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Er broeit wat
Het is hier vrij stil, en daar hebben werk en andere dinges wat mee te maken.
maar het broeit hier een beetje, en ik ga ook de vraag stellen die Pieter een tijdje terug stelde:
Kent er iemand goeie portfolio/photoblog software die doet wat ie moet doen?
Ik ben zeer te spreken over DPhoto, die naast RSSfeeds, iPhone ondersteuning, een zeer propere gallerij af levert inclusief downloads in high of low res en fullsize slideshows (DPhoto werkt naarstig voort aan nieuwe features.
Edoch: uploaden is niet zo eenvoudig, en het proper ordenen van de foto's in de volgorde die je wilt is niet even evident, ook ontbreekt er verdere personalisatie wat mij betreft (een optionele about en contact page, en een mogelijkheid invoegen logo)
En het is flash (hoewel ze in de Pro version Google optimalisatie hebben.)
Wij waren destijds met PhotoBlog aan het werken aan een 'portfolio' optie, waarbij je een en ander selecteerde uit je photoblog voor je portfolio. Echter bij gebrek aan centen en tijd is het er niet van gekomen. Jammer, want tot op heden lijkt het nog steeds niet te bestaan...
Flickr is leuk, als het ware een fotodatabase, maar de look en feel kan me eerlijk gezegd nog steeds niet bekoren. En integratie in een portfolio systeem is nog steeds niet optimaal (via SlideShowPro kan er al een en ander, maar dat is dan weer flash)
SlideShowPro is handig, en perfect voor een pak websites, echter een html/javascript versie (in combo met hun perfecte Director) zou leuk zijn.
Mijn perfecte portfoliosoftware zou er als volgt uit zien:
-leuke handige admin tool cfr Slideshowpro Director (met sets, tagging
-externe upload tool met mogelijkheid aanmaken nieuwe sets/categorien (vb FlickrUploader)
-RSS feeds (he, wie heeft dat niet tegenwoordig)
-Optionele about en contactpage, copyright/watermarking
-Optionele 'bescherm'button: high res kan enkel gedownload worden door bevoegde personen (handig voor clients)
-Mogelijkheid passwordprotected folder (spreekt voor zich)
-Optioneel 'koop'-button (waarmee je rechtstreeks aangeeft wat de prijs is van de foto.
-Optionele licentiebutton waarmee je foto's kan verkopen voor use (vb magazines, sites ed meer)
-Aanpasbare template via CSS met aantal basis templates.
-Basistemplates met veeeeel witruimte, zodat de foto aandacht krijgt, niet de clutter around.
-Voorpagina opties: fotoblog cfr 2000.be of overzicht cfr dphoto.com
-Leuk zou ook zijn: integratie met Flickr (aangezien dat perfecte storage is..)
DPhoto komt redelijk dicht in de buurt, en vanzelfsprekend zullen ze centen uit hun model moeten halen, willen ze andere features (en eventueel bovenstaande) kunnen realiseren...
Tip zijn welkom!
Mijn tryout gallery bij DPhoto kan je hier bezichtigen.
Posted on November 21, 2008
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De Moleskine CityNotebook Brussels
Kaat Tilley foto©Ine Dehandschutter.
Gisteren naar de opening van de Moleskine CityNotebook Brussels geweest. De resultaten zijn ronduit betoverend. Kaat Tilley maakte schitterend werk, en ook Julien Vrebos, Geert Van Istendael en tal van anderen penden mooi werk neer.
Maar gaat u dat vooral zelf zien:
1. vr 21/11 tem do 04/12: Filigranes, Avenues des Arts 39, 1040 Brussel
2. do 04/12 tem ma 15/12: Nias, Chaussée de Charleroi 4 - 1060 Brussel
3. ma 15/12 tem di 30/12: Sterling Books, Wolvengracht 38 - 1000 Brussel
4. di 30/12 tem di 13/01 Passa Porta Bookshop, Dansaertstraat 46 - 1000 Brussel
De drie “collector’s items” worden begin februari te koop aangeboden op veilingsite eBay.
De hoogste bieders mogen zich na afloop van de “veiling” de nieuwe eigenaars noemen van een exclusieve Moleskine. De opbrengst van deze veiling gaat naar het goede doel: vzw Vrienden van het Huizeke, een buurthuis in de Marollen, dat een ontmoetingsplaats wenst te zijn voor mensen met een laag inkomen.
Beluister ook het interview met Julien Vrebos op FM Brussel.
Artikel in Knack
(Disclaimer: ik werk voor Urban Communication, het bureau die de Trackthemoleskine organiseerde.)
Posted on November 21, 2008
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Testen van de Alpha A900
Vooraleer ik een review begin te geven wil ik graag stellen dat ik geen technisch fotograaf ben, dus verwacht hier geen technische review met vergelijkende foto's van grijskaarten ed meer. Daarvoor kan je gerust terecht op de uitermate vertrouwbare DPreview.
Deze review gaat vooral over het gebruik van de Alpha in een real-time situatie: een reis'reportage' waarbij de camera constant meegenomen wordt en er in allerlei lichtomstandigheden gefotografeerd wordt.
De eerste indruk van de Alpha is uitermate positief: de foto's met de 50mm getuigen hiervan: juiste kleuren, handige instellingen, een voor de hand liggende camera.
Ik ben razend enthousiast.
Dit enthousiasme werd de volgende dagen een beetje getemperd door een paar minpunten:
de camera is bijzonder zwaar met de Zeiss lens (wat overigens een ongelooflijk goeie lens is).
Mede door de zwaarte van de camera merkte ik dat mijn horizonten vaak 'scheef' werden bij het op de knop duwen (maw ik duwde de camera een beetje omlaag)
We hadden enkele probleempjes met scherpstelling, die dan weer verholpen werden door de steadyshot.
Deze camera komt grotendeels overeen met de 'oude' Sony Alpha A700
Toen wist ik te vertellen dat de camera ongelooflijk voor de hand liggend was in gebruik en dat dat meteen zijn grote sterkte was. Ook de Alpha A900 geniet van deze userinterface (en intussen zijn een paar andere grote merken ook een beetje leentjebuur gaan doen merkten we).
Voor mij is dit de Apple onder de camera's: alles is duidelijk, je hoeft geen boekje te raadplegen om te kunnen werken met de camera.
Bovendien, en dat vind ik ongelooflijk irritant aan een aantal andere camera's, hoef je ook niet diep in een menu settings gaan prutsen (hoewel dit nog steeds mogelijk is): voor alles staat er immers een handige button op de juiste plaats.
De belangrijkste dingen die voor mij toendertijd bij de A700 ontbraken waren fullframe, en meer Zeiss-lenzen.
Laat dat nu precies zijn waar de Alpha A900 de oplossing voor biedt.
Ik ben bijzonder te spreken over de kleuren van de foto's (volgens mij te wijten aan de goeie optiek van de lenzen): de opnames met de 50mm in het vliegtuig genoten van bijzonder mooi daglicht (wat zeker hielp), de accuraatheid van de kleuren liggen wat mij betreft bijzonder dicht bij de analoge camera.
De vieze portretkleuren of de grijszweem waar een aantal camera's last van hebben, vind je absoluut niet terug: aan verschillende beelden moest er op dat vlak niets gewijzigd worden met fotosoftware.
Wat wel opviel is dat de foto's op de camera er vaak beter (lees contrastrijker) uitzagen dan wanneer ze op scherm kwamen. In se is dit ook vergelijkbaar met analoge fotografie: contactafdrukken hebben dit ook. Doch, dit levert soms wat ontgoocheling op bij het bekijken op groter scherm.
Opnieuw: dit is relatief als ik het vergelijk met mijn andere camera (een oude Canon D20), de Sony levert zeker sublieme foto's op, waar vaak slechts weinig 'editing' nodig is
En fotobewerking zal altijd nodig zijn om de foto zijn personal touch te geven.
Die fotobewerking bleek niet altijd van de poes: wij opteerden immers om in RAW te werken.
Ik diende hiervoor wel een software update te doen van de mac, zodat deze camera ondersteund werd. Dit gebeurde zonder problemen.
De foto's bewerken lukte, dan wel traag. Files van 34mb per foto betekenen sowieso grote rekenkracht van je computer. Mijn MacBookPro (1e gen, 1.83 processor) kreunde onder het gewicht. C's macbook deed het in iPhoto een stuk sneller, doch toch ook niet altijd even vlot.
Dergelijke grote files betekenen ook: een externe harddisk, anders zit je schijf al snel vol, met alle gevolgen vandien.
Dit probleem zal zich sowieso in de toekomst vaker voordoen en ook bij andere camera's vermoed ik...
De resultaten van deze camera kan je zien op onze NYC set op Flickr: de mijne en die van C.
C's review als 'amateur' is zeker het lezen waard, omdat je de camera dan vanuit een ander perspectief ziet.
Besluit:
Volgens mij is deze camera uiterst geschikt voor een studio/portretfotograaf en ideaal voor huwelijksfotografie. Eigenlijk alles waar er gezichten in daglicht mee te fotograferen zijn.
