Sensationalism

Regular readers of this blog must now have an idea of my more usual subjects. Nature, family, all these things that are so quiet. Not many sports or action related photos to be found.

Fire

But I remember biking to the other end of the city on the notice there was a fire in a carpet storage facility in Leeuwarden, Holland.

Intentions, resolutions…

We all have them, we all make them and we all break them. Somewhere in the first week or two of the new year.

More lights!

So… now that I have overcome my own good intentions, we can go back to photography Smile. Let’s see what we have for New Year…

The end is near

The end of the year is near, I mean. Now what can you do with Old Year / New Year pictures? What kind of themes can you come up with?

Apocalyptic end

That’s a recurring question on a yearly term. Food? Lights? Fireworks? Family? Fire? How about everything together? I guess the last option is why all year-end

Ghost trucks

In Europe, we think trucks are too big and try to limit their sizes “as much as possible”. Either by raising prices for fuel or by “governmental” decree to reduce the size. The result is a fleet of “impressively unimpressive” trucks.

Double size

For Canadian standards. But then I arrived here in Canada and saw trucks that were easily twice the size of the biggest truck I had seen in Europe. So I needed a bit of adaptation. But some stories about the trucks' drivers always seem to pop up, wherever you are; Europe, Canada …

Getting closer

In photography, all is about the picture. What is more, all is about showing what others don’t see. A telephoto lens is made to show what is too far for the eye to see clearly.

Let it be said!

A macro lens is to show what is too small for the eye to see, unless you really put your eyes very close to each subject. That is not