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<title>Exposed-Photography Feed</title><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/index.html</link><description>Exposed-Photography Feed</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2008 Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:rights><dc:date>2010-09-02T17:01:29+02:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:27:16 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title>I took another plunge...  :)</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>General Photography</category><dc:date>2010-09-02T17:01:29+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[-- This is one of the reasons btw why I have been looking for [and bought] smaller type camera's than the typical DSLR and the D90 has been in the closet for most part of the last year and a half. 

...So for me the time was here to make a decision and buy an M8, see wether it would be as fun to shoot as it is to look at.   I was looking forward to using an all manual camera again, without the 1000 different menu options and gizmo's we get on today's camera's, I have found they can detract too much from the shooting itself because they force to you spend too much time looking at the LCD instead of your surroundings!&nbsp;


The M8 fits into my size & weight requirements as well as you usually take 1 or 2 lenses with you and these are TINY compared to their DSLR equivalents. 

...I already took it for a spin at Volklingen Hutte where I shot with it all day using the Voigtlander 40 Skopar and the 28 Zeiss Biogon [In the meantime I also got myself a 35 Summicron which looks great on the M8!!]. ...  Immediately the small sizes come to their own, with 2 bodies and 2 lenses for each it all fit into a nice small shoulder bag -- Domke F-803 --  with room to spare for my wallet, knife, makeup and other stuff, yes I hope you spot the joke in that last one. 

...From what I have seen on some forums and reviews there seem to be 2 camps: those that complain about the M8's high ISO performance and those that don't mind and think it's OK.   I tend to fall in the latter camp now as for my personal photography I rarely go higher than ISO 800 and I prefer also less noise reduction in camera leaving more details.


...As last point I found out that the AWB on the M8 is more accurate than that of the GF-1, at least in these circumstances.   The results from the M8 look much more like the real thing, while the GF-1 results were more warm and had a slight yellow cast over them [of course all quickly adjusted in post if needed].]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Touring the Highlands Take 2</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Update</category><category>Travel Photography</category><dc:date>2010-08-07T19:55:28+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-66</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-66</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So a few months after I did a first run with my friend in the motorhome, I did a second motorhome tour and this time with my wife.   On the photography side, this was a special tour because it was the first time I decided for a trip like this to leave my big DSLR with assortment of lenses at home and take only 2 compacts with me: the Leica Dlux4 and the Ricoh CX1. 

...Part of the decision was the fact that we flew Ryanair and thus had to watch the weight of the luggage and partly because I simply didn't want to carry around a bag of photo equipment any more.   I wanted to see how it went taking just 2 small camera's that I could easily fit in my coat pocket. ...  So I decided to take the even smaller CX1 also for the ride because it has a decent 200mm equivalent too.


...I was able to take all the images that I wanted to take, there was not a moment when I missed having a DSLR actually. 

...To be honest, in the beginning I thought the CX1 was a great little camera [it is, really :) ] but on this trip I was actualy making sometimes double takes, one with the Leica and the other of the same scene with the Ricoh.   Afterwards when doing the reviewing and processing in Aperture I found out in 90% of the cases I kept the Leica versions and threw away the CX1's... ...  Overall the CX1 is a very nice little camera [the current CX3 is also very good] but when compared for the same scenes with the Leica, it was even no competition: the Leica always came out better.


...Below is a shot with the CX1, converted to BW using SilverFX pro [CX1 does not have that many in-camera BW options]:
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Touring the Highlands with a motorhome</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Update</category><category>Travel Photography</category><dc:date>2010-08-05T00:42:12+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-65</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Last year together with a friend we decided to tour the Scottish Highlands for a week in a motorhome.   I always wanted to try traveling that way so it was the ideal situation to mix that with some photography.


I always love to shoot in Scotland, especially the Highlands or the rough neighboring isles, such great landscapes, scenery... and the weather always is capable of serving you with some wonderful skies.


I put up a gallery of with a selection of images taken during that trip. [click on Scotland 2009 part I ]


During this trip I had to pack light, because I was flying Ryanair and although they allow you to fly cheap, you can't bring much with you in terms of both volume and weight. ...  So I was very careful in picking my gear, not to bring too much, but also trying to bring the most I though I would need.   So this ended up with 3 lenses on my then brand new D90: the 16-85, 30mm f1.4 and the 80-200. ...  I then brought the smallest of my photo bags where I could fit it all in, This turned out to be my old Lowe Pro waist-toploader with 2 extra pouches attached.


