It feels like a while I put some of my own analog photography work online. The wait is over.

I recently had a roll developed with photos from different events. The opening of Minishop Confetti, Len with her Beatrice Valenzuela Botin shoes, the Oranjebitter Rotterdam pre party. I would like to put some of them in the spotlight. A mix of analog photos shot in April 2012.

These were shot with a Leica M3 camera, 50mm Summicron lens and Ilford XP2 400 film. Scanned with an Epson Perfection V500 scanner.

Have a look.

Oh this is sweet. Another great addition to the portfolio section. Minishop Confetti has it’s website up and running. Besides the website I also did the product photography as well as a couple mood photos to be used for the header.

Lenneke Kooijman from Lennebelle and A Little Hamster got the opportunity to run a pop-up shop for 6 weeks in Rotterdam. She wanted to create online promotion for it. A dedicated website with online shop to be able to continue the business after those 6 weeks.

Visit Minishop Confetti for the grand tour and get ready to fall in love with the great products from various designers it’s offering.

Want to know more about the project? Visit my portfolio section.

Last Friday was the opening of Minishop Confetti on the Meent 133 in Rotterdam. Minishop Confetti is a temporary pop-up shop in the center of Rotterdam. The shop has various handmade products (scarfs, bowls, jewellery, clothing and more) from different designers such as Iefke de Roos, Twinklebird, Lennebelle, Miga de Pan, Mae Engelgeer, Mari(e), Elke van den Berg and others.

It was a lovely evening with very nice people. I shot some photos with my Leica to document this event. However, I still have some exposures left on my roll so I can’t show you those right now. What I can show are a couple digital photos of the shop interior I took this weekend.

This Gitman Vintage collection of mine is getting out of control. New to the stack of Gitman fabrics is the amazing Gitman Vintage Japanese Stripe shirt.

This blue with white horizontal striped shirt is made of lightweight and soft 100% Japanese cotton and features a three button collar, full buttoned front placket and locker hanger loop at yoke. It has a curved hem and single button cuff.

The Gitman Vintage Japanese Stripe shirt is just perfect for upcoming summer.

Available at End, Nitty Gritty and Tres Bien Shop.

Yeah! The Analog Photo Collective had it’s first meetup of this year. A big welcome to Erik Richters and Mario Sol who joined the APC meetup for the first time. Hope you enjoyed it.

This meetup was organized by Hanke. She picked the Rotterdam market and wanted us to capture the romance of this place where thousands stroll to buy fresh products and find bargains. Funny because we had the same program in mind for the 1st APC edition but that one got a bit wet.

Although we did shoot this time. I don’t think we really captured it’s romantic side. At least I didn’t managed to. The place is very photogenic but it’s so hard to capture those moments. The moment they are in front of you and the next they’re vanished. It’s a constant moving scene.

Berlin, a city which is getting nicer with each visit. This city trip was my Christmas gift from Len. She bought me a flight ticket, booked me a bed in the nice Michelberger Hotel and also wanted to accompany me for that weekend.

First thing we did was to arrange ourselves some bikes. After that we went straight into Kreuzberg to explore the Oranienstrasse and Hamburgerstrasse area. Great contemporary concept shops like Voo and lots of spots to hang out and enjoy a drink or two. That evening we just had to stop by Das Hotel, a bar you would like to have in your home town. Yet, things aren’t alike in your home town. People might not be as friendly, creative and accessible like those in Berlin. We completely are in love with Berlin.

Last but certainly not least on our menu. A mini trekking in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine in Chile.

To get there we had a 6 hour bus trip starting from El Calafate to get to this amazing piece of nature.  Torres del Paine is a national park encompassing mountains, a glacier, a lake, and river-rich areas in southern Chilean Patagonia.

We were quite lucky to even get to Torres del Paine. The place suffered from a devastating fire a couple weeks prior to our visit. Affecting most of the areas around Lake Pehoé and the western areas around Lake Sarmiento. Cordillera del Paine, the park’s centerpiece which features the famous W trekking circuit wasn’t affected.  

