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This weekend the Amococo Luminarium of the Architects Of Air was visiting our town. The Amococo is an inflatable building inspired by Islamic architecture. It has 4 large coloured domes, linked together by separate walk-through areas. We visited it three times to take pictures and shoot some videos. For my cameras the extreme intensity of the colors was a real challenge.

We just traveled through the German Eifel region for a week and have been not as lucky with the weather as we hoped for. Instead of blue skies and sun we had a lot of cloudy days and rain. This made the photography more challenging and high dynamic range (HDR) imaging turned out to be a lifesaver in some situations. With 3 shots, each with a different exposures, I was able to create HDR images with much more details and a dramatic atmosphere as the example below illustrates. In some cases this technique couldn’t be used as it was too windy, which makes it impossible to merge 3 single exposures together to one sharp image.

After years of neglect it was about time to update this site. Some of its content will not return as it was too outdated and other things will come back step by step.

In September we went for another vacation in Normandy France. There we took several bridge panoramas at the river Seine, including my contribution to the the 3rd Word Wide Panorama shoot. In the week of the Equinox, September 18-22, 2004, photographers around the world created VR panoramas on the theme “Bridges”. The Word Wide Panorama site external features 187 panoramas from 37 countries.

People say that photos are worth more than words. It’s true - no words could ever completely represent the beauty of the Shirakawa Village in Japan, the Zurich China Garden in Switzerland, the windmills of Kinderdijk in the Netherlands, the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona or many other spectacular locations. During the summer solstice weekend, June 19-21, more than 110 photographers in 32 countries captured QuickTime VR panoramas to represent the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) theme of World Heritage. While being on our way to Normandy/France we also participated in this project and took 2 panoramas of World War I cemeteries just north of Arras (France). Even though they are not on the UNESCO list, we feel they should be, as a lesson from history.