Unedited shot of people reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
I have gotten so used to taking wicked puddle reflections wherever I go, that I sometimes forget that they are anything special, for me it's just a natural habit or a reflex, see a wet spot, grab my phone or cam, shoot, boom, done, let's move on with our lives. Those people who are not me, a majority, are sometimes uninitiated in the art of puddle shooting, some might even never have seen any of my pictures before and could possibly experience an effect of breathlessness, nausea or feelings of utter disorientation, this should not last very long, put your head between your legs, take deep breaths and keep telling yourself "It's just water! Really, it's just water! There is no Voodoo involved, it's just water! Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!", and everything should be back to normal in a few minutes, if not, welcome to my world, hahaha :D
I've made a wicked reflection movie of this puddle too, check it out on my YouTube channel, thank you :)
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Thursday, 31 May 2012
Wicked...
...Reflections...
Unedited shot of people reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
I have gotten so used to taking wicked puddle reflections wherever I go, that I sometimes forget that they are anything special, for me it's just a natural habit or a reflex, see a wet spot, grab my phone or cam, shoot, boom, done, let's move on with our lives. Those people who are not me, a majority, are sometimes uninitiated in the art of puddle shooting, some might even never have seen any of my pictures before and could possibly experience an effect of breathlessness, nausea or feelings of utter disorientation, this should not last very long, put your head between your legs, take deep breaths and keep telling yourself "It's just water! Really, it's just water! There is no Voodoo involved, it's just water! Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!", and everything should be back to normal in a few minutes, if not, welcome to my world, hahaha :D
I've made a wicked reflection movie of this puddle too, check it out on my YouTube channel, thank you :)
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...WonderBoy
Unedited shot of people reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
I have gotten so used to taking wicked puddle reflections wherever I go, that I sometimes forget that they are anything special, for me it's just a natural habit or a reflex, see a wet spot, grab my phone or cam, shoot, boom, done, let's move on with our lives. Those people who are not me, a majority, are sometimes uninitiated in the art of puddle shooting, some might even never have seen any of my pictures before and could possibly experience an effect of breathlessness, nausea or feelings of utter disorientation, this should not last very long, put your head between your legs, take deep breaths and keep telling yourself "It's just water! Really, it's just water! There is no Voodoo involved, it's just water! Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!", and everything should be back to normal in a few minutes, if not, welcome to my world, hahaha :D
I've made a wicked reflection movie of this puddle too, check it out on my YouTube channel, thank you :)
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Wednesday, 30 May 2012
The Backside...
Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
Amsterdam is not just about pretty facades and faces, it also has a backside that you don't see too often...luckily, if you do, it mostly looks like it does in this picture, hehehe. I am usually not a big fan of secretly snapping pictures of unsuspecting innocent bystanders, but sometimes even a wicked Reflectah has to do something unusual to be able to fill this Interwebs right here with content that will attract your attention and get you to spend some quality time with some genuine shizzle made by AmsterSam, you deserve nothing less, lol :D
Have a great day, it seems that the Summer is back from its 1-day-holiday yesterday, yay :))))
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...Of...
Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
Amsterdam is not just about pretty facades and faces, it also has a backside that you don't see too often...luckily, if you do, it mostly looks like it does in this picture, hehehe. I am usually not a big fan of secretly snapping pictures of unsuspecting innocent bystanders, but sometimes even a wicked Reflectah has to do something unusual to be able to fill this Interwebs right here with content that will attract your attention and get you to spend some quality time with some genuine shizzle made by AmsterSam, you deserve nothing less, lol :D
Have a great day, it seems that the Summer is back from its 1-day-holiday yesterday, yay :))))
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...Amsterdam
Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
Amsterdam is not just about pretty facades and faces, it also has a backside that you don't see too often...luckily, if you do, it mostly looks like it does in this picture, hehehe. I am usually not a big fan of secretly snapping pictures of unsuspecting innocent bystanders, but sometimes even a wicked Reflectah has to do something unusual to be able to fill this Interwebs right here with content that will attract your attention and get you to spend some quality time with some genuine shizzle made by AmsterSam, you deserve nothing less, lol :D
Have a great day, it seems that the Summer is back from its 1-day-holiday yesterday, yay :))))
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Tuesday, 29 May 2012
The...
