Finding the light & finding the right gear

5 Nov 2014 | Life (less ordinary)

When the still life photography course with Kim Klassen started, we were very excited to get started. We had a hybrid camera. Not a compact camera, not a digital SLR, but something in between. A lovely camera with an integrated zoom lens (35mm – 420mm) that we have...

just a moment – 4 nov ’14

4 Nov 2014 | Life (less ordinary)

All the snow has melted again, not surprising because the temperature never went below zero throughout the whole snow saga. Very glad we are getting some proper autumn weather again now, this change from summer straight into winter was a bit too much… Sunny...

snow came too early…

2 Nov 2014 | Life (less ordinary)

The predicted light dusting of snow turned out to be a lot more…. 40 cm of snow in October! Many trees are still in leaf and were catching a lot of snow, the branches became too heavy and started breaking, trees came down on powerlines. No electricity and...
Have you ever met the Amethyst Deceiver?

Have you ever met the Amethyst Deceiver?

24 Oct 2014 | Life (less ordinary)

What a beautiful mushroom! And its name is just amazing; Amethyst Deceiver – Laccaria amethystina. Amethyst because of its purple colour, and deceiver because it changes so much as it ages, so that it becomes difficult to identify it. This one is obviously in...
Dreamy still life photography

Dreamy still life photography

20 Oct 2014 | Life (less ordinary)

I love dreamy, hazy images, I must admit I am a hopeless romantic. While browsing for some lovely photos on flickr, I came across some images by Kim Klassen, and her stream and website turned out to be a treasure chest for daydreamers like me. The images in this post...