Unedited shot of the annual Beach Volleyball tournament on the Dam square in Amsterdam. Taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ8. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
Friday I was downtown and saw that the annual Beach Volleyball tournament on the Dam square was in full effect, so I shot some pictures and movies of the action. As you might know, girls in bikinis, playing with balls in the sand, have a hypnotizing effect on men and I was surrounded by a wall of sound of camera-shutters going off, the low humming of hundreds of camcorders pointing at the lower regions of the players and lots and lots of drool running down their chins (the men, not the players :), dripping on their cameras with splashing sounds...naturally, I did not pay any attention to all the skin and beauty the players were flashing at me, and focused solely on capturing the naked facts, hehe ;-P
You can watch them play on my YouTube page :)
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Saturday, 5 June 2010
Downtown Beach Babes - Shoot
Downtown Beach Babes - Chill
Unedited shot of the annual Beach Volleyball tournament on the Dam square in Amsterdam. Taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ8. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
Friday I was downtown and saw that the annual Beach Volleyball tournament on the Dam square was in full effect, so I shot some pictures and movies of the action. As you might know, girls in bikinis, playing with balls in the sand, have a hypnotizing effect on men and I was surrounded by a wall of sound of camera-shutters going off, the low humming of hundreds of camcorders pointing at the lower regions of the players and lots and lots of drool running down their chins (the men, not the players :), dripping on their cameras with splashing sounds...naturally, I did not pay any attention to all the skin and beauty the players were flashing at me, and focused solely on capturing the naked facts, hehe ;-P
You can watch them play on my YouTube page :)
Movie 1
Movie 2
More Amsterdam People shots
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Reflections Of Amsterdam - Lord Butt-Muncher
Reflections Of Amsterdam - Lord Butt-Muncher, originally uploaded by AmsterS@m - The Wicked Reflectah.
Unedited shot of the best bike in the world, Lord Bikenheimer, standing proud on the Rokin in Amsterdam, reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ8. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
While I was busy shooting that family, the fabulous Lord Bikenheimer secretly starting munching on the cigarette butts that were floating in the puddle, she thought I wouldn't notice, but I caught her red-handed, with tobacco flakes still covering most of her snout, shivering from the nicotine overdose, shamelessly slurping up puddle-water, inhaling more butts in the process...it was horrible, and reminded me of the problems I've always had (and still have!) with Bikey, the former best bike in the world, who is severely addicted to the brown gold ;-D
Enjoy the weekend, only do fun things!
To shame the good Lord into submission, I've also filmed and published a wicked movie of her unacceptable behavior on my YouTube page, that'll teach her :)
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Reflections Of Amsterdam - Men Are From Mars...
Reflections Of Amsterdam - Men Are From Mars..., originally uploaded by AmsterS@m - The Wicked Reflectah.
Unedited shot of a family of bikers, reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ8. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
Do you know the book 'Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus'?! I've never read it, but I don't need to, as the title nicely sums up the complicated relationship between men and women...the same goes for this picture, you can see a family on 2 bikes, mum and daughter on one, staring into the puddle, fighting the curious urge to jump off their bike to ask me what I'm doing, dad and son on the other, only having eyes for the traffic and similar solution-oriented situations, completely oblivious to the Madman sitting next to a wet spot, shooting them...
This is one of the fundamental separation lines between us ignorant, getting-things-done guys, and you attentive, appreciating-the-beautiful-life girls, you look around and see what's going on, we focus and miss the little things that can make such a big difference...hard to believe sometimes that we've evolved out of the same group of monkeys, haha ;-P
Have a wonderful weekend, enjoy the sunshine!
Naturally I've made a wicked movie of this puddle too, watch it on my YouTube page!
Movie
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Friday, 4 June 2010
Reflections Of Amsterdam - The Lord Is With You
Reflections Of Amsterdam - The Lord Is With You, originally uploaded by AmsterS@m - The Wicked Reflectah.
Unedited shot of the best bike in the world, Lord Bikenheimer, chilling out in Amsterdam, reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ8. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
Yesterday morning Lord Bikenheimer and me were riding through the best city in the world when we came across one of my favorite puddles, I've shot hundreds of my wicked reflections there, and I managed to convince her Lordy Lordship to pose for a picture, we hope that you like it :))
While she wasn't paying attention, I secretly also filmed her, knowing that if she'd notice, she'd probably fall over in shame again, as she did when I made the first puddle movie of her, watch the result on my YouTube page :)
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Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Reflections Of Amsterdam - Sticky
Unedited shot of bikers, reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ8. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
These bikers are lucky that the wooden sticks are inside the puddle, and not outside, sticking up into the air, because if they did, and one of them would happen to get them into his wheel, chances that he'll do a major frontal flip over the steering wheel is rather big...I've seen this happen on some rare occasions and it's not something I'd recommend to watch for entertainment, at least not if you are, like me, a bit squeamish :)
Speaking of squeamish, if you want to see how tough you really are, visit this lovely website and see if you can scroll all the way down to the bottom without shedding a tear or two...it can't harm to listen to some good music while reading ;-))
Of course I shot a wicked movie of this puddle as well, watch it on my YouTube page!
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Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Reflections Of Amsterdam - Shadow&Light
Unedited shot of the Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam, reflected in a puddle. Taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ8. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
I like this one, the shadow guy in the front, the cream'ish girl on the scooter in the back and that wicked old Amstel Hotel sitting there like a fat duck...I like it so much, that I've also made a wicked reflection movie of this puddle, you can watch it on my YouTube page :)
Have a great day, tell somebody that they're special and why you like them so much!
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