Slightly edited shot of people reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing besides some added contrast, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
In Amsterdam almost everybody is riding a bike, but some of us ride a Bike...this one is an attention-magnet, even though very likely not a very practical one. I'm sure this Dude has lots of problems maneuvering this baby through the narrow streets of the best city in the world, and he probably gets to say 'Sorry!' all the time, for accidentally pushing people over, and into the canals with his handlebars, lol. I'm glad I have just an average granny bike, a much better ride and you are less attractive for Bike-jackers...nah, just kidding, we don't really have those, luckily :)
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...Low...
Slightly edited shot of people reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing besides some added contrast, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
In Amsterdam almost everybody is riding a bike, but some of us ride a Bike...this one is an attention-magnet, even though very likely not a very practical one. I'm sure this Dude has lots of problems maneuvering this baby through the narrow streets of the best city in the world, and he probably gets to say 'Sorry!' all the time, for accidentally pushing people over, and into the canals with his handlebars, lol. I'm glad I have just an average granny bike, a much better ride and you are less attractive for Bike-jackers...nah, just kidding, we don't really have those, luckily :)
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...Rider
Slightly edited shot of people reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing besides some added contrast, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
In Amsterdam almost everybody is riding a bike, but some of us ride a Bike...this one is an attention-magnet, even though very likely not a very practical one. I'm sure this Dude has lots of problems maneuvering this baby through the narrow streets of the best city in the world, and he probably gets to say 'Sorry!' all the time, for accidentally pushing people over, and into the canals with his handlebars, lol. I'm glad I have just an average granny bike, a much better ride and you are less attractive for Bike-jackers...nah, just kidding, we don't really have those, luckily :)
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Monday, 28 May 2012
AmsterSam...
Slightly edited shot of me in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1 by the lovely Miss A.
The last couple of days were so beautiful, sunny, peaceful and relaxed that I seriously wish somebody would invent a device that would allow me to experience those days over and over again, not because I like living in the past, but because I can not even imagine that days can be any better than this weekend, I am currently so relaxed that I have to be careful not to slowly slip and slide off my bike's saddle while riding, lol. It sucks that there is no 'Stop', or at least a 'Rewind' button in life, so that we can go back and relive those special moments that make up the fabric of our happy memories, it just would make things even so much better. Since we don't have those options, I guess we all have to do whatever it takes to make every day special and beautiful. I know I'm going to enjoy today, and that it will always remain in my internal memory-banks as a lovely, perfect day that I'm going back to the moment the 'Real Life Rewind' functionality is implemented on a large scale :)
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...The Relaxed...
Slightly edited shot of me in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1 by the lovely Miss A.
The last couple of days were so beautiful, sunny, peaceful and relaxed that I seriously wish somebody would invent a device that would allow me to experience those days over and over again, not because I like living in the past, but because I can not even imagine that days can be any better than this weekend, I am currently so relaxed that I have to be careful not to slowly slip and slide off my bike's saddle while riding, lol. It sucks that there is no 'Stop', or at least a 'Rewind' button in life, so that we can go back and relive those special moments that make up the fabric of our happy memories, it just would make things even so much better. Since we don't have those options, I guess we all have to do whatever it takes to make every day special and beautiful. I know I'm going to enjoy today, and that it will always remain in my internal memory-banks as a lovely, perfect day that I'm going back to the moment the 'Real Life Rewind' functionality is implemented on a large scale :)
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...Reflectah
Slightly edited shot of me in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1 by the lovely Miss A.
