Saturday 31 March 2012

AmsterSam...

Selfreflection on a car in Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

I've spent the last 2 months working way too much, using up all my energy and positive thoughts, now I'm just an empty shell that does nothing else but wake up, bike to the office, spend a harsh day filled with activities that require my full attention and focus, even though they don't deserve them, and that force me to erase any and all traces of a (social) life. All I get in return is more harshness, unreasonable demands, expectations as high as the freakin' Twin Towers (when they were still standing, obviously :) and little 'mistakes' at the accounting department that ensure that I'm not even getting paid a cent for having worked every freakin' Friday, my usual day off, since the beginning of February.

This is not a situation that I would wish on anybody, least of all myself, but that's what I wake up to every day, and every day I need to muster all my spirit and positivity just to make it out of bed and to work without crying like a wee little baby, needless to say that there is nothing left to put into taking pictures or spending quality time with my (Interwebs) friends, so as of now I will only post one picture a day, instead of the usual 3, until I won't even have the resources left to achieve that, hopefully that's not gonna happen, I am addicted to this shizzle :)

The good part is that soon I won't have enough energy to complain about my situation anymore, so you should not see too many of these cry-baby posts in the future, lol :D

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...The Tired

Selfreflection on a car in Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

I've spent the last 2 months working way too much, using up all my energy and positive thoughts, now I'm just an empty shell that does nothing else but wake up, bike to the office, spend a harsh day filled with activities that require my full attention and focus, even though they don't deserve them, and that force me to erase any and all traces of a (social) life. All I get in return is more harshness, unreasonable demands, expectations as high as the freakin' Twin Towers (when they were still standing, obviously :) and little 'mistakes' at the accounting department that ensure that I'm not even getting paid a cent for having worked every freakin' Friday, my usual day off, since the beginning of February.

This is not a situation that I would wish on anybody, least of all myself, but that's what I wake up to every day, and every day I need to muster all my spirit and positivity just to make it out of bed and to work without crying like a wee little baby, needless to say that there is nothing left to put into taking pictures or spending quality time with my (Interwebs) friends, so as of now I will only post one picture a day, instead of the usual 3, until I won't even have the resources left to achieve that, hopefully that's not gonna happen, I am addicted to this shizzle :)

The good part is that soon I won't have enough energy to complain about my situation anymore, so you should not see too many of these cry-baby posts in the future, lol :D

Have a relaxed weekend!



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...Reflectah

Selfreflection on a car in Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

I've spent the last 2 months working way too much, using up all my energy and positive thoughts, now I'm just an empty shell that does nothing else but wake up, bike to the office, spend a harsh day filled with activities that require my full attention and focus, even though they don't deserve them, and that force me to erase any and all traces of a (social) life. All I get in return is more harshness, unreasonable demands, expectations as high as the freakin' Twin Towers (when they were still standing, obviously :) and little 'mistakes' at the accounting department that ensure that I'm not even getting paid a cent for having worked every freakin' Friday, my usual day off, since the beginning of February.

This is not a situation that I would wish on anybody, least of all myself, but that's what I wake up to every day, and every day I need to muster all my spirit and positivity just to make it out of bed and to work without crying like a wee little baby, needless to say that there is nothing left to put into taking pictures or spending quality time with my (Interwebs) friends, so as of now I will only post one picture a day, instead of the usual 3, until I won't even have the resources left to achieve that, hopefully that's not gonna happen, I am addicted to this shizzle :)

The good part is that soon I won't have enough energy to complain about my situation anymore, so you should not see too many of these cry-baby posts in the future, lol :D

Have a relaxed weekend!



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Thursday 29 March 2012

Thank...

Random shot of a bike of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

It's Friday again, the best day of the week, and I am looking forward to a weekend filled to the brim with some serious chilling out, possibly combined with some heavy doing-nothing, while avoiding any activities whatsoever...sounds like a plan, doesn't it? It does, it does...now quickly off to work (yes, I'm still working Fridays, sigh) and soon the magic time begins again :)

Thank God it's Friday!!!


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...God It's...