All in all, after a few times I was not looking forward to carrying the bag around my waist during walks etc, it just kept getting in the way after a while. 

...Actually traveling with the motorhome went so well that some months later I went again with my wife this time, she now also fell in love with the concept of motorhome traveling :) 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I took the plunge and bought a micro 4/3rds</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Blog</category><category>General Photography</category><dc:date>2010-08-01T00:08:25+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-64</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As I noted in my &ldquo;about page&rdquo; I sold my pro-DSLR D2x in favor of a much smaller D90 camera because I was not happy anymore carrying that big camera around all the time. ...  Now lately it became more apparent to me that I was taking my D90 less and less and started to take my pocket camera&rsquo;s with me on daytrips and holidays.   Gone were the days of carrying my backpack like a mule with some camera&rsquo;s and assortment of lenses and I swapped it for a Dlux-4 pocket camera that fit into my jacket pocket. ...  When you combine that with knowledge of the equipment, it&rsquo;s limitations and take the time to take the pictures I was very pleased of the quality I could get out of the Dlux4.&nbsp;


It was so good that I decided for some holiday trips to only take the Dlux4 and occasionally the Ricoh CX1 and leave the D90 at home. 

...So some months passed and I already looked at the introduction of the micro 4/3&rsquo;s format by Panasonic and Olympus which promised DSLR quality in a pocket size form factor. 

...Not sure if I can call it a phase, but anyway smaller and lighter is my motto last years.   So...last week I decided to take the plunge and get myself the Panasonic GF1 with the pancake lens and standard kit zoom. 

...The output they produce is truly measurable with my D90 and I feel it can surpass it even on some points depending what you are trying to achieve.   I'll put on some field-use comments later on after I have had the chance to use them for a while.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The camera you have with you...</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Blog</category><dc:date>2010-07-31T23:30:36+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Proof that the type and make of a camera don't matter and the best camera there is, is the one you have with you :


This is a shot taken by National Geographic's adventure photographer Bobby Model&nbsp;of his fellow climber hanging under a cliff.   Although the subject in the picture is holding an SLR, Bobby shot this image with a small compact film camera he had on him.   Does it matter this image was taking with a family-snapshot-compact camera?   Not to National Geographic apparently who chose this picture for their international ad campaign.   Since then this image has become a classic.   I recently saw it appear again in commercial ads for Sandisc, where the NG logo is replaced with the SD-card silhouette.


Bobby Model was an extremely talented photographer who combined this with his excellent skills in climbing, which brought him to places where few ever came.   Of course this resulted in some spectacular footage.   Note: He died on September 16th 2009, 2 years after sustaining terrible head trauma by a piece of concrete that was thrown of a bridge over the highway where he passed and crashed his windshield. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Urbex in action page back online...</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Site Related</category><dc:date>2010-07-31T12:25:30+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-62</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was out due to some changes on my desktop which broke the file links on publication, but I completely forgot about it... now it&rsquo;s back online with a new theme.


Ah yes, it also works on iPhone :)
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Updated gallery schemes</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Site Related</category><dc:date>2010-07-23T14:46:13+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I decided to change the gallery layouts to a new format.   It is still flash based to my regret because the gallery software skin I use is only available with flash.   I&rsquo;m hoping an HTML5 version will become available soon so iPad experience can also be included.


What are the advantages to you with the new gallery layout? 


- for starters you have the ability to go full screen which I would absolutely recommend


- you have much larger images to view, boosted the resolution up to 1024 per image.


- easier navigation between folders in a gallery


- easier navigation between the images themselves


Check it out!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pixel peeping rant</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Blog</category><dc:date>2009-09-01T19:29:49+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-59</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I think it is important to elaborate a bit about pixel peeping, it's one of those new verbs brought to us by the digital photography revolution, and it has a profound impact on photography these days.


...A benign statement in itself, but as I hinted in the title I think it has a profound impact on how a new generation of digital photographers now looks at their images. 