The last couple of days were so beautiful, sunny, peaceful and relaxed that I seriously wish somebody would invent a device that would allow me to experience those days over and over again, not because I like living in the past, but because I can not even imagine that days can be any better than this weekend, I am currently so relaxed that I have to be careful not to slowly slip and slide off my bike's saddle while riding, lol. It sucks that there is no 'Stop', or at least a 'Rewind' button in life, so that we can go back and relive those special moments that make up the fabric of our happy memories, it just would make things even so much better. Since we don't have those options, I guess we all have to do whatever it takes to make every day special and beautiful. I know I'm going to enjoy today, and that it will always remain in my internal memory-banks as a lovely, perfect day that I'm going back to the moment the 'Real Life Rewind' functionality is implemented on a large scale :)
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Sunday, 27 May 2012
In The Park - Happy
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A and Miss S in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam yesterday. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Yesterday I went to the park to hang out with the lovely Miss A and the lovely Miss S, they were busy learning for their studies, so I took the chance to shoot them while they were distracted by the heavy stuff that they tried to force into their heads. It could also be that they were just ignoring me on purpose, to make me stop from going 'Click' 'Click' 'Click' next to their heads all the time, but it didn't work, I just couldn't stop, so expect more pictures of these 2 lovely, beautiful, and last but not least, very smart ladies in the days to come, I hope you like them as much as I do, otherwise I'd advise you to keep your eyes closed or look at something else...hey, there's a seagull! Hahaha :D
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In The Park - Dedicated
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A and Miss S in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam yesterday. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Yesterday I went to the park to hang out with the lovely Miss A and the lovely Miss S, they were busy learning for their studies, so I took the chance to shoot them while they were distracted by the heavy stuff that they tried to force into their heads. It could also be that they were just ignoring me on purpose, to make me stop from going 'Click' 'Click' 'Click' next to their heads all the time, but it didn't work, I just couldn't stop, so expect more pictures of these 2 lovely, beautiful, and last but not least, very smart ladies in the days to come, I hope you like them as much as I do, otherwise I'd advise you to keep your eyes closed or look at something else...hey, there's a seagull! Hahaha :D
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In The Park - Resting
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A and Miss S in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam yesterday. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Yesterday I went to the park to hang out with the lovely Miss A and the lovely Miss S, they were busy learning for their studies, so I took the chance to shoot them while they were distracted by the heavy stuff that they tried to force into their heads. It could also be that they were just ignoring me on purpose, to make me stop from going 'Click' 'Click' 'Click' next to their heads all the time, but it didn't work, I just couldn't stop, so expect more pictures of these 2 lovely, beautiful, and last but not least, very smart ladies in the days to come, I hope you like them as much as I do, otherwise I'd advise you to keep your eyes closed or look at something else...hey, there's a seagull! Hahaha :D
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In The Park - Sunshine
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A and Miss S in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam yesterday. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Yesterday I went to the park to hang out with the lovely Miss A and the lovely Miss S, they were busy learning for their studies, so I took the chance to shoot them while they were distracted by the heavy stuff that they tried to force into their heads. It could also be that they were just ignoring me on purpose, to make me stop from going 'Click' 'Click' 'Click' next to their heads all the time, but it didn't work, I just couldn't stop, so expect more pictures of these 2 lovely, beautiful, and last but not least, very smart ladies in the days to come, I hope you like them as much as I do, otherwise I'd advise you to keep your eyes closed or look at something else...hey, there's a seagull! Hahaha :D
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In The Park - Reflected
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A and Miss S in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam yesterday. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Yesterday I went to the park to hang out with the lovely Miss A and the lovely Miss S, they were busy learning for their studies, so I took the chance to shoot them while they were distracted by the heavy stuff that they tried to force into their heads. It could also be that they were just ignoring me on purpose, to make me stop from going 'Click' 'Click' 'Click' next to their heads all the time, but it didn't work, I just couldn't stop, so expect more pictures of these 2 lovely, beautiful, and last but not least, very smart ladies in the days to come, I hope you like them as much as I do, otherwise I'd advise you to keep your eyes closed or look at something else...hey, there's a seagull! Hahaha :D
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In The Park - Focussed
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A and Miss S in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam yesterday. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Yesterday I went to the park to hang out with the lovely Miss A and the lovely Miss S, they were busy learning for their studies, so I took the chance to shoot them while they were distracted by the heavy stuff that they tried to force into their heads. It could also be that they were just ignoring me on purpose, to make me stop from going 'Click' 'Click' 'Click' next to their heads all the time, but it didn't work, I just couldn't stop, so expect more pictures of these 2 lovely, beautiful, and last but not least, very smart ladies in the days to come, I hope you like them as much as I do, otherwise I'd advise you to keep your eyes closed or look at something else...hey, there's a seagull! Hahaha :D
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Saturday, 26 May 2012
Don't...
Unedited shot of bikers reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
It's weekend, it's supersunny and hot, and I'm off for a week, yay! The next week is important for me on a personal level, it marks 2 milestones in my life that have made me the man I am today, and I am going to enjoy having the time to think about where I'm coming from and where I'm going to, without having to look at the clock all the time, figuring out when I'll have to get back to the office for another soul-crushing lateshift combined with a massive barrage of office-politics BS. I will only think about nice things, I'm just going to do whatever I want and I am going to eat so much ice-cream that they'll have to wheel my bloated body to the nearest ice-cream emergency-room, hahaha :D
Enjoy the wicked weather, have a great weekend :)
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...Rush...
