Tag Archives: Queen’s Day

365 Days of Self Portraits: Days 114-121

In an effort to gain self confidence and deal with body image issues still remaining after my weight loss, I decided to take part in a 365 project focusing on self portraits.  My hopes are that after a year of taking a photo of myself ever day, that I will stop hating photos of myself, stop picking apart the things …

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Happy Queen’s Day!

It’s Queen’s Day in the Netherlands today!  The sun is shining and I’m sure there are a lot of people dressed in orange partying it up all over the country.  So of course a Queen’s Day Manicure is in order! You are probably wondering why the Dutch flag looks upside down but I figured it was best to have it …

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Jumpy Much?

The above video was taken this evening just after 8pm.  It’s our Remembrance Day (Dodenherdenking) in the Netherlands today and during a 2 minute silence at Dam Square in Amsterdam panic broke out.  There are a number of stories in regards to what started it all, someone screaming, becoming unwell and knocking a barrier over, knocking over some baggage, talking …

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Practice in Street Photography

A few years ago I wrote about another blogger who was photographing strangers in public to ridicule them, which was something I disagreed with very strongly.   It brought up a lot of questions in regards to taking photos of people in public.   My personal opinion was that it was ok, that people in public are fair game, as long as …

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