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It's been a while...I'm back. But...I'm leaving again because I'm about to close this blog forever. Check out, and please follow my new blog with pictures only. http://jacquesdaniel.tumblr.com/ I'm going to post new images (analog photography) next week!

R.I.P. Steve Jobs

Mr Apple, Steve Jobs , just passed away...

Once you go Mac, you never go back. It's true. Thanks, Mr. Jobs, for turning me into an Apple lover...

The Sartorialist

Scott The Sartorialist Schuman is in Amsterdam.

Apartamento Magazine

The sweet Edith asked me to help her out with her Apartamento Magazine project (graduation project for college).

Best magazine out there. Uh huh.



More pics on my website and more to come on my flickr page.

Favorite

This picture is the most favorite one on my Flickr page....it's a mystery!

My Muse II

Unfortunately I didn't win the contest which I talked about in the previous post...oh well...better luck next time. Perhaps I shouldn't enter these contests anymore. I'm just gonna do it my way...

My muse

Oh yeah...this picture is part of the muse-series I shot for a photography competition.
You can vote for me, if you like the series. Or...if you just like this blog. Or me. :)
If I'm going to be the winner in either of the two categories (public / jury)...I'll post something special on the blog. Promise!
And a promise is a promise.



Stay Tuned competition

Welcome to 2011

A new year...a fresh start...

When we hit 2012, I want all of us to look back to 2011 with no regrets...

So take risks and act crazy, because on december 21st, 2012...we're no longer here! (According to the Maya's...)


Check out my flickr page to see a different shot of Jim looking at the snowflakes!

Oh, and make more 'jokes'; every succesful person on this earth started their career 'as a joke'...at least that's what they ALWAYS say. Such a cliché...but hey!

From 2010 to 2011

4 days left until the new year. 2010 will never come back! Neverrr!

Many years ago, people thought we would 'drive' in flying cars in the year 2000. Not uh! It's never gonna happen. Not even in the year 3011.
Perhaps we have been encountered by a new species by then. And they will probably take over our beautiful looking planet...are we gonna make it 'till 3011? What's gonna happen in 2012? Will the earth be destroyed??? According to the Mayas, earth is going to be destroyed on december 21st, 2012...I think it won't get destroyed. We will become slaves of extra terrestrials.
Read what theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawkin says about this matter!


Just another analog picture, taken by me at my sisters. :)
Click here to see the family (Mimi the Cat and my sister)

Home is where the heart is

I forgot where I get this line from! Probably some hiphop track...? Hm...no, I don't think so.

Well, at the moment I'm searching for a new home because my next home will be a home where my heart really is at home.


Taken at Blasiusstraat, Amsterdam (east!). Apartamento style...haha.


Check out my flickr to see another shot of this home, and the story behind these pictures...

-update...I remember...it was Gil Scott Heron with - 'Home Is Where The Hatred Is' - I've been listening to his albums for hours and hours...

I don't care if I'm gonna be jailed

-sigh-

I discover new (and very good!) photographers on the Flickr website on a daily basis...it's unreal! The competition is extremely fierce among photographers and there are so many of 'em out there. It is hard to stand out from this group, who are all trying to get THE picture which will make them famous. I love taking pics myself but it's getting slow when it comes to getting worldwide recognition.
I know it's not coming my way when I'm not doing anything about it...so...I gotta take some risks in life.

Me and my sister have been 'working on' this project for the past two or so years, and I don't want to wait another whole year to start with it...so I gotta work on it!!
Actually it's a project just in our heads, but we've never started it because it involves 'violating privacy rights'...hahaha. Also, it should be dark outside as it is an outdoor project. No studio work. We use the real shit right here! All taken outside on the streets and lowlight with only street lighting! So, that's why I'm glad the days are getting shorter right now and it's already dark around 5:30pm...

I'm sure when this project will be published in book form...me and her will be called the most original and daring photographers in the world. Hehehehehehe....

My sister is too busy to upload her photography work on the net...so that's why I'm gonna do it. Hahaha...


Pic taken by my sister...! (Sis and her Spanish friend in the background...)

-will upload some new pics on my flickr this weekend!-

I'm dreaming!!!!

I live quite near a train station. And it takes me only 6 / 7 (or 8...) minutes to go Schiphol (airport). Sometimes I just go to the airport to check out some magazines and wander through the halls and mingle with all these travelling people. I'm acting like I'm a tourist in Amsterdam myself, but I'm actually chilling at this hotspot and wonder where all these people come from and whether they have just been arrived or are leaving this city...
And then I go back home...back to the reality.