Door zijn hoge resolutie en zijn kwalitatief goeie lenzen is landschapsfotografie zeker ook het vernoemen waard: met zijn 24,6 megapixels houdt hij zelfs de 5D markII van de troon.
Om heelder dagen mee rond te lopen in een stad, in combinatie met een Zeiss-lens, is hij vrij zwaar.
Voor iemand die graag op hogere ISOwaarden (zoals concertfotografen en straatfotografen) werkt, zou ik de camera momenteel niet durven aanraden (Groter ruis op hogere ISO waarden is sowieso een gevolg van de 24,6 megapixels.)
Het zou me niet verwonderen als er nu al sterk aan gewerkt voor hun 'markII' van deze camera, want 1 ding is zeker: Sony mikt op de DSLR markt, en mikt hoog.
Sony is er in geslaagd een hoogkwalitatieve camera af te leveren, en heeft zich, wat mij betreft, bij de top geschaard. Canon en Nikon krijgen er een waardige concurrent bij. Sony zal wel moeten opboksen tegen het imago van deze 2 grootgewichten.
Kwalitatief echter kan de camera de concurrentie gerust aan, bovendien is er dat ene element: deftige Zeisslenzen vergelijkbaar met Hasselbladlenzen.
Ik vermoed dat Sony wel een kleine pricedrop zal overwegen om beter de concurrentie aan te kunnen met de 5D MarkII en de D700.
Nog even de pro's en cons op een rijtje:
Cons:
-Het schermpje geeft betere foto's weer dan op de computer eens die beelden ingeladen zijn. Zeer verraderlijk... (Vooral naar overbelichting en onderbelichting bleek dit wel eens een tegenvaller)
-De Zeiss lens die ik meekreeg weegt kilo's. Zeker om mee rond te sleuren. Niet echt handig.
-De files in raw zijn maar liefst 34mb groot, een goeie computer met goeie grafische kaart is dus een must..
-Hogere ISO vallen wat tegen.
-De prijs
Pros:
-Ongelofelijke userinterface, softwarematig. Eentje waarvan Nikon en Canon blijkbaar voor hun nieuwste camera's een en ander van geleerd hebben. En toch blijft de original the best, bleek na wat spelen in B&H. Het handige schermpje is immers steeds zichtbaar, dingen wijzigen gebeurt in een oogopslag.
Ook het gewone menu is zeer overzichtelijk (in tegenstelling tot bijv het Nikon menu vind ik persoonlijk)
-Veel buttons: heel erg handig omdat ze op logische plaatsen staan. Het is een van de belangrijkste opmerkingen van C, die geen pro is: de camera is heel logisch. Je moet er idd niet bij nadenken. Iets waar ik wat moeite mee had bij de Nikon als Canongebruiker, waar Pieter het omgekeerde probleem had. Dit gevoel had ik geen seconde bij de Alpha.
-De Zeiss lens maar ook de 50mm f1.4 zijn schitterend om mee te werken, getuigen de foto's :)
-De files zijn maar liefst 34mb groot: dit betekent dat grote afdrukken geweldig mogelijk zijn geworden.
-Auto-iso die je kan instellen: maw de camera kiest welke iso het beste is. Standaard staat de keuze tussen 200 en 800 ISO maar dit kan aangepast. Heel erg handig, omdat je je niet hoeft te bekommeren om ISO aanpassingen. De keuze van ISO is ook steeds heel correct: nl de laagst mogelijke.
-Zeer accurate steadyshot, die zorgt dat je ook op lagere snelheden scherpe foto's kan maken.
Zou ik de camera zelf kopen?:
Dit is telkens opnieuw de vraag bij camera's die je mag testen.
Het antwoord bij deze is: neen. Dit antwoord is zeer persoonlijk: Ik zoek al een tijdje een fullframe-camera die in slechtere lichtomstandigheden kwalitatieve foto's maakt (vergelijkbaar met een fuji 800 film). Mocht de Alpha dit bieden dan zou ik hem serieus overwegen.
C. daarentegen stelt duidelijk dat ze door dit testen overweegt om de A700 te kopen, omdat, in haar woorden, de andere camera's niet zo voor de hand liggen als de Sony. De A900 is dan wel te duur, de A700 is zeker haalbaar.
Ik kan haar op dat vlak geen ongelijk geven: hij ligt ergonomisch enorm goed in de hand en is naar UI ongelooflijk tov de andere camera's. Bij het spelen met camera's van hetzelfde niveau viel het me ook op dat ze ofwel de ergonomie missen ofwel de userinterface.
Opmerking: de camera gaf een paar keer een vreemde error 'for no reason'.
Een fout die een dergelijk dure camera niet zou mogen maken.
We stellen deze fout onder voorbehoud: we weten immers dat de camera momenteel nog niet op de markt is, dus enkele aanpassingen zijn wellicht nog onderweg om dergelijke errors te corrigeren.
De Sony kan je trouwens hier kopen
Posted on November 17, 2008
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NYC Dag 6: De fortunecookies gevonden
Een paar uurtjes vooraleer we naar het vliegtuig zullen moeten spurten.
Omdat we naar ons gevoel de meeste dingen die we wilden doen hebben gedaan, besluiten we naar Dumbo te wandelen, en indien we nog tijd hebben naar het French Culinary Institute te gaan.
Maar we verdwalen al snel in Chinatown, waar C haar (opnieuw en graag) ontfermt over de camera en een paar pareltjes maakt:
En ik dus eindelijk de echte fortunecookies vind :)
Niet veel later wordt het rennen naar JFK...
(Alle foto's ©Catherine Van Holder)
Posted on November 15, 2008
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NYC Dag 5: Chinatown& New museum & Shoppin'
Een dagje lang blijven liggen (de dag ervoor zijn we laat thuisgekomen...) , een paar dingen in orde brengen voor het werk, en eindelijk vertrekken en rondslenteren en wat shoppen in de alteratieve buurten, alwaar we helaas niets meer vinden.
Het miezerige weer (voor het eerst sinds aankomst) helpt ook niet echt.
Ik wil graag Fortune Cookies, maar vind er nergens...
We belanden uiteindelijk in Katz Diner(archislechte hotdogs btw) en geraken 's avonds in het totaal tegenvallende New Museum, waar we unaniem besluiten dat we kunst niet verstaan.
Of liever, ons verwonderen hoe zo slechte kunst in een museum kan belanden...
Posted on November 15, 2008
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Dinosaurs in NYC
Posted on November 15, 2008
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NYC Dag 4: MOMA, Shoppin' Williamsburg & Dinner met vriendjes
De musea blijken een tegenvaller. Misschien hebben we er inderdaad gewoon al te veel gezien, en op den duur zie je gewoon alles opnieuw en opnieuw.
En toch zie je dan af en toe een parel...
De parel van deze keer bleek Walid Raad met zijn werk 'Oh, God, he said talking to a tree', dat enkel rookpluimen toont, zonder de rest van de foto, znder de rest van het drama.
De rookpluimen zijn afkomstig van bombardementen op Libanon door Israel.
At first glance, Raad's grid of prints appears to be an organized series of abstract shapes. In fact, the forms are isolated clouds of dust and debris cut from a larger picture. The smoke is the visual aftereffect of violence, bloodlessly capturing the bomb explosions that were so prevalent in Radd's homeland of Lebanon in 2006. The full source images—presumably more graphic—taken by amateurs and media outlets, are eliminated; Raad leaves only the clouds of smoke as a poetic yet powerful documentation of political violence.
Sterk politiek werk.
Mooi.
Posted on November 15, 2008
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NYC Dag 3: Art&Park&Street
Vandaag staan er een paar galerijen op het programma, een wandeling in het park, en een bezoekje aan Williamsburg. Vanzelfsprekend ook een dagelijkse stop bij Dean&Deluca. En daar tussenin een pak straten doorwandelen.
Wat resulteert in zeer gevoelige voeten...
En opnieuw een paar foto's :)
©Catherine Van Holder
©Catherine Van HolderLaat het duidelijk zijn: C heeft de smaak van fotograferen ferm te pakken... Zo ferm dat ik om de camera moest smeken :)
Posted on November 15, 2008
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NYC Here we are
Much exitement over here :)
Btw, de foto's zijn genomen met de Alpha op het vliegtuig, zonder aanpassingen achteraf! Kewl...
(Enkel de laatste is een beetje trukage voor een grainy retro film look)
Meer volgt. :)
Nu snel op de bus springen.
Posted on November 9, 2008
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Ik ga naar NYC en neem mee..
-een paspoort
-thermisch onderlijveke
-een jeans en sneakers, wat t-shirts, ondergoed, vooral een goeie pull en een vestje. En handschoenen waar de vingers vanaf kunnen. (De rest koop ik ginds wel.)
-een tandenborstel en een haarborstel
-een paar kadootjes voor de couch-aanbieders
-een handig rugzakje
-mijn portable voor 'on-location working' (mijn directeur zal wel niet weten dat ik weg ben, tenzij u em dat vertelt..)
