work

No time for posting lately, due to a lot of real work both at work and at home.
And last Saturday even while making pictures: I had my first paid assignment as a photographer!

All went relatively well, although I did not realise how tired one can get from walking around in the sun all day carrying a 70-300mm zoom, camera body, backup lens, flash, batteries, and radio. But it was worth it (albeit not really financially): I learned a lot, and made some valuable contacts. And got the chance to use some pro photo gear - if only I had some 5-figure amount of cash lying around....

I can't really post any pictures, since they will be made available by the organisation I was working for. But the one below is to nice to be kept from you...


Nikon D50, 70-300mm VR @ 270, f/10

Milan impressions

this is a good day

This is my 83rd post. Never thought I would get this far - although I feel I am becoming more inclined to post. Pictures that is, not so much text. I have to produce more text at work than before, so it evens out.

Posting 83 posts is of course nothing extraordinary; on the combined forums I regularly visit I wrote well over 1000 messages. Oh yes, lots of free time.

83 posts are though a very nice coincidence with my grandmother's* 83rd birthday today. She is a very sweet person, but I had to search very hard to find a picture of her smiling**.

Bomma, gelukkige verjaardag!



* on the right in the picture, reading Het Belang Van Limburg a few weeks ago
** she does not like cameras that much at all

Bengo

I'm still working on my Milan images (aahh... if only I had a faster Mac to run Aperture properly...), so here's something small in the mean time.


This is Bengo. My niece's Jack Russell, and one of the most well-behaved and intelligent 'Russels I know. He (it is very obviously a he) is coming to live with us for some weekend in June if all works out nicely.

Now while walking Bengo next to the Maas we scared some geese:


Mind you, these pictures are not adjusted in any way - they would look better otherwise. Only some cropping, and resizing. All taken with my Nikon D50 and 70-300 VR lens. Nice!
By accident, the goose picture was taken 2 min. before the first rain in 36 days; hence the grey sky.

adsense

Just a quick one: I have activated adsense on this site. Of course there is not really any chance of earning money here (I do think most of you are smart enough to know where not to click).
I just wanted to see the effect on the site lay-out, play around a bit with the template and such.

You never know, there might be something new coming :)