...In the old days the only way images were seen was on the paper they were printed on, or on the wall where the dia positive was projected, this was the case at least for most amateur photographers. 

...It has changed the way we view and judge images now profoundly: when examining a photograph I have not encountered a single person who does not use the magnifying glass, at least to zoom in to 100%.&nbsp;


There is a whole group of "technophobe-photo-enthusiasts" out there populating the Internet photo community sites and fora who love testing and comparing different equipment by the technical quality of the images made with it at the pixel level, in the process the actual image itself is not that important anymore. 

...If the only way to look at our images would be the paper print from the olden days, there would be no compelling reason to buy new equipment, the images would still look practically the same using the 6-year old camera. 

...Remember the case when Canon introduced the new 5DMarkII and on all those pixel peeping forums 100% crop images popped up showing what looked like a defect in the rendering of the image next to very bright spots -> you got a black spot...   This is a 21Mpixel camera, so when viewing the image in it's own this hardly showed, if it did at all [and also only in certain circumstances] but that was it, the message was out and the fora and bulletin boards were full of it and more and more examples cropped up. 

...The whole pixel peeping tendency is also fueled by the magazines of course [online and in print] by their frequent "battle of the camera" articles where they put different manufacturers head to head. 

...But at the same time I grew to dislike the "push" in the market for getting newer equipment all the time, something that only became possible at this level now that everyone is looking with a giant digital magnifying glass at their [and each other's] images.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Weekend trip to Germany</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Blog</category><category>Travel Photography</category><dc:date>2009-09-01T19:21:14+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's not the ideal circumstance for a shoot IMO, I'm rather not bound by timing limits and rather see how it goes on the spot. 

...Our first stop was the Zeche Hugo, an abandoned mine which attracted me because it has a special Locker room system where the mine workers hoisted their clothes and shoes up to the ceiling inside small metal cages. ...  From what I could gather from the rest of the building, there was not much interesting stuff anyway that I hadn't already seen in other mines and factories.


Next we went to Panacolor studio's, which is the name it is known by in the Urbex community. ...  So it was immediately way too crowded for my taste, sometimes having to wait in ones footsteps not to ruin the other guys shot. ...  We went back out pretty quickly because we needed to go to the next stop while the light was still good.


...After that straight to the hotel, already in the neighborhood for the next stop: a fun family day-out in Volklinger Hutte, a former [huge] steel factory, now converted to publicly accessible industrial museum.   Not much "find the entrance" stuff here but I care about the picures and Volklingen Hutte certainly has much to offer here. ...  If you take your time to look carefully around for nice shots you might spend a whole day and more at this place, it is that huge.   It is even safe to bring the kids along, give them a taste of what other places I go out shooting but which are way too dangerous for them to join!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Quick visit to Fort 7</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-12T09:53:35+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Didn&rsquo;t have time to enter the main building so made some quick snaps from the outside, there weren&rsquo;t that many photo&rsquo;s and I had forgotten about them.   That&rsquo;s why I post them this late.


Mini-gallery of Fort 7
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Train graveyards&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-11T20:18:28+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes, I [finally] put my galleries online of train graveyards.   There are more train graveyards around then you would think, with people being able to fly easily with sites like Fly.com, there is becoming less use for some old train lines.   Trains and trainstations still have that little bit of romantic nostalgia about them from the old days, think steam trains, Orient Express etc...


I visited two trainyards for the moment:


Trainyard Hombourg


Trainyard Baasrode
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cheratte Hasard revisited</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-11T19:04:18+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I made a revisit to Cheratte, a place took photographs of many years ago.   The buildings haven&rsquo;t changed but it&rsquo;s not the same anymore.   Cheratte must be one of those &ldquo;landmark&rdquo; urbex places that everyone &ldquo;needs to have visited&rdquo;.   Surely I think thousands have been there by now.   I still remember the very first time I entered the building in 2003.   Not much graphitti or any other indication of recent visitors other than the people who last shut the door when they closed down the mine.


The contrast with today could not be bigger: many have left their markings on the walls, many artifacts I remember were gone and during the 4 hours we spent on site, we encountered 2 German photography groups, a Dutch photographer with 2 models, A bunch of kids with camera&rsquo;s shooting in the mid tower and last but not least: about 15-20 fully combat dressed guys who were playing a wargame!   It&rsquo;s not the serene place to shoot pictures it once was ;-)


In a way this is a pity, but I still enjoyed the time spent there, although I realise for me it will be the last visit.