-een reisstekker en een domino om de veelheid van electronisch materiaal te kunnen oploaden
-een gloednieuwe Sony Alpha A900 camera met 50mm 1.2 en Zeiss 24-70 2.8 lens om gezellig in de praktijk te testen.
Volgt nog:
-Ik ben in NY en zie...
-Ik was in NYC en vond...
-Ik ging naar NYC en bracht mee naar huis...
Posted on November 7, 2008
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Goesting (over foto, camerabags en diens meer.)
In de vorige posts schreef ik het al: fotograferen als het verlengde van jezelf is schitterend.
En omdat me opviel dat het gelijk toch plezanter was met de oude Nikon, heb ik em de laatste weken wat uit de kast gehaald. Hij staat nu op het nachtkastje en klaar om snel te pakken en te fotograferen.
(Het liefje kijkt me angstig aan...)
Film dus. Terug.
En het naar de fotograaf hollen om te laten ontwikkelen, en verrast te worden.
Jeuj.
Naar aanloop van NYC ben ik dan ook maar snel een leuke photobag gaan zoeken.
En ook daar is het nostalgie. Voor mij geen Crumpler, wel Domke.
De F-5XC en de F-5XB genieten de voorkeur en lijken een stuk draagbaarder dan de grote Tamrac die ik heb (die wel perfect is om mijn materiaal thuis mooi bij elkaar te houden).
De Domkes, in lekker canvas*, schreeuwen niet 'Hej ik ben een camerabag, steel mij.'
Camera bags, ik heb er me al vaak aan vergrepen... De Tamrac is groot en daarom nuttig: het meeste fotomateriaal past er in (2 bodies met met 7tal lenzen) maar enorm lomp om mee rond te zeulen.
Wel handig om snel in de auto te zwieren en alles mee te hebben.
Dan is er nog de Delsey Rugzak, die ik kocht voor op de motor, maar die, eens aangekomen, toch wel een maat te groot bleek, en tegelijk toch te klein voor de MBP.
Handig: alle materiaal, body, flits, een paar lenzen, passen erin, en er is een laptopsleeve en ruimte voor wat paperassen en gsm en ipod ed. Hij is toegelaten handbagage.
Maar net door het feit dat de MBP er niet in past is hij voor mij niet echt nuttig gebleken. (Hij is bovendien wat lomp voor een vrouw ;) )
Dus mocht er iemand zoiets zoeken: hij is als nieuw, en mag weg. (Weet wel dat hij 160 euro in aankoop was en zelden gebruikt is, ik kijk bijgevolg enkel naar een eerlijk bod..)
De handigste fotorugzak die ik ooit had, was ook een Delsey, en bestaat niet meer.
Hij lijkt erg op deze.
Handig omdat hij eruit zag als een gewoon rugzakje in canvas, en heel draagbaar bleek.
Omdat hij niet opviel en nooit het gevoel had dat ik moest 'opletten' dat ie gestolen zou worden.
Bovendien paste mijn 12inch computer er net bij in, wat het wellicht een van de meest compacte workplaces maakte: een body, een 5tal lenzen en een 12inch computer in 1.
Helaas was hij niet sterk genoeg, (de zak was ook niet echt voorzien op de laptop)en na verloop van tijd ging de rits kapot, waarna ie dan maar met het groot vuil is meegegaan.
Jammer want die zak, in een iets meer fashionable versie (gewoon zwart bijv) kocht ik dadelijk opnieuw.
En jullie? Wat vinden jullie handige 'fotobags' En vooral, waarom...
*Het valt me op dat canvas telkens weer mijn voorkeur wegdraagt, ookal zijn andere versies wellicht een pak steviger en waterdichter..
Posted on November 2, 2008
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Den Eddy
Een paar maand terug overviel me het ongelooflijke verlangen om een fiets te kopen. Dit na het lange zoeken en de aankoop van een goeikope mountainbike die al bij al toch niet zo goed reed als ik wilde.
In mijn online zoektocht was ik allerlei supermooie frames tegengekomen, en diep in mijn hart wist ik het: ik wilde er ook zo eentje.
Stalen rossen zoals destijds, die nu opnieuw superhip zijn in NYC.
Mijn lief begreep het niet, maar ik was geintrigeerd door de lijnen, door de vormen en de techniek.
En in plaats van de merkensites met de allerlaatste modellen aan onverantwoord hoge prijzen zat ik plots op tweedehandssites de fietsenafdelingen af te pluizen. Goedkoop en milieuvriendelijk.
Het moest en zou een Eddy Merckx worden. En na een paar weken kwam dit modelletje op de proppen.
Jo & Sabine verkochten een lieveling omdat Jo blijkbaar nieuwe velgen wilde voor de fiets die den Eddy had vervangen.
Eddy bleek niet meer dan een reservefiets die als een afdankertje in de fietsenstalling stond.
Eddy bleek wonderwel mijn maat te zijn, en ik zag aan de ogen van Jo dat hij toch niet zo zeker was of zijn fiets verkopen aan mij een betere optie was dan em te houden. Eerlijk gezegd, in zijn plaats zou ik het niet gedaan hebben.
Maar de nieuwe velgen lonkten, en dus kreeg ik voor een klein bedrag Eddy mee, die prompt in de auto werd gezwierd en thuis aan een grondig onderzoek werd onderworpen.
Groot was mijn vreugde te merken dat de fiets nog vol originele stukken hing.
Op een zadelpen na was alles origineel. Mooie Campagnolo versnellingen, originele Merckx stuurpen, en vooral overal het mooie Merckx merktekentje.
De Jo had er zorg voor gedragen, en de fiets was perfect afgemonteerd. (Ik denk dat ze bij veel fietsmakers aardig op konden kijken...)
Maar Eddy zag er niet uit. En een paar zoektochten verder wist ik perfect hoe ik hem zou tweaken.
De lelijke groene tube vervangen door een bruin klassiek exemplaar. Het zadel moest en zou een Brooks worden, en het bijhorende stuurlint zou het lelijke witte kurklint vervangen.
Dat en wat kuiswerk verder resulteert in onderstaande fiets.
Ik ben behoorlijk er behoorlijk fier op.
Maar wat vindt u?
(Oh, en hij rijdt zoals nieuw...)
Posted on October 8, 2008
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Nieuw academiejaar, here I come
Iedereen weet intussen dat ik werk op de academie, en een van de leuke voordelen daarvan is: bijscholing.
Ik heb besloten om terug in een paar lessen te gaan plaatsnemen.
Dus vanaf deze week volg ik Illustrator en Indesign.
Een tijdje terug heb ik geprobeerd beide te volgen op het KISP, maar, sorry to say, de kwaliteit ervan was ondermaats. In een klas gaan zitten om daar boekoefeningen te doen is allesbehalve mijn idee van les.
Gisteren in de les Illustrator voelen hoe de docent er echt de kneepjes van kent, verwijst naar werkwijzen, en hoe je dingen best aanpast. Verwijst naar andere werkwijzen maar uitlegt waarom je het toch best zo doet.
Fouten maakt en je daaruit laat leren.
Je oefeningen laat maken die nut hebben, functioneel zijn, en die je later steevast zal gebruiken.
Mooie dingen toont, en uitlegt hoe je ze zelf kan maken.
Fantastisch.
Terug naar school, en dat voelt heerlijk goed. :)
Posted on October 3, 2008
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Projectjes
Het* begint vorm te krijgen.
De mensen reageren positief.
En ik vind het leuk.
Echt leuk.
Leuk zoals jaren geleden we 'snachts maffe dingen deden, gewoon voor het plezier.
Kewl.
*Soon meer daarover.
Posted on October 2, 2008
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Netlab
Ik liet al goedkeurend gegrom horen op Twitter, maar toch even herhalen op mijn blog:
Netlash organiseert de komende maanden Netlabs.
Op de Twunch deze middag vermeldde Bart de sessie emailmarketing, C wil graag de sessies SEO & ROI volgen, mij vallen vooral de sessies multimedia, affiliate marketing, bewaak je financien op.
Alle info op de website en lezers van dit blog krijgen een extraatje: registreer met FRIENDSOFNETLASH als promocode, en krijg 10% korting.
Maar wees er snel bij, de sessies zijn beperkt tot 15 personen om gegarandeerd een top-workshop te kunnen afleveren.
Posted on September 25, 2008
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Moleskine in Brussel
De cityguides van Moleskine zijn een leuke uitvinding: een gepersonaliseerde gids, een perfect kadootje. De onze voor NYC ligt nu al klaar, en zal langzaam gevuld worden met ideeen en tips. (Feel free to send some.)
Moleskine kondigde recent de Cityguide Brussels aan, en Brepols, Belgisch verdeler van Moleskine, vroeg het buro waarvoor ik (oa.) freelance een actie op te zetten.
In een eerste brainstorm verwees ik naar de typische internet Moleskinefilmpjes, wat in de volgende brainstorms verder werd uitgewerkt, en veel organiseerwerk later is het concept bewaarheid: op www.trackthemoleskine.be kan je de rondreizende boekjes volgen.
Bekende Brusselaars pennen ze vol, en online kan je er nu al in bladeren.