Unedited shot of bikers reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
It's weekend, it's supersunny and hot, and I'm off for a week, yay! The next week is important for me on a personal level, it marks 2 milestones in my life that have made me the man I am today, and I am going to enjoy having the time to think about where I'm coming from and where I'm going to, without having to look at the clock all the time, figuring out when I'll have to get back to the office for another soul-crushing lateshift combined with a massive barrage of office-politics BS. I will only think about nice things, I'm just going to do whatever I want and I am going to eat so much ice-cream that they'll have to wheel my bloated body to the nearest ice-cream emergency-room, hahaha :D
Enjoy the wicked weather, have a great weekend :)
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...It!
Unedited shot of bikers reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
It's weekend, it's supersunny and hot, and I'm off for a week, yay! The next week is important for me on a personal level, it marks 2 milestones in my life that have made me the man I am today, and I am going to enjoy having the time to think about where I'm coming from and where I'm going to, without having to look at the clock all the time, figuring out when I'll have to get back to the office for another soul-crushing lateshift combined with a massive barrage of office-politics BS. I will only think about nice things, I'm just going to do whatever I want and I am going to eat so much ice-cream that they'll have to wheel my bloated body to the nearest ice-cream emergency-room, hahaha :D
Enjoy the wicked weather, have a great weekend :)
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Thursday, 24 May 2012
Thank...
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A on my balcony in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Yeah :D
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...God It's...
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A on my balcony in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Yeah :D
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...Friday!
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A on my balcony in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Thank God it's Friday! Yeah :D
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Amsterdam...
Slightly edited windowreflection of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app. Some contrast and saturation added, no Photoshop :)
Damn, it's HOT!!! We went from really crappy weather to reallyreally way-too-hot weather in just a few days, the humidity level is at about 150% and it's suddenly almost 30 degrees, causing old folks to drop dead in the streets, birds to fall out of the sky like little feathered rocks, and religious people to speak in tongues. After just 3 days of this unbearable heat, I long for a rainy day, preferably combined with some hail storms and snow, for a serious cool-down, I'm already totally dehydrated and can't fill up my body with cold liquids fast enough to achieve a bodily-fluid equilibrium. They say there is a lot more of this weather coming our way, so I'll probably have to invent a Full-body-ice-bag-suit or something to make it through the coming weeks and months, lol Oh man, it started to rain last night, that sucks, I want the nice'n'hot weather back, booooo, hahaha :D
Wait, did I just complain about the fact that it's finallyfinally Summer in the best city in the world?! Sorry about that, I must have a sun-stroke already or something, hehehe :)
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...On My...
Slightly edited windowreflection of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app. Some contrast and saturation added, no Photoshop :)
Damn, it's HOT!!! We went from really crappy weather to reallyreally way-too-hot weather in just a few days, the humidity level is at about 150% and it's suddenly almost 30 degrees, causing old folks to drop dead in the streets, birds to fall out of the sky like little feathered rocks, and religious people to speak in tongues. After just 3 days of this unbearable heat, I long for a rainy day, preferably combined with some hail storms and snow, for a serious cool-down, I'm already totally dehydrated and can't fill up my body with cold liquids fast enough to achieve a bodily-fluid equilibrium. They say there is a lot more of this weather coming our way, so I'll probably have to invent a Full-body-ice-bag-suit or something to make it through the coming weeks and months, lol Oh man, it started to rain last night, that sucks, I want the nice'n'hot weather back, booooo, hahaha :D
Wait, did I just complain about the fact that it's finallyfinally Summer in the best city in the world?! Sorry about that, I must have a sun-stroke already or something, hehehe :)
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...Mind
Slightly edited windowreflection of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app. Some contrast and saturation added, no Photoshop :)
Damn, it's HOT!!! We went from really crappy weather to reallyreally way-too-hot weather in just a few days, the humidity level is at about 150% and it's suddenly almost 30 degrees, causing old folks to drop dead in the streets, birds to fall out of the sky like little feathered rocks, and religious people to speak in tongues. After just 3 days of this unbearable heat, I long for a rainy day, preferably combined with some hail storms and snow, for a serious cool-down, I'm already totally dehydrated and can't fill up my body with cold liquids fast enough to achieve a bodily-fluid equilibrium. They say there is a lot more of this weather coming our way, so I'll probably have to invent a Full-body-ice-bag-suit or something to make it through the coming weeks and months, lol Oh man, it started to rain last night, that sucks, I want the nice'n'hot weather back, booooo, hahaha :D
Wait, did I just complain about the fact that it's finallyfinally Summer in the best city in the world?! Sorry about that, I must have a sun-stroke already or something, hehehe :)
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Tuesday, 22 May 2012
The Life...