Because of the revisit, I decided the just redo the old gallery as well, removed some images and added the new ones.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Val Saint Lambert</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-11T18:42:17+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes, this is the original factory where they made the famous cristals from Val Saint Lambert.   This old part is abandoned, but the rest of the plant is still in operation. 


see the images of Val Saint Lambert
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Preventorium Dolhain</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-11T18:35:49+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This place has served several purposes.   It was a sanatorium for children back in the days and also served as sort of a big atelier for several artists.   An old firetruck is parked in front.   I have seldom seen so much crap dumped in a building.   I didn&rsquo;t take any pictures of it, it was a waste of megapixels :)


see the gallery of Preventorium Dolhain
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Zeche Hugo</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-11T17:42:46+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-52</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-52</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Hugo is much like many other mines from that period.   What interested me in particular in this place though was the locker rooms where workers used to hang their clothes on metal cages that were hoisted to the ceiling.   One can only image the smell :)


I didn&rsquo;t visit the rest of the site besides this locker because it photographically wasn&rsquo;t much different from most ordinary abandoned factories [and we were also on a schedule...]


Check out the Hugo locker room
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Villa Victoria Stift</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-11T17:35:34+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This place seemed to be a sanatorium at a certain stage, but I don&rsquo;t know much else about it.   Much of the large villa is ceiled off and in the surrounding buildings there is not much to see anymore.


see to the Victoria Stift gallery
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Panacolor Studio&#x27;s</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-11T17:11:22+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-50</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-50</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Panacolor studio&rsquo;s [as it is generally known] was a very sophisticated sound synchronisation studio build right after the second world war.   The studio was also used for the voice-overs in German language of foreign films.   It was abandoned in the late 90&rsquo;s and to this day most of the equipment is still there!


Unfortunately when we arrived, there was already a &ldquo;posse&rdquo; of 5 people inside taking pictures.   It was much too crowded for my taste so I didn&rsquo;t get to shoot the pictures I was looking after.   We cleared the area after about a bit more than 2 hours.   I heard the other photographers stayed there all day.


see the Panacolor gallery
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Volklinger Hutte Revisit</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-11T17:02:36+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-49</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A few years ago during the winter period I visited Volklinger Hutte.   This former mamoth steel factory was build in the second half of the 19th century and I believe it must have been one of the biggest of its kind.   The biggest part of the site is reconverted for public access and is now part of the industrial heritage.   During the first visit we only shot the inside of the Boiler Room.   During the second visit now we walked around public parts in the factory.   Well only part of it actually, because the site is in fact too big to visit in detail in one day.


Galleries: 1st shoot  -  2nd shoot
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trip to Paris</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Travel Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-04T19:43:15+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-48</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Went on a 2-day trip to Paris with my wife a few months ago during the winter period.   Paris is too big to try and see in a mere 2 days so upfront we decided only to visit a few landmarks and interesting sites, not too much at all, guess what: we still did only half!   Another trip&rsquo;s begging, maybe now during the summer period... would be nice to have some contrast.   For food and drinks Paris is cheap compared to where I live!!


Paris Trip 2008
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Urbex update: Chateau de Seraing</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-04T19:00:32+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/updates.html#unique-entry-id-47</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On a trip trough the Liege area, we came across this abandoned castle.   We saw the towers through the treeline from the distance and it looked really promising.   But unfortunately it had been in decay for quite some time.   Add the odd fire now and then... 


Chateau de Seraing
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Abbaye de Villers</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>General Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-07-04T18:55:16+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2009#unique-entry-id-46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2009#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I put some images online from a visit to Abbaye-de-Villers.   An old abbey in the south of Belgium.    I put it in the varia gallery:


Abbaye-de-Villers gallery
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Urbex update: Terre Rouge Luxembourg</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-05-10T00:23:42+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2009#unique-entry-id-42</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2009#unique-entry-id-42</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I visited the Centrale Thermique building at the Terre Rouge site during last winter.   It was a great site, the pipe structures on the inside are really special, it resembles a giant metallic spagetti sometimes.   In a certain way it was quite an urbex photographer&rsquo;s heaven so I put quite some images online:


Go directly to the gallery
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Concerts update: Dranouter 2008</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>General Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-05-08T21:25:49+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2009#unique-entry-id-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2009#unique-entry-id-41</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I also was a festival photographer for the Dranouter folk festival.   A lot of nice groups and a great athmospere.   I took a lot of foto&rsquo;s that weekend but put only a small selection of them online.


