{"id":552,"date":"2013-01-17T22:04:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T21:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secham.org\/blog\/?p=552"},"modified":"2013-07-27T21:00:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T19:00:17","slug":"twee-jaren-in-nl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secham.org\/blog\/twee-jaren-in-nl\/","title":{"rendered":"Twee jaren in NL"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nMy life in the Netherlands started officially two years ago. I just had a travel bag with some clothes, a sleeping bag, a camping mat, one plastic plate, one plastic glass, one fork, one knife, my laptop and my 350d. I did not know anybody, did not speak Dutch and was just for the fourth time in The Hague (3 job interviews and 1 small stay in order to find an apartment).
\nOn a personal level it was also a new beginning : I have been already \u00ab\u00a01 month\u00a0\u00bb with Lisa, who was at that time in Argentina, have met her parenst for the almost very first time 10 days before and was about to start a new job at the European Patent Office.
\nOn a photo-level I was about level zero ahahaha (I may be now at level one) : I had never shot in Raw, just heard times to times about Lightroom, I did not know what the difference between a full frame and an APS-C was and I was not the best friend of Av, Tv, or even M modes.<\/p>\n

It’s funny how fast everything can change: get engaged, have the most beautiful wedding, get confirmed in your job and become the dad of the prettiest babygirl ever. Dutch is not a \u00ab\u00a0problem\u00a0\u00bb anymore: I can even laugh when I am looking at a film<\/del> cartoon in Dutch and I have the chance to minister among young people. It’s true that I do not eat \u00ab\u00a0haring\u00a0\u00bb but I don’t mind to take the bike when it raining cats and dogs.<\/p>\n

My love for photography also evolved. It started by buying my first good lens (50mm 1.4), discovering the \u00ab\u00a0Raw\u00a0\u00bb world, lightroom, meeting our awesome wedding photographer (Nadia Meli<\/a>), trying new techniques, then the 60d, new lenses, switching to full frame, starting this blog… I’m not sure I can consider me as a \u00ab\u00a0photographer\u00a0\u00bb but I do like what I am doing and I love sharing it with you.<\/p>\n

I am curious to see what the future will bring, and what photography will be then for me. But for know I am just so thankful to God who gaves me so much these two last years: a family I love and who loves me and my photographs (Ketsia told me so this morning..ahahaha), a job which gives me time to shoot and enough money to get equipped (yes photography can be quite expensive) and lot of occasions to make \u00ab\u00a0beautiful\u00a0\u00bb pictures. <\/p>\n

If I may just give you an advice: trust the Lord, enjoy experiencing, try and try again.<\/p>\n

As it is a \u00ab\u00a0photoblog\u00a0\u00bb I wanted to share with you some pics of these two years. There are not the best, also not my preferred and a lot of events are missing, but still this is how photography speaks to me: each of them tells a story ;o)\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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