Ik ben alvast benieuwd naar de creatieve resultaten. (Hieronder al eentje)
Jammer dat mijn extra idee voor een Moleskine via bloggers te laten doorfladderen in het uiteindelijke concept niet werd opgenomen.
Maar niets houdt jullie tegen om zelf een boekje vol te pennen ;) (en ik knipoog dan zeker naar de mannen van Brusselblogt, en BXLblog)
Btw: de boekjes zijn achteraf te bezichtigen, alle info op de website.
Posted on September 23, 2008
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CreativeSkills Off Line
CreativeSkills is een leuk initiatief dat users toelaat een portfolio online te zetten.
Je vindt er vooral designers, grafici, en fotografen, maar het platform biedt een leuke 'one-page portfolio' voor elk (soort) artistiek geweld.
Binnenkort wordt de nieuwe site met nieuwe features voorgesteld, en dit in de Winkelhaak in Antwerpen (en daarvoor alleen al zou je naar ginder afzakken! Vergeet je fototoestel niet..)
Bij deze dus een warme oproep aan iedereen die graag wil weten wat de nieuwe site te bieden heeft, of gewoon zin heeft om andere geinspireerde zielen off line te ontmoeten. (En dit vergezeld van drankjes en hapjes ;))
Wanneer? Op 27 september 2008 om 19u in DesignCenter De Winkelhaak.
INschrijven? Ja, hier
Posted on September 5, 2008
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Wat deed u vrijdagochtend om 5u?
Fotoreportage in de vismijn...
En ik zag er mooie foto's van Stefan Vanfleteren. De moeite om er eens langs te slenteren.
Posted on August 30, 2008
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Social citizens
Vandaag een pizza-lezing gegeven, en ere aan wie ere toekomt, interessante dingen overgenomen uit Go Viral's Social Metropolis, aangevuld met eigen ideeen.
Eigenlijk vind ik dat wel leuk, lezingen geven. Dingen uitzoeken, me verdiepen, en mooi oplijsten. En een verhaal brengen over dingen waarin in geloof.
Ik hoop dat het pizza-etend publiek er vandaag iets aan had.
U kan zelf uitmaken of u er iets aan heeft (zonder de pizza dan ;) )
Posted on August 12, 2008
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Delicious
Ik ga Clopin achterna en stop even met 'delicioussen' op mijn blog.
Als er zo eentje tussen een lijst van degelijke posts komt, is dat geen erg, maar zoals tegenwoordig.. Er is gewoon teveel werk en te weinig tijd om te bloggen.
En dan krijg je zo een blog met enkel delicious op, en dat is niet mooi.
Het is wel erg.. Mijn nieuw blogdesign geraakt maar niet ingesteld (ook weer wegens dat werk)
En nieuwe blogposts nog minder.
Wie dacht dat ik hier lui lig te wezen, niets minder is waar.
Maar die verhalen volgen nog wel eens, als er wat meer tijd is.
Ge zult wel zien :)
Posted on August 12, 2008
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Cloud
Mijn wondermooie cloud 
Dat treft, op mijn visitekaartje staat..rara..
web+design+photo
via pietel
Posted on August 5, 2008
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Dag van de Biotechnologie
The pics are online on their site too.
Cool to see they like web 2.0 :)
Posted on July 3, 2008
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Dag van de biotechnologie
I was asked to picture the 'Day of Biotechnology'. It turned out interesting, and I made some cool pics. :)
Posted on June 21, 2008
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Beautiful pearl.
Today, I was sitting in a jury of a final Professional Bachelor in Art.
I saw a lot of crap. And some good crap. And then a beautiful pearl.
And it was fantastic..
Can't tell names, nor show work, but I hope to do so in the near future.
Because it was really stunning beautiful!
Posted on June 19, 2008
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Think different
Good advise from Paul Arden
Posted on June 11, 2008
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What do I do, what do I want to do?
Sometimes people ask what I do for a living.
I am a photographer, but no thank you to wedding photography*, unless in very special conditions (family, friends, or you're able to convince me -better get me drunk for that-, or better: you promise me to let me do it 'my way' without being disappointed afterwards)(Actually, this no to wedding photography is mainly due to the fact I don't like to make albums. So, it's a good idea not to ask an album if you want me to take pictures at a wedding ;) )
I like/LOVE reportage and documentary, unfortunately, you can barely make a living out of that.
So I often do commercial stuff, mostly in the area I like: reportage and once in a while even a long term assignment.
Stuff I did can be seen here.
Next to that I design sites, for small businesses at reasonable prices.
I freelance for some agencies, doing web + design, and sometimes consultancy.
Yet, I admit, I am looking for new challenges. Less executive, more concept and thinking behind everything, more into design & marketing.
I am working on some concepts, next to my dream of traveling for a year, and when the time is there, I am pretty sure I'll present them to some people.
Until then, I am always available for creative thinking and new challenges (well, when the agenda allows it; quite booked until July..).
So don't hesitate to share your ideas.
*I happily refer to Giovanni, Pietel, Marijke for those. You can mention my name. And if you were happy with this advise you always may send me a thank you card.
Posted on June 11, 2008
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Kaskweek.be
As the end of the schoolyear is nearing, I have more and more work...
Happy to announce the new KASKweek site, featuring our graduation students.
Feel free to visit the site, or come over at our opening, pretty soon.
Posted on June 10, 2008
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Pecha Kucha Presentation for those who missed it
Things are impossible until they're not.. They really are.
Update: Loved the Mathematics guy.
Posted on May 27, 2008
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What did you do today?
Well, euhm.. Wait. Wait. Wait.
Politics seems to be 'waiting' until something happens.
Hilarious moment when 'Vlaams Progressieven' brought in 'gebakken lucht'
Pressconference after the 'Ministerraad'
Link to the site of Premier.be
Posted on May 23, 2008
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Preparing a presentation...
Posted on May 18, 2008
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Teambuilding the Landscape Group on Great Location
Teambuilding:
Location:
Heading home tomorrow for the good weather in Belgium
For the location check grangedusuc.be (and mention 'ine' when making a reservation ;) )
Posted on May 9, 2008
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Pecha Kucha Ghent
A while ago, C and I were considering starting up a Pecha Kucha Ghent. But due to very busy work for both of us, we kind of delayed things.
And then suddenly, someone contacted me, asking if I wanted to present myselef on Pacha Kucha Ghent on May 27th.
A group of people at Sint Lucas Ghent took the initiative to organise it, and I am glad they did!
So I'll be speaking at the first Pecha Kucha Ghent with some great minds (A bit impressed by those by the way..)
Puts tail between legs: Tried it out yesterday, 20 seconds per slide is really really quick. So I am off trying to make a good presentation.
Btw, there is a Pecha Kucha Brussels on May 20th.
For both events, registration is needed!
Posted on May 7, 2008
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Presentation at De Ham
It was kind of last minute... Yesterday, death tired after too many hours on a snowboard, I did have to prepare a short lecture I had to give this morning. A dead battery and a delayed plane later, I just dragged myself to bed, to wake early this morning, preparing the whole thing just in time.
Nothing too fancy. But ready to be shared with you... (and with the students, who might need this for their exams ;) )
(Will be refined for the one next week...)
Posted on April 10, 2008
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Postcards from Chamonix
Free to use ©Ine Dehandschutter
Posted on April 7, 2008
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Heaven is in her hands
I know this title might get me in trouble with the girlfriend. (As does the rest of this entry..*)
But I just received the best massage ever..
Imagine this:
You get into a room, have a color sphered haman, and afterwards you're brought into a massage room.
There, a beautiful girl explains she'll be giving you a scrub and a Balinese massage.
You don't have a clue what that might be, except for few words you found on the web, not revealing much.
You like massages.
She tells you to lie down, head downwards, on a soft, heated massage table.
She covers you with a towel, and starts with your left side.
Soft hands slowly scrub your legs, feet, side, neck, shoulders, over and over.
And after a while, she starts your other side.
You think your halfway, and you already regret I wouldn't last longer.
When she slowly covers you right side, you sigh, thinking it is over.
And then suddenly she uncovers your back.
Heaven already starts at that very moment, when you discover you have 4 backs: a left, a right, an upper, and a bottom.
She continues her massage, and you, your face still down, suddenly wonder what happens when she climbs on the back of the table, making sure your legs are being stretched rightfully.
That must have been it, you think, not being able to imagine more.
At that very moment she tells you to turn on your back.
That's the ultimate heaven, you think in the second: this massage didn't end, it's just halfway, as you suddenly realise you have 4 fronts: a left, a right, an upper, and a bottom.
For the next 45 minutes, she'll doing it all over again:
Your legs, your feet, your belly, your sides, your arms, your shoulders, your neck, your head, and finally your hands.
In the end you're babysoft, and in perfect equilibrum.
And heaven... It's somewhere way below you, as you float towards your room...
(*Not sure if it will have to do with the girl or the massage, or both.. :) )
Posted on April 7, 2008
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Club Med Part 1...
So we arrived here yesterday. Got a nice walk around, and admitted, the smell of salt and beauty care immediately made me long for the real thing.