Unfortunately the weather Gods were not that friendly and the last day it was raining so hard that a lot of us got stuck in the mud while trying to get home from the farmer fields that they turned into temporary press parkings.   Not a fun 45 minutes...


Go directly to the gallery
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cemetery update: Maastricht</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2009-05-08T20:12:07+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2009#unique-entry-id-40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2009#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Placed some images online from the Cemetery in Maastricht, Netherlands.


Go directly to the gallery]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dranouter aan Zee</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>General Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-12-07T12:58:34+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This year I was festival photographer for Dranouter aan Zee. 


Dranouter is a folkfestival with internation allure, it features some great names from domestic as well as foreign artists.   It is the little brother of the original Dranouter festival in...   Dranouter.


This year Marianne Faithful chose Dranouter to be the first show of her new European Tour.   She was scheduled as the final artist on the last day.   But you&rsquo;ll recognize many others as well: Milo, Flip Kowlier, Gabriel Rios, Luc de Vos,...


Although the festival took place a few months ago I finaly found the time to put the images on my own website.


The gallery features a smaller selection of images and can be found in the varia section, or go directly to Dranouter aan Zee.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Forges de Clabecq</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-11-27T21:10:06+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-38</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes! 


Another urbex update: visited Steel plant Forges de Clabecq.   Half of this factory is now ready for demolition, part of it is already gone as you will notice from some images.   This plant was not abandoned that long ago.   There is still electricity and running water at some locations! 


Update added to the section Urban Exploration Belgium.


Or go directly to the gallery.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Some train spotting shots</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>General Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-11-15T21:14:51+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[During the winter of 2007 I went to some trainspotting if you like.   Well not really, it was more a photographic piece on a railway bridge in the neighborhood.   It&rsquo;s an all steel structure bridge and I like the retro look it has with the iron bolds and all.


I returned that week to do some night scenes as well.


I updated the pics in the existing Railway Gallery


Below are some examples:
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sinteranlage Duisburg</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-11-15T14:25:28+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I took these images on a trip to Duisburg somewhere beginning 2008.   Finally I&rsquo;ve put them online.   Forgot I had these lying around.


-> Go to the gallery
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Good old analog film</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Blog</category><dc:date>2008-08-01T00:23:23+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is a recommendation for a website to visit often if you are interested in history, photography and black and white in particular:


...On this site they continuously make hi-res scans of very, very old photographs.   Most of them taken at the turn of the last century.   So we are talking about images almost 100 years in age! 


...	▪	apparently these old shoeboxes with coatless glass lenses in front made damn good and sharp pictures.


	▪	some of these images have an immens feel of depth in them... and remember that these ppl did not have photoshop to play with!


	▪	look at the following image for instance... sharp, good contrast etc.   AND it dates back to 1921.   Think someone will be able to read our DVD within a 100 years?   I consider myself lucky if it&rsquo;s even readable in 5!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Night pictures of Antwerp Harbor</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>General Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-07-27T10:20:39+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Updated the Harbor Antwerp images in the varia section with some Dusk Till Dawn images of the harbor industry.


Go directly to the gallery]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Apropo&#x27;s 2008 concert online&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>General Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-07-23T22:58:27+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I know some have been waiting for this, so appologies for the delay!


I&rsquo;ve put a selection up which you can find here in the varia section.


If you like to see all images then go to the apropo section of my website and check out the 2008 gallery!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The &#x201c;not abandoned&#x201d; castle...</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-07-23T22:35:59+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I don&rsquo;t know the name of this place.   We passed by it while visiting the Chateau Heers mentioned below. 


