Sunday March 15th 2009, 8:39 pm Experimenting (short version) Couples , Random thoughts

I wanted to share just one picture with you. I started writing and ended up with a giant article (yet again) about experimenting on assignment.
Experimenting is probably a personal and subjective thing, but for me this image is about experimenting, I haven’t tried this before and I can’t exactly predict the outcome.
But I’m glad I [...]

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Sunday March 08th 2009, 8:30 am Capturing Romance Random thoughts , Tips & Tricks

At the time of publishing I’m attending the LIME workshop “Capturing Romance” by Pieter Van Impe.
My expectations from this workshop are to be able to go out with a couple , (re-)ignite their love and capture that on photo, in ways I didn’t think of before. Learning (lots of) new tricks.
As a photographer, photographing couples [...]

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Sunday March 01st 2009, 6:49 pm A new year, my first year Random thoughts

A logo revamp and consequent blog restyling was in order.
I’ll release more details about the logo soon. But the smart ones can already spot a little difference².
I’m now able to blog pictures up to 800px but I’m still undecided if 640 isn’t sufficient …
The css isn’t final yet, I’m still tweaking it (is the orange [...]

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Thursday February 26th 2009, 11:56 pm Travel album Random thoughts , Travel

I guess Jef was right, it will be hard to top this kind of article.
My last real shoot seems like ages ago. This weekend my season kicks off again, it’s looking to be a busy year , I’m psyched, I can’t wait to get back out there.
Meanwhile I’ve (re)started working on our South-America travel book, [...]

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Monday February 09th 2009, 1:05 pm Gewoon voor de lol Baby & Child Photography , Random thoughts

Je moet streng blijven voor jezelf, alleen zo ga je er op vooruit. Toch kan ik een vrang gevoel hebben als iets niet op foto overkomt zoals ik het wil, als iets niet beter is dan vorige keer, als ik geen groei zie in mijn fotos.
Ja, ik ben te streng voor mezelf, maar na een [...]

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Tuesday January 20th 2009, 12:18 am Boys with toys Random thoughts

Yes yes, I succumbed

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This post has been in the back of my head ever since my best friend asked me if I could be the wedding photographer for his sister-in-law. Now that I’ve completed my first wedding I can share my experiences from the preparation stage to the point where I can proudly hand over the finished wedding [...]

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This post has been in the back of my head ever since my best friend asked me if I could be the wedding photographer for his sister-in-law. Now that I’ve completed my first wedding I can share my experiences from the preparation stage to the point where I can proudly hand over the finished wedding [...]

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Monday January 05th 2009, 2:08 pm 2009 started with a bang Random thoughts

I’ve spent new years eve with a couple of friends, we decided to go and check out the fireworks on the graslei/korenlei in Ghent. (and yes I was holding my camera at the stroke of midnight)
Happy new year to all !

5D – ISO1600 – F1.8 AV(mode)
With a big thanks to Steven for lending me his [...]

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Tuesday December 30th 2008, 1:09 pm Nieuwjaar voornemens Random thoughts

(english readers, check bottom paragraph)
Als een van mijn vele goede nieuwjaar voornemens ga ik in 2009 eens werk maken van een mooi portfolio boek. Waarschijnlijk maak ik er eentje bij asukabook. Ik wil daarbij geen collages maken maar telkens een foto op een wit blad, zodat de foto mooi kan ademen. Ik ben er wel [...]

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Monday December 29th 2008, 12:13 pm News should be news ? Random thoughts , Travel

Something totally different from what I normally post. I came across this picture in my way too big library of unprocessed images from our South-America adventure. I took this picture on the 17th of October, a couple of weeks before election day. We were stuck in Miami airport waiting for our next flight and CNN [...]

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Friday December 05th 2008, 5:03 pm Will work for FREE? Random thoughts

Two very interesting posts by David Hobby & Chase Jarvis today about working for free that are generating a lot of heat over the internet.
As a starting photographer I can relate to much of what they are saying.
All of my first work was done for free because I had to start somewhere, but it also [...]

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Monday December 01st 2008, 7:54 pm COVERED Random thoughts

Almost a year ago to the day I posted this picture on flickr. It was a part of my (abandoned) 52weeks project.
Today I spotted this book lying around the house, my first cover photo.
It actually arrived a couple of weeks ago but it reminded me I need to free up some time (magic formulas are [...]

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Friday November 28th 2008, 4:53 pm "Wedding album designer"-block Random thoughts

When taking a picture, I have my desired outcome ready and waiting in my head .. it’s just there.
I know what I want, I just need to set-up, dial-in, point & shoot.
When making a wedding album, I’m faced with dilemmas …
I want everything to be perfect, a fixed set of margins to create white space [...]

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