Random shot of a bike of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

It's Friday again, the best day of the week, and I am looking forward to a weekend filled to the brim with some serious chilling out, possibly combined with some heavy doing-nothing, while avoiding any activities whatsoever...sounds like a plan, doesn't it? It does, it does...now quickly off to work (yes, I'm still working Fridays, sigh) and soon the magic time begins again :)

Thank God it's Friday!!!


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...Friday!

Random shot of a bike of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

It's Friday again, the best day of the week, and I am looking forward to a weekend filled to the brim with some serious chilling out, possibly combined with some heavy doing-nothing, while avoiding any activities whatsoever...sounds like a plan, doesn't it? It does, it does...now quickly off to work (yes, I'm still working Fridays, sigh) and soon the magic time begins again :)

Thank God it's Friday!!!


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Wednesday 28 March 2012

A Moment...

Unedited shot of a random moment in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.

Life is just a chain of single moments if you think about it, and each and every one of those moments combined make up a day, week, month and year, so if you feel good about a whole year, you've probably experienced manymany good moments, just a blink of an eye, just a fleeting impression, a bit of sunshine, a pretty girl, a friendly word, a feeling, whatever it is, it makes all the difference, and I hope and wish that you and I will have tons of those positive, life-changing little moments, so that at the end of this year we can again say that it was a good year :)

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...In...

Unedited shot of a random moment in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.

Life is just a chain of single moments if you think about it, and each and every one of those moments combined make up a day, week, month and year, so if you feel good about a whole year, you've probably experienced manymany good moments, just a blink of an eye, just a fleeting impression, a bit of sunshine, a pretty girl, a friendly word, a feeling, whatever it is, it makes all the difference, and I hope and wish that you and I will have tons of those positive, life-changing little moments, so that at the end of this year we can again say that it was a good year :)

Have a great day, almost weekend!


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....Amsterdam

Unedited shot of a random moment in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.

Life is just a chain of single moments if you think about it, and each and every one of those moments combined make up a day, week, month and year, so if you feel good about a whole year, you've probably experienced manymany good moments, just a blink of an eye, just a fleeting impression, a bit of sunshine, a pretty girl, a friendly word, a feeling, whatever it is, it makes all the difference, and I hope and wish that you and I will have tons of those positive, life-changing little moments, so that at the end of this year we can again say that it was a good year :)

Have a great day, almost weekend!


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Tuesday 27 March 2012

Greetings...

Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

Amsterdam, the best city in the world. Even when I don't like you sometimes, I still love you and I will never leave you. I don't know how you do it, but you've put some kind of spell on me, and every other city looks boring compared to you. You provide us with many wicked things to make our live inside of you more interesting, you supply us with plenty of pretty girls on bikes and sometimes even a sunny day, you are colorful and beautiful, you are dark, gray and harsh, you are a kid in the park on the first day of Spring, you are a drunken tourist stumbling through the back alleys of the Red Light Districs, you are rich, you are poor, you are confusing and exciting, you are so many things and still you're just good old Amsterdam, the best city in the world, and I love you...hugs&kisses, Sam :)



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...From...

Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

Amsterdam, the best city in the world. Even when I don't like you sometimes, I still love you and I will never leave you. I don't know how you do it, but you've put some kind of spell on me, and every other city looks boring compared to you. You provide us with many wicked things to make our live inside of you more interesting, you supply us with plenty of pretty girls on bikes and sometimes even a sunny day, you are colorful and beautiful, you are dark, gray and harsh, you are a kid in the park on the first day of Spring, you are a drunken tourist stumbling through the back alleys of the Red Light Districs, you are rich, you are poor, you are confusing and exciting, you are so many things and still you're just good old Amsterdam, the best city in the world, and I love you...hugs&kisses, Sam :)



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...Amsterdam

Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

Amsterdam, the best city in the world. Even when I don't like you sometimes, I still love you and I will never leave you. I don't know how you do it, but you've put some kind of spell on me, and every other city looks boring compared to you. You provide us with many wicked things to make our live inside of you more interesting, you supply us with plenty of pretty girls on bikes and sometimes even a sunny day, you are colorful and beautiful, you are dark, gray and harsh, you are a kid in the park on the first day of Spring, you are a drunken tourist stumbling through the back alleys of the Red Light Districs, you are rich, you are poor, you are confusing and exciting, you are so many things and still you're just good old Amsterdam, the best city in the world, and I love you...hugs&kisses, Sam :)



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Monday 26 March 2012

A Day...

