① memo 20160531 ~ Filming Upside Down A Moray Eel ~ I was hanging upside down some 10 meters (30ft) underwater to film this moray eel on the bottom. To keep a safe distance while holding the camera with both hands , I varied the air reserve in my lungs – though breathing can be difficult in that position (audible at the end) because it can prevent normal function of the pressure regulator. (Excessive shake was reduced by slow-motion in post-production using Final Cut Pro X). Filmed 10 years ago using the Sony DSC-T1 – the first ‘credit card style’ digital camera from Sony – near the Tugboat diving site in Caracas Bay , Caribbean Sea, Curaçao (Netherlands), May 2006.
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Dentelle
① memo 20160302 ~ Dentelle – Brussels , Belgium , Feb 2009
Cameraman | 20160114
Cameraman | 20160114 | 1-memo•com | Brussels , Marolles quarter , Vieux Marché – Vossenmarkt , Feb 2009
The Vimeo original 1st edition (151811388) republished on YouTube & Instagram.
TAGS #cameraman #selfie #Marolles #Brussels #Belgium #market #Vossenmarkt #VieuxMarché #Marollen #camera #reflection #window #1Memo #michelvanderburg #vimeooriginal
Grizzly | 20141017
Grizzly | 20141017 | 1-memo.com | Close encounter on a boat with a Knight Inlet grizzly turning over rocks in search of crabs – British Columbia, Canada – June 14, 2002. Day trip into the Knight Inlet at the continent with a Tide Rip fishing boat from Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island. Captured at 115mm with the Olympus µ – Mju – ZOOM 115 compact camera on slide film lying down on the deck of that rocking boat.
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TAGS #1Memo #michelvanderburg #grizzly #KnightInlet #BritishColumbia #Canada #encounter #TideRip #visit #boat #portfolio #cv #Olympus #µ #ZOOM115
Raging Fire | 20140915
Raging Fire | 20140915 | 1-memo•com | Heerenlogement building in Leiden, Sept 15, 1976.
In the early hours of Sept 15, 1976 the historic Heerenlogement buidling (1652 – Leiden , Holland) was on fire. I was living nearby then at the bottom of the ‘De Burcht’ (a 11th century shell keep). After midnight I was listening to music via headphones when I noticed the sound of the raging flames. I took my Asahi Pentax SLR camera and tripod and went up the hill of De Burcht to take pictures around 1.30 AM.
Image Michel van der Burg – scan of vintage print on silk-screened – grid – photo paper, making it difficult to scan and a lot of work to restore the image.
Citation : Raging Fire | 20140915 | 1-memo•com | Heerenlogement building in Leiden, Sept 15, 1976. | TakeNode ID 1fbb58a8-f0c5-4c26-b711-06a02867a110
Just before the fire it had been decided to start the restauration of this monument (once a ‘city inn’) as a future location for a new central public library. The attached scaffolding is showing in this picture.
Two weeks later a 17 year-old pyromaniac confessed having set fire to the buiding – he had actually helped that night extinguising the fire and getting coffee for the fire brigade. July 1980 the new public library moved in a the beautifully restaured Heerenlogement building. I – being a ‘poor’ student with a part time evening job – sold some negatives but not the copyright of my images 😉 for 400 dutch guilders (around $200) to the head of that library who planned to have a large print made for the boardroom … and, so I could have a short vacation in Normandie with my future wife and kids 😉 The official opening by queen Beatrix was in 1981.
The image below shows the front page and 1 page inside from the library pamphlet on the opening 11 june 1981.
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TAGS #michelvanderburg #1Memo #Holland #Burcht #Leiden #city #Heerenlogement #building #history #medieval #inn #CV #photography #freelance #vintage #print #night #flame #library #opening #pamphlet #queen #Beatrix #photography #portfolio #Asahi #Pentax #SLR #camera #silk #paper #brigade #pyromaniac
Guy’s Edison-Camera | 20140819
Guy’s Edison-Camera | 20140819 | 1-memo•com | Paint-splattered box camera used by the Dutch painter and photographer George Breitner. Image : Michel van der Burg , taken at ‘Photography’ exhibition April 2010, The Hague Museum of Photography. Holland.
This Guy’s Edison-Camera is from around 1900 and in the special collection of Leiden University.
TAGS #michelvanderburg #1Memo #Holland #TheHague #museum #paint #reflection #GeorgeBreitner #painter #photographer #camera #exhibition #Edison #box
Digital Canon Powershot G3 Camera
Friday August 1, 2003 – Today 11 years ago – took this first (test) picture late at night 1 AM with the great prosumer grade digital Canon Powershot G3 camera bought that same day … within 2 weeks after first starting digital photography with a very simple camera (see ① memo 20140722).
Image of the dutch newspaper NRC taken with available light , handheld 1/8 sec , iso 75.
With this Canon G3 camera also movie clips (320 x 240) up to 3 minutes with sound are possible – however for scenes with a lot of detail (like a forest) video quality was poor .. because of image compression due to memory / card limitations those days.
The original three megapixel PowerShot G1 was announced at Photokina 2000 (September 2000), just less than a year later (August 2001) they announced the four megapixel PowerShot G2 with a fairly significant range of improvements. A year after that at Photokina 2002 Canon announced the new four megapixel PowerShot G3, with a sleek new body design, new control layout and image processor and four times optical zoom lens.
Digital Canon Powershot G3 Camera | 20140801 | 1-memo.com