That real thing got delayed a bit, due to our delay at the airport.
By now, I don't regret, as, after my first day of snowboarding, I feel like, hell, like what? I feel every muscle in my body, that is...
Why? Because after a morning with Yin, our cameraman, who gave up his classes decided to picture the beautiful Mont Blanc in the afternoon, I ended up with a private teacher showing me all corners of the baby and junior 'piste'
And how did I see all those corners: if it wasn't my but who fell on them, it was my nose, or one of my knees.
I have to admit: it worked: snowboarding gets learned by falling, and by now, I already surfed a tiny part of the mountain, even taking turns.
(I know some of you laughing now, but let me tell you: taking turns is hard. Really hard.)
So here I am, glad to have discovered the junior snowboarder in me.
But please excuse me, as I need to run to my private massage lady, to bend my body back into the right position :)
My 2cents: coming to ski out of the season is just great: you probably pay less, and get more, as the teachers are having classes with 6 tot 10 people, and sometimes even 1 or 2. Making it well worth spend money.
All classes also have the advantage of using the elevator faster than normally, skipping long waiting hours.
And while my night sleep wasn't perfect due to missing my girl and a heavy wind, this morning we discovered everything was covered with a nice amount of fresh snow, while the sun peeped out, promising us a perfect day?
Posted on April 7, 2008
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Pics of the massage are coming
As you might have noticed: no pics of the massage yet. Some things in the program are a bit changed, so we're getting a massage tonight... Bet Pietel will be checking the banner at around 5PM ;)
Yes, the mojito's were well prepared, so trying to snowboard, the first time in life might be a rather 'falling' experience.
Check me out I'd say ;)
Ok, gotta go, find me a helmet for safety...
Posted on April 7, 2008
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Program for tomorrow..
2.00PM: Meet in Brussels Airport at Club Med
3.40PM: Leave for Geneve -
5.00PM: Arrival Genève
6.45PM: Arrival at ClubMed club
7.00PM: Visit of the village
7.30PM: Soin Rituel du Slam existing out of: Arome & Flowerbath, facial massage, Balinese massage
8.15PM: Dinner
9.30PM: Get skimaterial, and skipass
I know by now someone will be very jealous over here..
Posted on April 5, 2008
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Looking for short illustrator/indesign courses
I want to follow a 2 or 3 day course on Illustrator and Indesign.
Anyone knows about good, short and not too expensive courses? Please, help me out in the comments.
(I don't feel like a course in KISP, as I tried it, and heck, it goes sloooooow, and I am not interested in feeling like I am in high school, with a teacher that barely teaches, but gives you a book you can follow. -note, other classes in KISP turned out great!-)
Posted on March 18, 2008
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Bwards: the pics, thoughts
Seems you guys like the pics :)
Always happy to see ;) Or to hear..
Posted on March 11, 2008
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Bwards: the pictures!
Posted on March 4, 2008
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Sangre Flamenca, the workshop
So they did get dancing class! It was passionate.
And I did skip it (srry c...)
Posted on February 28, 2008
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The dress. the women
Posted on February 28, 2008
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BV's ...
Yes Pietel, you read it right.... Tanja Dexters, Sandrine André and Annelien Coorevits.
(The links are taken from the first results of Google, in case you wonder...)
Posted on February 27, 2008
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Program for Sangre Flamenca
The program reads as follows:
Woensdag 27 februari
12u30 Aankomst in Madrid
17u00 Backstage bezoek (start met balletles om 17 uur)
Fotosessie met Rojas & Rodriguez en de cast na de balletles
Interviews met castleden als gewenst
20u00 Red carpet voor de BV's
Donderdag 28 februari
12u30 Meet for lunch
15u00 Flamenco workshop en interviews (informele namiddag met R&R)
17u00 Einde
Red carpet for the BV's (Famous Flemish)?
Ballet class? Workshops ..
Ok, I am pretty happy I am travelling as a journalist/blogger. Last time I was seduced to be in ballet class I was 7.
And it didn't end up right.
I wonder if Herbert Flack, Tanja Dexters, Sandrine André, and Annelien Coorevits (will have to) participate.
And moreover, if I'll be allowed to picture it for you guys ;)
Posted on February 27, 2008
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Podcasting workshop
Just spent the last hours on making a presentation for Zappa08.
I am sharing it already in preview over here ;)
(Btw, You can download the presentation on Slideshare)
Posted on February 8, 2008
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Lecture on photography
I am giving a lecture on photography tomorrow.
Pre-release on my blog :)
Posted on January 10, 2008
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At the airport
Right now, we're already sitting packed in the airport in Brussels.
Within 5 hours we'll be in Tel Aviv.
The forecast? Sun :))))
Posted on December 28, 2007
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Finished 'K+ More than a kitchen'
K+, a new kitchen brand, asked me to make their website. We finished their site and their blog. The blog is really worth checking out as it features quite some nice stuff & accessories for kitchen&design lovers
Posted on December 22, 2007
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Spass with Lady Jane
A pity I felt sick, and a little too tired to dance, but the music rocked!
Posted on December 16, 2007
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One Year One
Thursday One Agency existed one year. See the pics.
Posted on December 15, 2007
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Slideshow at Agribex
One of the projects some amongst you heard me talk about, was the farmers project.
During several months I went picturing different farmers. The results were to see at Agribex.
During the whole fair, 9 screens showed nothing but my pictures. Quite confronting ;)
(Click towards the end to see the pictures on the fair.)
Posted on December 14, 2007
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Nice assignment
Picture this: for The Landscapegroup, a communication buro, I had to takes pictures on the Agribex Farmers Fair in Brussels.
Doesn't sound so appealing. Well, you might be surprised, the stand I had picture was beautifully designed by Willy Hebbrecht (who urgently needs a portfolio site according to me...)
Immediately going to a fair turned into a nicer experience. Really. Tiny details in the plugs, or the design seats one never saw before. Suddenly my assignment turned into something much more daring: picture it right.
Here are the results.
For Toro.
Willy Hebbrecht btw you should google. Nice achievements..
Posted on December 13, 2007
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What's happening with the renovation anyway?
Yep, indeed quiet on this blog. Why, because the last month I have been renovating a bathroom.
Remember the pics...
How it used to be:
(Yes, that was it. Ugly pink and something like 1m50 on 2m20)
The demolishing:
Today:
(See the view from above if you can't make a 3d out of it.)
Note: Our 'stukadoor' just didn't answer phones anymore (maybe he got abducted by aliens.)(Actually I wouldn't mind. He gave me a lot of nightmares and headaches.)
So the shower is indeed not finished (try to find 'ne plakker' these days, it turns out to be very very hard...) The shower will feature black mosaic tiles.
Kudos to my girl who designed it so minimalistic. (She's available for redoing/reshaping/redesigning your apartment/home btw)
(More pics of during the work here)
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Posted on December 9, 2007
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Some pics of the exhibit in Ghent
I participated an exhibit some weeks ago, here are some pics for the archives :)
(Pics ©Tim Schockaert and unknown)
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Posted on November 27, 2007
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Koop concert in Ha!
Today we went to the Koop concert in 'De Handelsbeurs'
The pics below (A review is supposed to appear on GentBlogt.be)
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Posted on November 27, 2007
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Stadtturmgalerie Innsbruck
I am flying tomorrow night to Munich, and a drive to Innsbruck, where at this moment I am part of an exhibition in a gallery.
There is an artist talk where I need to speak.
Premierentage 2007
Saturday, November 24th at 15.15 p.m., Artist Talk with the artist and curator Klaus Auderer, artists of the exhibition (Ine Dehandschutter, Syliva Henrich, Seda Mimaroglu, Annekathrin Norrmann, Vera Rinkon-Korman, Frank Stürmer, Aigerim Weimer, Andrea Witzman) and Rainer Iglar (photographer, Fotohof Salzburg)
Artist Talk to the exhibition:
Rainbow Soldier Liquid Heart
Die Ästhetik des Reisens in der zeitgenössischen Photographie
Klaus Auderer, Michael Bry, Tudor Codre, Ine Dehandschutter, Dalila Eliyahu, Robert Gfader, Michael Hackel, Sylvia Henrich, Zoltán Jókay, Sonja Junkers, Lars Koepsel, Katja Linder, Dave Lumenta + Adeline Ooi, Barbara Sophie Nägle, Annekathrin Norrmann, Brian McKee, Seda Mimaroglu, Dieter Rehm, Barbara Schöning, Emanuel Seitz, Kalle Singer, Frank Stürmer, Alfred Ullrich, Aigerim Weimer, Andrea Witzmann, kuratiert von Klaus Auderer
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Posted on November 22, 2007
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Behive got featured at the Guardian
Cool!
Brussels: Launched in February, Behive is an excellent online magazine featuring a range of tips across Belgium. Their skew is towards the art and design end of the spectrum, with the intention of announcing forthcoming events, generally a couple of weeks in advance — definitely one to check before a trip. A recent event that caught my eye was the "invasion" of the design-centric White Hotel by a collective of local designers.
