AndrewsBlog » Photography http://andrewsblog.org Stories of an ex-erasmus student Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:02:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Pictures from Canada http://andrewsblog.org/2008/07/17/pictures-from-canada/ http://andrewsblog.org/2008/07/17/pictures-from-canada/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:00:43 +0000 andrew http://andrewsblog.org/2008/07/18/pictures-from-canada/ I uploaded most of my picture’s from our vacation in Canada.
As always, you can find them here.

Our trip started in Vancouver on July 4th. We visited Vicatoria, Tofino, Whistler, Clearwater, Jasper, Banff and Canmore. Tomorrow we’re going to Calgary for 2 days before we take a plane back home to Belgium (if Belgium will still be one country that is).

After a long climb

Nice view on Canmore after a 2h climb

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Following several consultations with the French government and taking into account its firm recommendations, the organisers of the Dakar have taken the decision to cancel the 2008 edition of the rally
Amaury Sport Organisation

 
That really sucks, because I love to watch the rally every year. It’s a good break from studying during the exams and the landscapes they pass are so beautiful. (Some nice pictures from previous years)

Dakar HummerToo bad we won’t see it this year. Most contestants however are still here in Lisbon with their cars and teams. When I came back from my first exam (which went well) I was surprised to see both Hummers of Robby Gordon and Ronn Bailey in the middle of Avenida, just outside the metro station. I took some pictures of both cars and their support trucks. The Tuareg of Hardy and Lecompte was also parked in front of the Novotel. Nice rides. It kinda sucks to see them here in the middle of the city in stead of in the desert sand.

]]> http://andrewsblog.org/2008/01/05/no-dakar/feed/ 3 The meaning of life http://andrewsblog.org/2007/12/23/the-meaning-of-life/ http://andrewsblog.org/2007/12/23/the-meaning-of-life/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:57:56 +0000 andrew http://andrewsblog.org/2007/12/23/the-meaning-of-life/ The old description of this blog used to be “About Ruby, Lisboa and the meaning of life”. Well I’ve come to the conclusion that to understand the meaning of life, we have to understand the things around us. So I have set myself a new goal: try to learn something new, every day. Or at least every week. And I want to remember it.

That’s where this blog comes in. I will try to make a blog post about the things I learn, so that I won’t forget it. (I tend to forget my thoughts pretty quickly)

So to kick off the new venture: What did I learn today?

Well, I learned about colors. More specifically about digital colors. I read an amazing blog post by Jeffrey Friedl on color spaces: how computers store and interpret colors.

I bumped into this issue because I was having color problems with photos I shoot. I ended up reading a lot more than I planned, but it was very interesting. You should seriously consider reading it if you are interested in photography. If you ever wondered why pictures you take don’t look the same as the real thing, this article gives a partial explanation.

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I woke up today with a lovely surprise. UPS had delivered my new camera. Amazing. I barely ordered it 24 hours ago on a dutch online shop and it’s already here?! What a pleasant surprise.

I have to be honest and tell you that I’ve never had a camera before so I am pretty excited.

Knowing absolutely nothing about photography I had a hard time trying to get a nice outdoor shot. The wet and cloudy weather didn’t make things easier, but did provide some beautiful raindrops on leaves and flowers. A great way to test the close-up preset of my Nikon D40.

Visit my flickr page to see my other pictures.

Many thanks to denis from stoneship.org for pushing me to buy this great camera.

PS: Yes i know, this is my first blog post. I’ll write the about page tomorrow.

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