Roger Kemp's Net » Photography http://www.rogerkemp.net on and offline catch of the day Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:53:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Walking along the sea http://www.rogerkemp.net/2011/01/04/walking-along-the-sea/ http://www.rogerkemp.net/2011/01/04/walking-along-the-sea/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:30:06 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerkemp.net/?p=376 Saw a picture floating by tonight which reminded me I still had some editing to do of some pictures I took that same day. Clouds Dunes Even more clouds More clouds Wet sand

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]]> http://www.rogerkemp.net/2011/01/04/walking-along-the-sea/feed/ 0 Night out in the snow http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/12/19/night-out-in-the-snow/ http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/12/19/night-out-in-the-snow/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:15:38 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerkemp.net/?p=352 Continue reading →]]> We’ve been having some real winter weather here in the Netherlands these last couple of days, as did much of northern Europe.  I love it, so tonight I went on a nice walk through the park here in my neighborhood.  Don’t think I’ve ever seen snow this thick here in the Lowlands. Six inches at least.  Hope it’s a climate change trend (sorry to the other two thirds of the country who will be swimming in 100 years…) because I love real winters.  Took my little Lumix LX3 with me and boy do I miss my old DSLR.  As soon as the funds are available I’ll get another DSLR (basic Canon or Nikon model will do), since they’re so much easier to shoot with in difficult conditions (low light, cold, slow shutter speeds).  Yes, I should have known this when I sold my old gear, but I thought this nice compact would do.  It doesn’t.  Here are some shots of the walk. P1000499 P1000502 P1000510 P1000527 P1000528

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]]> http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/12/19/night-out-in-the-snow/feed/ 0 Berlin http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/09/02/berlin/ http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/09/02/berlin/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:25:11 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerkemp.net/blog/?p=273 One of the coolest brick buildings I know, hard to expain... Love this complex of old industrial buildings re-used as club / concert / art venue Swimming on/in the Spree in Berlin Detail of the wall Bearpit Karaoke Cool band playing cool music Paino im Park Cool band playing cool music Disturbing yet cool

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]]> http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/09/02/berlin/feed/ 0 Haiti, 70 days later http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/03/26/haiti-70-days-later/ http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/03/26/haiti-70-days-later/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:21:13 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerkemp.net/blog/?p=246

A girl smiles inside a makeshift tent in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince February 28, 2010. Seasonal rains and hurricanes spell trouble for Haiti in the best of times, but with hundreds of thousands of people living in flimsy makeshift shelters after last month's earthquake, this year the dangers are much greater. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

Another installment of photographs covering the situation in Haiti.  I hope the media will keep this story under everybody’s attention, as Haiti still has a long way to go…

Haiti, 70 days later – The Big Picture

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An Afghan man buys plastic jugs in a market in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)

Another collection of photographs posted by the Big Picture, depicting the complex issue of Afghanistan.  My hope is that we’ll find a way other than violence to deal with the problems facing this nation.  To help them help themselves without resorting to try and kill the problem away.  I don’t think we can just pull out and leave them fend for themselves.  We bare a historical responsibility to provide aid, but not through the barrel of a gun.

Afghanistan, January, 2010 (The Big Picture)

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A photo released on January 14, 2010 from the UN Minustah mission of an aerial view of a flattened shanty town in Port-au-Prince following a devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010. (LOGAN ABASSI/AFP/Getty Images)

Gripping images of the devastation 48 hours after the 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti.

Haiti 48 hours later (The Big Picture)

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]]> http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/01/14/haiti-48-hours-later/feed/ 0 Three days in Iran http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/01/05/three-days-in-iran/ http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/01/05/three-days-in-iran/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:45:58 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerkemp.net/blog/?p=207 Continue reading →]]> i01_21512585The Big Picture has posted a great photo essay depicting the recent protest in Iran.  Taken by anonymous photographers they show both the opposition and pro-government demonstrations, their massive scale and the sad consequences of demonstrating against a totalitarian regime.

Three days in Iran (The Big Picture)

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]]> http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/01/05/three-days-in-iran/feed/ 0 Part 2 and 3 of 2009 in photos posted on the Big Picture http://www.rogerkemp.net/2009/12/16/part-2-and-4-of-2009-in-photos-posted-on-the-big-picture/ http://www.rogerkemp.net/2009/12/16/part-2-and-4-of-2009-in-photos-posted-on-the-big-picture/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:09:51 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerkemp.net/blog/?p=181 Continue reading →]]> 901_21293749

Fireworks illuminate the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 9, 2009, during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

More amazing images collected for a photographic retrospective of 2009 by The Big Picture.  The contrast between all the photos, shot all over the world and depicting such a wide range of situations, is striking.

The Big Picture – 2009 in Photos (Part 2 of 3)
The Big Picture – 2009 in Photos (Part 3 of 3)

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]]> http://www.rogerkemp.net/2009/12/16/part-2-and-4-of-2009-in-photos-posted-on-the-big-picture/feed/ 0 2009 in photos (part 1 of 3) http://www.rogerkemp.net/2009/12/15/2009-in-photos-part-1-of-3/ http://www.rogerkemp.net/2009/12/15/2009-in-photos-part-1-of-3/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:29:49 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerkemp.net/blog/?p=172 928_18161361

A Dog belonging to Rhonda O'Hearn of Sandown, New Hampshire waits before the start of a 60-mile race at the Can-Am Crown sled dog races in Fort Kent, Maine on Saturday, February 28, 2009. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff)

The  Big Picture is showing the past year in photos.

The Big Picture

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]]> http://www.rogerkemp.net/2009/12/15/2009-in-photos-part-1-of-3/feed/ 0 Some perspective – Shining a light on dark places http://www.rogerkemp.net/2009/12/06/some-perspective-shining-a-light-on-dark-places/ http://www.rogerkemp.net/2009/12/06/some-perspective-shining-a-light-on-dark-places/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:53:19 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerkemp.net/blog/?p=140 Continue reading →]]> 20091201-embed-alvarez-350px-1This edition of the NYT blog is about shining a light on dark places, places people never hear about.  Where wars are waged that most people don’t know of.  Steven Alvares is a photographer for National Geographic.  But he has one project that keeps him coming back to the same place.  A borer region between Sudan and Uganda that’s torn apart because of natural resources, descending in a spiral of violence.

Here’s the quote that struck me the most, besides his gripping images;

It’s really the luck of the draw. I visited a child in one of the hospitals who was 11; who’d been shot by the U.P.D.F., the Ugandan army, because he had a machine gun. Here’s a child who’s my son’s age. The horror this kid has gone through. And the life that my son has. It’s just hard to get my head around. Just the difference in the circumstances. My kids have almost a ‘Leave It to Beaver’ life. And this other child has killed people.

Showcase: Shining a Light (NYT Lens Blog)

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