Op tijd je vlucht pakken

- Get Your Plane Right On Time -

'The Man' is leaving tomorrow to Brisbane, Australia!
Noooooooooo!

No more beautiful Amsterdam images by this talented photographer.


- Sneaky shot of The Man -

The first time I met up with him was on a cloudy november afternoon. Wandering 'round the the city, we made a lot of cool pictures outside and a few inside a hip hip hip cafe.
The second, and last time, was in januari. We went to 'Discocult in' club Sugar Factory and had our camera's glued to our hands that whooole night! We started this night making pictures of a band called Einstein Barbie:

The Man's pics of Einstein Barbie.

After that great performance, we continued shooting all over the place...The Man even met model Agyness Deyn (wannabe...)!

The Man's pics.

I've made some of my best shots that night. I don't think I can ever make better action-pictures than the ones I made that day.

- Who's this blonde lady in red??? -


- a 'Million Dollar Kids'-dancer -

Click here to see more. More more more!

So, The Man, goodbye. En tot ziens! Have a great time in 'Down unda!' and good luck with your 30-hour journey....
Oh, remember, GET YOUR PLANE RIGHT ON TIME!

Badkamer

- Bathroom -

Last week, I was at my parents' place. And the next morning, I had a shooting...in the bathroom.


Stylist: Me
Model: Me
Photographer: Me
Mirror: My parents'
Camera: Mine (Canon EOS 400D)
White T-Shirt: uhm...I can't remember.

Goedkope boeken om de hoek

- Cheap books around the corner -

Question for the non-Dutch visitors: Can you pronounce the title of this post?

:D

These were taken on the night when me and my friend Danique came back from a Lykke Li's concert, last december.
Before we went inside, we took a look, right around the corner from where I live, at some old books that are always placed on a stand, outside of the booksellers house...
Yes you read that right! Books, just placed outside of the house...and the bookseller is sleeping (INSIDE of course!)!
(I think he lives on the first floor, because there are only paintings and books in the room on the groundfloor.)
I still don't know where he gets his books from, because there are always new books (second hand, perhaps even third hand) everyday.


- If you look at the window...you can see books and an artpiece behind it... -

If you want to become the owner of the book, just shove a Euro coin through the mailbox and it's yours. Of course you can steal allll these beautiful books, because there's no one on the lookout, the bookseller is not watching you with a camera or standing behind the window 24/7. That would be ridiculous.

He trusts his 'customers'. It's a bit contradictive because there is a saying about Dutch people: 'If it's free, we take advantage of it'.
But not here...that's why I LOVE my neighbourhood. It's the best part of Amsterdam. I'm sure my fellow countryman 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' doesn't agree. Haha. Or maybe he does...

Anyhow:


- The text on the left sign says: 'each book €1,- S.V.P. (french for 's'il vous plait meaning 'please') €1,- in the mailbox'. ' 'Open every saturday from 2 until 6 o'clock'. And the right sign says: 'Everything €1,- a piece!' -

My sister keeps coming home with new books almost every day. Hahahaha. And I'm disciplined enough not to take a look at them, everytime I walk pass by these lovely babies when going to the supermarket... 

Wie?

- Who? -



- I don't know! Someone in Utrechtsestraat. -

Mediamatic - R.I.P. exhibition

A photographer went to Harlem, NYC, and photographed the dead people in their coffins. Yesterday was the opening of this exhibition in Medimatic in Vijzelstraat!


- Death people in their coffins -


- Mediamatic was founded by Willem Velthoven (man with the microphone and Jans Possel (lady in white with photo-camera)) -


- You could also go to Heaven with the roller stairs. Once in 'Heaven', there was a small exhibition of coffins made in Ghana, Africa -


- Nike shoe coffin! -




- Oh my GOD. It's Mudboy and he creates the most dreamy music I've ever heard. If you're either drunk or 'high on crack', I think he can put you in a trance with his music and kidnap you to his hometown Portland, Rhode Island.-


- Party 'till 1am. -

More pics will be uploaded to my personal website

Open dag - Rietveld Academie - Amsterdam

- Open day - Rietveld Academy -

Yesterday, I went to the Open Day of the Rietveld Academy. Lots of things were going on, on every department of the building. There was even a rockband playing in a very small room in a different building. The Rietveld Academy is quite a prestigious Art School; many people think it's the best of the country, other people think it's not a good art school at all because of the way of teaching.
Anyhow, I've seen a lot of interesting people, and I think 60% of all the students are not Dutch. Haha.


