sharing my august photo-heart connection     
celebrating a new photoblog collaboration
there is absolutely no doubt about the image that best represents my photo-heart-connection for august

here is the image i picked for the launch of a new photoblog i created with Els, a woman i met in one of Kat's classes and who happens to be dutch as well... somehow we 'clicked' and our connection has grown over the past months with this blog as a creative and mutually inspiring result.  it would even be better if i had a photograph of Els or of the two of us together, for she is my true photo-heart connection for this month, but although we don't live far apart, we haven't seen each other yet.... so maybe next time....!

Joining the August Break  27-31     

sharing a summer shot a day

day 27 - 18:50 pm

day 28 - 10:13 am

day 29 - 10:30 am

day 30 - 10:27 am

day 31 - 11:04 am 

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sharing a summer shot a day

11:03 am

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sharing a summer shot a day

10:19 am

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sharing a summer shot a day

6:39 pm

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sharing a summer shot a day

6:39 pm

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sharing a summer shot a day

6:26 pm

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sharing a summer shot a day

6:26 pm

Joining the August Break 16-18     

sharing a summer shot a day

I have been on a short summer vacation 

Here are my august break shots for the last 3 days

day 16 - 9:35 pm

day 17 - 4:37 pm

day 18 - 9:36 pm

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sharing a summer shot a day

5:22 pm

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sharing a summer shot a day

6:37 pm

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sharing a summer shot a day

10:00 am

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sharing a summer shot a day

6:31 pm

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sharing a summer shot a day

11:27 am

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sharing a summer shot a day

10:25 am

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sharing a summer shot a day

10:16 am

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sharing a summer shot a day

11:52 am

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sharing a summer shot a day

10:03 am

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sharing a summer shot a day

10:23 am

talking in photographs part 1
nature

my passion for photography started with nature.
the more i explored the landscape around me, the more i became aware of the beauty of its colors, lines and shapes.
the deeper my perception of that beauty in its myriad details, the stronger my desire to 'capture' it and show it to the world
i started shooting the landscape behind my house with my iPhone in december 2010 and haven't stopped since.
with my images, shared through my first photoblog, i am telling the landscape's story, recording the changes from day to day, from year to year.

here are some examples of the images that are closest to my heart.

flowers in the most beautiful colors and shapes, attracting butterflies and bees

our dutch national icon, the mill, a true landmark in our polder

all the animals on the land and in the water, the landscape's main inhabitants...

the constantly shifting colors of the lake and the majestic lowland skies

the countless shades of green, translucent with sunlight or moist with raindrops

and last but not least: the people enjoying and savoring the landscape, be it on foot, by bike or from the water.