Amsterdam Schiphol Airport


-check out my Flickr page to see another Schiphol Airport related pic-

These boats

Over the next three days I will post a series of pictures of a boat trip to a small town, next to Amsterdam, called Ouderkerk aan de Amstel or just Ouderkerk. All photos were taken with the trusty Rollei 35 camera. I forgot the exact date but it was on a sunday...somewhere in september. Yeah...

#3

Y. (Notice the sharp paper cups...yeah, I think I was sitting a little bit too close to Y.)

#2:

Oh boy...the right side of this picture got in touch with the light and so, it looks like it's burning! Almost acting like a vampire. Hahaha...okay.

#1:

Tim & Mira (no boyfriend / girlfriend. Just very close friends. Literally.)



-updated my Flickr-page, bij de weg-

It's about that time

This is a lazy sunday post. I hope you'll forgive me for this...

I'm getting busier by the day and everyday I'm closer to where I am going to be for the rest of my life.
I try to walk the right path and make the right choices and I try not to waste anymore precious time.



Do you think you're on the right track?

-updated my flickr page...-

I don't know

(a quote from my all-time favorite movie: Lost In Translation):

CHARLOTTE (Scarlett Johansson):

"I just don't know what I'm supposed
to be. I thought maybe I wanted to
be a writer... but I hate what I
write, and I tried taking pictures,
but John's so good at that, and mine
are so mediocre... and every girl
goes through a photography phase,
like horses, you know, taking dumb pictures
of your feet..."


Clockwise from the left: M., T. and...me.

Devil In a New Dress

Ah....,

Mr West just released a new track and it's called Devil In a New Dress.
Finally a tune which is worth listening to...I didn't really liked his (overhyped?) first single 'Power' of his new soon-to-be-released fifth studio album: Dark Twisted Fantasy (formerly known as Good Ass Job).
I like this new track because it carries an old skool vibe with this haunting female vocal sample. :)


Picture by Scott Schuman aka The Sartorialist



Check out the tune by pressing the play button. :)

(Oh...and you can even download it here, if you wanna feed your iPod / iPhone / iMac (or oldskool PC...) with some new cool music.)
But...you're probably not into Hip Hop, am I right? What's YOUR favorite kinda music? :P I bet you only listen to Lady Gaga ....

-updated my flickr by the way...-

(Kanye Pens Apology Song For the most beautiful country girl in the world: Taylor Swift)

Black White in the mirror

I better stop taking pictures because my sister is becoming a way better photographer than me...damnnnn!


Perhaps it has something to do with the kind of (vintage, of course) camera (our mother's camera!!) and the special black & white film she used.

Isn't this the best picture you've ever seen on this whole blog? It's ridiculously beautiful. Taken by my sister in Spain.

Thanks sis...for making me feel bad...yet, giving me new inspiration and motivation to become a better 'Moment-freezer' (photographer).

Pretty much everything

A few weeks ago I went to the exhibition of duo Photographers Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin at FOAM museum in Amsterdam:


My friend Danique in the front...and other visitors in the back. :)


This picture got removed from my Facebook page by Facebook...(what's the big deal???)!




Go see it now...('till the 15th of september!) it's worth every penny.

Click here to see a preview of the exhibition on video.

Cop dat shit

Ugh...

I know, I know...I'm not a cool blogger anymore. I've been around the web you know: facebook, facebook, flickr, facebook, flickr, but I just didn't know what to post on my blog. You see...I'm actually not a blogger at all. I just like to wander 'round my city and do things I shouldn't be doing, or go to cool events, parties or just hanging out with my buddies. And occasionally post some pics of these things on the blog. But, lately, I feel like I should be spending some more time and energy on the things I really LOVE: photography and music.

-SIGH- I'm losing my visitors (!!!) and it's all my own fault. But, I don't care about the amount of (unique) visitors per day...I just wanna read comments on my posts. That's all. :) I'm longing for e-mails and comments on my blog. Hahaha.

Enough bla bla bla...let's do someting naughty:


My and my sister on Skype...while listening to Tame Impala. (Taken with Olympus OM-10 and some cool Lomography cross over film)

Tame Impala is a psychedelic rockband from Australia. I wish they would come out to play in my city because they are just the best. And this is coming from a hiphop & electronic music lover pur sang. :)
Click here to download their album Innerspeaker and their self titled EP. I've been playing their album non-stop for months now and it's one of a few albums on which I don't have to skip a song. Because e-v-e-r-y song is...excellent. If you're into good music...listen to this!!


(Preview here...'Make Up Your Mind')

By the way, I've been posting new pictures on my flickr...

Kate Moss bouncing video

This is an adult post, not intended for minors, if you are not of legal age, or if nudity is illegal in your country, please click here.

...otherwise, click on the play button and check out sexy naked Kate Moss jumping up and down.

I bet the photographer is taking pictures the whole time...it's a cool trick to pick out the best shot of the model.