- Button's and scetches -


- Architecture -

Eva & Eefje
These two cutiepies are fashion students. Eva (curly hair girl) studies at Rietveld and Eefje (short hair...love it!) studies in Arnhem at ArtEZ, another prestigious art school. The same school were Viktor & Rolf graduated in 1992. Click on the pictures for a better view.


- How cute. -


- I should've asked another picture of Eefje's outfit under her beautiful coat...I think it was a one-whole-white-suit -


- One of many fashion creations -

Waarom regent het nou?

- Why does it rain? -

I took the public transport to the building where I had an assignment for my internship. I NEVER take public transport, but today...it was rainy as hell. I decided to walk back home and make some pics. These were taken in Vijzelstraat. I took a picture of this street before. Check it out!


- Vijzelstraat with public transport -


- Vijzelstraat..rainy! -

Ik hou van pakketjes

'I love packages'

Yesterday, I received a package. It was THE package with the new lens. The 'Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II'!


- I just luuuuuuve opening a package. -


- And now, I have two lenses. One of 'm is...f****d up! -


- First picture ever with this new lens. It's a picture of my old 18-55mm lens. Goodbye, you're going back in a box.-

Soon-ish, I will post some more interesting pictures. Please be patient. Thank you!

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, R.I.P. / I've been tagged.

Hello,

Well this is my beautiful lens which broke in two. I clicked back together the parts and I can make pictures again. But only from a small distance. It cannot focus anymore in long distance.


- My poor dead lens. -


- As you can see, the right side of the lens is little lower than the other side. It's f***ed up. -

These ones were taken with the 'Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II'. It's an 'okay' lens. But I prefere my '50mm 1.8' one. Goodbye my friend. It's been a short friendship (november 2008) but I've had some good times. R.I.P.


- When I opened up my bag, it looked like this... -


- Cry my eyes out Pt. 1 -


- Cry my eyes out Pt. 2 -

I've been tagged by Diane. So here we gooo!

5 things I love:
1. Certain people around me. You know who you are!
2. Being creative (photography, graphic design...experimenting in photoshop)
3. Sitting behind the laptop / being online: checking my e-mail accounts every 10 or so minutes, reading blogs (fashion, graphic design, photography) listen to music.
4. When I know I don't have any obligations for the next day...that's the best feeling.
5. I love good food.

5 things I hate:
1. People who think they're 'all that'. Especially women. So annoying. :P
2. When my laptop isn't working (shuts down, being slow...very slow.)
3. When I make a picture, and it turns out very bad!!!
4. Being hungry.
5. When I have to go to bed. I NEVER sleep before 2am because I want to do way too much.

5 Random things you don't know about me: (this is a bit too personal...but here we go)
1. I like it when bad things happen to me, because after those bad moments, it can only go one way up: the good way. With this in mind, I always have a optimistic attitude towards life...
2. I've released music on vinyl.
3. I love 'women-shows' like Oprah, Gilmore Girls, Sex and The City, Gossip Girl, etc. and I'm about to watch The City because my sister told me I should watch it. (I don't want to, because I don't want to get hooked on another show!)
4. I've practised Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for about a year. But, unfortunately, I don't have the time for it right now.
5. I've lived in Sweden for 5 months (januari 2008 - june 2008). So, jag kan talar lite Svenska! Men, min engelska är naturligtvis mycket bättre. Jag tänker flytta tillbaka till Sverige på studerar Master Programme Medier & Kommunikation på Stockholms universitet. Or something like that...:P

I'd like to tag The Man Who Knew Too Much, because he's about to leave Amsterdam for a country far, far away from here! If that's okay with him. If not...I know someone else. Har-har.