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Posted on November 14, 2007
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Floor coverings
I wish I would have known this earlier. It might have been a cheaper solution for my for floor for the bathroom...
KERLITE PLUS, the ceramic solution you were looking for to renovate that old flooring. With a minimum height increase – from 3 to 3.5mm – KERLITE PLUS has a tough fiberglass mesh backing, doubling its cladding potential. The sky’s the limit for this stunning, minimum weight tile. With Kerlite it’s easy to lay new flooring in your home. But more than that, it’s economic and simple. KERLITE PLUS can be installed directly over existing flooring in wood, ceramic or any other compact type of surface. This is because the underside of the ceramic slab has been reinforced with a dense fiberglass mat. As well as allowing excellent heat conduction, this minimum thickness mesh ensures the tile sticks solidly to the adhesive spread on the substrate. With just 3.5mm additional floor height there’s no need to adjust the level of doors and jambs.
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Posted on November 4, 2007
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Dust all over
It gave me stress, it gave me nightmares, and loads of worries.
But thanks to the beautiful design, the cheap prices at X20 and my mom's and girlfriend's advise: 'it's really good investment', I went for it.
The bathroom renovation project...
It all started on Nov 1th.
And bringing down a wall felt just great!
Wednesday...
Thursday...
Today...
More to come...
More pics of demolition at Flickr.
(Final design by C.)
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Posted on November 4, 2007
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Freebies on this site
A while ago I developed an open-source WP Theme.
The item got lost into the blog though.
I made several presentations, and they also got lost.
In a former version of this blog I had an extra page for all those open source freebies.
So I decided to add again a section to this site to highlight this 'free' stuff
You can find a new tab in the menu above.
All these things are released under creative commons, so they are free to use.
Please don't 'steal', you are free to use these, but a referral to me or this site is appreciated.
Oh, don't forget to check it once in a while, as it will get updates.
I am checking to find older stuff that got lost ;) and newer stuff that's being prepared.
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Posted on October 27, 2007
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Kask: updates
So what's up you ask.
Blogging has been a side activity lately.
I have a bunch of things in my to-do list, which is by now like never ending...
I finally managed to get our podcasting working at KASK.
How difficult could that be you ask? Well, it ain't easy to configure a CMS to give you the output you long for.
Not to speak about the dazzling technology of podcasting and rss.
But hey, after some testing, and a lot of helpdesk at ExpressionEngine, I managed to get it working.
You can see the result here. And an rss feed of course!
(The feed is tested and working in Bloglines, GoogleReader, Netvibes, Newsgator, Newsfire and Safari.
It seems to have some trouble with NetNewsWire Lite, Firefox, and it is certainly not working with iTunes yet!
Feel free to add if it is working in your feedreader. Or not.)
Next to that I managed to get the newsletter working at out webmail-system.
An online version of the latest newsletter can be found here.
No big deal, I know, but some amongst you know how difficult this seemingly utterly stupid things can be.
And how time-consuming.
So I am pretty proud of these achievements. Especially when you know we're just 2 webdesigners managing the site, both 'quarter'-time.
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Posted on October 25, 2007
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Guest lecturer
Like last year I got invited to speak at De Ham, Mechelen. The lecture was at 8.30 AM! And I certainly wasn't the only one thinking this was 'early' :)
Like last year, a workshop was added to the lecture, making sure nobody doze off...
How life is when you're twenty-something and at school ;)
Here are the downloads of the lecture, talking about the evolution of 'media' and it's change with internet.
And also a practical guide on 'how to make people find you online when looking for a job'
Hope you enjoy.
Find these keynotes also on Slideshare
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Posted on October 19, 2007
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Oh and...
... sometimes it is just so nice browsing old photo archives and finding new treasures.
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Posted on October 18, 2007
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What's up?
-Working working working.
-Being upset how much it costs to be independent in Belgium
-Going to nice dinners to forget all about that.
-Followed by some seminars to see if I am still up-to-date with new technology (yes, I am...)
-Meanwhile preparing a lecture for De Ham.
-Going to sleep early as I'll need to catch a train at 7AM!!! (ok, some of you are used to that. Well, I am NOT!)
Updates tomorrow :)
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Posted on October 18, 2007
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Shower Curtain
I am looking for a black shower curtain. Anyone knows where I can find a beautiful, not too expensive one?
Tx a million.
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Posted on October 16, 2007
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Gekunstelde vrede: an exhibition on Peace (with some of my works)
"GEKUNSTELDE VREDE"
exhibit 50 years Peace Magazine
25/10 - 3/11/2007 - Zebrastraat 32, GENT
More on www.vrede.be
Opens on: 25/10 at 7:30 PM
Some of my works from Israel and Iraq are amongst them...
Feel free to come!
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Posted on October 16, 2007
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Wir machen spass, ja Spass!
As always I went to Spass, as their house photographer for the night.
This time the party started a bit strange, but then suddenly I found my feet killing me, and when we jumped into the car, the clock showed 5AM. Ouch!
The pics:
Posted on October 7, 2007
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Exhibition in Innsbruck
I'll be part of the exhibition 'Rainbow Soldier, Liquid heart' in Innsbruck.
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Posted on October 3, 2007
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Sneak preview of the bathroom design
Ha, pretty proud of what she designed for me.
The first sneak preview of my new bathroom.
Everything is ordered, fingers crossed the rest will follow as smooth...
The project is rather interesting*:
The priorities: low budget, a modern feel, and some attention for the rental status of the apartment. Especially the first and last one of those clearly limits options.
The technical limitations: non movable technical space, no possibility to change the toilet location.
A true not so little challenge.
* Here you can see how it is right now. Pics will follow.
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Posted on September 21, 2007
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Design of 'Museum van het Belgisch trekpaard'
Very often, friends and family turn to you when it comes to designing a website. (Like they also call when there is a wedding...)
Nothing different with this project: no budget and a cousin smiling friendly asking if I could 'design' a page or two.
Seeing the budget not worth spending a lot of work, yet not willing to compromise in quality, I dare to look for cheaper solutions.
How?: I used a free template available online instead of starting from scratch spending hours to get the css right, and I adapted it a bit to fit the style I had in mind.
A short while later I had the website ready.
Surely, it looks a lot less 'personal' than designing the thing yourself, yet sometimes these things just fit the needs of what one is looking for.
(Admitted: In the end you also spend some hours on the thing, but that's the extra free time I am willing to spend for family and friends.)
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Posted on September 20, 2007
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What's up...headaches...
September turned out to be a hectic month. Hectic for my head...
First of all, a new school year starts and rather different than last year, where I got a lot of work at the end of the year with the launch of a band new site, followed by a well deserved 'vacation', this year 'vacation' got a different meaning.
This year we launched the KaskWeek site, which turned out to be a lot of work (especially gathering art-work of the students)
Instead of the well known 3 months, I only got one month, followed by the realization of a new sub-site of our mentors at school. (which turned out even harder than gathering work of students...)
In the meanwhile, normal work continues, and agenda items keep on coming in.
(Note to myself: Will have to 're-check' this job as it gets more work-intense and the wage doesn't change...)
Secondly, there is the bathroom project: Will or won't I change the bathroom in my own apartment. With all known aspects to consider: worth doing, checking costs, designing, checking prices, checking time schedules, finding plumbers, and other people to demolish the existing bathroom.
Outcome: C's design, and the fact that I could buy ALL things (bath, shower, tabs) for 850 euro helped me decided to say 'yes'.
So, I just bought everything today and well awae of the fact that now, I am obliged to go through.
(So people feeling aggressive or sportive at the end of October: feel free to contact me, we'll have some walls to break down.)
Thirdly: I suddenly happen to have an exhibit in November in Zebrastraat, showing pictures of Iraq and Israel/Palestine, in the neat company of Layla Aerts and others, and they asked me for an exhibit in Innsbruck, Austria.
Last: the phone didn't stop ringing this month. With me finally turning off the darn thing, creating some space in my head. Which turned out the best decision in weeks.
So I finally could start the real work: designing websites and taking pics, for my living :)
Yep, sometimes I am just not stress resistant as I presumed I was...
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Posted on September 20, 2007
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Re-design of Soundscapes
While the design is nearly finished (some minor bugs when installing and adapting the new K2 theme), C keeps on whispering 'It's sooooo beautiful'. She even got me jealous ;)
Hope you like the new Soundscapes look.
(Yeayeah, we'll be changing the header soon as it is a bit to tall for smaller screens)
Note: K2 is fabulous yet gives some headaches once in a while...
-We cannot manage to change 'Blogroll' into another title (it appears twice then)
-When you call for an archive page the man title inside the template always refers to August, which is also when you click on another month. Strange...
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Posted on September 16, 2007
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Ine on Mo-magazine
Few days ago I got mail by Mo-magazine if they could feature some pics on their newly started photoblog.
So freshly on their blog: Iraq before the war (or Iraq under embargo, as you prefer.)
Info: back in april 2002, a friend journalist and I left for Iraq. Iraq was still ruled by Saddam back then (reminder: in March 2003 the US invaded Iraq again, and Saddam was captured)
In 2002, Iraq was suffering a worldwide UN embargo since 1990, and while this should have targeted Saddam, the big losers were the citizens of Iraq. Critics estimate that more than 500,000 Iraqi children died as a result of the sanctions (info).
