Dalinian Traces in Cadaqués

Together with my best buddy, we went to the province of Girona, also in Catalonia, right after I arrived at Barcelona. As a surprise, he organized two days in this beautiful region near the French border.

Two days dedicated to Dalí and his art with a first stop in Cadaqués (and Portlligat), on a bay near the Cap de Creus peninsula, on the Costa Brava of the Mediterranean. It is only a two-and-a-half hour drive from Barcelona, and thus it is very accessible and not only attracts tourists but people who want a second home for weekends and summers.
Not that I think that I'm a great photographer, but I'd like to share a selection of pics I took in this fishers village. For sure, I can understand why the master was in love with its native region. Click to have a better view.

Sky Variation

Love to live on the 4th floor... The Belgian sky is so versatile:

Tools to Revamp your Pics

A walk in Tervuren Park

Sometimes I'm frustrated by my lack of competences with tools like Photoshop. I'd love to be a creative or graphic skilled person. But I'm not. Definitely. I'm even struggling with Picasa (desktop) when adding effects to my pics. But picnik is a nice online alternative to resize images, add a frame or special effects. Most of these services are free of charges. Another tool I like for its simplicity, speed and user-friendliness is Rollip. Choose out of 40 filters to revamp your pics. And more important: get the result in less than two minutes. Just the kind of tool I like...  All the images in this post are clickable for a better view.

Magazines are 'Homepages'

Our Creative Marketing Inspirator Mark Struyf is a kinda jack-of-all-trades - and Master of many. Discover some of his latest work below: repositioning magazines and affirming the value of this particular medium. This campaign is aimed at media professionals of agencies and advertisers (still running in some business publications). Too bad I cannot translate the copy literally but I have done my best to do so below the picture (click on the image for a better view).

Even the most attractive homepage could never give the pampering feeling a (women's) magazine offers its readers. A unique and personal moment. She longs for it. She recognizes herself in it. She feels at home. Making authentic homepages is our craftmanship since ever.

First Spring Pics

Don't get confused by the Belgian weather these days... It's still spring. Time to leave hibernation and to enjoy the revival of nature in the beautiful Park of Tervuren. I'd like to translate a tweet I've read yesterday in Dutch @kanhetnogkorter:

Everything is in bloom and enjoyable in 3D thanks to free software from (Mother) Nature

Beautiful colors

Family trip

Is there something wrong with the neck?

Into the woods to enjoy this most spectacular wild flower display

A carpet of Bluebells

8th March: International Women's Day

Have you ever heard about the National Media Museum (Bradford, UK)? Take a look at the 'On this Day' section.

Today in the picture: Women in 1925! Like the swimsuits. Do you?

In the 1920's, women's fashion and social behaviour were revolutionised. As here, women made choices which scandalised more conservative people in society, by showing their knees or revealing rolled stockings.