FP4 and HP5plus) • too hot for Uber • • Split interests • • Follow the guide • • The Hoop • • Are we lost? • • A goodbye moment • • The gang • • Tagging on command…
no I haven’t been to Paris recently, so these images are, well, from a while ago (late 2017), I have published a single image from this trip already, but here is a more complete set. All taken with the Rolleiflex 3.5 TLR, in dark and difficult light this time (interior, winter, …) What is it that…
this is from a while ago. Visiting Paris is something I love a lot. I have been there many times now, and I feel no real urge anymore in visiting particular places or monuments, and I enjoy more and more just being there, and observing people, looking at things happening, or seeing things being just things.…
we love Paris, this means, Nathalie and I often go to Paris, and the more we go, the less we prepare our visit. We started using the ‘Vélo’lib’ bycicle’s (the city’s own public bycicle’s), an ideal means of transportation if you are not too scared to move along the traffic. (which can be ‘busy’ at moments)…
I had the chance to finish these summer holidays with a 4 day leisure weekend in Paris, together with my wife. We normally carry our bikes on this kind of city trip, and this time it was no different. We remembered well from 7 years ago that biking trough Paris was ok, except for the…
Last weekend I was in Paris again, for a short break of one and a half day. I was there with the family, and we strolled around a lot. my kids got to see the Moulin Rouge, place Pigalle, the Sacré Coeur with place du Tertre, we visited an exhibition at the Institut du Monde…
I was in Paris last week, for only one day, but I had some time to make some pictures in the afternoon/morning I was there. Some of the better ones: A dog is a dog, even on the Champ de mars running trough wonderful colors Photographing around the Eiffel tower. 500 on the banks of…
remember these: … A little bit of fashion ? Those were all taken a couple of years ago in Brussels, when I met Erika Albonetti for a morning session. They were shot on film with the Rolleiflex twin lens reflex I have been cherishing for a couple of years now. Time for a new ‘working…
Ancient Egyptians worshipped Ra or Re as the Sun God, he was one of the most important gods in the Fifth Dynasty (25th-24th century BC). • RA • The obelisk depicted here is one of modern ages (1968-1969) and was built in two ‘size’ stages, because the landlord found that the first one at…
I would like to wish all of you a happy new year, I wish you to have some plans or idea’s, some goals and aspirations, and I wish even more, that some of them work out in this coming year, that you can work on personal growth and happiness. Time to look ahead, never sure what…
well yeah, next to beauties of the human race, I also tend to have a certain adoration for mechanical beauties. … Early november I was strolling the Paris Boulevard Beaumarchais, to look for camera shops, both secondhand an new, to see if I could find some information on view camera’s and to look out if there…
sometimes you find a roll of film you didn’t remember anymore taking it. I found one a couple of weeks ago, in a corner of my desk … I had no clue of what was on it. I’m still missing a roll of Paris, (must have been lost in luggage somewhere) but this was not…
I told you before I would talk a bit more about the Rolleiflex I use for shooting on film. The camera is a Twin Lens Reflex, built in the late 50’s, so the camera is about 60 years old. The construction with the two lenses, of which the upper lens is for viewing only (viewing…
Hi there, as I promised before, welcome to this informal tutorial on digital development. Not a tutorial pure sang, but a simple step by step example of a development of one of my images. Just to make you aware that a good image from your camera can even get better with that little extra attention afterwards.…
A lot of good rumors about the Sigma 50mm Art that was announced for the end of April. I have decided to order one as soon as it was available here in Belgium, and I wanted to do a comparison between this praised newcomer and the 50 mm f1.4 I have been using since about…
This was in my mailbox today, actually I already forgot that I’ve sent in some images. —————————————————— Congratulations! Your entry in the BLACK & WHITE Single Image Contest 2014 has been selected for a Single Image Award, which means that one (or more) of your images will be published in the Special Issue #101 of…
In my ‘highlights’ series, I had Barcelona and twice Paris (I) and (II), this time I visited Amsterdam hit-and-run style (about 24 hours between arrival and departure) In short: Bikes, old and new architecture, canals, (missing) prostitutes, a lot of wind, (noisy) dutch people, good company … and a restaurant cat. Oh I love strolling…
Hi, last week I bought a new 50mm lens from Canon. I had the 50mm f1.8 II before, but sold it last week, and I bought the 50mm f1.4 USM. Did I make the right decision? Time to find out. So after my excellent, quick’n dirty test for the 85mm lenses, time to have the…