Unedited shot of people enjoying the sunshine in Amsterdam last Saturday. Taken with my Sony HX1.

Last Saturday was one of those perfect Spring days where everybody looks happy and beautiful, a smile on every face, sunshine everywhere, people on bikes floating by, kids playing in the streets, laughter, ice-cream and good vibes all around. Those easy-going, lovely days always make me wish that each and every day could be like this, filled with good things and thoughts, babes on bikes and those seemingly endless, warm, lovely evenings covered with the delicious flavors, sights and sounds only a Spring night (or a BBQ!) can create :)

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...In...

Unedited shot of people enjoying the sunshine in Amsterdam last Saturday. Taken with my Sony HX1.

Last Saturday was one of those perfect Spring days where everybody looks happy and beautiful, a smile on every face, sunshine everywhere, people on bikes floating by, kids playing in the streets, laughter, ice-cream and good vibes all around. Those easy-going, lovely days always make me wish that each and every day could be like this, filled with good things and thoughts, babes on bikes and those seemingly endless, warm, lovely evenings covered with the delicious flavors, sights and sounds only a Spring night (or a BBQ!) can create :)

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...Spring

Unedited shot of people enjoying the sunshine in Amsterdam last Saturday. Taken with my Sony HX1.

Last Saturday was one of those perfect Spring days where everybody looks happy and beautiful, a smile on every face, sunshine everywhere, people on bikes floating by, kids playing in the streets, laughter, ice-cream and good vibes all around. Those easy-going, lovely days always make me wish that each and every day could be like this, filled with good things and thoughts, babes on bikes and those seemingly endless, warm, lovely evenings covered with the delicious flavors, sights and sounds only a Spring night (or a BBQ!) can create :)

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Sunday 25 March 2012

The Giant...

Unedited shot of a biker reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

Oh man, Amsterdam has been invaded by an Army of giant black bikers lately, they are cruising through the mean streets of the best city in the world, looking for potential Transcendent Travelers, that they can chase towards the light, that will transform them into Ghost-riders who are doomed to spend eternity biking up and down the endless, well-paved, downhill bike path that awaits all of us one day. I have one thing to say to those giant black bikers: "Take it easy, we'll all ride into the light soon enough anyway, so give us a break dudes!", but as giant black bikers are, they only have one thing on their mind, chasing us into the light, they don't care and keep doing their thing, so I guess we'll all have to bike much faster from on, so that these suckers can't catch us, lol :D

Have a good start into the new week!

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...Black...

Unedited shot of a biker reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

Oh man, Amsterdam has been invaded by an Army of giant black bikers lately, they are cruising through the mean streets of the best city in the world, looking for potential Transcendent Travelers, that they can chase towards the light, that will transform them into Ghost-riders who are doomed to spend eternity biking up and down the endless, well-paved, downhill bike path that awaits all of us one day. I have one thing to say to those giant black bikers: "Take it easy, we'll all ride into the light soon enough anyway, so give us a break dudes!", but as giant black bikers are, they only have one thing on their mind, chasing us into the light, they don't care and keep doing their thing, so I guess we'll all have to bike much faster from on, so that these suckers can't catch us, lol :D

Have a good start into the new week!

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...Bikers

Unedited shot of a biker reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

Oh man, Amsterdam has been invaded by an Army of giant black bikers lately, they are cruising through the mean streets of the best city in the world, looking for potential Transcendent Travelers, that they can chase towards the light, that will transform them into Ghost-riders who are doomed to spend eternity biking up and down the endless, well-paved, downhill bike path that awaits all of us one day. I have one thing to say to those giant black bikers: "Take it easy, we'll all ride into the light soon enough anyway, so give us a break dudes!", but as giant black bikers are, they only have one thing on their mind, chasing us into the light, they don't care and keep doing their thing, so I guess we'll all have to bike much faster from on, so that these suckers can't catch us, lol :D

Have a good start into the new week!

