I sometimes try to compose photographs in such a way to make it look dark, mysterious, even scary. But sometimes such decisions are made in the post-production process or both. Birds can create this great scary effect in a picture and not only Hitchcock’s black crows can do that but also white seagulls – this …
Weekend Brussels Photo Walk
It has finally started to be a bit warmer in Brussels and it’s possible to stay outside without freezing to the ground after 5 minutes. I couldn’t miss this opportunity and I spent a weekend walking around and doing my first Brussels Photo Walk. As I’m not so familiar with a city yet, I got …
When dark clouds take over the sky
This is once again a picture taken in Gdansk, Poland during my winter 2009 holidays but this time a little dark, scary and mysterious. My father took me to Wisloujscie Fortress (you can read about it here ) on a beautiful but very windy day. There was a watch tower used to observe whether any …
Low-Key Lighting Photography – Portraits of Musicians
I don’t take low-key lighting pictures often. Don’t ask me why, I just don’t know. But sometimes, I can’t resist to take such pictures. I personally believe that low-key lighting photography can have a particularly strong effect for certain type of portraits. I like to use low-key lighting especially in those portraits where a person’s …
Settled in Brussels
Sorry to everyone for such long silence and thanks to all of you who sent me emails asking what was going on. Most of you are probably already aware that I moved recently to Brussels and I was busy arranging everything and settling down in the capital of Europe. The first impression of the city …
Next Stop: Gdansk (Poland)
I find less and less time everyday on things I would like to do (like updating my photo-folio). However, I like to keep myself busy and I’ve been busy thinking for the past couple of days what photography equipment should I take with me to Poland (for those of you who don’t know: I leave …
Holidays! Oh..wait…
Ah! Summertime… time to relax…time for holidays! Unfortunately not for me this year. Because of some personal issues and organizational matters, I’m unable to go on holidays. Even my short (3 week) trip to Poland, which starts the coming Saturday, will be more about work and organizing ‘stuff’ than holidays. After all, who visits a …
From the Attic: Belgian Countryside and my new photography motto
I think this photography portfolio will soon turn out as a combination of a portfolio and a blog, Why? Well, I have found much more pictures ‘from the attic’ (taken with my old camera(s)) and I really have nothing special to write about them. Sometimes there is no story to tell about a picture, maybe …
From the Attic: Vineyard in Maastricht
Who would expect to find vineyards in Maastricht? For those of you who don’t know where Maastricht is: it is in the south of the Netherlands. So what’s so amazing about vineyards in Maastricht? Well, that they exist at all here! It’s neither the warmest place in Europe nor with lots of sun. I actually …
First Picture, first couple of rules
One of the very basic rules of photography is the one that seems to be the most obvious one (but not always): always take your camera with you wherever you go. Of course, there are certain situations (dinner at your parents in law, funeral, again dinner at your parents in law) where you are not …