It was definitely not empty and there was a dog barking behind the doors of one of the adjacent buildings, a point at which I decided probably not to attempt to go in.   Well urbex is all good and well, but breaking and entering is another thing... so just some impressions of the outside of the place which I added to the Heers gallery. [didn&rsquo;t feel it was enough to warrant it&rsquo;s own gallery]


the unkown, in use chateau -> images at the back
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Blankenberge</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Travel Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-07-20T20:40:46+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Some time ago we went to Blankenberge for a weekend.   While my wife was attending a congres, I took the time to take some scenery snapshots of the beach very early in the morning.   It wasn&rsquo;t summertime and at 9am there is not much action going on yet.


Here you see an image of the Pier, it&rsquo;s renovated some years ago.   The original construction dates back from 1894 and the idea of came over the canal from GB.   In Brittain the art of building piers for fun and leasure had become a real expertise.   Before that piers were mainly build to aid in unloading ships that were too big to approach the docks.


...In 1933 it was rebuild and all was well until &ldquo;rot&rdquo; was discovered in the concrete and the needed renovation started in 1999.   The hit from the purple rain prince, hence my choice of colour layering...   

...Go to the gallery [in the varia section]]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Added Chateau Heers Urban gallery</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-07-20T14:01:15+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Another one I had lying in the closet...


Some months ago I was looking for a castle in decay, it was also aired on TV for the program Jambers a while back. ...  Sad story actually: about a wealthy family gone bankrupt.   Problems started for them back during one [or both] of the WWO&rsquo;s and the Germans confiscated most of their properties back in Poland.


Found the castle and also met the inhabitants!   They were friendly enough to let us in and take some pictures but only in the courtyard.   I did take some pictures from inside a hallway but actually they were pretty crappy so I didn&rsquo;t put them online.   Not many pictures then and mostly from the outside.   Besides the front port, you can&rsquo;t get in...   Piss &lsquo;em off and they&rsquo;ll sure call the cops!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Added Holland Urban gallery</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-07-17T19:27:01+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After some radio silence, I thought this would be an appropriate update: an empty radio station from the early 1920&rsquo;s in Holland also known as Radio Kootwijk.


Unfortunately I was not able to take any pictures from the inside, although that probably would be worthwile...   The outside however also provided a nice view.   Completely located in the middle of nowhere.   Not many pictures, but nice ones from the main tower IMO.


Go to the gallery.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ellis Island Ghosts</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-03-24T17:55:59+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Found this site when doodling on the Internet: http://ellisislandghosts.com/


Urbex photography with a professional touch to it... nice.


[it certainly does help when the place you're visiting has this rich and "loaded" history as this one.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Nature galleries reorganised &#x26; new pictures</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Nature Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2008-03-01T11:54:41+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I reorganised the nature section completely and threw away some pictures, added some other. 


You can find some new additions of a winter scenery shoot here: Nature > Forests and Trees > Winter Mornings


Made during the last winter period in the neighborhood.   Everything was covered with thin ice and the lighting was beautiful.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Refresh your browser&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Site Related</category><dc:date>2008-02-29T08:59:14+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm updating the theme on all galleries.   Basically they are using the same naming and directory structure so it's possible that depending on browser caching you will still see the old layout and some links won't work.


Just refresh the browser and all will be fine again.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New gallery theme&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Site Related</category><dc:date>2008-02-28T23:17:55+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm using a new gallery theme for my images now which is more dynamic.   It allows you to 'flip' through the images in a gallery by using the scroll wheel or dragging the bottom handlebar.   When clicking an image you will enter a lightbox and are then able to use the keyboard left and right arrows to navigate or enable the slideshow from the bottom commands.   Escape key or clicking anywhere on the page goes back to flipping images....   It's also more forgiving in using browsers with different window sizes.


I'm upgrading all galleries for using the new theme.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Numerous updates to the site</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Site Related</category><dc:date>2008-02-26T23:19:23+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm updating a lot of pages on the site.


- New design on several pages: removed some text here and there and created something more visually simple.


- Added a simple guestbook page.


- Some new links were added.


- Experimenting with a new gallery layout which is more dynamic and features scroll wheel and keyboard navigation [you can always give me some feedback on these] 


- ...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cemetery Collection is online&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Site Related</category><dc:date>2008-02-22T08:50:13+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Finally after a very long wait I have put the pictures of the cemeteries online.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Happy New Year and my new resolutions...</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Site Related</category><category>Blog</category><dc:date>2008-01-02T11:07:36+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2008#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I know the site has not been updated lately.   Past year I have been very busy with a lot of other things, including for the biggest part my day job.   Therefore one of my new years resolutions is to get more stuff online.