Shot of the lovely Miss A, learning in my living room in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Last year the lovely Miss A, who likes a good challenge, decided to become a Student, a very good decision, as learning helps us to grow our brains, and prepares us for a responsible position in society where we can help to make this world a better place, while securing a reasonable salary, an excellent combination. Unfortunately Miss A picked one of the few studies where it is actually required of the students to spend every waking hour reading, studying and avoiding anything that does not contribute to the overall success of their courses, resulting in fewer opportunities for her to spend quality time with her friends, like myself, so when I do get a rare chance to meet and shoot her, I usually won't stop until I run out of bullets, distracting Miss A from her studies, causing her to spend even more time with her books, and even less with friends...a vicious cycle, and the only way out, is for her to study even harder to make up for the wasted hours. Good luck Miss A, I know you can do it :)
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...Of A...
Shot of the lovely Miss A, learning in my living room in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Last year the lovely Miss A, who likes a good challenge, decided to become a Student, a very good decision, as learning helps us to grow our brains, and prepares us for a responsible position in society where we can help to make this world a better place, while securing a reasonable salary, an excellent combination. Unfortunately Miss A picked one of the few studies where it is actually required of the students to spend every waking hour reading, studying and avoiding anything that does not contribute to the overall success of their courses, resulting in fewer opportunities for her to spend quality time with her friends, like myself, so when I do get a rare chance to meet and shoot her, I usually won't stop until I run out of bullets, distracting Miss A from her studies, causing her to spend even more time with her books, and even less with friends...a vicious cycle, and the only way out, is for her to study even harder to make up for the wasted hours. Good luck Miss A, I know you can do it :)
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...Student
Shot of the lovely Miss A, learning in my living room in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Last year the lovely Miss A, who likes a good challenge, decided to become a Student, a very good decision, as learning helps us to grow our brains, and prepares us for a responsible position in society where we can help to make this world a better place, while securing a reasonable salary, an excellent combination. Unfortunately Miss A picked one of the few studies where it is actually required of the students to spend every waking hour reading, studying and avoiding anything that does not contribute to the overall success of their courses, resulting in fewer opportunities for her to spend quality time with her friends, like myself, so when I do get a rare chance to meet and shoot her, I usually won't stop until I run out of bullets, distracting Miss A from her studies, causing her to spend even more time with her books, and even less with friends...a vicious cycle, and the only way out, is for her to study even harder to make up for the wasted hours. Good luck Miss A, I know you can do it :)
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Going...
Unedited shot of people reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
At the beginning of February I took over a new position in the company where I work, and that turned out to be a rather bad decision, it caused my life to be derailed from the safe, organized course I was staying on, and resulted in many loooong days filled with unmanageable workloads, pleeenty of stress and challenges, and a lot less time dedicated to my secret hobby, taking pictures of puddles...I know, they say change is good, but in this case change brought nothing but utter misery and life-disrupting measures. Now, after 3 1/2 really harsh months, I'm back to working 4 days instead of 5, I was off yesterday and now I am looking forward to a long weekend followed by a whole week of valuable, loveable vacation time, my first since October last year, well deserved I might add, and just in time, as I can not go on for another day like this, I need a rest, I need to relax, I need some serious sleep, and last but not least, I need to spend some quality time with my wicked friends, the puddles of Amsterdam, lol :D
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...The Extra...
Unedited shot of people reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
At the beginning of February I took over a new position in the company where I work, and that turned out to be a rather bad decision, it caused my life to be derailed from the safe, organized course I was staying on, and resulted in many loooong days filled with unmanageable workloads, pleeenty of stress and challenges, and a lot less time dedicated to my secret hobby, taking pictures of puddles...I know, they say change is good, but in this case change brought nothing but utter misery and life-disrupting measures. Now, after 3 1/2 really harsh months, I'm back to working 4 days instead of 5, I was off yesterday and now I am looking forward to a long weekend followed by a whole week of valuable, loveable vacation time, my first since October last year, well deserved I might add, and just in time, as I can not go on for another day like this, I need a rest, I need to relax, I need some serious sleep, and last but not least, I need to spend some quality time with my wicked friends, the puddles of Amsterdam, lol :D
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...Mile
Unedited shot of people reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
At the beginning of February I took over a new position in the company where I work, and that turned out to be a rather bad decision, it caused my life to be derailed from the safe, organized course I was staying on, and resulted in many loooong days filled with unmanageable workloads, pleeenty of stress and challenges, and a lot less time dedicated to my secret hobby, taking pictures of puddles...I know, they say change is good, but in this case change brought nothing but utter misery and life-disrupting measures. Now, after 3 1/2 really harsh months, I'm back to working 4 days instead of 5, I was off yesterday and now I am looking forward to a long weekend followed by a whole week of valuable, loveable vacation time, my first since October last year, well deserved I might add, and just in time, as I can not go on for another day like this, I need a rest, I need to relax, I need some serious sleep, and last but not least, I need to spend some quality time with my wicked friends, the puddles of Amsterdam, lol :D
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Monday, 21 May 2012
Good Girls Go To...
