anything but work

Photography Why?

hdl — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:27:51 +0000

This is what i wrote in response to a quest by the people over at the blog of Abe’s of Maine

google+

hdl — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:37:39 +0000

I am now on google+

beware

hdl — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:40:27 +0000

I am planning a major overhaul of this blog
…. things may not function for an extended period of time

update overdue

hdl — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:48:14 +0000

A problem with the database forced me, after tree years of inactivity, to do some maintenance. Two conclusions are inevitable: pixelpost and wordpress are fabulous, an i am terribly lazy!
Something like this showed up instead of a photo:
….. is marked as crashed and should be repaired
a quick search learned me the solution is rather easy: here it is

I updated to the latest pixelpost and wordpress version without a glitch, only a number of plugins need some work.
A word of thanks to the makers of this software and its plug-ins is in order!

my day in photos

hdl — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:21:34 +0000

Check out this website, the basic idea is to post some 20 photos taken on the same day. Mine, taken on may 17 2007, can he found here. I participated because ….. i wanted to be in the company of Frank Boenigk from photoshau or Marco Martinelli from light-opinion or Juan Buhler from this amazing blog or Jens Hoffmann from look-s or Imran Saleh from fotobyimran !

exactly 400 years ago ….

hdl — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:04:36 +0000

It was in Mantua Italy, in the accademia degl’Invaghiti where the first performance of L’ Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi was given. And tonight, exactly 400 years later, we went to the concertgebouw here in Bruges to hear that Opera performed by Concerto Italiano conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini and ad the following singers: Furio Zanasi, Anna Simboli, Sara Mingardo, Sergio Foresti, Monica Piccinini, Antonio Abete, Luca Dordolo, Raffaele Giordani, Gianluca Ferrarini and Marco Scavazza. Opera would not be opera without Monteverdi and after hearing and seeing L’Incoronazione di Poppea a couple of years ago, we got tickets for good seats and we certainly do not regret it. What a tragic story and how vicious those gods…. I will certainly remember Furio Zanasi as Orfeo. The emotional impact of the intervention by Sara Mingardo where in Act 2 she informs Orfeo of the death of Euridice was overwhelming (and that is an understatement!) You can read about Orfeo’s tragic story here and for the real musicians take a peak at the score here

Rosas / Ictus / Steve Reich Evening

hdl — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:07:49 +0000

Yesterday we went to the concertgebouw in Brugge to see Rosas the dance company founded by Ann Marie de Keersmaecker and hear Ictus play Steve Reich. I have always liked the minimalistic music of Steve Reich, and Philip Glass and Terry Riley…. to the sometimes considerable irritation of the other members of my family. On the other hand the name Rosas and De Keersmaecker were familiar to me but i had never seen them or really had an opinion about them, i knew they were very well know in Belgium, but so what….. It did not take long to for me to make up my mind, it was a fabulous evening and the biggest regret was we did not bring our daughter along to be inspired (but well buy a dvd…). Although i do not know too much about dancing the performance was very impressive. And it was as if the music was written after the choreography was made. The use of lights on the scene by Remon Fromont was appropriately minimalistic but all the more effective, o boy… if i could ever get an opportunity to photograph all this. And why not list the name of the dancers: Anne-Lin Akselsen, Boštjan Antonci, Tale Dolven, Kosi Hidama, Kaya Kolodziejczyk, Cynthia Loemij, Mark Lorimer, Moya Michael, Elizaveta Penkóva, Zsuzsa Rozsavölgyi, Anani Dodji Sanouvi, Igor Shyshko, Clinton Stringer, Sue-Yeon Youn.

passing on another stick

hdl — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:57:32 +0000

“Do it now and do it without thinking too much about it”

not advice i would normally follow…..
but lets make an exception:

do not throw away that old pc!

hdl — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:11:50 +0000

I just recycled an old (>8 years!) pc (Compaq deskpro EP 350 Mhz, 64MB ram) into a firewall using ipcop. It is rather easy to do, highly recommended. You can read about this here or here to make up your mind. I repeat, it is not that difficult, give it a try before generating more trash and old iron, and thanks to all the people involved in making ipcop! Did i forget to mention this stuff is free?

what about 2007 and this blog

hdl — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:21:39 +0000

Well pretty much the same as last year…. (as a reference to the past, a blog is unbeatable)
Photography has nearly taken over this blog, i.e. my venture into digital photography has been very enjoyable. My D200 and the bulky but good 17-55mm zoom have served me well. The “success” of the photography part of my blog and my busy professional activities (that are NOT the subject of this blog…) made me nearly abandon the text part but i will try to reinvigorate that part if only for my own sanity as i have such a huge backlog of books that i absolutely positively have to read….
My photography plans include color calibration, (finally) buying a tripod (Bruges by night), and i want to have a small number of shots printed with the diasec technique. All advise on these topics is welcome!

happy 2007!