I've made a movie of those horrible giant black bikers too, check it out on my YouTube channel, thank you :)

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Babes...

Unedited shot of Babes on Bikes enjoying the sunshine in Amsterdam yesterday. Taken with my Sony HX1.

Saturday was one of those perfect Spring days where everybody looks happy and beautiful, a smile on every face, sunshine everywhere, people on bikes floating by, kids playing in the streets, laughter, ice-cream and good vibes all around. Those easy-going, lovely days always make me wish that each and every day could be like this, filled with good things and thoughts, babes on bikes and those seemingly endless, warm, lovely evenings covered with the delicious flavors, sights and sounds only a Spring night (or a BBQ!) can create :)

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...On...

Unedited shot of Babes on Bikes enjoying the sunshine in Amsterdam yesterday. Taken with my Sony HX1.

Saturday was one of those perfect Spring days where everybody looks happy and beautiful, a smile on every face, sunshine everywhere, people on bikes floating by, kids playing in the streets, laughter, ice-cream and good vibes all around. Those easy-going, lovely days always make me wish that each and every day could be like this, filled with good things and thoughts, babes on bikes and those seemingly endless, warm, lovely evenings covered with the delicious flavors, sights and sounds only a Spring night (or a BBQ!) can create :)

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...Bikes

Unedited shot of Babes on Bikes enjoying the sunshine in Amsterdam yesterday. Taken with my Sony HX1.

Saturday was one of those perfect Spring days where everybody looks happy and beautiful, a smile on every face, sunshine everywhere, people on bikes floating by, kids playing in the streets, laughter, ice-cream and good vibes all around. Those easy-going, lovely days always make me wish that each and every day could be like this, filled with good things and thoughts, babes on bikes and those seemingly endless, warm, lovely evenings covered with the delicious flavors, sights and sounds only a Spring night (or a BBQ!) can create :)

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Saturday 24 March 2012

The...


The..., originally uploaded by AmsterSam - The Wicked Reflectah.

Unedited shot of people in Amsterdam reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

If a biker in Amsterdam senses that he/she enters the final hour of his/her lifetime, not unlike seagulls that fly out to the open sea to die, they climb on their bike and take off for a final ride that will eventually allow them to peacefully transcend into the next world, where an endless, well-paved, downhill bike path is eagerly awaiting their arrival for their eternal last ride, together with all those good souls that went before them. I've actually managed to capture the very moment these fellow bikers entered the light, that transforms and transports them to their final destination, where we'll all meet again one fine day :)

Have a wicked weekend :)

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...Transcending...

Unedited shot of people in Amsterdam reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

If a biker in Amsterdam senses that he/she enters the final hour of his/her lifetime, not unlike seagulls that fly out to the open sea to die, they climb on their bike and take off for a final ride that will eventually allow them to peacefully transcend into the next world, where an endless, well-paved, downhill bike path is eagerly awaiting their arrival for their eternal last ride, together with all those good souls that went before them. I've actually managed to capture the very moment these fellow bikers entered the light, that transforms and transports them to their final destination, where we'll all meet again one fine day :)

Have a wicked weekend :)

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...Travelers

Unedited shot of people in Amsterdam reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

If a biker in Amsterdam senses that he/she enters the final hour of his/her lifetime, not unlike seagulls that fly out to the open sea to die, they climb on their bike and take off for a final ride that will eventually allow them to peacefully transcend into the next world, where an endless, well-paved, downhill bike path is eagerly awaiting their arrival for their eternal last ride, together with all those good souls that went before them. I've actually managed to capture the very moment these fellow bikers entered the light, that transforms and transports them to their final destination, where we'll all meet again one fine day :)

Have a wicked weekend :)

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Thursday 22 March 2012

Greetings...

Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

Amsterdam, the best city in the world. Even when I don't like you sometimes, I still love you and I will never leave you. I don't know how you do it, but you've put some kind of spell on me, and every other city looks boring compared to you. You provide us with many wicked things to make our live inside of you more interesting, you supply us with plenty of pretty girls on bikes and sometimes even a sunny day, you are colorful and beautiful, you are dark, gray and harsh, you are a kid in the park on the first day of Spring, you are a drunken tourist stumbling through the back alleys of the Red Light Districs, you are rich, you are poor, you are confusing and exciting, you are so many things and still you're just good old Amsterdam, the best city in the world, and I love you...hugs&kisses, Sam :)


Thank God it's Friday!!!!!!