Unedited shot of girls on a Stag-night in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
I've mentioned it already some time ago, Amsterdam is one of the favorite places for British people to celebrate their Hen- or Stag-night before getting married, a tradition that probably flushes about 250 Billion euros into the empty cash register of city hall each year, which makes them rather popular with our Board of Tourism (the tourists, not city hall!), who wisely decided that we all need to do our share to encourage even more drunk, dazed and confused UK visitors to come to the best city in the world, by taking pictures of them in their fluffy costumes and posting them to the Interwebs for everybody to see. Normally that would shame a potential tourist away from coming here, but not so much our English friends, for them it seems to be another very valid reason to peacefully invade us and drink all our beer, hehehe ;D
Have a good start into the week :)
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...Heaven, Bad Girls...
Unedited shot of girls on a Stag-night in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
I've mentioned it already some time ago, Amsterdam is one of the favorite places for British people to celebrate their Hen- or Stag-night before getting married, a tradition that probably flushes about 250 Billion euros into the empty cash register of city hall each year, which makes them rather popular with our Board of Tourism (the tourists, not city hall!), who wisely decided that we all need to do our share to encourage even more drunk, dazed and confused UK visitors to come to the best city in the world, by taking pictures of them in their fluffy costumes and posting them to the Interwebs for everybody to see. Normally that would shame a potential tourist away from coming here, but not so much our English friends, for them it seems to be another very valid reason to peacefully invade us and drink all our beer, hehehe ;D
Have a good start into the week :)
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...Go To Amsterdam!
Unedited shot of girls on a Stag-night in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
I've mentioned it already some time ago, Amsterdam is one of the favorite places for British people to celebrate their Hen- or Stag-night before getting married, a tradition that probably flushes about 250 Billion euros into the empty cash register of city hall each year, which makes them rather popular with our Board of Tourism (the tourists, not city hall!), who wisely decided that we all need to do our share to encourage even more drunk, dazed and confused UK visitors to come to the best city in the world, by taking pictures of them in their fluffy costumes and posting them to the Interwebs for everybody to see. Normally that would shame a potential tourist away from coming here, but not so much our English friends, for them it seems to be another very valid reason to peacefully invade us and drink all our beer, hehehe ;D
Have a good start into the week :)
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Sunday, 20 May 2012
Overcoming...
Unedited shot of a girl and her bike, reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
I did it! I freakin' did it! I made it through the first half of this year that was filled with looooots of hard work, new rules and regulations, overtime, extra working days, late-shifts, megastress and so many obstacles in my path, that I kept thinking that I might be going the wrong way, because the right way should not feel this rocky and rowdy, but now I finally did it! I've managed to deal with, and survive, anything coming my way, and from here on it's all downhill. Tomorrow I am off, ringing in my first 4-day week since January, a beautiful day I've been eagerly awaiting, not expecting it to come anymore, just to get hit over the head by it with a smacking, crackling sound that's like sweetsweet music in my ears, yay! My life just got better, and I will enjoy every minute of it to the last drop, and I'd like to thank myself for being able to deal with so much BS in such a short time, good job Sam, well done, you're the best, hahaha :D
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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...The Obstacles...
