PhLB - Luc Boonen's photos

The Sunday Challenge = Blue ------------------------------------------- Best viewed in Large

The Sunday Challenge = Zip ----------------------------------------- Inspiration came on a very rainy day with raindrops hanging on the rim of the roof. The original image from scratch in this link , I hope it shows how it was done

The Sunday Challenge = Chairs ---------------------------------------------- My mothers foldable rollator / wheelframe. It includes a seat to rest. Unfortunately she now completely has lost her ability to walk. We can still use it as an extra chair.

With reality being everywhere, to me surrealism is a challenge; the two are sometimes divided by a very narrow borderline

The Sunday Challenge = Stationery ; Anything Associated With Writing A Hand Written Message. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Window to the mind Photography is like writing, you start with an empty piece of paper, then fill it using your creativity. What is in your mind, what is on that paper, do they correspond, do they have connection? Do you start with an idea, then start writing, word for word, sentence by sentence until your story is complete? Or do you put a lot of words on that paper and start telling it is a story afterwards? Next time remember, photography can be a window to the mind! ------------------------------------------------ This unique book is about my personal development as a photographer, the title reflects it all. The image can be found here

The sunday challenge = the oldest thing in the house ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aged exactly hundred years this photo certainly is the oldest item in our house, a large original portrait of my fathers family "Snijders" . You can see the proof in the lower right corner, it is signed and dated by the photographer in 1920. A father and mother with seven children. Number eight, the youngest child died six months old in 1904. My grandmother to be is sitting on the bench. Only three years later she would die, leaving behind two very young boys with their father, on the other hand most of her brothers and sisters reached the very old age of over 90 years..... The woman standing on the left was my godmother, she died 1995 at the age of 104 years, being the last survivor, more than 90 years after her youngest sister ...... Isn't life a lottery?

There is much discussion about the obligation to wear a mask in our country. Until now it is restricted to certain areas.

The sunday challenge = Something related to a moment of laughter in our past. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This trophy is over 40 years old. Originally, in our student time we won it during a European veterinary football tournament. The Dutch beated the Danes in the finals, so we became European champions and won this trophy. Too bad the next day we were told we had to return it, because the organising commitee got out of resources. Still very happy with our once in a lifetime experience we did confess it was lost. After a few years it was found and ever since we used the trophy as a predictable gift on every birthday of one of the original teammates.

The sunday challenge = Take a photograph of something you've never taken before ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Nerium oleander never was in bloom before. We were told it didn't like a lot of water. Then we discovered the opposite is true. This is our reward!