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Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

Amsterdam, the best city in the world. Even when I don't like you sometimes, I still love you and I will never leave you. I don't know how you do it, but you've put some kind of spell on me, and every other city looks boring compared to you. You provide us with many wicked things to make our live inside of you more interesting, you supply us with plenty of pretty girls on bikes and sometimes even a sunny day, you are colorful and beautiful, you are dark, gray and harsh, you are a kid in the park on the first day of Spring, you are a drunken tourist stumbling through the back alleys of the Red Light Districs, you are rich, you are poor, you are confusing and exciting, you are so many things and still you're just good old Amsterdam, the best city in the world, and I love you...hugs&kisses, Sam :)


Thank God it's Friday!!!!!!

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...Amsterdam

Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

Amsterdam, the best city in the world. Even when I don't like you sometimes, I still love you and I will never leave you. I don't know how you do it, but you've put some kind of spell on me, and every other city looks boring compared to you. You provide us with many wicked things to make our live inside of you more interesting, you supply us with plenty of pretty girls on bikes and sometimes even a sunny day, you are colorful and beautiful, you are dark, gray and harsh, you are a kid in the park on the first day of Spring, you are a drunken tourist stumbling through the back alleys of the Red Light Districs, you are rich, you are poor, you are confusing and exciting, you are so many things and still you're just good old Amsterdam, the best city in the world, and I love you...hugs&kisses, Sam :)


Thank God it's Friday!!!!!!

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Wednesday 21 March 2012

Magna...

Unedited shot of the Magna Plaza in Amsterdam reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

I've mentioned it already a few times, in the last months I had to work a lot more than usual, and I barely have time to take any pictures, but luckily some of the prettiest buildings in Amsterdam are located along my way to work, so I sometimes quickly hop off my bike, take a few snaps and share them with the Interwebs. Of course it's not the same. I really miss spending my Fridays out in the streets, hunting puddles and people with my trigger-happy camera, enjoying the rest and relaxation, the feeling of freedom that you just can't buy for the little extra money I get for all that extra work :)

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...Plaza...

Unedited shot of the Magna Plaza in Amsterdam reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

I've mentioned it already a few times, in the last months I had to work a lot more than usual, and I barely have time to take any pictures, but luckily some of the prettiest buildings in Amsterdam are located along my way to work, so I sometimes quickly hop off my bike, take a few snaps and share them with the Interwebs. Of course it's not the same. I really miss spending my Fridays out in the streets, hunting puddles and people with my trigger-happy camera, enjoying the rest and relaxation, the feeling of freedom that you just can't buy for the little extra money I get for all that extra work :)

Have a great day, almost weekend!



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...Reflected

Unedited shot of the Magna Plaza in Amsterdam reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

I've mentioned it already a few times, in the last months I had to work a lot more than usual, and I barely have time to take any pictures, but luckily some of the prettiest buildings in Amsterdam are located along my way to work, so I sometimes quickly hop off my bike, take a few snaps and share them with the Interwebs. Of course it's not the same. I really miss spending my Fridays out in the streets, hunting puddles and people with my trigger-happy camera, enjoying the rest and relaxation, the feeling of freedom that you just can't buy for the little extra money I get for all that extra work :)

Have a great day, almost weekend!



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Tuesday 20 March 2012

Bikes


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Slightly edited shot of bikers in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.


It's Spring and everybody is back on their bikes, even those of us who prefer other means of transportation during the cold/icy/slippery season, so the bike paths and narrow streets are filled with steel horses swooshing off in all directions again, a wonderful madness to look at!. It always seems that we're all going to crash into each other or the cars, buses and trams interfering with our travels, and explode into a giant fierce fireball, but I can assure you, it's all perfectly safe, on those really rare occasions where I see people actually getting involved in crashes, in 99% of all cases we just rearrange the parts of our bikes that got twisted or turned, hop back on and keep cruising, luckily :)

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Bikes


Bikes, originally uploaded by AmsterSam - The Wicked Reflectah.