Unedited shot of a girl and her bike, reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
I did it! I freakin' did it! I made it through the first half of this year that was filled with looooots of hard work, new rules and regulations, overtime, extra working days, late-shifts, megastress and so many obstacles in my path, that I kept thinking that I might be going the wrong way, because the right way should not feel this rocky and rowdy, but now I finally did it! I've managed to deal with, and survive, anything coming my way, and from here on it's all downhill. Tomorrow I am off, ringing in my first 4-day week since January, a beautiful day I've been eagerly awaiting, not expecting it to come anymore, just to get hit over the head by it with a smacking, crackling sound that's like sweetsweet music in my ears, yay! My life just got better, and I will enjoy every minute of it to the last drop, and I'd like to thank myself for being able to deal with so much BS in such a short time, good job Sam, well done, you're the best, hahaha :D
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 Life
Unedited shot of a girl and her bike, reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
I did it! I freakin' did it! I made it through the first half of this year that was filled with looooots of hard work, new rules and regulations, overtime, extra working days, late-shifts, megastress and so many obstacles in my path, that I kept thinking that I might be going the wrong way, because the right way should not feel this rocky and rowdy, but now I finally did it! I've managed to deal with, and survive, anything coming my way, and from here on it's all downhill. Tomorrow I am off, ringing in my first 4-day week since January, a beautiful day I've been eagerly awaiting, not expecting it to come anymore, just to get hit over the head by it with a smacking, crackling sound that's like sweetsweet music in my ears, yay! My life just got better, and I will enjoy every minute of it to the last drop, and I'd like to thank myself for being able to deal with so much BS in such a short time, good job Sam, well done, you're the best, hahaha :D
I''ve made a movie of the people in this puddle too, check it out on my YouTube channel, thank you :)
Movie
Amsterdam photos
Wicked reflections
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'Like' me on Facebook :)
Saturday, 19 May 2012
Weekend...
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A in my living room in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Oh my, what a crappy week this was, sooo much work, such a horrible full-time schedule filled with evening-shifts, and so many retarded Office-politics moments, I'm really glad it's over, pheeew! But I'm not the only one working hard, the lovely Miss A is a student, and looking at her workload and the constant effort it takes to keep make up with the very high demands of her studies, I'm almost glad that I'm just an office-slave, and not in school anymore. Luckily Miss A likes a good challenge, as she's proven in the past by running up walls, walking across Spain and on frozen canals, and biking through various European countries in one day, repeatedly...OK, that last one, I did with her, but I silently started weeping to myself after 150 kilometers in the saddle, while she was plowing across the concrete street as if she had just woken up from a relaxing nap, lol :D
Have a nice weekend!
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...Here I...
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A in my living room in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Oh my, what a crappy week this was, sooo much work, such a horrible full-time schedule filled with evening-shifts, and so many retarded Office-politics moments, I'm really glad it's over, pheeew! But I'm not the only one working hard, the lovely Miss A is a student, and looking at her workload and the constant effort it takes to keep make up with the very high demands of her studies, I'm almost glad that I'm just an office-slave, and not in school anymore. Luckily Miss A likes a good challenge, as she's proven in the past by running up walls, walking across Spain and on frozen canals, and biking through various European countries in one day, repeatedly...OK, that last one, I did with her, but I silently started weeping to myself after 150 kilometers in the saddle, while she was plowing across the concrete street as if she had just woken up from a relaxing nap, lol :D
Have a nice weekend!
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...Come!
Slightly edited shot of the lovely Miss A in my living room in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Oh my, what a crappy week this was, sooo much work, such a horrible full-time schedule filled with evening-shifts, and so many retarded Office-politics moments, I'm really glad it's over, pheeew! But I'm not the only one working hard, the lovely Miss A is a student, and looking at her workload and the constant effort it takes to keep make up with the very high demands of her studies, I'm almost glad that I'm just an office-slave, and not in school anymore. Luckily Miss A likes a good challenge, as she's proven in the past by running up walls, walking across Spain and on frozen canals, and biking through various European countries in one day, repeatedly...OK, that last one, I did with her, but I silently started weeping to myself after 150 kilometers in the saddle, while she was plowing across the concrete street as if she had just woken up from a relaxing nap, lol :D
Have a nice weekend!
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Friday, 18 May 2012
Thank...
Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
Today is very likely the last Friday that I'll have to waste at the office instead of outside puddle hunting, my old lazy schedule kicks in as of next week, I think so at least, I'm majorly confused from the late-shifts I had to do this week, and I often forget which day and what time it is, not a good thing. I'm an early bird, I go to bed when others get ready to partay, and I wake up when they come home and crawl into their sleeping nooks, but this week I had to work until 9 in the evening, rudely interrupting my natural sleep-wake cycle, while next week I'll start early, ensuring total devestation to my inner clock and natural equilibrium. In the last nights I did not fall sleep before 4 in the morning, a time when I'm often usually close to waking up already, and now I sit here, with deeeep eye rings and a feeling as if my skull is filled with cottoncandy, but not in a good, colorful, sweet kind of way, and all that just to make a living and to be able to pay my bills. Capitalism can be really upsetting, and I'm not even some kid somewhere in Asia who has to build iPads/Pods for a bowl of rice that he's too tired to eat after his 12-hour shift...