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Posted on September 16, 2007
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Help
As mentioned before: I have an apartment, and it has a bathroom (lucky me), but it is plain ugly (unlucky me)
Since my renter is moving out, we have been checking all options for renovation of the bathroom, and it has to been said: we found all our necessities at Brico and X20.
(I know I mentioned the 21% vs 6% tariff, but as we speak, X20 gives an 25% discount... So no need for maintaining that rule)
Yet, that certainly means that I urgently search for someone who can build walls (in gyproc ;) ), a decent plumber, and most important: 'nen vloerder' .
Any of you have someone in mind in the neighborhood of Gent?
*Sitting on her knees* Thanks a dozen!
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Posted on September 14, 2007
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I am attending Brussels Girl Geek Dinner
Since C. fancies geek girls, and since Clo invited me to her GirlGeekDinner, I decided to take the dust away from my geeky image and to gather with some other fancy geekgirls in Brussels.
You'll be coming too? (That's if you're a girl..)
Posted on September 13, 2007
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Project: Re-design of a bathroom
Last year I bought an apartment. It had a renter... This year the renter is moving out.
So I am considering using the time to renovate the apartment.
Plans were designed already months ago, but as times are changing and projects in our mind are cool, I asked my girlfriend to take a look at it, as she often has the better ideas (on design that is).
As she is still looking for a way to organize her life and fond of little projects like this, I kindly asked her to be the project manager of the renovation project, if it goes life.
First things first (and rather fast since time ticks):
-Is the project a good idea or not?
Apparently it is, as it seems our Flemish government is quite nice to hand over some money when renovating parts of your house. (Info in Dutch)
I am willing to invest some money, as my apartment will certainly raise in value. (Immo is stagnating in Belgium, but renovation will certainly make the value go higher)
750 euro for 1500 euro of investment.
-We have been checking bathtubs and showers, and were pleasantly surprised by its price. Definitely the raise of costs will come due to high labor costs in Belgium...
-Good to know: when you choose for DIY, you'll pay 21% in the shop. When you take a contractor, you'll only pay 6% for stuff. So buying stuff separately and then hire someone cheap might not turn out as cheap as you thought. Nor as professional ;)
-Renovating also means: not being able to live/rent the apartment for a while: so finding a fast solution might be expensive at first, but cheaper in the end...
What will it cost me to renovate my bathroom is the next big question I am checking now.
My dad is supposed to make an estimate this weekend (since he once did nothing but these projects he should know best...)
That will define a yes or a no...
More on this will follow anytime soon. (Such as plans, sketches, and practical outcome..)
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Posted on September 8, 2007
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Silence you wonder?
That's coz I am hard working these days.
Just launched 2 sites in 2 weeks.
And a new blog that might turn out very interesting for many amongst you: LeefBuiten.be
Made for Mathieu De Telder, it will feature design for your garden.
I already added it in my feedreader, hoping it will present loads of interesting Belgian Garden Design (for Behive.be)
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Posted on August 30, 2007
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Mongol Rally
The world is just a little bit too safe. Gone are the days where the edge of the map called you forth to discover what lay beyond - satellite maps and GPS have it laid out before you leave the armchair. What if you want things to go wrong? What if you want a bit of unknown in a world full health and safety measures? What if the words "adventure travel" conjure images of old ladies on a guided tour to Everest base camp with all the danger and real adventure neatly removed? What you need is the Mongol Rally.
Imagine yourself in the middle of the gargantuan Kazakh desert, your car slowly being shredded by the dirt track your map says is a motorway, completely lost hundreds of miles from civilisation with no back up crew to rescue you. Just you, your wits, your increasingly brown pants, a car that the laws of physics say shouldn't have got you past Peckham Rye and a slightly angry looking man with a gun.
If this all conspires to make you think, "my goodness that's a terribly silly idea" the Mongol Rally is probably not your cup of salted Mongolian tea. If, on the other hand, you think "hang on by gad, that's exactly what I need you've found your calling, so read on to find out what you'll be doing next summer.
From this premise evolved the great Mongol Rally, a charity event open to all who fancy the taste of some real adventure.
Ha! One day I am participating this one!
You don't need the expensive entree fees (1400 pound that is) of Paris Dakar, or Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles (13,900 euros fee that is), nor the expensive cars. And all the more adventure I think...
Love of my life, you're in too, right?
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Posted on July 25, 2007
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Peru 2007
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Posted on July 18, 2007
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Home, sweet home?
Couldn't sleep last night.
And then suddenly I found myself awake at 1pm today... Apparently I was more tired than I thought...
And then I recalled the list of things I have to do.
Being independent has the advantage of taking holidays whenever you want (free as a bird) but it ain't sunshine all the time...
Before July 20th, I have to make sure my VAT gets submitted.
So today was a boring day, filling in all stuff...
Some mails needed urgent attention, due to postponing them while abroad (I did check stuff regularly when away)(Another disadvantage of being independent: work never stops..., while C. was busy with our trip and organization, I was busy solving some work-related work, cursing the computer for being slow.)
Slowly slowly I get to the real work, some new websites, and more photography.
Need to work away that jet-lag urgently ;)
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Posted on July 16, 2007
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Chile 2007
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Posted on July 16, 2007
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Bolivia 2007
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Posted on July 15, 2007
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Pictures are slowly slowly...
... getting online.
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Posted on July 15, 2007
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Back
I landed safe and sound this morning. Will spare the details on how Peru is paralyzed by strikes and how 'easy' it was to get to Lima.
But I made it.
Busy with pics now. So soon more to see here.
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Posted on July 15, 2007
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Lima
My first encounter with Lima wasn´t superb, some weeks ago... The city was grey, the surroundings not to promising. Actually I was glad to leave for Bolivia back then.(Could have had something to do with seeing someone back then)
Yesterday, after a long wait in the airport we all arrived in Lima, the city was still greay, but in a total different neighborhood, and the encounter was really pleasant this time: the city was in total anarchy with a large national strike by the teachers union. (Ok, I admit, I love strikes and anarchy, and action)
We met different nice police and army men (the city was filled with them) wanting us on the picture.(while we wanted them on the picture)
We had the Plaza del Armor for us only as it was guarded and actually only few people were allowed on it. Enjoying good food, walking town.
And having good company.
What else can one wish for actually?
Seems the strikes are going on in Peru (Weirdly, when I arrived there were strikes in Bolivia, and now upon arrival in Peru, there are strikes here... I start to wonder.)
They seems rather large (seeing the army they put in the streets today, it was quite important.)
Tomorrow we'll be leaving Lima for elsewhere in Peru, and as it seems only 3 hours away, I´ll be accompanying C. and mom for another day or two, before thinking of flighing back to Belgium...
Darn, vacation almost ended...
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Posted on July 12, 2007
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Arrived in Peru
We have arrived in Peru. The initial plan was to go different ways here, I would continue to Arequipa, C. would fly to Lima to pick up her mum who arrives today.
After a really weird border transfer, and ending up in strikes in town, we figured out busses are on strike, and not leaving for the next days. And leaving for Arequipo seems not so easy to do.
My flight in Lima is leaving on July 14th in the morning, strikes seems to go on for 2 more days in the South. (Tacna and Arequipa suffer most we were told)
That and the fact the last weeks have been great travelling together, I just booked a flight to Lima to accompany C.
Yep grandma, I don´t seem to manage having a holiday in a ´normal´ country... But no worries, I am home soon...
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Posted on July 10, 2007
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Santiago
Santiago seems to have everything a city can have if one wants to go and live abroad again for a while...
(Don´t panic yet grandma)
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Posted on July 6, 2007
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More pics
(Pic by C.)
Find some pics at c's Flickr page...
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Posted on July 5, 2007
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To the moon and back...
Silence these days, we will be back soon...
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Posted on July 4, 2007
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Nurse
I almost forgot: I want to thank Cs mom for making my girlfriend a walking pharmacy.
As this vacation seems to make me a walking disease, we fit perfectly. (The only thing missing is a nurse uniform...;) )
I guess it is a bit due to the fact I left so unexpected, didnt rest, flew immediately on high heights, and didnt fully recuperate from jetlag, I got sick easily.
Turista passed (only one day jihaaa), height disease with high fever (dissapeared when getting on lower grounds), leaving only a sore throat, and a dripping nose.
Ready for those snowfilled Andes.
(And of course I am blessing myself having a girl that takes care of me...)
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Posted on July 2, 2007
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Chile
We have arrived in Chile, after a long but beautiful journey on high heights...
We are now in San Pedro de Atacama for those who want to track us ;)
In a little cosy but definitely beautiful hotel (pics will follow, internet is still not to be compared to Belgium)
The last three days were spent in unbearable low temp, so the nice temperature here is a welcome change...
Not for long though, since tonight we are leaving for Santiago, as one of us desperately wants to go snowboarding in the famous Andes (tips and tricks are welcome! Sarah?)