Slightly edited shot of bikers in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.


It's Spring and everybody is back on their bikes, even those of us who prefer other means of transportation during the cold/icy/slippery season, so the bike paths and narrow streets are filled with steel horses swooshing off in all directions again, a wonderful madness to look at!. It always seems that we're all going to crash into each other or the cars, buses and trams interfering with our travels, and explode into a giant fierce fireball, but I can assure you, it's all perfectly safe, on those really rare occasions where I see people actually getting involved in crashes, in 99% of all cases we just rearrange the parts of our bikes that got twisted or turned, hop back on and keep cruising, luckily :)

I've made a movie of the biking people too, check it out on my YouTube channel, thank you :)

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Bikes


Bikes, originally uploaded by AmsterSam - The Wicked Reflectah.

Slightly edited shot of bikers in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.


It's Spring and everybody is back on their bikes, even those of us who prefer other means of transportation during the cold/icy/slippery season, so the bike paths and narrow streets are filled with steel horses swooshing off in all directions again, a wonderful madness to look at!. It always seems that we're all going to crash into each other or the cars, buses and trams interfering with our travels, and explode into a giant fierce fireball, but I can assure you, it's all perfectly safe, on those really rare occasions where I see people actually getting involved in crashes, in 99% of all cases we just rearrange the parts of our bikes that got twisted or turned, hop back on and keep cruising, luckily :)

I've made a movie of the biking people too, check it out on my YouTube channel, thank you :)

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Monday 19 March 2012

The First...

Canal reflection of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app. No editing or magic tricks besides whatever that app did to the picture, no Photoshop :)

In the warmer'ish times of the year it can happen that it doesn't rain for days or even weeks and all the puddles dry up, so I'm really lucky that the best city in the world is full of canals, that in the morning, when I'm biking to work, are often silent and quiet, their surface still unharmed by the trillions of tourist-tour boats that will populate the water network a few hours later, and sometimes I even find the time to hop off my bike and shoot some wicked reflections, unfortunately not too often lately, but at least I'm storing all those unshot images in my brain for my own personal entertainment, and maybe some day Science and technological development will allow me to download them to the Interwebs or something, hehe :)


Today is the first day of Spring, finally :)))


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...Day Of...

Canal reflection of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app. No editing or magic tricks besides whatever that app did to the picture, no Photoshop :)

In the warmer'ish times of the year it can happen that it doesn't rain for days or even weeks and all the puddles dry up, so I'm really lucky that the best city in the world is full of canals, that in the morning, when I'm biking to work, are often silent and quiet, their surface still unharmed by the trillions of tourist-tour boats that will populate the water network a few hours later, and sometimes I even find the time to hop off my bike and shoot some wicked reflections, unfortunately not too often lately, but at least I'm storing all those unshot images in my brain for my own personal entertainment, and maybe some day Science and technological development will allow me to download them to the Interwebs or something, hehe :)


Today is the first day of Spring, finally :)))


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...Spring!

Canal reflection of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app. No editing or magic tricks besides whatever that app did to the picture, no Photoshop :)

In the warmer'ish times of the year it can happen that it doesn't rain for days or even weeks and all the puddles dry up, so I'm really lucky that the best city in the world is full of canals, that in the morning, when I'm biking to work, are often silent and quiet, their surface still unharmed by the trillions of tourist-tour boats that will populate the water network a few hours later, and sometimes I even find the time to hop off my bike and shoot some wicked reflections, unfortunately not too often lately, but at least I'm storing all those unshot images in my brain for my own personal entertainment, and maybe some day Science and technological development will allow me to download them to the Interwebs or something, hehe :)


Today is the first day of Spring, finally :)))


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Sunday 18 March 2012

Don't...

Slightly edited shot of a girl in the street in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.

I saw this girl standing next to me in the street, so I tried to 'secretly' shoot her, but she caught me in the act and kept giving me this irritated look, I think you can nicely see it in the last shot of this series, lol. I'm really sorry that I've annoyed you with my snap-happy cam dear girl in the street, I hope that I didn't ruin your day :)

Have a good start into the new week!


