Goodbye beauty
I can’t sleep. I’m not usually this affected by celebrity deaths. I didn’t know him, but I adored and was in awe of his work, his talent. I had a crush as big as the size of him. He was beautiful. I...
View ArticleReally Chinese
Two young women, models judging by their length and size, are standing in front of the Japanese section in Amsterdam’s Toko Dun Yong. They appear to be buying funky presents for a party. One of them...
View ArticleWTF, MFT
I’ve had this Olympus E-P2 since 2012 and I’ve used it on and off, with a 17mm/2.8 Oly lens. I’ve used it mostly for travel/street-type photography. It worked particularly well for me in March when I...
View ArticleKate Bush – the Musical
Many people have asked me what I thought of Kate Bush’s show “Before the dawn”, which I saw in London on August 27th this year. At my harshest and most succinct: Kate Bush the Musical as produced by...
View ArticleBarcelona, Sitecore Symposium
I went on a unexpected trip to Barcelona for work last week, attending the Sitecore Symposium at the invitation of our organisation’s strategic partners, the Factor.e. We have only recently started...
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Fujifilm X-Pro1 appreciation post
It wasn’t too long ago that I declared I must have a Sony RX1. A full frame sensor on a compact body? Yes, please. But its 2800 euro price tag is prohibitive. Enter the Fujifilm X-Pro 1. It may not...
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Japan, Day 1: AMS -> NRT
This evening at around 5.00 pm I will be boarding flight KL863, arriving at Narita, Japan noon the next day. It’s 10am in Amsterdam right now and I’m considering heading to the airport already,...
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Japan, Day 1: Narita to Tsujiki, Ginza
The hotel I’m booked into for tonight is built on fish. Perhaps that’s why it’s got one painted on the side. I’m not joking, it’s right on the edge of the Tsujiki fish market. The next door neighbour...
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Japan, Day 2: five minutes of shouting over dead fish
Tsukiji, the district in Chūō, Tokyo where the fish market is located, is fantastic. Everything about it is exciting. The mix of old and new, the plethora of sea food, the signage, the fact that it’s...
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Over the moon with my Fujifilm X-E2
I’d fallen for the Fujifilm X-Pro 1 through reviews and pictures of it, but when I saw the real thing in BIC Camera in Shinjuku when I was in Japan earlier this month, I realised it’s just too big...
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