“There’s a red house over yonder,
That’s where my baby stays…”
– Jimi Hendrix
My homework for the weekend #photo101.
Monochromium Atomium.
With a dash of red.
NaBloPoMo 22 of 30 – photography101:weekendthree
“Trees are sanctuaries.
Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.
– Hesse
west vlandeeren
Trees snatched through the window of a speeding car.
Morning light.
Full of possibility.
NaBloPoMo 21 of 30 – photography101:15
“Every select man strives instinctively for a citadel and a privacy, where he is free from the crowd, the many, the majority…”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Mini-Europe, Bruparck, Brussel
NaBloPoMo 20 of 30 – photography101:14
I approach the gate, there is a jolt.
Everything shifts, changes.
Nothing feels the same.
Mo(ve)ment.
(Centraal station, Brussel)
NaBloPoMo 19 of 30 – photography101.13
Today’s challenge was to present architecture in mono.
Faced with a hectic day, the temptation to dig out an archive shot was strong, I have a large collection of such shots.
But…I wanted to enter into the spirit of things!
So, before leaving for work this morning, I stepped out into the rain and grabbed this grainy shot of the EU Parliament with my iPhone and then edited it with Silver Efex Pro.
I have featured this building, which is right outside my front door, in other posts and will again.
NaBloPoMo 18 of 30 – photography101.12
My last post for the weekend…I think…
I’ve had another try at time-lapse, read a lot about how to do it, and sadly have failed to apply most of what I have read – I need to work on reflections, choppy sequences, shutter speed and a zillion other things
But hey, Photo101 is about learning?
So, time for a Belgian beer to close down the evening and prepare for another week at work 😉
Sunday evening…
NaBloPoMo 16 of 30 – photography101:weekend two
This is my response to the weekend “homework” on the WordPress Photo 101 course.
Today’s theme is “playing with light”.
I am thrilled by this challenge because for a while now I have snapped the sky through the window of my apartment and tweeted it…
So, with a few extra snaps from today, I have played with light to show you the sky over Elsene in the heart of Brussel.
Follow me on twitter @andytownend if you’d like to see the light keep changing 😉
Oh, and as a ps, if you hit refresh in your browser the image in the main circle will change…
NaBloPoMo 15 of 30 – photography101:weekend two
Eyes wide open, trying to see.
Water running overhead.
Faint electrical hum.
Whiff of decay.
Shiver runs down my spine as I extend my finger.
NaBloPoMo 14 of 30 – photography101:10
I woke early this morning to see today’s #photo101 challenge was “warmth”.
Driving north along the motorway, with the fields covered in a blanket of mist, I wondered how to respond. And at the same wished the theme had been “misty”…or “cold”…
In the same meeting room all day, I lacked inspiration (for the theme anyway).
Taking a short walk at lunchtime, I was left cold by the sunlight and autumnal colours, they seemed too cliched, a little too obvious.
Then, back in the meeting room, I noticed the sun shining through the window and reflecting off the hot air radiators lining the walls.
So, I may be stretching a point, but here is my slice of “warmth” from an office complex just outside Amsterdam.
NaBloPoMo 13 of 30 – photography101.9
belgianstreets 