Patagonia, Argentina. I have been wanting to go here for a very long time so this was an exciting trip. We managed to get our hands on a couple tickets to fly 4.000 km. from Buenos Aires to El Calafate with a short stop in Neuquén. Make sure you got the right window seat because this flight offers some fascination views from above, overlooking gorgeous Patagonia.

We arrived in El Calafate, an isolated village all set up for tourism. It’s a perfect hub for planning day trips to various places. We were going there for 2 things. The spectacular Perito Moreno glacier and the Torres del Paine natural park in Chile.

Uruguay! What started as a horror story ended with a happy end. Uruguay is known for it’s relaxed people. Things are a bit more slow paced in a good way. People seem to enkoy life just a bit more. Sounds like our spot.

We flew from Salta to Punta del Este in Uruguay with Buenos Aires as connection hub. When we arrived in Uruguay we wanted to avoid the St. Tropez like Punta del Este after seeing five plastic faces within one minute after arrival.

So we took our chances and got a taxi to a bus terminal 30 km. from the airport. Lucky for us there was a bus going Punta del Diablo. The bad part, we should be arriving there at 01.30 AM.

Not quite new but very fresh is the website Manfung and I made for Petite Etoile back in 2011.

Petite Etoile, a new online shop with the same engine and build up as SHPPR is carrying different products for tough kids. This shop has been created in WordPress with Shopp. Illustrations for this shop are made by Lenneke Kooijman.

Petite Etoile puts an end to the search for great products for your little rebel. Rummage around for yourself.

Go see the portfolio section for more info about the project.

After some wine tasting in Mendoza we got on another charter bus and set course for Salta. It took us 20 hours to get from Mendoza to Salta, 20 hours folks!

We sure weren’t quite prepared for such long distances but the bus companies in Argentina are quite comfortable. The Andesmar company was our best experience with lunch, dinner, entertainment and even a game of bingo on board. A long but pretty funny trip. A bit weird was the extreme violent movie they played during daytime with a bunch of kids in front of the screens.

We arrived in Mendoza after a 14 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires Retiro bus station. Mendoza is a place to do some wine tasting and go into the mountains for some serious mountaineering. For us, just the wine tasting was on the menu.

Mendoza is located near the Andes area pretty far inland so it was no surprise it was hot. Just the kind you’d expect from a desert town. Walking from our Bed and Breakfast to the city center made us realize it wasn’t quite the thing we were expecting for which made us decide to leave one day earlier than the three we were planning to stay but not till we’ve experienced some of those world famous grapes of this region.

I am very pleased to inform all of you that design and hot spot connoisseur Petite Passport has a new and fresh look. Manfung and I recently redesigned Petite Passport, the ultimate design, hot spot and travel guide by Pauline Egge.

Pauline wanted to have a visually and functional better website since she’s getting more attention and followers each day, the website had to grow with it in order to meet expectations and to be prepared for some future involvements. I think we did a pretty good job.

Visit Petite Passport for the grand tour and don’t forget to bookmark it.

Want to know more about the project? Visit my portfolio section.

We were lucky to bump into all these people celebrating New Years Eve at this awesome block party in Palermo, Buenos Aires.

I was also lucky to produce some nice photos with my analog Leica camera with just 400 ISO in it. I shot these wide open at f2 with my Leica Summicron 50mm lens. The videos were shot with my iPhone4, enjoy.

Buenos Aires, what can I say? It was our starting point for the 3 week trip through Argentina and also the place where we kicked off the year 2012. And man, Buenos Aires is an amazing city! I’ll try to describe our experience in this gorgeous place.

We booked a couple nights at bed & breakfast Palermo Living in Palermo Hollywood. A lovely spot with a very nice crew. From the moment we walked we experienced the cosiness of the Buenos Aires Palermo area. It is packed with lovely spots such as Oui Oui and Magendie to lunch and it has some very nice boutiques. People there seemed very tranquil and easy going. It was love at first sight.