Red Cathedral

My first event coverage after a long recovery from surgery. C19 had made most of the local carnaval parades impossible these last years and earlier this month a car crashed into a carnaval group killing 6 and hurting dozens more. But you can't destroy  the true carnaval spirit that lives in the smaller cities & rural villages of Europe. In the past decennia I've covered carnaval parades in the Le Nord of France, in Malta, in Italy and last weekend: at 12km from my home, in a tiny town in the middle of fields and meadows called Veldwezelt . And they know how to celebrate.. The pictures are HERE, on flickr A one minute video is HERE, on Clapper Some samples?  ;   . . More pictures are on Flickr

Do you enjoy the baroque Venetian carnival costumes of the " Carnevale di Venezia "? The costuming group " Regards Vénitiens " travels every year from Namur to Venice to showcase their own costumes. But since these costumes are too much work to stay in the closet an entire year, they make it a habit to have parades, photo walks and photoshoots troughout the year. Last weekend they came to visit Bruges, the city that was named " The Venice of the North " in the Middle-Ages. And they were besieged by a legion of photographers & photoclubs. Who can blame them: it have been 2 strange years for events & shoots. For me it was the 1st event-test for the new Sony A7IV There are 3 short videos on Clapper: Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 And a load of pictures on Flickr .  Some Samples: . .

When you suddenly realise Purging can go both ways A short behind the scenes video is on Clapper . More is on Flickr Does it show that we re-binged the 5 movies + the series during the New Year's weekend? Finally decided to upload the tweaked video to Instagram . Dit bericht op Instagram bekijken Een bericht gedeeld door Red Cathedral (@redcathedral)

.. and when her halo broke, she carved the two halves into horns . I know: halos of light are the hype and I have actually a lot more ideas for ring light pictures. This series was pretty well received on Flickr , so I might do some more. Are you interested? A short behind-the-scenes video on Clapper More from this shoot on Flickr Originally this was only for my Dark Fantasy portfolio TheDarkCathedral.com but I consider it SFW enough to be featured here.

Real people wear real masks Real masks hide the face below Below the outward smile Sometimes lies a completely different story These are the darkest days of the year and the hardest days for all who suffer from dark thoughts hidden behind their smiling mask Short days. Little sunlight. Cold. Isolation. Illness. No prospects. Solitude. Rainy & dreary weather. Fast rising prices of everything they need to pay and everything they would love to pay. The impossibility to do what they dream of. The imminent collapse of the immense Chinese real estate economy. The removal of the happy Christmas lights from the streets. Long dark nights. Plenty of time for dark thoughts to fester in minds that have been hurt too many times. Sometimes all they need is a helping hand for them to see a way out. Be mindful of depression & other mental health disorders.  This is what Judas has to say about it . More on Flickr Model: Kristof

A second Resident Evil-shoot. This time in the Christmas rain & cold with the team from Resident Evil Cosplay BeLux As I'm always open to working with all the different cosplay groups. Links to "behind the scenes"- videos on Clapper & more pictures will follow daily on Flickr . Clapper video 1 - The last round (DISCLAIMER: If you have suicidal tendencies then call the Suidice Prevention Line - 1813 in Belgium ) Clapper video 2 - He moved! (DISCLAIMER: No zombies were seriously injured during the recording of this video ) Clapper video 3 - The tunnel Clapper video 4 - The team A Clapper "Behind the scenes"-video from a previous Resident Evil shoot: Part 1 and Part 2 The team of the day: (in alphabethical order) • Alex – USS Soldier | IG @Alex_Satorie • Florian – Umbrella scientist | IG @Panda.Florian • Gregory – Brad Vickers | IG @ Rowdy_Cosplay • Lara – Jill Valentine | IG @ LaraDavid23 • Luca – Zombie | IG @ luca_wampach

All modern cameras show you during shooting perfectly where you are focusing. But I don't remember this of every picture during/after an event or at the end of a shoot. And sometimes you have to be sure the focus was on the right object/person/animal before going to the next view, or shot or part of the event. We've all made pictures of which during replay we wondered where the hell the focus point had been. In landscape pictures it happens sometimes. When photographing groups of people you might have to check them all to see who's eyes you had locked on.   In the Sony A7IV, A1 and A7SIII ( and all full frame Alpha cameras coming after these ) there is a solution called: In English: Focus Frame Display ("Foc Frame Disp Sel." to be more precise) In Dutch: Schrpst.kad.wrgv In French:  Aff cadre m.au pt  Sony engineers & translators really enjoy inventing strange abbreviations. In this video you see how to activate this option in the Sony A7IV:  And if you'

The Youtube video is embedded below or: https://youtu.be/6ZUNffYzWKc It is actually very easy to do a firmware update on a Sony camera .. you just put the firmware on an SD-card and insert it in your camera.. Go into the Menu > Yellow > 12/Setup option > Version > Update software > Scroll through+Accept conditions > .. Ow-no.. that only works on the A7IV, FX30, ZV-E1 & A7RV. For the other ( read: the previou s) cameras it's a bit more work. Let us go through all the different steps: 1. Surf to your local Sony site ( in Dutch or in French or in English ) 2. Choose the camera or lens you want to update ( Note : different Sony sites have sometimes different old items listed. For example on the UK-site you can still find A6300/A6500 ) 3. For this example I choose the eternal oldie: A6000 .     3.1 Search for a small tab " Support & Product registration "     3.2 Click on " Downloads "     3.3 Click on the latest firmware available ( fo

Friends of mine started a band called "Het probleem is" and now they're playing in the streets of Mechelen to gather money for some studio time. So if you see them play: toss a coin to your witcher! contact: Het probleem is on Facebook A video for Youtube and one for Clapper + some pictures are my contribution because I can't play any instrument. Normally I don't post here before all videos & pictures are done, but I'm lagging behind with processing.. so.. have a few teaser images. . A video on Youtube . More on Flickr , on Youtube and on Clapper ( The latter is their version of Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel )

A few days ago I got my private Sony A7IV after thoroughly testing a pre-production model from work. You can find those 1st pictures on Flickr . Fun fact: This home-coming of the A7IV was my very first video on Clapper ( look for Red Cathedral )  There are some quirks in the A7IV like cropped 4K 60p ( just like Nikon's Z6II ), it heats faster than the A7SIII ( I might you some tricks to minimise heating while filming in a later article ) and eats through batteries at the same speed as the A1 and A7SIII . ( You wanted more power than the A7III , you've got more power.. but that has a price ). However, for events this is an allround powerhouse.. at least: once I'll be doing events again.  For once a I did a complete video walk through of my changes and settings in the menu. It's in English but at the end I quickly show some  important parts in French & in Dutch. Some samples & experiments are already on Flickr (including lowlight, APS-C lens,.. why APS-C?

No, I have not started hibernation. In fact I have made plenty of pictures.. eventhough I've had little time to process them so that's lagging. Been testing a pre-production Sony A7IV for over a month and today I bought one.. so yes, that happened. Let me entertain you with some Autumn portraits while I process more pictures, think of even more to make and film some tutorials for the A7IV.  . Yes plenty more images are waiting to get processed. And there is something video-ish on Clapper . More is on Flickr as always And then this happened.. standing on the organising side & the model's side & the director's side & the presenting side of a webinar. Too many hats to wear at once.. but so much fun to do. A small bonus for those crazies who scrolled till here?? .