http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex Urban Exploring photography and other photography stuff Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:36:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In summer The Hague turns into festival city. One of them is parkpop, which is a free festival in "het Zuiderpark". When I found out Juliette Lewis was gonna play there I decide to go this year, I've been sort of a fan of her ever since I saw Cape ... http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex/2010/07/12/parkpop-2010-the-hague/ I know, it's been like forever. Truth is, not much urban exploring has been done lately. There were some small things but when I had the day off Illogical and I decided to head back to Beringen and see what was left of it. Seems they are turning a part ... http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex/2010/06/01/return-to-beringen/ In Bergambacht where I work, there's this small photography business that quit a little while ago. The shop is still here and when you ring the bell you can get inside and still buy stuff at ridiculous rates :) So last time I was there I picked up this "for ... http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex/2009/05/04/macro-extender/ Every now and then we have a familyweekend and this time we gathered at Hoek van Holland for a tour of Fort Hoek van Holland. Pretty nice but we had a bit of a strange guide. After that I wanted to visit the bunkers and tunnels that are there in ... http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex/2009/03/25/fort-hoek-van-holland-and-attempt-at-bunkers/ I work for a client in Spijkenisse so when I got there a bit early one day I decided to take some pics. I'd already brought my camera a few times but I was either late or the weather was bad. Not this time. Drove around a bit to see ... http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex/2009/03/19/spijkenisse-industry-and-windmills/ One of the assignments for the photography course was a triptych with a black background. So I figured I'd take an old theme (to hear see and to be silent) and take a little different approach. So last Thursday we were painting the house at my parents-in-law and I askedPeter, ... http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex/2009/02/28/to-hear-see-and-to-be-silent/ Sorta theme of this day: "Lost and found", or how to include stuff that is allready there in your images. {gallery}gallery/course4{/gallery} http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex/2009/02/28/portrait-photography-course-day-4/ For our portrait photography course we had to shoot a self portrait. I had this idea about shooting myself through a lens so worked this out. It proved not that easy but, you live, you learn and I learned some stuff. Or more remembered some stuff actually. It was mainly ... http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex/2009/02/19/me-myself-a-lens-and-some-flashes/ So, the other day I was thinking about packing stuff and what I was going to drag along with me on a short trip and came across my omnibounce. I thought it's quite a pain in the ... when it has to go in my bag. I had some A4 ... http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex/2009/02/13/foldabounce-transportable-omnibounce-diy/ Last week I started on this course at Griffioen at the VU and these are some of the results from day 2. (Or actually evening 2) The "models" are fellow photographers. Mainly using one light setups, continuous light at high iso's. {gallery}gallery/course2{/gallery} http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex/2009/02/11/portrait-photography-course-day-2/