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...Be A...

Slightly edited shot of a girl in the street in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.

I saw this girl standing next to me in the street, so I tried to 'secretly' shoot her, but she caught me in the act and kept giving me this irritated look, I think you can nicely see it in the last shot of this series, lol. I'm really sorry that I've annoyed you with my snap-happy cam dear girl in the street, I hope that I didn't ruin your day :)

Have a good start into the new week!


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...Stranger!

Slightly edited shot of a girl in the street in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.

I saw this girl standing next to me in the street, so I tried to 'secretly' shoot her, but she caught me in the act and kept giving me this irritated look, I think you can nicely see it in the last shot of this series, lol. I'm really sorry that I've annoyed you with my snap-happy cam dear girl in the street, I hope that I didn't ruin your day :)

Have a good start into the new week!


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Reflections...

Unedited shot of people in Amsterdam reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

I'm not feeling so hot, I think I'm getting sick from all the stress I'm experiencing lately, I know that my body tends to do that, in the interest of self-preservation, it will shut down after prolonged periods of excessive working and not taking any time to rest and relax, but at the moment there is nothing I can do about it except ordering my sinuses to clear up, my itchy throat to get smooth and usable again by spooning liters of Honey into it, and my hurting head to stop throbbing by offering it various pills and powders that don't seem to have any effect. This morning I woke up feeling like some big animal has been chewing on my body all night long, my eyes hurt and I can't even imagine doing anything today besides doing nothing, hoping that this will get me ready to face another harsh, intense day at the office tomorrow, what a life! And I know, it could be much worse, so I'm trying to cheer myself up and set my mind to a healing state that will allow me to feel human again, possibly later today already, the mind is a powerful thing after all, wish me luck, feel free to bring me chicken-soup and pet my head, I like that, thank you very much :)


I've made a movie of the people in this puddle too, check it out on my YouTube channel, thank you :)

Movie


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...Of...

Unedited shot of people in Amsterdam reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

I'm not feeling so hot, I think I'm getting sick from all the stress I'm experiencing lately, I know that my body tends to do that, in the interest of self-preservation, it will shut down after prolonged periods of excessive working and not taking any time to rest and relax, but at the moment there is nothing I can do about it except ordering my sinuses to clear up, my itchy throat to get smooth and usable again by spooning liters of Honey into it, and my hurting head to stop throbbing by offering it various pills and powders that don't seem to have any effect. This morning I woke up feeling like some big animal has been chewing on my body all night long, my eyes hurt and I can't even imagine doing anything today besides doing nothing, hoping that this will get me ready to face another harsh, intense day at the office tomorrow, what a life! And I know, it could be much worse, so I'm trying to cheer myself up and set my mind to a healing state that will allow me to feel human again, possibly later today already, the mind is a powerful thing after all, wish me luck, feel free to bring me chicken-soup and pet my head, I like that, thank you very much :)


I've made a movie of the people in this puddle too, check it out on my YouTube channel, thank you :)

Movie


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...Amsterdam

Unedited shot of people in Amsterdam reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

I'm not feeling so hot, I think I'm getting sick from all the stress I'm experiencing lately, I know that my body tends to do that, in the interest of self-preservation, it will shut down after prolonged periods of excessive working and not taking any time to rest and relax, but at the moment there is nothing I can do about it except ordering my sinuses to clear up, my itchy throat to get smooth and usable again by spooning liters of Honey into it, and my hurting head to stop throbbing by offering it various pills and powders that don't seem to have any effect. This morning I woke up feeling like some big animal has been chewing on my body all night long, my eyes hurt and I can't even imagine doing anything today besides doing nothing, hoping that this will get me ready to face another harsh, intense day at the office tomorrow, what a life! And I know, it could be much worse, so I'm trying to cheer myself up and set my mind to a healing state that will allow me to feel human again, possibly later today already, the mind is a powerful thing after all, wish me luck, feel free to bring me chicken-soup and pet my head, I like that, thank you very much :)


I've made a movie of the people in this puddle too, check it out on my YouTube channel, thank you :)

Movie


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Saturday 17 March 2012

AmsterSam...

