Friends

Friends, I wrote it many times already, is a word that lost its realy meaning through facebook.  I mean, I can imagine some people have more friends then I but when you have over 1000 Friends, I doubt if it all are realy friends.

Same goes for the connected word 'likes'  The more likes, the more confirmation that what you are doing is well. Well, I can imagine people like what pthers do more then what I do, but when there are over 100 likes on a post I start wondering why.

Some people need those confirmation, and I think I know why.
When this kind of confirmation is missing in real life, it looks cool to see that you are digital popular. It covers an insecure life in reality, it misleads people.
Ask why people put a like on a post. Often it is just for knowing that we have read the post, rather then that we agree with it.
But those poor insecure people like to fool theirselves and unconditionally measure their popularity on it.

Let's call ths person Frank.  Frank is small, insecure, and makes a mess of his own life.  On line he has hundreds of friends, and he love to show himself in pictures with his friends, with his girl, and so more.
Frank i friends with someone who even gets more likes at his posts. Frank can not stand it, but he is friends and decides to copy the behavior of his friend. He also tells everyone that his friend is his best friend.  No one can confirm it, especially not while that friend (let's call him Jos) is never telling that he is Franks best friend.
Frank fights his way and intrudes even the private life of Jos.  That must be photographed and put on line and Ffrank is counting the likes. The most important thing of his action, and when he has more likes then the 20 usual, his mission has succeeded.
Frank was shortly friends with me.  I did unfriend him, because I had nothing to do with Frank: I dont like his music, I dont like his tttitude, so he has nothing for what I should keep him in my friends list. Same goees for Edwin, this two are really two sismilar persons when it comes to bad attitude.

I am friends with Jos. I  was there, several times, when he needed me and the other way around.
Jos and his wife did invite us for dinner. His wife did put some pictures on line, telling, we go to have silvester dnner with good friends.
Frank right away contacted Jos, to find out who those friends were. He did not like it when he found out who.
So, when his best friend has a great evening, he dislikes it when it is not with him bu with other friennds.


It is that this frank is  cowrd, else I think that Jos and I should hve realy  a problem with this aweful person. I wait until he makes more mistakes, annd will loose his friendship with Jos.  Jos is a wonderful person, he deserves better persons at his side then this small jealous baby

The Amen word

Facebook addicteds will recognize the countless photographs, for some reason often called memes, with the text on it, or added to it,

Can I get an Amen?

Often next to it is asked for a great number of likes and shares.

It gets irritating to see that all the time again, but maybe it is only because I don't understand it.

Long ago, in the church, The Amen word was used at the end of a prayer,  collective symbol, something like that. Translated as, we agree with his words.

Nowadays, certain groups have discovered that they can use Facebook for their purposes. 

Racistc organisations like Britain first do the same. Like us, share, if you agree.

Sometimes the words written make sense. Mostly they are only partially what I think, also I can not agree with just one word, one click. 

I DON'T let myself be forced to agree with things that I am not fully agree with.

These Amen-pictures force people to agree with some words, mostly taken out of a larger essay.

Later, the shares and likes can be used for all kind of purposes.

Hey, this word did get a million likes, now let's act.

Do you know exactly who is behind those words? Whose ideas you Amen to? 

I don't. I want to know first who is telling things. And discuss, when needed.

An Amen is not a thing to throw around like sprouts. 

Such as being friends on facebook, not means that you are friends.

Or that a like at Facebook means that you like what is posted.

Say Amen, if you agree

😉

No words

No words can describe

How I feel today

And it happens

Every year again

No words can describe

The disbeleave

Because they say

Legends never die

November 24th, 

The day that we lost you

To this horrible disease

You did not want us to feel sad

The show must go on, easily said

But I can't help

The tears that now drop from my cheek

I promise you

Tomorrow I will laugh again

I so much miss you

I so much love you

Forever

bwhahahahaha

LOL

It is funny how people show theirselves, their narrow minds and what all.

Today the automatic robots from 'viewbug'  did spam my Facebook newslin again, with  that my picture has reiceived peers and likes.

As I was not home, this message did get its own life, a few people like it and there is one person what did give it a photo comment with Bäh.   It was not in the timeline anymore, but I found it in the mail.
Since December past year, when I spilled wine over her, she seems to have pleasure in bullying me.  Now that is not working, because I pretend to not see it, to not hear it and to not have it. I always am very nice to her, the word slime is approperiate in this.

So, having seen that comment, made me smile. Appearantly she can do better. Well, maybe that is true, it is a matter of taste what you photograph and where you publish it.
Next week we start with our photo sales. I look forward to it. And I also look forward to this person  to visit our stand. I am 100 per cent sure she will be there, and I know already the reactions that she might give.  I don't give a SHIT about it, I am prepared and I guess that that is more then she.

Never underestimate your enemy. Well, she's not my enemy. Maybe I am her enemy, but the other way around is not working. Why?  Because I don't want to spill time at jealous people :)

A little bit of promotion

I am not good in promoting myself. My former chief told me already so: Hans, you are good, but when you want others to see it you need to show it better.

I think that his well meant advice is a thing that will stay with me for a lifetime and that I will never be able to sell myself properly.  And that whilst I am living with a sales manager, who is very good in this kind of things.  Hmmm..  I am hopeless.

After the photowalk from past Saturday (what was an awesome one, the park was filled with golden trees, the light was perfect and so are the pictures), I was so excited about my photo's that I want the entire world to see them.
Now that is not even possible with the best promotion, but... I was so brave and did promote my photo site at facebook a bit.

