10 Mar

Spring 2.0

Since I finished school really early today I had some spare time while the sun was still shining. The weather was absolutely great, spring, sunshine, warm – perfect. So I grabbed my camera and ventured outside for a bit. I again shot everything in the Aperture mode (no more automatic!), auto focused and picked my own ISO. I experimented with higher ISO’s too and this gave a real dreamy effect, you’ll see more of that soon.

This one’s SOOC, straight out of the camera:

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The result of some Photoshop was this:

Happy Bokeh Wednesday!

31 Jan

Feeling Slighty Artistic

‘t Was all snowy outside again this morning so I decided that, round noon, I could have a break from my continuous work on my final thesis. And since it was all snowy and my hair was all crappy I figured I’d be.. well sort of artistic. The result is really not-me, so tell me what you think!

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I don’t know about this expression but I loved how it looks so rough. My hair is like the biggest mess everrr yet it looks cool here. I loved this one the best in black and white because it really gives it this.. harsh, almost violent feeling. I love how you can just see the strings of hair flowing, how it’s all not-styled and so on. Cross processed and original below.

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And then there’s this. I don’t know what my mouth’s doing here, but I really love the light. I love how it’s extremely lit at the right side while the left side is just dark. But then there are these strings of hair again, where the light just.. flows through. I also think the bits of hair that are too long at the front of my face are good. If they wouldn’t have been there it would just have been another photo. Again, it’s the roughness that I love.

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The snow was cold so I went inside, near the glorious window light. These are the result. I did quite a lot of them, with different colouring and such, but in the end I love the natural feeling-one the most. And the black and white.

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So what do you think? Should I continue experimenting?

22 Dec

Another Christmas

I was the photographer at a gigantic Christmas event, last night. Another Christmas was organised by Praiseband All in One and the choir Sing For Joy sang along, which was really cool. It was absolutely amazing! A short impression by showing a few of the 1700 shots I made, with a borrowed Canon 450D and my own Nikon D60 with my dad’s zoom lens:

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20 Dec

Gorgeousness Squared

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Yes, this is my boyfriend. *sigh*

12 Nov

I got featured!

Haha, I’m soo happy! A little while back I got a Flickr message from Elena, in which she asked me for permission to use my photos. I, of course, said yes. But I never expected this! It’s so cool!

You can view the blog post here.

Thank you, Elena!

23 Oct

The Hague

I told you that I won’t let those crappy teachers ruin my holidays – so yesterday I spent the entire day at The Hague with my dearest Joshua! It was tons and tons of fun:

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<3 So mine.

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It was a wonderful wonderful day! You can view the entire album at Facebook or Hyves.

10 Oct

The Selfie-matter

So I’ve never been asked why I take that many selfies, but I’m sure a whole lot of you guys would love to know. This blog is to clarify this fact: I don’t love my own face, I don’t like looking at myself in the mirror the entire day and I’m not a narcissist. Not. Then why do I take that many pictures of myself, is what you ask. Well, like the rest of the things that I don’t or don’t do, this unusual amount of self portraits has a philosophy. I do happen to think about things, but you might have noticed that (:

I find it important that a photographer is an all-round photographer. That means that I don’t just shoot buildings or flowers, but that I also should be capable of taking good pictures of the people around me. But where buildings and grass will always be patiently awaiting your visit, good models are hard to find. And when you find one, it’s still not easy. You want to keep on practicing so therefore you take tons of shots. Models, on the other hand, have had enough after about 50 shots and then start finding it creepy when you come that close with a camera.

So basically you will never be able to get good practice when you don’t have tons of models waiting in line. But there’s one model that will always be patient and understanding – you. You are your own best model. You can wait, you can do exactly what you want and you will never get tired of that camera in your face. So you can practice everything on yourself infinitely!

But some say that after five photos of yourself you have seen enough – you need diversity and variety. And that’s how every selfportrait turns into another challenge. You are forced to come up with different ideas, colours, techniques, light and perspectives. And that’s another reason why selfportraits are such a good way of practicing your portrait skills: you have to be innovative and refreshing. You have to find that other way of light, that different perspective or composition – you are forced to.

And I find that challenge quite interesting. I love trying to be original and new. I love showing different sides of me, I love discovering new techniques and perspectives. So therefore one of my biggest passions is making photos of me, myself and I. I spent the afternoon with guitars, keyboards and christmaslights – seeking for some new inspiration. They turned out cool, but it’s this one that I liked the most. No, the perspective isn’t really original but I fell for the colours, that warm feeling that you don’t see that often. So, it’s new and different from the other selfies that I’ve made.

So if you’re an amateur photographer like me and dying to get some good potrait-practice: try yourself. Try to be innovative, new and inspiring – I want to see your smiles! (:

06 Oct

I’ve got nothing left to loose

but I’m no pair of dancing shoes.

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How much of a genious are you when you are able to come up with lyrics like that? Well, apparently, Gavin DeGraw is! Using the amazing Spotify program I was listening to some of his cool songs (no, not the ones that you see on MTV) and I bumped into Dancing Shoes. Lovely, listen!

01 Oct

A Highway for Droplets

A Highway for Droplets

A Highway for Droplets