Interactive Photo Book

I have just published my Vietnam photo book on line. I used a book flipper in flash. For the moment I have just used the basic settings. Later I will add some more interactive tools like a zoom tool to read the texts better, links on the pages or page numbering and indexing...
But as for now: the pictures are the most important!
Enjoy!!

Virtual Vietnam Exhibition

This weekend I have worked on the pictures I took in Vietnam during the last month. In all there are more than 110 photos on different subjects: nature, animals, portraits, abstract, macro, PS-manipulated...
I have sent a newsletter to my friends announcing this online exhibition...
Comments are always welcome here!
;-)

Safe to (kite)surf!

"If I say its safe to (kite-)surf this beach Captain, then its safe to (kite-)surf this beach. I mean I'm not afraid to surf this place, I'll surf this
whole fucking place!"

This memorable quote from "Apocalypse Now" popped up in my mind when I was
picture-hunting on Mui Ne beach.
The kite-surf school was doing a good job there, helped by a perfect wind at
30°C. Great for surfing, great for walking, great for shooting!
The picture here is an exercise on composition. The pulling force between the kite and the surfer is emphasised on the picture by cropping them in extreme opposite
corners. Thus the emptiness (+ fine strings) between the two objects is full of energy. Colour was not functional, so I preferred B&W. The background of the picture should be dark, so as to get most of the composition effect.

Compare the picture to the original... (note also the straightening of the horizon).

New Vietnam picture library

I have just installed a new picture library with the photos I took in Vietnam. The pictures are temporary. I have worked them out with PS CS2 on site on my portable, but I will finalise them at home with my digital pen and HQ screen.
Most of the pictures are from the red and white sand dunes at Mui Ne. You can also find a portrait of my 10-year old guide there, who really had an eye for shooting pictures on the sands!
You can find the link in the left menu bar.

Vietnam trip: portraits

When you arrive in a bee-hive like Saigon, it is very hard to know what to shoot first with your digital cam. At the same time it's embarrassing to take out a Canon with a 100-400mm lense in this world of poverty. It took me a while to get used to it. Here are some of the first results of the portrait category. Pictures taken in Saigon, Mui Ne and Phuquoc... Click on the pics to see them larger...