At the moment I have many pictures still lying around on my hdd platters.   Time to get them dusted of and put online wouldn't you say?


In the meantime, my best wishes to all who's reading this.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Another one down the drain...</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Blog</category><dc:date>2007-09-16T12:44:14+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Proof that Beringen Coalmine is a dangerous place to wander about...   I guess we don't need it anymore.   Over time more and more news bulletins mention people falling through ceilings etc... whether they be urbex photographers or just plain old copper thieves. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Updates in the Nature section</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Nature Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2007-09-03T23:07:01+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes, some images I made some time ago.   Decided to upload them to the Nature section.


One of them is made in Grobbendonk and looks a lot like a Cambodian ricefield > Lipton Icetea can do that!! :)
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Concert Pictures Apropo</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>General Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2007-07-12T02:51:54+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On 18 and 19th of May 2007 Apropo organised its yearly concert.   All students and teachers take part in this two day concert to give the best of themselves.   In the late night after the concert ended several jam sessions were held by a lot of talented musicians who volunteered to to lighting, sound, stage... 


During the 2 days I was on stage, back stage, front stage to photograph the concert. 


I have selected a "Distillers Edition" of those pictures in the apropo gallery in the varia section.


If you want to take a look at the complete concert pics take a look here.   I put up a separate webpage for this event.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>An update - Baviere Hospital&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2007-05-18T00:48:15+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Amazing, at last a new update.   I managed to find some time to put this tidbit online.   We visited Baviere a while ago, can't exactly remember the date but it was a sunny afternoon for sure [as you will see in the pictures].   We were let in by the friendly people living there and we had company from their dog all the time.   You see him in one of the images.   I was always afraid he would lift his leg against my tripod :)


go directly to it : Baviere Hospital
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bruce Percy&#x27;s Mavisbank House</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>General Photography</category><category>Blog</category><dc:date>2007-01-28T16:29:42+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I would like to take this opportunity to mention a photographer who's work I adore.   Bruce Percy is a photographer living in Scotland.   He is mostly interested in nature photography, well living in Scotland who wouldn't?   One day when going through his online portfolio I stumbled upon what looked like a urban shoot!   The Mavisbank House had been abandoned many years before and it reminded me a bit of Chateau Neufcour.   Although it's not really his style he was enamoured by the place and decided to do an essay on it.   He's not the person interested to go inside these kind of buildings but the beauty and purity of decay and the way the building becomes one with its surroundings over time is depicted well in his own style. 


Sometimes I forget how the outside is equally important as the inside... 

...also take a look at his other astonishing work.


[This image is copyrighted by Brucy Percy &copy;1989-2007]]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Car Graveyard Chatillon is online</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2007-01-27T00:20:53+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's a cemetery already visited several times by other urbexers and afficionado's of the genre.   It was a real pleasure taking pictures here because of the serene atmosphere there.   The light on one side of this long row of forgotten automobile dreams is filtered through tall pine trees which give the lighting a specific photographic quality.   Furthermore it's quiet and calm and I also have no idea if there is an owner of this place.   Probably there is, I don't think we have much "unclaimed" land here in Belgium.   But considering its location on top of a slope surrounded by trees and bushes it might very well be there still for years and years to come. 


enjoy


On my first trip over there my friend Tom accompanied me.   Since he is living in Berlin, it was one of those rare occasions when the man was in Belgium.   I have also put his pictures online, you can find them here.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Castle of Meesen tidbit</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Blog</category><dc:date>2007-01-07T13:45:46+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2007#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I recently found out by reading a book from Friedl' Lesage that famous Flemish defence Litigator Jef Vermassen has his office in a restaurated part of the castle [well a separated 'portiers huis' actually but it was part of the castle domain.   Jef Vermassen is an art lover and he mentions he doesn't want to be around the office the day they start with the official destruction.   We all can sympathise with that can't we?


