A few shots from Yerevan – Oct 2012
As the title says 
. It was a short visit, but I’ve enjoyed very much whatever I had the chance to see of the city – would love to go back, with more time.
So, to start with, a scene just outside my hotel:
A statue of Aram Khachaturian:
And two small statues in a glass showcase (the first is subtitled “I’ll swallow you whole”; the second “true love”):
A doorway:
Trees and another doorway:
And one last doorway – of the Matenadaran, an ancient manuscript repository and museum:
Approaching the Matenadaran from below:
And to finish with, another scene near my hotel (my favorite shot from this batch):
That’s it! See you next time.
Photography at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam – Dec 2012
Hello everybody. This is a batch of photos I took during a visit to the Rijksmuseum near Christmas. It was my first time taking photos of people at a museum, and I can unreservedly say that much more than looking at the paintings themselves I enjoyed looking at those who were looking at them. I never noticed it before, but there seems to be in the encounter with great art something which transforms the person, or simply brings a certain thing within her- or himself onto the surface – and it is immediately reflected on one’s face and in one’s eyes.
I had a lot of fun that day, and working just now on these photos I for the first time really started appreciating the OM-D (my new camera) – for the tonal richness, the fullness of each color and the smooth transition from one tone to another; to say nothing about the fact that ISO 800 on my old camera would have been rather bad in terms of digital noise.
Well, here they are, in random order:
2×2 (real vs. painted color)
Positioning I (also: Composition with wallpaper)
Positioning II (also: Rembrandt on the wall – tribute to Suzanne Vega)
On opposite sides
The turn of the head
Unexpected
In between
Good faces
Among the Rembrandts
Oblivious
watching the Watch
That’s it. Hope you enjoyed! Till next time.
Abstracts on the train II – somewhere between Germany and Holland, Feb 2013
Click on the photo to see a smaller version – it’s clearer if watched all at once.
Her eyes – Manchester, Jan 2013
Continuing with the Manchester batch, here’s another street portrait (which shows even more how much I need a zoom, or at least a longer lens; this is about 3% of the original frame):
And here’s another version – a wider crop, different post-processing:
Can’t say which of the two I prefer.