Selfreflection in a bar in Amsterdam last night. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

Last night I went to a bar with some colleagues after work and as almost always when I go out, I ended up drinking too much and spend a great evening with lots of laughter, beer, smokes and a delirious madman bike-ride through the seemingly ever-shifting and itself rearranging landscape of an Amsterdam night, oh what fun! Now my head hurts, my stomache is grumbling and I'm even too tired and hungover to drag my limp body into the shower for a refreshing wake-up wash, so if you are in the area, maybe you could climb up to my Penthouse and give me a push and a shove in the general direction of the bathroom, thank you very much :D

Have an wicked weekend, the sun is shining!



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...The Drunken...

Selfreflection in a bar in Amsterdam last night. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

Last night I went to a bar with some colleagues after work and as almost always when I go out, I ended up drinking too much and spend a great evening with lots of laughter, beer, smokes and a delirious madman bike-ride through the seemingly ever-shifting and itself rearranging landscape of an Amsterdam night, oh what fun! Now my head hurts, my stomache is grumbling and I'm even too tired and hungover to drag my limp body into the shower for a refreshing wake-up wash, so if you are in the area, maybe you could climb up to my Penthouse and give me a push and a shove in the general direction of the bathroom, thank you very much :D

Have an wicked weekend, the sun is shining!



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...Reflectah

Selfreflection in a bar in Amsterdam last night. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.

Last night I went to a bar with some colleagues after work and as almost always when I go out, I ended up drinking too much and spend a great evening with lots of laughter, beer, smokes and a delirious madman bike-ride through the seemingly ever-shifting and itself rearranging landscape of an Amsterdam night, oh what fun! Now my head hurts, my stomache is grumbling and I'm even too tired and hungover to drag my limp body into the shower for a refreshing wake-up wash, so if you are in the area, maybe you could climb up to my Penthouse and give me a push and a shove in the general direction of the bathroom, thank you very much :D

Have an wicked weekend, the sun is shining!



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Thursday 15 March 2012

Thank...

Slightly edited shot of a biker reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing besides some fiddling with contrast and saturation, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

It's Friday, oh wow, finally, I was living towards this day all week long, too bad I'm still working Fridays at the moment, but at least I've got 2 days to chillax and get my stuff done, it's not really enough time to take care of my personal business, but it will have to do...I can tell you, I am having more respect and admiration every week for all of you guys out there who do this full-time work thing all their life, year in, year out, you must be Superman or something, lol! Another month or so, and I'll go back to my lazy old 4 day week, I'm sooooooo looking forward to that, I must be a Sloth inside a human body, there is no other explanation for my excessive level of laziness, hehehe :)

Thank God it's Friday!



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...God It's...

Slightly edited shot of a biker reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing besides some fiddling with contrast and saturation, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

It's Friday, oh wow, finally, I was living towards this day all week long, too bad I'm still working Fridays at the moment, but at least I've got 2 days to chillax and get my stuff done, it's not really enough time to take care of my personal business, but it will have to do...I can tell you, I am having more respect and admiration every week for all of you guys out there who do this full-time work thing all their life, year in, year out, you must be Superman or something, lol! Another month or so, and I'll go back to my lazy old 4 day week, I'm sooooooo looking forward to that, I must be a Sloth inside a human body, there is no other explanation for my excessive level of laziness, hehehe :)

Thank God it's Friday!



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...Friday!

Slightly edited shot of a biker reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing besides some fiddling with contrast and saturation, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

It's Friday, oh wow, finally, I was living towards this day all week long, too bad I'm still working Fridays at the moment, but at least I've got 2 days to chillax and get my stuff done, it's not really enough time to take care of my personal business, but it will have to do...I can tell you, I am having more respect and admiration every week for all of you guys out there who do this full-time work thing all their life, year in, year out, you must be Superman or something, lol! Another month or so, and I'll go back to my lazy old 4 day week, I'm sooooooo looking forward to that, I must be a Sloth inside a human body, there is no other explanation for my excessive level of laziness, hehehe :)

Thank God it's Friday!



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