Poet F. Starik

This summer I had the opportunity to photograph the poet F. Starik in Amsterdam. I was quite nervous, but I think I pulled it off...:) I don't have that much time for photography lately, not the creative stuff anyway. Have to intigrate it more in my lifestyle, think it is again time for iPhone fun...

Seeing the Light...

Industrial Dreams 2

Industrial Dreams

Been photographing again with my photo collective 'Shoot to Thrill'. It seems that industrial en urban photography is really my thing. I had such a wonderful time looking around for strange objects, color and repetitions. I had my experimental hat on yesterday, so I tried to do multiple exposures. Haven't done that in a lonnnnnng time. But I like the strangeness and the unseen worlds it creates. Have to do it more often.

Hot weather daydreams

I want to lie in a bathtub filled with ice-water, ice-cubes floating around me like soap bubbles. I want to dive into the ocean and swim for what seems an eternity. Hair waving around me, sounds muffled, sunlight softly filtered playing on my face. The feeling that I can hold my breath for hours at a time. To just stay in this calm water world, cool water caressing my skin, eyes wide, big smile and feeling so alive.

Or being in the middle of a storm, wind flagging me, whipping around me in cold, angry gusts, energizing me. And then that first little drop exploding on my face. Followed by many others hailing down on me, faster and faster, soaking me to the skin, to the bone. And me laughing, running, feeling silly and exuberant.

Or just lying on the beach, hot and sticky, with a beautiful man next to me, making my ears roar and sweat trickling down, sweet and salty. Summer is good, don’t wake me up and burst my bubble...

Leggy Legs

Love Birds?

Stardust Reflections

Sop in the Pan panic

Something terribly tragic has happened. I don't know if I will be able to overcome this drama. How can I live without my favorite soul food in my favorite café.

The sweet, sturdy flesh of ripe strawberries together with just a tit-bit of cold vanilla ice-cream followed by a big juicy bite of caramelized cake, with the most heavenly texture, melting on my tongue. Why, why, WHY big Y in the sky, did you allow them to remove my favorit dessert, main course AND appetizer of the menu...WHYYYY. Oh well. It's up to me from now on, I guess. Instead of eating it once a week, I will be cooking Sop in the Pan every, single day. And by the way, it's all on you, Sir.

Dancing on the Ceiling

Had my first Reiki session ever yesterday. Didn't know quite what to expect...but I like it...very much. I have been so tired lately, people must wonder if I'm talking to them or the person standing next to them. The eyes of the Siamese cat down the street look normal compared to my double-double crossed eyed look. That is...until yesterday. Today I feel all bubbly and breezy. So much so, that it almost seems ridiculous. Needless to say that I like Reiki and I am going back for more. And to boot, Miss C. is a sweet, intelligent person and I'm just in love with her cute, little dog. So if you live near Rotterdam I can recommend the Reikisalon. I'm very curious how long this energy vibe will last. But I can only say....Wowowowow.... I'm backkkkkkk.

It's been a while

It's been a while since I went out, had more then a few Mojito's and went dancing. It was nice, met and spoke to a few interesting people. Learned a surprising and intriguing thing about a friend and well can't sleep now, because I'm wide-awake. Got to learn how to flirt more. Never been good at it, but I'm rusty to say the least. Vlaardingen has no interesting guys that I know of, but well Rotterdam is a nice big pool of fish...never noticed when I was living there, but with my outsiders binoculars it looks very promising indeed. It was nice talking to my friend again. I find it special that you can have friends you don't see for ages and then when you meet them, it seems like only a few minutes ago and it's all chatty and comfortable. I really like that and watching her work the room was entertainment on it's own. I can learn a lot from her... Like we say here in Holland... Nog een keertje (I want more).

FlashMob

Yesterday we (Urban Photo Collective) arranged a surprise Flashmob on the Lijnbaan in Rotterdam to promote the lanch of our new website. We rolled out a real red carpet and for 5 whole minutes everyone who came by was a celeb, with a bunch of photographers shouting and fighting to get a picture. I had so much fun, but I don't think I'm suited to be a paparazzi. Before the 5 minutes were up, I was panting like crazy, all the excitement, the focus, the running...phew just not for me... But...oh...how I laughed to see those totally flabbergasted faces of passerby's, who just didn't know what the hell just hit/flased them. It really was hilarious. I later heard that there were 2 photojournalists present, so we are going to make the papers. Good job Tham!