The site, DreamsUnlimited, exists about 5 years and only did grow in the past year from over 100 until 223 today.  Past week it was 200, also in one week 10 percent more 'likes', I am excited, and I know pretty well how it comes. Not only by my pictures, but as well with telling the people about it, in groups, on other sites. And still, I am very polite in asking people to 'like'  the page.

But I am a tiny bit exited, to see that it works. My 'slogan'  is, if you like my photo's, why then not make it easy, and 'like'  my facebook photo site, so that you are informed all the time about what is happening?

Okay, that does mean that I need to update the site regurarily. It is a matter of getting used to it. And of course I use Facebook as a backup for my photography. It will not come so far that the photo's at facebook are more important then the ones at HaFri Photography. There is where all my work is collected.  But I am not sure how I want to promote that. If ever. :)

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10 tips voor het fotograferen met mist

maandag 19 oktober 2015, 22:35 door Iris van Liempt | 1096x gelezen | 1 reactie Gisteren plaatsten we een artikel met 15 prachtige mistfoto's en beloofden toen een artikel met tips om zelf ook zo'n prachtige mistfoto te maken. Bij dezen 10 tips voor het fotograferen van/met mist!

1. Kijk naar het weer

Mist onstaat bij een groot verschil tussen dag- en nachttemperatuur. De lucht koelt dan af waardoor waterdamp in de lucht langzaam overgaat in waterdruppeltjes. Mist ontstaat dus vaak 's avonds laat en houdt dan aan tot 's ochtends vroeg.

Kijk vooraf naar de weersvoorspelling om te zien of er mist voorspeld wordt voor de ochtend. Er zijn ook kaarten beschikbaar die je laten zien of en hoe mistig het op dat moment is. Bijvoorbeeld van Weerplaza. Kijk hiernaar voordat je vertrekt zodat je de kans op teleurstellingen verkleint.

Mist komt overigens het meest voor in gebieden waar water is. Hou dat in gedachten bij het uitzoeken van een locatie voor je mistfoto's.

2. Buiten de mist fotograferen

Buiten de mist staan kan soms beter werken dan erin staan, net zoals dat geldt voor bossen. Door buiten de mist te staan kun je de mooie atmosfeer die mist geeft fotograferen zonder al te veel last te hebben van het heftige contrastverlies wat mist met zich mee brengt. Een goede tip hierbij is om een hoog punt te zoeken vanaf waar je kunt fotograferen.

fog boundary; foto door Angelika Hörschläger

3. Gebruik geen flitsers

Flitsers in mist helpen niet. Flitsen terwijl het mistig is zorgt er enkel voor dat je zicht achteruit gaat en kan zelfs zorgen voor een whiteout effect. Gebruik dus alleen natuurlijk licht. Dichtbij een lichtbron staan kan hierbij helpen, bijvoorbeeld een lantaarnpaal.

4. Gebruik een statief

Omdat je dus afhankelijk bent van natuurlijk licht, en natuurlijk licht vroeg in de ochtend of laat op de avond vaak niet overdreven aanwezig is, is het belangrijk om een statief mee te nemen. Zo kun je de sluitertijd verlengen om toch een goede belichting van je foto te krijgen.

5. Overbelicht je foto

Mist kan je camera gemakkelijk op het verkeerde been zetten wat betreft belichting. Dit komt omdat mist licht naar je camera toe reflecteert en je camera daardoor denkt dat er een stuk meer licht is dan er in werkelijkheid is. Je krijgt dan al gauw een onderbelichte foto.

Voeg een beetje belichtingscompensatie toe om dit te voorkomen. Hoeveel compensatie nodig is, hangt uiteraard af van de specifieke omstandigheden waarin je fotografeert.

Check tussendoor ook of de belichting van je foto's klopt. Dit kun je doen aan de hand van het histogram in je camera.

6. Licht laten uitwaaieren

Wanneer (zon)licht gebroken wordt door bijvoorbeeld bomen of bladeren terwijl het mistig is, dan resulteert dit vaak in een mooie waaier van lichtstralen die zich ideaal leent voor een prachtige foto. Het werkt het beste om in zo'n geval te fotograferen met tegenlicht of met licht dat van opzij komt.

Road Through the Woods; foto door Julie Falk

7. Stel handmatig scherp

Omdat mist ervoor zorgt dat contrasten vervagen, kan het zijn dat je camera moeite heeft met automatisch scherpstellen. Dit is het makkelijkst op te lossen door gewoon lekker zelf scherp te stellen.

8. Plaats iets in de voorgrond

Mist zorgt ervoor dat objecten in je foto vervagen. De details en texturen raken verloren in de waas die mist over de objecten heen legt. Dit kun je mooi in beeld brengen door iets in je voorgrond te plaatsen. Je krijgt dan echt een goed beeld van het contrast.

Een mooi voorbeeld is bijvoorbeeld een bomenrij waarbij de bomen steeds meer vervagen naarmate ze verder weg raken.

Haunted Forest; foto door Angelika Hörschläger
De lichte achtergrond die mist vormt kan overigens ook dienen om jouw onderwerp (dat wat jij op de voorgrond zet) om te toveren in een prachtig silhouet.

9. Kijk uit voor condensatie

Omdat mist bestaat uit waterdruppels, kan het zijn dat er waterdruppels op de lens van je camera vormen. Neem daarom een schoonmaakdoekje voor je lens mee, zo ondervind je hiervan zo min mogelijk hinder.

10. Camera acclimatiseren na gebruik

Omdat het in de mist vaak vrij koud is, is het belangrijk om je camera te laten acclimatiseren wanneer je klaar bent. Breng de camera dus niet linea recta vanuit de mist in een hele warme omgeving, maar laat hem eerst even op temperatuur komen, bijvoorbeeld in een koele hal.

Succes en veel plezier!