May 13th, 2008
There used to be a time that ,let’s call it “an older generation of photographers”
(have to watch my words here 
) swore at using prime lenses and
I used to respond , aah, no hate to change lenses every 5 seconds
so give me a nice zoom-lens or two to cover the entire range I need .
Well, don’t get me wrong here , I still love zoom lenses and
the 24-70 and 70-200 have been the only lenses on my camera
since I bought it , but …. (there’s always a but …)
Today I mounted an old 24 mm on the cam and took it with me
at a restaurant with friends.
Ahh what a great relief , so light and instead of a whispering
fast focus , the cool sounds when the lens starts to “dance” ,
Yeah I know they have a name for this last word but I’m not
that much into specs and official terminology , shame on you Robin!
Anyway , to make a long story short, think I’m going to mount my
older primes a little bit more on the cam , as it just feels a lot more
comfortable and these older wide angles give you just a litte bit more
of that analog feeling , or is it just me …
Going to look for a second hand 20mm in the upcoming days,
so if someone has one in their cellar , let me know
Above pic is a snapshot from a friend (Julie) today with the 24mm @ 2.8
May 12th, 2008
No so many inspiration at the moment …
Just enjoying the weather and being damn lazy , aahhhh
Although I have to process still quite a lot but that won’t happen today.
And off-course a post comes with a pic , at least most of the times …
Here’s a shot I took few weeks ago . It’s a promo poster for
a kids bowling hall . Kinda like the dynamic in this pic …
May 9th, 2008
Gotta love this guy …
Mr Jamie Lidell , for those who don’t know him ,
make sure to check him out when you got the chance .
The best gig I attended in a long time , period !
He even got a tough security guy to sing along …
Support act was Gotye , also on Warp Records
which turned out to be a nice surprise
(and not only to find out he’s actually belgian )
May 4th, 2008
of working all day … lalala …
The long weekend is almost over and all shoots have been finalized …
I say shoots , cause processing will be done in the upcoming days .
And now a long and lazy sunday afternoon …
You don’t knooooow …. how good that will feel …
and bye!
May 2nd, 2008
Yes, I’m facing a little backlog at the moment ….
Something about 60 giga and counting ….
In the long weekend I have 5 assignments , all journalism sets
where a big amount of pics will be taken , and this equals
off-course a huge amount of raw images to process and edit .
So people , pics are on their way , let’s just say the way is a little
bit longer (and with Lott’s more coffee and cigarettes )
April 27th, 2008
Spent the entire day at the Vaux-Hall in Mons
where 15 hardcore and metal bands had a little party.
I shot a ridiculous 35 giga of raw pics so it will
take me quite some time processing them and this
will all be done in between the other assignments.
Anyway ,
Checked out a few already from L’Esprit du Clan
they are temporary stored HERE .
More later on beautiful noise…
April 15th, 2008
My blog is starting to look more and more like
a bad directed drama play.
Just now as things were back on track , it strikes
back , and this time new and improved… .
For those curious , here’s what happened:
At my apartment yesterday evening around midnight
I decided to go to sleep and started the walk upwards
the stairs . While putting my right foot on the second stair,
I somehow slipped and slammed with my face front on
one of the stair borders.
Being a little in panic by seeing the blood I immediately
checked my tooth and at first sight nothing wrong with them
just a lot of pain .
After the bleeding stopped I went to sleep and when
I woke up in the morning I soon realized what was wrong.
Two front teeth (crowns) were broken half in two …
A few hours later at the dentist I got the verdict.
A crack in my upper jaw bone, one broken tooth , and
some internal bleeding.
Crowns can be fixed , but this will have to wait 2 months
as the crack and broken tooth has to heal and recover first.
Anyway , this won’t stop me from taking new and finalize
current assignments.
I can only think shit happens …
A lot of communion shoots coming up and
the start of Myself and Olivier César’s project
” Beatiful Noise “.
By the way , Olivier is out with my D3 tonight ,
I swear I’ll kill him (if something goes wrong ).
That’s all folks.
April 13th, 2008
Yes , the long drama finally came to an end ,
and to celebrate I spent almost the entire weekend
away from my camera , and switched it to
beers and other alcoholic threats , I should be ashamed.
Anyway , I said almost …
Saturday afternoon I spent some time
with ORCUS to shoot a few pics at their studio recordings.
check out some snaps HERE
April 3rd, 2008
I’m a one week further now , and in the meantime
my dental operation went into every direction possible
except the smooth one …
This together with a effort to quit smoking really starts
affecting my mood , and at this very moment
I am one big bomb of stress , so lets hope things get better soon …
In between all the madness I started to look for a way
of processing digital images with a analoge black and white touch
as a result . This is required for a upcoming documentary project.
There is no way of getting exactly the same
result , but I think I finally got very close to the “real thing ” …
All pics below processed on digital Ilford XP2 …
For those interested , go and check out
DXO Optics Pro (with filmpack)
March 31st, 2008
Ok 3 posts a day …, it’s getting a little over the top
But aah anyway … . Been playing around with smoke today …
Took some chinese smoke sticks , 2 speedlights , a softbox
and lot’s of patience .
Already done about thousand times by other people , but hey
I had fun …
