Hi

I was a novice photographer with a very simple and "cheap" camera (sorry to my boyfriend who gave it to me). It's was a HP Photosmart M417. Despite the technical limits I tried to take nice pictures. In the beginning I tried to change them as little as possible after I 'd taken them. I always thought: if they failed, they failed. My best friend (Dailydog) however convinced me in trying to alter them if the result is much better. So now I do... If you want to get an idea of what I did with that little cam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRK8IIwaq24.
Comments are always very welcome!

Now I have a Canon Eos 40D. I still have to get to know it but I have some experienced Flikr friends who can give me advice and I hope to become a nice photographer.

Stijn

By the way, I don't favorite ad random: I only favorite pictures I really like: they should be pictures I would have liked to have taken myself. There are in my favorites set a lot of pictures: that means there are a lot of great photographers on Flickr and if I favorite one of your pictures, you may consider it a big compliment!


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    Mosjos 南门 says:

    "I've been paying a lot of attention to Stijn's pics and I think he is THE PHOTOGRAPHER, he's got the EYE and also he has the sensibility to capture feelings, emotions and more.... I just love his work, I even feel envy (good one). You ROCK!!!!!!"

    27th March, 2008

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    pdisparu says:

    ""I have only known Stijn for a short while but the moment I saw his photos I was awe struck. He is a complete artist in every sense of word. His sense of composition and creativity is awesome. His speciality, the self potrait but he have a great talent in landscapes, macros, architecture and anything else. I am honored to be one of his contacts and friends""

    7th January, 2008

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    W♣ says:

    "Stijn is a sweet and gentle guy. It's always a pleasure to read the stories that go with your pictures, and your comments make me smile!
    Don't let life ever bring you down, Stijn.
    Groetjes :)"

    7th January, 2008

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    Claudio Poblete says:

    "I like your work, I think it's very interesting and I also think your have a very good talent for selfportraits... hugs and greetings from chile!"

    25th April, 2007

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    Ð ! Ξ X says:

    "Hi there Stijn!!
    Just like i told you recently you have an extremely - amazing eye for taking pictures, an awesome ones indeed. You are very simple and that´s the pics you show to us everytime you upload the new ones. A pleasure to our eyes.
    A big Hug from a very far place called Argentina.

    Diego"

    19th April, 2007

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    Joe [El ChIkO dOrAdO] says:

    "Stijn is MY inspiration. His photos say a million different things and are beautiful and touching and amazing."

    12th April, 2007

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    on_vinyl says:

    "Stijn, I can only echo what everyone else has to say about you. You are marvelous photographer and capture that beautiful place where you live with a skill that not many can match. I've see pictures get better every day, and I'm just glad we happened to cross Flickr paths. It's been a real honor to get to know you."

    5th April, 2007

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    mat . says:

    "I love each picture he takes, he's got a great eye and i like it.
    Come people, take a look to his photostream, you'll spend a nice time enjoying the art this guy's sharing. :)"

    16th March, 2007

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    dailydog says:

    "Not shy of indulging in vanity and using himself as his main object of study, Stijn turns out to be quite the artist. I told him from the beginning that he had the magical photographic eye. Winning him over to Flickr finally proves me right. I'm quite happy I found myself able to put the door ajar to let the talent out.

    Stijntje,
    I'm convinced that once you are done experimenting with self portraits, you will astonish us all. Let alone when we finally get you another camera :).

    LL"

    11th January, 2007

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    Federica Erra says:

    "un talento inossidabile,sulfureo,vitale!
    i suoi ritratti sono metà fra il nostalgico e il surreale!
    un artista espressivo,un vero talento!
    amazing man!"

    8th January, 2007

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    @birdie says:

    "I know Stijn for a few weeks now and from the beginning he inspires me with his selfportraits. He is always trying something new and something unusual and it just worked out perfect every time! And besides that he is a real kind and witty flickbuddy :-)! Thnx!"

    14th December, 2006

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    AeneasFL says:

    "Hi, Stjin ( I hope that's your name !)
    I like your pictures and the way you keep experimenting and trying new ideas.
    I don't know you personally, but you are always so nice and sincere.
    Thank you for your compliments. If you ever visit Miami, let me know, you and your boyfriend are welcome!"

    7th November, 2006

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    al unisono says:

    "HI there, you in any place of europe and me, here, in latin america XD, but is not important XD, I write this testimonial because I like your pictures, all your portraits, are so nice, I like all of them and also you ever estimate my work, and that's great for me, thanks for all :)"

    27th October, 2006

Name:
Stijn Vanden Brande
Joined:
August 2006
Hometown:
Leuven
Currently:
Belgium
I am:
Male and Taken
Occupation:
Teacher