Anyway, I hope you were lucky enough to secure a looong weekend for yourself, I'm off to work now, for another late-shift, sigh...at least it's Friday, yay :D
Thank God It's Friday!!!
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...God It's...
Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
Today is very likely the last Friday that I'll have to waste at the office instead of outside puddle hunting, my old lazy schedule kicks in as of next week, I think so at least, I'm majorly confused from the late-shifts I had to do this week, and I often forget which day and what time it is, not a good thing. I'm an early bird, I go to bed when others get ready to partay, and I wake up when they come home and crawl into their sleeping nooks, but this week I had to work until 9 in the evening, rudely interrupting my natural sleep-wake cycle, while next week I'll start early, ensuring total devestation to my inner clock and natural equilibrium. In the last nights I did not fall sleep before 4 in the morning, a time when I'm often usually close to waking up already, and now I sit here, with deeeep eye rings and a feeling as if my skull is filled with cottoncandy, but not in a good, colorful, sweet kind of way, and all that just to make a living and to be able to pay my bills. Capitalism can be really upsetting, and I'm not even some kid somewhere in Asia who has to build iPads/Pods for a bowl of rice that he's too tired to eat after his 12-hour shift...
Anyway, I hope you were lucky enough to secure a looong weekend for yourself, I'm off to work now, for another late-shift, sigh...at least it's Friday, yay :D
Thank God It's Friday!!!
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...Friday
Random shot of Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
Today is very likely the last Friday that I'll have to waste at the office instead of outside puddle hunting, my old lazy schedule kicks in as of next week, I think so at least, I'm majorly confused from the late-shifts I had to do this week, and I often forget which day and what time it is, not a good thing. I'm an early bird, I go to bed when others get ready to partay, and I wake up when they come home and crawl into their sleeping nooks, but this week I had to work until 9 in the evening, rudely interrupting my natural sleep-wake cycle, while next week I'll start early, ensuring total devestation to my inner clock and natural equilibrium. In the last nights I did not fall sleep before 4 in the morning, a time when I'm often usually close to waking up already, and now I sit here, with deeeep eye rings and a feeling as if my skull is filled with cottoncandy, but not in a good, colorful, sweet kind of way, and all that just to make a living and to be able to pay my bills. Capitalism can be really upsetting, and I'm not even some kid somewhere in Asia who has to build iPads/Pods for a bowl of rice that he's too tired to eat after his 12-hour shift...
Anyway, I hope you were lucky enough to secure a looong weekend for yourself, I'm off to work now, for another late-shift, sigh...at least it's Friday, yay :D
Thank God It's Friday!!!
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Thursday, 17 May 2012
AmsterSam...
Selfreflection, shot in Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
One more week, and I'm back to working 4 days instead of 5, after 3 1/2 harsh, superbusy and extremely stressful months, pheeeeeeew! I've been looking forward to this more and more desperately over the weeks, telling myself 'Hang in there some, just a few more weeks, you can do it!', but it was getting harder and harder to believe myself, all the energy burned up, the futile attempts to keep myself positively motivated by reminding myself of the good things going on in my life often failing, resulting in a tired blur of images of me at work instead of me out there shooting puddles, or just chillaxing on my beloved balcony. Now all I have to do is to somehow finish this horrible week of late shifts, and finally I will regain some much needed rest, relaxation and quality of life, I feel lucky, blessed and grateful that I can afford laziness back into my world :)
Have a nice, relaxed weekend, take it easy :)
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...The Impatient...
Selfreflection, shot in Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
One more week, and I'm back to working 4 days instead of 5, after 3 1/2 harsh, superbusy and extremely stressful months, pheeeeeeew! I've been looking forward to this more and more desperately over the weeks, telling myself 'Hang in there some, just a few more weeks, you can do it!', but it was getting harder and harder to believe myself, all the energy burned up, the futile attempts to keep myself positively motivated by reminding myself of the good things going on in my life often failing, resulting in a tired blur of images of me at work instead of me out there shooting puddles, or just chillaxing on my beloved balcony. Now all I have to do is to somehow finish this horrible week of late shifts, and finally I will regain some much needed rest, relaxation and quality of life, I feel lucky, blessed and grateful that I can afford laziness back into my world :)
Have a nice, relaxed weekend, take it easy :)
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Wicked reflections
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