Parallel lines.

These shots were more or less shot around the same time (May/June) as the last blogpost, but with a different camera: the Olympus XA, loaded with APX400.

I’ve been taking quite some photos of my place recently. Maybe because I’m currently mostly working from there or perhaps because I’m having that itch again: I want to move. I’m not sure whereto or when. But yeah, there’s something going on that makes me want to document my place apparently.

An illustrator on my couch flipping through my photos.

Ladina, my ex-roommate was back in Rotterdam for a couple of days (from Switzerland)

Blurred JD.

Lots of people-on-my-couch frames.

Later that night operation slaugthering-a-mango-in-an-unvonventional-way started.

Succeeded!

Ah going back a little bit more in time – the last day I hung out with Matt & Jeff.

We took the train from Rotterdam to Amsterdam, it was their next stop on the trip and I had some business there as well: Junior Boys concert.

It was a cloudy day and every now and then the sun would break through and I tried to catch that light on Matt, but failed a couple of times.

Which was funny, yeah.

There, that was the frame I was looking for :)

So yeah, I had to say goodbye to the guys later that night unfortunately. It was good times, hope to do it again sometime in Chicago.

A little leap forward in time: birthday picknick in the Vondelpark.

Birthday girl & boy: Zhenia & Stergios.

Lots of food, lots of presents, lots of good times.

The cards spell out procrastination (we’re all struggling with our thesis I guess).

A shot by Zeynep of me in the bokeh trying to explain how to focus with the XA.

It started to rain, so we moved it under the trees (total Hamburg flashback).

Didn’t stop Stergios & Zhenia from playing badminton in the rain though. This was right after an amazing slide and falldown of Zhenia.

That was it for now – till next time!

Continuing…

… where I left off with the last entry: hanging out with Matt & Jeff in Rotterdam. Changed the film to Acros100, in my Minolta XD-7.

Shiny Mamiya.

Back at my place.

I was shooting with both my rangefinder and SLR at the same time, this is just the SLR roll – in the next entry will be the rangefinder roll and the end of their visit (insert single tear).

Hanging out at Myrna’s plcae, first time since she came back from Sheffield. In June I think.

At that point I thought I was shooting colour and JD had such a nicely coloured hoodie, so I couldn’t help myself shooting him a lot.

Turned out I was shooting b/w, obviously. No biggie, would’ve been worse the other way around definitely!

No flash on the XD-7, so no photos of the night.

Next day, mildly hungover, I went sailing with my dad for a couple of days.

I’d like to call this piece of art: “Selfportrait on boat”.

My dad climbing through a small hatch to fetch something from the storagespace.

These still crack me up!

Next morning I woke up from the sound of a shutter. The sound of MY shutter!

And there was my dad standing on deck snapping photos of me sleeping and the only thing I could say was: “Hey, that’s film you know. Don’t waste it!”

(It took 4 frames till it stopped).

Well, that is it for now. Had a couple of rolls lying around for a while, but never came around putting ‘em up here.

Another one is already scanned and ready to be blogged, but I’m trying to refrain from mammoth entries :)

Will post it next week or so.

Hope you enjoyed and hope you’re well. Thanks for dropping by!

Sheffield and some stuff.

Back in April Miek came over for some good partying.

When we got home there was a dead rat in front of my house,
which seemed extremely funny and interesting at that hour of the night :)

A frame shot the morning after.

In April me, Zeyn and Jo also FINALLY finished a project that seemed to be neverending. Hurrah for us.

Some study avoiding camera geeking.

At the end of April me, Miek and JD went to visit Myrna (and Sander) who were living and studying in Sheffield for a while.

The night before we left I stayed at Joost (’cause I had a shoot in the same city).

At the airport (that’s not my reflection btw).

(Shot by Miek)

Arrived in Sheffield in the evening and just went hanging around the neighbourhood.

Next day the weather was lovely and we were having a cig and coffee outside.

Sander peeking.

Miek peeking.

:)

This is all shot on Superia 400 with the Olympus XA, btw.

Hanging out in the park like we know how to do properly.

And recording it.

Me and Miek got into a catfight and Tom took this frame I really like!

That’s Tom.

And that’s a horrendous lightleak I have fixed by now (finally!).

Some more hanging out (and recording) in the city.

Some doglover.

Some gorgeous light.

Some weird store.

Next day it got rainy

It’s funny how even the most regular streets seem interesting to photograph when you’re abroad.

Obligatory-group-shot-in-reflection-forced-by-me.

As mentioned it got rainy so we went to a gallery, which obviously excited JD.

Miek: “Sander checking whether to renovate or tear down the building.”

(Shot by JD)

Off to a café,

with JD still looking very excited :D

Classic case of fish & chips.

Well fed into bed.

And the next day it was already time for us to head back to the NL’s.

On the train to Manchester.

Having a coffee after missing our plane.

And finally… hours and hours later we managed to get back on the continent.

In Brussels to be precise. I think this is the last frame I shot on the trip. Proof we made it! Being deadtired though.

Catching up with my lovely wifey in Leiden.

And a few days later I “celebrated” a national holiday in Amsterdam far, far away from the partying crowds.

So that’s April wrapped up!

Next entry will be covering June, with a trip to Hamburg (some b/w frames!)
and two awesome brothers from Chicago visiting Rotterdam.

Hope you enjoyed these frames – thanks for dropping by!