Just a tidbit for those of you who didn't know...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Etel Boat Graveyard is online</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2006-12-27T19:23:59+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When on a short vacation in Brittany France, I passed by the site of Etel where a few old shipwrecks are lying alongside the shore of the river.   I believe many photographers who know about the place have visited already because it sure allows for some fantastic images.   For this session I opted mostly for the black and white variants because of artistical beauty with the subject.


View the gallery]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Updates&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Nature Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2006-12-27T19:20:19+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've published some new images in the Nature Galleries.   You can find updates in:


	- Flowers from our garden


	- Autumn 2006 impression


	- Chatillon 


	- Forests and Trees : Misty Mornings


Also new updates in the Travel section:


	- Vacation trip to Brittany in France 2006


	- Vacation trip to Schotland 2006]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Merry Christmas to you all</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Site Related</category><category>Blog</category><dc:date>2006-12-25T13:03:24+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As you can see I've decided to change the layout of the website (again).   I need to change things quite a lot, in order to keep them fresh, clean or whatever other explanation there is for my constant need to changing things.   This time I have opted for a kind of retro look using more subdued colours and tints, creating a kind of a classic old negative-photo-sticky book.   Hope you like it, either way this allowed me to integrate the design of the journal blog you're now looking at with the rest of the site.


I'm enjoying a short holliday for the moment, hey it's the season for it right!   So I will have some extra time to finish on some photographic work I had lying around here in the cupboard. ...  Be sure to check out the site during the upcoming days and weeks for regular updates.   You can always subscribe to my RSS feed as well to quickly see if something new is waiting for you ;)


In the meantime I whish you all a Merry Christmas and of course already my best whishes for the next year.   I hope for this year we can all elevate our level of thinking and emotions so we can eradicate as much violence and negative energy out there is the world. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Some new updates for the urban section</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Urbex Photography</category><category>Update</category><dc:date>2006-05-26T01:51:39+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Together with the site redesign some new Urban sites have made it online, these were a few places I visited during the last half of 2005 and beginning 2006.


You'll find the following new sites in the Urban section:


    * La Chartreuse


    * Volklinger Hutte [Germany]


...    * Beeringen Charbonnages


    * Wintercircus Gent


    * Cinema Theatre Variete Jumet


    * SFPO Boulogne Sur Mer [France]


    * EDF Pont Sur Sambre [France]


    * Another Car Graveyard
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cemeteries</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>General Photography</category><category>Blog</category><dc:date>2006-04-23T01:04:16+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In Belgium we have some nice cemeteries and also a some very big ones.   Het Schoonselhof in Antwerpen is one of the biggest in Europe [I believe there is a bigger one in the north of Germany, but I forgot the name].


This cemetery is visited not only by the people visiting deceiced relatives and friends but also photographers.   I have been there a few times since it's in the neighborhood and everytime I see someone wielding a camera while running around the "old" section.


The old section is the nicest in my opinions because it has very old graves dating back to the years 18xx.   People who were buried at that time usualy were rich and/or famous and their graves are decarated by beautiful old sculptures or they simply have a big tombe.


I've decided to get creative on this with my camera and the results will come online soon in a separate gallery.   The idea came from a trip we made to shoot EDF in France.   On the voyage home we passed what looked like a cemetery with some old graves in a small village and decided to take a look and from there on...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>hosting now from private server&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Site Related</category><dc:date>2006-08-21T14:50:08+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As some of you have probably guessed, I have changed my provider space a week or 2 ago.   This was accompanied by some period of unavailability for the time needed to get the DNS updated.   Currently the site is served from a private server.


At this moment www.exposed-photography.com domain is hosted on the new server.   Gemty.com is not yet switched yet due to some issues with the transferal process.   But I hope to have that ironed out soon.


Sorry for any inconvenience but I hope the new server's speed will make up for it by enhancing the picture browsing.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>exposed-photography.com is free...</title><dc:creator>Geoffrey Van Beylen</dc:creator><category>Site Related</category><dc:date>2006-08-24T01:00:08+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.exposed-photography.com/updates/files/2006#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Today exposed-photography.com and gemty.com have been completely uncoupled and will exist further as 2 separate sites.   All existing links to exposed.gemty.com will not function anymore.   This means a lot of my images that have been cached by google will not work anymore.   That's life...]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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