Have to go, want to enjoy the sswimming pool for a little longer...
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Posted on July 2, 2007
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Arrived in Uyuni
After some magnificent (but cold) days at very high height in Sucre and Potosi, we headed for Uyuni today. Which is even colder...
I recommend you to google it, or to look in Flickr for pics...
It is darn cold here (sitting with gloves and ugly llama hood while typing) so I recommend coming back later, or reading some recent posts of c for more news as I am too damn lazy to tape anything (as I am freezing and heading for a cozy bed.)
Pics will follow certainly but maybe much later as internet really is slow...
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Posted on June 29, 2007
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Arrived
I have been taking airplanes like busses lately: 5 flights, in 2 days, and finally arrived where I wanted to be :)
The schedule was as follows:
-Brussels - Atlanta
-Atlanta - Lima
-Lima - La Paz
-La Paz - Santa Cruz
-Santa Cruz - Sucre
And there it ended, very high in the mountains in this charming city.
Or better: here's where the trip starts...
Sucre is a delightful city,m with delicious for at 3 euro a meal!, a beautiful patio in our 22dollar hotel, with enough sun, and strange mojito´s.
Will be picturing it in the next 2 days.
Well.. a bit.
Next to enjoying vacation :)
Slow internet here, so pictures will have to wait a bit...
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Posted on June 25, 2007
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First stop
Stopover: Atlanta.
And through all the fuzz and the fastness of arranging this trip, I totally forgot I would have a stopover in the States.
Before stopovers I did elsewhere didn´t require a passport registration, you´d wait in the airport lounge and advance to the right gate. No real entry in the country.
In the States registration was needed anyway, and thus I found myself fingerprinted! and pictured for their files.
I don´t know how you feel about this, but I suddenly felt like being in one of these futuristic movies, where all of us can be found, located in a huge database of this nation.
Homeland Security it is called... Dunno, didn´t like it at all... Will write about this again I believe.
In Atlanta, I needed to change flights, for Peru, Lima.
Somehow someone gave me an upgrade and I ended up in business class, and I can tell you: I didn´t mind at all. Champagne upon entering the plane, delicious food brought by your (almost)personal assistent, and a private television. And huge seats compared to the charter I took (only) 3 days ago in Turkey.
Anyhow, although the great seats, I crashed in Lima for a well deserved sleep over.
Tonight, I have to take 2 more flights to arrive where I have to be.
But first, explore Lima a for a day...
Posted on June 22, 2007
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Pour un flirt avec toi ...
This might come as a surprise to you, it certainly came as a surprise to me too.
Monday, while in Turkey, I got a nice invitation in the mail.
Tuesday, I checked it out.
Wednesday I went to the travel agency.
And Thursday I found myself on a plane.
After 20 hours of flight time, I arrived on the other side of the world...
So from now onwards, the next 3 weeks will not be about webdesign, gizmo or other stuff, but about travelling around on the other side of the world.
I don´t promise anything as I might decide I take a week off from blogging (how´s that?)(yes mum and grandmum, I know you want the updates if all is ok, so those will be posted here anyway)
Pictures will be uploaded in Flickr.
Enjoy :)
Posted on June 22, 2007
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Schoonste Boerin 2007
Yes, indeed I am back from the Turkish Riviera.
And it was no joke: I had to work there.
A while ago, the meanwhile famous contest 'Schoonste Boerin van Vlaanderen' was held, and the winners got a trip as result.
I got invited as the photographer.
I admit, my idea on farming changed a lot since I am working for Field, a communication bureau, working a lot for agriculture.
Agriculture and farming has changed a lot and is quite different from the idea we have.
Schoonste Boerin is a contest trying to prove this, and develop the communication around agriculture.
I know by now, when they ask me to picture a farmer, I will not meet the stereotype anymore. You have to go and visit a farm to understand what I am talking about: it is full of technology...
The three selected ladies were, except from beautiful, extremely smart...
I never met such daring entrepreneurs. At 26, and 28, two of them have a flourishing company, invested a lot (as agriculture certainly ain't the cheapest business to choose), and re-invested too.
They gave me an insight on reglementation (which, I can assure you, is quite strict in Belgium, that strict, that by now, I am convinced that our production is amongst the safest around)
Their insight on investing and entrepreneurship certainly made me feel like 'small meat'.
And most of all: I had loads of fun with them.
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Posted on June 19, 2007
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Working really really hard
Flying back tomorrow.:( Ready for new hurricane of work :)
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Posted on June 17, 2007
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Kaskweek.be 2007 launched
www.kaskweek.be got launched.
Hope to see you next week on our exhibition!
But first: off to Turkey...
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Posted on June 15, 2007
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Work work work
I have an overdose of work at the moment.
(Probably very good to take my mind of other things... ;) )
Anyhoooo... The main reason why I am a bit low on posting is because it is the end of the academic year, and like last year, we are trying to make something nice out of it for our graduating students.
Last year this time I was working day and night to make sure the www.kask.be site could be launched in time.
This year, I am working day and night to build and fill the system, to make every graduation student his 'fiche' with graduation project and contact information and so fort.
(I am pretty proud to present it, as no other (art)school in Belgium did this before in this manner: from this year onwards each year, all graduation projects will be available online in a cms system. That way we want to build a library online of our graduating students.)
We launched www.movement.be recently, and Thursday we'll officially launch the new www.kaskweek.be site. (if we get there in time that is..)
Opening of the KASK week is on June 21, at 7PM. You are welcome to join in!
Some screens:
Remark: the design and css of this site is done by Pixelman.be, I am responsible for coordination and getting the content into the site.
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Posted on June 12, 2007
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More of the past
I uploaded some more of the past in my Flickr account...
Memories flood my mind.
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Posted on June 12, 2007
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So what's up you ask?
At this moment I am going high speed to get the sites ready for all graduate students of KASK.be
College and splendid designer Pixelman.be designed the subsites, and at this moment we are inserting all info, plus are fully busy with copying the different lay outs.
I am proud to say we'll be the first art school in Belgium presenting fully integrated graduation sites (yeah I know several disciplines had their own sites and there is nothing new to that, but our school insists in presenting a final graduation show for all disciplines together.)
Kaskweek 2007 is launching soon.
Meanwhile, you can go and see our fashion show on June 9
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Posted on June 5, 2007
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New Photo Backpack
In 3 weeks I am traveling abroad for work.
I used to have a splendid backpack for my camera but it kind of broke due to over-use.
Yesterday I ran into a shop in Mechelen, and I saw the professional succeeder of my bag. They didn't have the small size, so I ordered it today at one of my favorite local shops.
Delsey started a while ago with photo bags, and some how they are pretty practical, and rather stylish compared to other bags.
Foto konijnenberg doesn't offer them, actually a lot of shops don't offer them. Which is a pity.
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Posted on May 31, 2007
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Dns and other geeky blog stuff
Finally the dns got arranged.
Stupid me could have found that solution quite a while ago. But hey, we all have to learn I guess.
Please linklove to monuments.nu instead of former urls. That is, if you like this blog of course ;)
Posted on May 29, 2007
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Spass.. Ja, nür spass!
Went to do the party pictures at Spass, of the Trouble girls.
Many people, many beautiful people.
A fun party. Really.
And managed to stay out of trouble, luckily ;)
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Posted on May 28, 2007
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Behive.be is born
When re-thinking my interests, I figured out that one of the main things I always have been busy with is promoting Belgian stuff.
I once was responsible for the photo exhibits at Minard (at times of Photoblog), and in a coop with a Flemish photomagazine, the main purpose was to launch Belgian photographers.
On this blog, I focus on design, and admitted, I am pretty curious to see what we do over here.
I work at an art school, and it is fun to see the stuff that gets born there.
And while showing Belgium to my foreign friends, I discovered it's natural beauty.
When abroad, I noticed how we Belgians are too damn shy to promote ourselves. Heck, when you dare to say over here you're good at something, people look at you as if you did something not done. As a Belgian, it seems a rule to rate yourself down.
Since I don't agree on that, and since, when having been abroad for such a long time, I noticed the good stuff about 'home' I decided to launch a site that gathers these good things.
So Behive.be was born.
It covers design (since well that's my 'dada' and I really like the idea of learning more about our talented designers), art (how we have amazing artists.), food (ehrm I think you all agree our food can certainly be compared to our neigbouring countries..), travel, leisure and lifestyle.
Leisure is in native language due to the subjects, the rest in English, since well, it IS aimed at promoting ourselves.
I am still looking for writers. Not real dedicated writers. I don't believe in exclusivity (in certain parts of life that is ;) ) Though I don't mind if you like the subject so much you rather dedicate yourself to it :).
I am looking for bloggers who have existing posts on Belgium that might fit the subject. Posts that fit into Behive and can be cross posted.
Posts that allow you to cross-link to your own site and get it known a bit.
Behive wants to be a hub. Gathering info and stuff. (It could have been a wiki, but I don't like the way you have to search it, it could have been a technoratisearch, but I don't believe in that either.)
If you like the idea, don't hesitate to mail me.
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Posted on May 23, 2007
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