Three interesting doors and one window from my trip to Prague.

 

Last weekend we visited Prague. I will upload some more pictures of our five day stay in the city soon, but first I want to share these pictures of the fantastic Church of St. Nicholas (Chram sv.Mikulase). The interior was really astonishing. The pillars in the church at some point merge with the paintings on the ceiling. It was extremely hard to see what was painted and what was real.
Who thought that our St. Nicholas (or Sinterklaas) would be a softy only bringing presents to kids on the 5th of December is totally wrong. Several statues in the church show the real use of his golden staff (e.g. image 3). So children better be nice this year otherwise he might just give a demonstration of his ass-kicking-staff-skills!

Because there is so much to see in the pictures I have included the larger size (66%) images here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

 

Yesterday Vesna came over for pictures and I took some great shots with my new flash and Elinchrom Deep Octa softbox. I really like the depth it creates in the pictures. The shadows and highlights are much less flat than they were before with the small Falcon Eyes softboxes.
Of course my compliments again to the incredible model!

 

Last Friday I went to El-Sombrero to photograph the band of two former students of mine. They were contending in a band contest. The winning band would play at the Nubux festival in October.
Unlike the video that El-Sombrero features on its website, the club was not filled with wet bikini models. On the contrary, it was packed with angry sweaty hard rockers. As luck might have it the band of my students “The Seasons” got to perform last, meaning I would have to stay from 8 till around 1.30am drinking soft-drinks as I came by car. Luckily I’m quite the fan of the music genre, so I had a good time. The Rage Against the Machine cover band “concrete jungle” transformed the static audience into a sweaty pile of jumping, screaming, thrashing lunatics (like the way a good Rage Against the Machine cover band should). This of course was a great moment for my fish eye lens. The downside was however that I had to get right in there fending off the drunk and angry with some very pricey equipment around my neck.
The Seasons put up a good performance at the end of the evening, but nonetheless the Concrete Jungle guys won the contest.
I had a great time, I hope it shows in the pics.