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If you are interested in reading more about my recent trip to Croatia and the alps, there is a new article up on The Resonant Landscape today at
theresonantlandscape.com/autumn-in-the-alps-2017
One of the main motivations for me to drop everything and run off to Europe in the middle of a busy Fall semester at the college was the opportunity to shoot Plitvice Lakes National Park in October. The vast majority of photos that have been taken from this remarkable park in Croatia have been taken during the Spring and Summer months when water levels are high and the turquoise lakes are surrounded by green on all sides. But in Autumn, the leaves around these incredible lakes turn bright red, orange and yellow making an incredible background for the dozens of waterfalls throughout the park that seemingly flow right out of the trees on their way through this incredible valley.
Even though my itinerary had me shooting in Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Italy, I purposely kept my schedule open hoping to shoot Plitvice on a cloudy, misty morning with little or no wind. Well... it turns out that the week I made my trip was probably one of the driest stretches of October on record. Even though rain had been forecast for Friday earlier in the week, by the time Friday actually rolled around, it was clear, cloudless, hazy, and windy. The irony here was that I had waited all week for conditions to improve and they were actually worse by the time I finally headed down.
Plitvice, by the way, is one of the oldest national parks in Southeast Europe and the largest national park in Croatia. The park is world-famous for its lakes arranged in cascades. Currently, 16 lakes can be seen from the surface. These lakes are a result of the confluence of several small rivers and subterranean karst rivers. The lakes are all interconnected and follow the water flow. They are separated by natural dams of travertine, which is deposited by the action of moss, algae, and bacteria. (wiki)
Helpful hint if you are planning a trip in the future: Croatia hasn't quite made it all the way into the European Union yet, so their currency is still the Kuna rather than the Euro. This probably wouldn't have been an issue if their computers were up and running, but they were not and I lost 30-40 minutes scrambling around trying to exchange my Euros for Kunas as suddenly everything was "cash only." The park didn't exchange Euros so I had to hike back to one of the local hotels.
Even though I had less than ideal conditions at times during my 9 days in Europe, I had an incredible time shooting mostly in the alps through 5 countries while I was there. Plitvice is definitely a spot that you need to save more than one day for, and I'm hoping to make a return visit in the not too distant future. What an amazing park!
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This image is for Dieu Linh Nguyen, who used to be my partner in our dancesport class last semester. She’s quite smart, skillful and patient. I know I was so bad at dancing. I found it rather dull, just moving up and down, left and right then turning around like spinning tops=.=. I couldn’t even remember any single step and its sequences. It left me feeling pretty confused and fears began to well up inside of me. I tried to watch all dancing videos on Youtube to get clearer view about it but being on the floor was a different story. It’s such a shame for my stupidity at all but she’s never complained me about this mess I’d made. She told me a lot about dances, little by little, then I could play the game quite well. It’s not so hard like what had came to my mind before. Eventually I got what I need: passing the final exam thanks to my luck and her great patience ^^. However I never got a real chance to say thank to her ‘til now. Hope she‘d understand what I mean :D
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My holidays are over and my last semester of my apprenticeship started today. I will be very busy with school and academy during the next months...
Monday, 25 August 2014
Den charmerende gamle villa "Stokkerup" på Strandvejen i Klampenborg ligger helt fantastisk med direkte adgang til Øresund. Stokkerup kan primært lejes til udendørs arrangementer - eksempelvis photoshoots, filmoptagelser eller udstillinger. Til dagligt huser villaen forskellige firmaer, og kun et par enkelte lokaler står tomme.
Kronborg is a castle and Stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe and has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage Sites list (2000)