Cool Steve

August 13, 2017August 13, 2017 / dutchaperturenl / Leave a comment

Last week I was shooting a video for ASK, which stands for ‘All Special Kids’. It is a charity organization that does excellent work. ASK provides resources for parents, schools and specialists, in order to help them to support children with learning differences and special educational needs in Switzerland.

Whilst working on the video I had the opportunity to take take a couple of pictures of Steve, the great guy who was leading the camp.

Cool Steve

Pictures taken with Olympus OMD EM10 camera (Mark I) and Zuiko 14-42 3.5-5.6 mm lens. Recorded in RAW, post-processed with Adobe Lightroom.

Improv photoshoot of three friends in the Hague

August 7, 2017August 2, 2017 / dutchaperturenl / Leave a comment

When I was taking pictures in the centre of the Hague, I got talking to a guy about the Olympus OMD EM10 (mark I) camera I was using. He had two friends with him and together we decided to do an improv photoshoot.

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Pictures taken with Olympus OMD EM10 camera (Mark I) and Zuiko 14-42 3.5-5.6 mm lens, Recorded in JPEG, post-processed with Adobe Lightroom.

A photo shoot with René Bom, the night mayor of The Hague

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 / dutchaperturenl / Leave a comment

Today I had the pleasure to meet René Bom. René is colourful person AKA the ‘night mayor’ of The Hague and AKA ‘de Haagse Bom’ (the bomb of the Hague). Being born and raised in the Hague, I was honoured to meet this dignitary and to do a photo shoot with him.

A couple of interesting details about René’s outfit for readers who did not have the privilege to be born the Hague:

Green is one of the prominent colours of the escutcheon of the city of the Hague (the other is yellow)
The stork in the letter O on René’s shirt refers to the stork in the escutcheon of the city of the Hague – the same stork can be seen on one of the rings René is wearing
The number 070 on René’s shirt refers to the telephone digits identifying the city of the Hague

René Bom – Night mayor of the Hague (http://www.dehaagsebom.com)

René Bom – Night mayor of the Hague (http://www.dehaagsebom.com)

René Bom – Night mayor of the Hague (http://www.dehaagsebom.com)

René Bom – Night mayor of the Hague (http://www.dehaagsebom.com)

René Bom – Night mayor of the Hague (http://www.dehaagsebom.com)

Pictures taken with Nikon D750 and Tamron 28-75 mm 2.8 lens. Recorded in Raw, post-processed with Adobe Lightroom.

Photoshoot Opera Singer Operahaus Zurich

July 29, 2017 / dutchaperturenl / Leave a comment

Early July I did a photoshoot with a very talented opera singer in the neighbourhood of the Operahaus in Zurich. The weather was with us and showed Zurich (and the singer) at their best.

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Pictures taken with Nikon D750, Nikkor 80 mm 1.8 and Tamron 28-75 mm 2.8 lenses. Recorded in Raw, post-processed with Adobe Lightroom.

Smoking kills … but man, doesn’t it sometimes look cool!

July 6, 2017July 6, 2017 / dutchaperturenl / Leave a comment

Earlier this week I was doing a photoshoot in Zurich and got talking to someone who was very interested in what I was doing.

In the course of our conversation I asked him if he would be ok if I took a picture of him. He happily obliged and wanted to put out his cigarette. I asked him to keep smoking though, because I always wanted to replicate the fantastic black & white pictures of James Dean and Steve McQueen whilst they were smoking.

I hope you like the result. Let me know!

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Pictures taken with Nikon D750 and Tamron 28-75 mm lens. Recorded in Raw, post-processed with Adobe Lightroom.

Portrait La Lupa

July 5, 2017July 6, 2017 / dutchaperturenl / Leave a comment

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Whilst I was doing a photoshoot around Bellevue in Zurich, I more or less literally bumped into La Lupa, a well-known Swiss singer and performer. She was immediately willing to pose for me for a portrait. Check her out! Her website is http://www.la-lupa.ch.

Picture taken with Nikon D750 and Tamron 28-75 mm lens. Recorded in Raw, post-processed with Adobe Lightroom.

‘Break A Leg’ – Swingmusic at the Rondell Bürkliplatz Zurich

June 24, 2017June 24, 2017 / dutchaperturenl / Leave a comment

Thursday evening June 22 I attended a wonderful concert of ‘Break a Leg!’. A group of musicians consisting of Ursula Ledergerber, vocals, Urs Keller, guitar and vocals, Heinz Krapf, bass and Stefan Rüfenacht on saxes, melodica and cornet.

The concert took place at the Rondell the Bürkliplatz in Zurich. The band played a number of classic jazz-swing songs, including one of my favorites: Lullaby of Birdland.

The audience could not sit still, but immediately enthusiastically started to dance, and kept doing so as long as the musicians kept on playing.

I had a wonderful great evening and am looking forward to seeing them again soon!

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Pictures taken with a Nikon D750 camera, Nikkor 20-35 2.8 mm and Tamron 28-75 2.8 mm lenses. Recorded in Raw, post-processed with Adobe Lightroom.

Photoshoot Leonardo Muzii

June 20, 2017June 22, 2017 / dutchaperturenl / Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure to do a photo shoot with Leonardo Muzii. A professional conductor based in Basel, Switzerland. We had a pleasant late afternoon and took a number of great pictures on the roof terrace of Leonardo’s house.

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Pictures taken with Olympus OMD EM10 camera and Zuiko 14-42 3.5-5.6 mm & 90 mm 1.8 mm lenses, Recorded in Raw, post-processed with Adobe Lightroom.

Road Trip with two BMW 325i E30 convertibles to Schwyz

June 5, 2017June 9, 2017 / dutchaperturenl / Leave a comment

As proud owners of a 28+ year old BMW BMW 325i E30,we decided to take a short trip with another couple, who were in possession of the same type of car. At the end of May 2017 we drove from Zurich along the Aegerisee to Schwyz. From there we drove back by the Sihlsee, Egg and Freienbach.