Reflections Of Amsterdam - Work Hard, Play Hard

Reflections Of Amsterdam - Work Hard, Play Hard, originally uploaded by AmsterS@m - The Wicked Reflectah.

Unedited mobile phone cam shot of 2 stone(d) dudes holding up a balcony, reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

If you work a lot, you also need to rest a lot, or alternatively, party a lot...I've worked a looot in the last 1 1/2 years (often feeling like those stone(d) dudes up there!) and now it's time to rest a looot, I am off every Friday since last week and I'm looking ahead to 3 weeks vacation time around Christmas, that I intend to spend in the best city of the world (of course, where else :), taking tons of puddle reflections (or ice reflections, depending on the weather :), doing some serious chilling out and catching up with all you lovely guys&girls right here on Flickr, I know I've largely neglected most of you and hardly ever have time to comment on your pictures anymore, but I'll try to make up for it :))

Almost weekend!


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Reflections Of Amsterdam - Hanky Panky

Reflections Of Amsterdam - Hanky Panky, originally uploaded by AmsterS@m - The Wicked Reflectah.

Slightly edited mobile phone cam shot of the Tattoo shop of Henk 'Hanky Panky' Schiffmacher, reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. No editing besides some added contrast&saturation, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

Henk Schiffmacher is a living legend, he started the world famous 'Hanky Panky' Tattoo shop in the Amsterdam Red Light District and has made many famous people look more colorful with his Art. In this picture you see his shop on the Ceintuurbaan 416, luckily it had a big puddle just outside the window when I passed by last weekend :)

Have a good start into the new week!


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Reflections Of Amsterdam - '1984' version 2.0

Reflections Of Amsterdam - '1984' version 2.0, originally uploaded by AmsterS@m - The Wicked Reflectah.

Unedited mobile phone cam shot of 2 guys looking at me, reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

This is a very typical situation when I take my puddle pictures, people look at me, not sure what I'm doing and how they should respond to a guy sitting next to a puddle with his mobile phone, waving it at the wet spot, so I've trained myself to respond with this sweet 'I'm not crazy, I'm creative' smile that usually elicits a smile in return, often accompanied by understanding eye winking, from the people walking by :-))

This has very likely saved me from them calling the cops and me spending many nights in jail, as I tend to forget the mandatory ID-card at home and would probably have a hard time explaining to the arresting police officers that I was indeed shooting wicked reflections and not trying to poison the good folks of Amsterdam by attempting to enter LSD or Anthrax into the water-cycle through a puddle...an absurd scenario, but not as absurd as the fact that the Netherlands are the only country in the world where you can get locked up if you don't have an ID-card on you..I know people who got arrested for failing to produce a valid ID and they remained locked up until somebody else would confirm their identity!

"Over 400 million people across Europe, in 21 out of the 25 EU member-states, use ID cards. In only five countries currently —Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece and Spain — are ID cards mandatory. Even in these nations, citizens do not have to carry them at all times. Only the Netherlands has made them obligatory...as a response to the threat of terrorism and illegal immigration."


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Reflections Of Amsterdam - Naughty

Reflections Of Amsterdam - Naughty, originally uploaded by AmsterS@m - The Wicked Reflectah.

Unedited mobile phone cam shot of the legs of the lovely Miss C, reflected in a puddle. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

I like girls, they look good and enrich life with their good-lookingness and Beauty...if there was a 'Girls Fan-club', I'd be a member for life and more than happy to pay my monthly fee to support the general 'Girlness' of the world and I'm sure so would most men, hehe :)

Today is 'Sinterklaas', the Dutch Christmas, and all the good kids get gifts, while all the naughty kids get stuffed in a bag and have to go back to Spain with Sinterklaas aka Santa Claus...wait, going to Spain, for free, does not really sound like a punishment, maybe it does pay off to be a naughty kid after all, hahaha ;-D

As you can see the lovely Miss C is wearing boots to make sure she'll get the maximum amount of gifts, good thinking :))


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AmsterS@m The Wicked Reflectah

AmsterS@m The Wicked Reflectah, originally uploaded by AmsterS@m - The Wicked Reflectah.

Unedited mobile phone cam shot of Me, Myself&I, reflected in a puddle. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

This is the last Self-reflection from this series that I'll post, I promise :)

Today I am not only excited about having managed to shoot myself in a puddle without any help, I'm also overjoyed because as of this week I have a new schedule...I don't work on Fridays anymore!!! Every freakin' Friday I am off and can do whatever I want, enjoy life a lot more, take tons of puddle pictures, drink a million coffees, smoke thousands of cigarettes and meet hundreds of my lovely friends... unless I'm too lazy to do any of those things, then I'll just hang out on my couch with my cool little Netbook, yay :D

Thank God it's Friday!

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AmsterS@m The Wicked Reflectah

AmsterS@m The Wicked Reflectah, originally uploaded by AmsterS@m - The Wicked Reflectah.

Unedited mobile phone cam shot of Me, Myself&I, reflected in a puddle. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

Another wicked puddle reflection of myself, shot the same day as this one...I'm just so excited about getting this done without any help that I might even post one more tomorrow, I hope you won't get too bored with these S@m-Selfie pictures :))

Almost weekend!

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AmsterS@m The Wicked Reflectah

AmsterS@m The Wicked Reflectah, originally uploaded by AmsterS@m - The Wicked Reflectah.

Unedited mobile phone cam shot of Me, Myself&I, reflected in a puddle. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)

I did it! I finally took a wicked puddle reflection of myself! I am not sure if I am more amazed by this photo or the fact that it took me several years to figure out how to shoot a wet picture of myself without any assistance from others, but here it is, AmsterS@m the wicked Reflection :)

If you're wondering how this is possible, check my pose, it gives away the secret: I've put my phone next to the puddle, supported by a coffee mug, turned on the timer and ran back to the other side of the puddle...unfortunately, or luckily, in this case I prematurely assumed that the picture was ready and walked back towards the cam when it went off, hence the 'dynamic' stride. This makes me so happy! I'll post another one tomorrow and now that I've mastered this whole thing, expect thousands of AmsterS@m puddle portraits, haha :D

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