Flower season is on in Brussels! I had the time of my life taking pictures in the park of the Castle of Grand-Bigard. Just some of pic below, many more to come
I would vote for this guy!
A greek tradition over easter is to light a candle at the certain point in the ceremony. Another tradition is to have decorated candles and here are the one I have prepared today. Guess which one is mine ;-)
The new online campaign from Hermes called metamorphose is just amazing; I got hooked to the website for quite long, testing all different worlds they have been creating. The most amazing is that the ultimate French luxury brand does not take itself too seriously, for instance the picture below comes from a movie of a finger skating in the middle of Hermes iconic orange boxes and then going through plenty of products! One of my favorite is also the one for the ski clothes, the most unexpected music matches perfectly girls going down the slopes.
Lots of inspiration!
Paul is the wonderful little boy of my friend Charles and Marie. He was the star at his parents wedding last weekend by walking around the priest :-)
always playful!
My girlfriend thinks I am crazy and she might be right... I just finished the 'Roma per Due' a saling race from Rome to Sicilia and back on Virtual Regatta. I did it in a bit less than 5 days wich is really bad if I was on a real boat in real conditions. But if the wind conditions were real, I was online, changing directions and sails from an app on the iphone.
It is not the first race I am doing online, I did the Vendée Globe around the world in almost 3 months, that was much more demanding although the real winners of the race arrived before me (but a virtual racer was quicker than the real one!).
Very good and fun work for Karim Rejeb (www.karimrejeb-surfart.com/) of extreme skiing and snowboarding with playmobil. Less risky business :-)
With season 7 of Mad Men starting next Sunday several trailers started to popup on Youtube and Facebook. My favourite is this one called the Psychedelic Journey. Cannot wait to see Don Draper again!
But could not found who took it! too many things on the internet :-)
Skiing moments are so special I always need to make movies ;-) This winter I had the chance to ski with my father and my brother! I did not went on the slopes for at least 3 years and quitted snowboard for skis! After all these years, the fun is still there!
Noël 2013, le père et ses deux enfants à l'assault des pistes de Baqueira-Beret pour 2 jours de grand ski!
I have mixed feelings about this campaign coming from a brand that tends to compete on a very consumerist market... But the storytelling behind it is quite good and well excecuted.
Fascinating flowering trees all around Brussels! in that case on the parking on my supermarket, who could tell
Superb shoots of ice caves in AK from a drone. Gives a lot of ideas for new shooting angle of nature and also to visit Alaska ;-)
This Bigger Than Life - Ice Caves segment is the first documented drone flight through ice caves.
This was 100% shot with the GoPro HERO3+ Black Edition on the DSLRPros.com DJI Phantom in Alaska.
FIREFIGHT FILMS
Director - Lion El Aton
Cinematography - Christopher Carson
Drone Pilot - Christopher Carson
Music - DREAM KOALA - "Odyssey"
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www.firefightfilms.com
Bigger Than Life behind-the-scenes - vimeo.com/87950509
Mark the date for the craziest ski competition in the Alps! I did it 10 years ago, it was just pure madness, the atmosphe, the people, the skiing! it is the less serious race I have ever seen but nevertheless the best skiers I have even seen!
I will not make it this year, but will think about them!
And below 2 beautiful pictures from La Grave that were included in the programme I received this morning. As Didi from Snowlegend would say: 'keep the positive energy for the pow-pow!'.
Last weekend was the first free-ride competition in the fantastic ski ressort of Baqueira-Beret. I learned to ski there and keep on going every season with my family. There is a great spirit in these Spanish mountains and a really high level for the Pyrenées. This is the first time I see a freeride competition there and I whish I could be part of it! May be next season :-)
Lots of great pictures in March especially during a cool ski trip in Austria. I continue learning how to use (and overuse) the Nik Collection to give a special texture to my pictures. Some nice pictures of my friends Radka and Stelios and their lovely kids.
It is with great pleasure that I announce that Itaka Media was bought by Google today, Tuesday 1 April 2014. With this acquisition, Google is investing in a the promising sector of creative photography, filmmaking and storytelling.
Itaka Media founder and CEO, Alexandre Dechaumont, declares: “ when Google called me this morning, I could not believe it! We found an agreement in 5 minutes and the deal was signed with a google signature. Now back to work!”
The price remain confidential but judging by the smile of Mr Dechaumont it is comfortable enough J
Alexandre ready for some new challenges!
I found two really cool ski pictures of me taken by my friend Mikolai in Cervinia in 2011. The pics were good like that but with a little brushing in Color Effect helped a lot :-)
Interesting ad from Axe deodorant getting away from overly sexualized ads diving a dramatic approach with a nice and sweet ending. Will not convienced me to buy the deodorant but changing my perception of the brand.
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