We had our Veronica Christmas party at Castle Engelenburg in Brummen. A great party added by the 'White Christmas' atmosphere created by -9 degrees C.

Meeting up with the start-up scene always gives new insights and inspiration. We will be competing head-on with them at the Bowlr championships in January....

The Christmas play in, which Roderick was supposed to be one of the shepherds, was very nice and the kids did their utmost to bring the story to live.... Roderick decided to opt out as his friend (one of the sheep...) did not show up....

"Retro is the future" - I am moving back forwards... the workshop in Cambodia has been a tremendous inspiration, therefore I am moving back to film again. I got myself an MP and am trying out the first roll...anxious to see what will come out of it....Very different to digital, after the shot there is nothing to look at, but the wheel with the ISO values...

We promised Roderick that he would get a mobile phone when he would be 10. Sinterklaas decided that would be too late....

The big milestone: 100k views on my Flickr account.....

Back home after a couple of fascinating weeks out in Asia! The good news of arriving very early is that you have to stay awake to avoid too much of a jet lag.. with all the bad weather out there, I decided to upload more pictures of Cambodia and Vietnam...

Another very interesting day in Hanoi, visiting many many places including museums, the water puppet show and more before having dinner with our good friends. Only one more day and then it is back to Europe...

Everybody seems to be eating all the time... on every spot in Vietnam we have been (Hanoi and the way to and from Halong Bay) you see these little eating places, with very small chairs...
The internet connection is very slow, so only the first pictures are at my Flickr account...

A fantastic couple of days of photographing in Vietnam with our Vietnamese friends. Spectacular scenery and people. Highlight Halong Bay...

Hanoi is a busy busy city with many scooters... Zebra stripes on the road do not seem to have any meaning and you have to carefully cross the road, otherwise someone will hit you...

Tomorrow we go with award winning Vietnamese photographer Do Anh Tuan for two days shooting in the country side and to Halong bay....I am really looking forward to that.

Arrived in Hanoi!

The scenery around the temples around Siem Reap is amazing... Especially from on top of an elephant...

It was very special to see my pictures displayed very large at the Angkor Photo Festival.... hundreds of people coming to see the work of the VII class. Afterwards we discussed each other's work and Philip showed us the opus magnum he is working on....beautiful...

16 photographers reading themselves for the final presentation tonight....

Lots of festivities going on here with the boat races right out of the door of the FCC...

Photo reporters make long days, I can tell now from experience. A project requires lots of research, taking shots, editing, trying to find better shots, creating a story line and more...My project is no exception and has made me do long, long days... I am not complaining though as it is great fun and I learn a lot from it.
Gary and Philip share with us many of their stories, what they were facing and how they solved it....

The place I am staying in, is next to the river. The boat races will start in a week and training is in full swing...
Another great day in Cambodia with lots of development in the masterclass....Philip is pushing me to do more with less....Challenging but rewarding indeed...

The masterclass has started yesterday evening with a great dinner near the temples. This morning we went out to explore them, which was truly fascinating. During the dinner yesterday and during the day today, I got to talk a lot to PHILIP BLENKINSOP who will work with me during this week on my project. We all got our projects sorted, I am happily working on mine...

Buzzing around on mopeds, feels like Amsterdam :)
I am trying to get better ideas for the project....moving around for inspiration....