Red Cathedral

Sometimes work brings you to interesting places you might never visit otherwise.    The biggest airshow of the Benelux is such a place. Eventhought we were so busy lending out gear and explaining camera settings that we didn't manage to go much further than 50 meters from our booth ( except for food & beer runs ), we did make a few shots with the selection of Sony lenses we were showcasing .. because WE CAN! . I can't give any comments on all the events happening at the venue because we didn't have the opportunity to walk the grounds. We did see and hear what happened in the air and that was impressive to say the least. One can only be dazzled by both the pilot's skills and by the skills of everyone designing & building such machines.. both old ones and new ones. Yes, that F-35 will tear your eardrums to pieces if it wants to, but you have to admire the sudden moves it can make in the air while being such a big chunk of metal. The event was completely so...

Let's start with the links first and then some random thoughts? There will be several sample images added to this post as the processing advances. Once finished ALL the pictures can be found here on Flickr . For updates of the progress & next events you can check the Facebook page . Some videoreels will follow on Clapper and on Instagram . It was during a warm November month in the Osaka -region that I finally started appreciating Autumn and the warmth of it's colours .  This year the extreme drought is giving September the first hint of those same colours. A perfect opportunity to visit the famous Japanese garden of Hasselt and reminisce about those days in Nara with the deer strolling through the parks and streets.. except in Hasselt it weren't deer posing for the cameras but cosplayers.  Yes; this was my weekend number 5 in a row with a costume event. The last one of this series because next weekend the events for work start again ( The Sanicole Airshow is t...

Some links first and then a few words of wisdom? There will be several sample images in this post as the processing advances. Once finished ALL the pictures can be found here on Flickr . For updates of the progress & next events you can check the Facebook page . Some videoreels will follow on Clapper and Instagram .  Clapper video 1 - The pink lifestyle Clapper video 2 - Live by the Creed . Some thoughts on the event? First of all we only spent a few hours of Saturday afternoon on the fair. It's Maanrock and the combination of a crazy CFX-concert and the Versuz-stage on Friday made SaturDAY a bit shorter than expected. But this fair also coincided with the gigantic Gamescom & the always highly anticipated Viencon. Cosplayers had so much to chose from. Secondly I had said almost 10 years ago that I was tired of indoor anime mega-shopping-cons and had thus stopped visiting the likes of FACTS, MiA,.. until evil friends managed to convince me otherwise.  . So the...

Let's get the most important remark out of the way first: this was an extremely tiny event and probably not your cup of tea.  . But then again: you might be into LARP ( GN in French ) and into heroic fantasy, D&D, sword and sorcery, Medieval torture-machines, elves, leather armour, or ancient viking mythology,.. In that case you missed some fun. Personally I don't know if this event has a long history, I had never heard of it before. Yet its premise: " a LARP camp in the style of a Medieval settlement " seemed interesting enough to drive to the far & exotic Avelgem.  A huge free parking, plenty of toilets spread over the entire campsite, pancakes, mead and other booze for democratic prices ( 2€ for a softdrink, good cava and free tab water ), good weather, a very moody castle, archery, more mead, some artists & vendors for fantasy/LARP-items ( got myself a cool Cthulhu doorhanger from Haurora Lavendel ), a flea circus & games for the kids, LARP-bat...