Nothing Different

Images you never seen from touristic oriented media, friend from abroad: The ugly things people do not want to see. For me it is a revelation! The Netherlands is not clean as Germany. Everybody, especially the young generations throw garbage on the streets. You won’t believe it, the elite students of Leiden clean their freezers outside of the building on a public street! There are  lots of broken bottles everywhere.  So you have to be carefull and watch where you are stepping on in the Netherlands. It is not that nice as you see on touristic brochures…Is this a problem of a specific generation? Or it is a problem of a modern civilization?

Leiden 2009

Leiden 2009

The Pressure of Holiday Shopping

Most of us go shopping just couple of hours before holiday and nearly everybody does at the same tine. This add the pressure and stress on us. Most man doesn’t want to go into shops and let their wife or girlfriends do the shopping. Man prefer waiting outside the shop and watch if their wife or girlfriend ask something to them.

Before Christmas, Germany, 2009

The Last Day of Christmas Market 2009

It is the last day for Christmas market in Germany for this year. They look the same everywhere, some are bigger, some are smaller and beautiful. All those twinkle lamps, small wooden houses and green Christmas tree also the smell of roasted nuts, Bratwurst and Gluhwein keeps in our memory. For us the Hamburg Christmas Mark (Weihnachtsmarkt) is the most beautiful we ever seen…see you next year!

Taken with a M8 and Elmarit-M 90mm

Germany, 2009

Taken with a M8 and Elmarit-M 90mm

Germany, 2009

The Magic of Snow

The first moment snow is falling down, the most beautiful moment it is. That Sunday, everybody who can wake up early in the morning take a walk to enjoy this. I noticed a girl walking through the scene we walked. Hours later it was not that beautiful anymore. I wish we have this beautiful snow falling again…

Taken with a M8 and Elmarit-M 90mm

Leiden, The Netherlands, 2009

Wish you all a wonderful holidays…

Three times the transportation in the Netherlands collapse.  Several main airport in Europe had to be closed down and thousands, thousands of people stranded without the possibility to continue their travel back to home. I hope everything ends well for everybody and want to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2010! For those who doesn’t celebrate Christmas, I wish you all a relax holiday!

taken with a M8 and Elmarit-M 90mm

Leiden, The Netherlands, 2009

Street photography in Kikkerland

Some attempts to take street photography in The Netherlands…

Sceveninghe

a series of photographs about the beach at the Hague in the Netherlands.

The Ordinary Dutch

an on going  set of documentary during our life in The Netherlands can be viewed here

Gear does it Matter?

People are facinated by gears, but do we need high end gears to achieve something?

Read more here

Short trip to Belgium

Belgium photographs during our trip to some cities can be viewed now here..