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Artificial Intelligence

April 17, 2025

It was only a matter of time before AI would take over this blog. Read this at your own risk.

Author Joeri van VeenPosted on April 17, 2025April 17, 2025Categories Development, Gear1 Comment on Artificial Intelligence
 

Slim Aarons

January 25, 2025

How meeting 5 girls has nothing to do with this spectacular photograph featuring at least 7, by a photographer I never heard of. How does it fit into his work, and will it stand the test of time?

Author Joeri van VeenPosted on January 25, 2025January 29, 2025Categories Famous photographers, Life2 Comments on Slim Aarons
 

Website photography

June 14, 2024

Why you maybe should consider hiring a pro to shoot images for your website, if the impression you leave on your visitors is important to you. Or how to shoot yourself.

Author Joeri van VeenPosted on June 14, 2024January 25, 2025Categories Corporate, Photography, Portrait, ShootLeave a comment on Website photography
 

The economy, stupid

April 21, 2024

How we ignored the advice of a financial consultant to inflate the economy and ended up in a 1 room apartment. With graph and photographs.

Author Joeri van VeenPosted on April 21, 2024April 22, 2024Categories Life5 Comments on The economy, stupid
 

Tour de Chamonix

February 4, 2024

Taking a stroll around Chamonix starting in Les Praz, not your typical winter-sports town after all? But beautiful nonetheless.

Author Joeri van VeenPosted on February 4, 2024March 2, 2024Categories Photowalk3 Comments on Tour de Chamonix
 

Marshmallow test gone wrong

December 25, 2023

What acing the marshmallow test brought me this life. It wasn’t more marshmallows, I can tell you that.

Author Joeri van VeenPosted on December 25, 2023March 2, 2024Categories Life, Uncategorized1 Comment on Marshmallow test gone wrong
 

French ways

December 6, 2023

The long anticipated blog post of how my wife and I are doing in France, after leaving the Netherlands with a minimum of possessions.

Author Joeri van VeenPosted on December 6, 2023March 2, 2024Categories Life11 Comments on French ways
 

Archive 3

March 24, 2023

Previously unpublished photographs from recent archives. No idea why they weren’t published though, they are pretty good.

Author Joeri van VeenPosted on March 24, 2023March 2, 2024Categories Development2 Comments on Archive 3
 

Review of Pentax K 50 mm f/1.2

January 27, 2023

The Pentax K-mount 50mm f/1.2 on a Sony A7? Yes! Click through for an in-depth review and lots of photographs shot with the combo, and of the combo.

Author Joeri van VeenPosted on January 27, 2023March 2, 2024Categories Gear, Pentax 50 mm f/1.2Leave a comment on Review of Pentax K 50 mm f/1.2
 

To be, not to have

December 22, 2022

A bit of a philosophical post with a nice takeaway at the end. About the surge prices of homes and how come and what to do?

Author Joeri van VeenPosted on December 22, 2022April 21, 2024Categories LifeLeave a comment on To be, not to have
 

The dark days before Christmas

December 18, 2022

Water surfaces froze in the Netherlands, which is becoming more and more rare. We quickly headed out to document the ice-fun!

Author Joeri van VeenPosted on December 18, 2022March 2, 2024Categories Pentax 50 mm f/1.2, Sony A72 Comments on The dark days before Christmas

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