Junot – Where to next?

May 17, 2025

In the spotlight

^{The real photo I took vs. the AI remix 🔼 Slide up to see what the robots did with it! ✨}

6.5 km / 4.0 miles 🚶

Aachen 🇩🇪

Aachen is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 28th-largest city of Germany. It is the westernmost city in Germany, and borders Belgium and the Netherlands to the west, the triborder area. It is located between Maastricht and Liège in the west, and Bonn and Cologne in the east.

The story

A short walk in downtown Aachen with the ancient, compact, and always reliable Samsung NX Mini, perfect for capturing some contrasty black and white shots on a sunny day.

The gear

Camera:
Samsung NX Mini

Camera lens:
Samsung NX-M 9mm f/3.5 ED

Film simulation recipe:
Classic (color 0, saturation +2, sharpness -2, contrast +2), white balance: Auto WB (G:0, B:0, A:0, M:0), +1/3 EV

The pictures

May 10, 2025

In the spotlight

7.9 km / 4.9 miles 🚶

Maastricht 🇳🇱

Maastricht is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the Meuse, at the point where the Jeker joins it. Mount Saint Peter is largely situated within the city's municipal borders.

The story

It was a sunny day in the beautiful city of Maastricht! In the evening, I attended another Vive La Fête concert, so during the day, the perfect weather made it ideal for a photography walk.

The gear

Camera:
Ricoh GR III (Street Edition)

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodak Print

The pictures

May 4, 2025

In the spotlight

7.1 km / 4.4 miles 🚶

Hasselt 🇧🇪

Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. The Hasselt municipality includes the original city of Hasselt, plus the old communes of Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, Wimmertingen, Kermt, Spalbeek, Kuringen, Stokrooie, Stevoort and Runkst, as well as the hamlets and parishes of Kiewit, Godsheide and Rapertingen.

The story

It’s been more than a year since I last visited Hasselt, and over three years since I last used this black and white film simulation recipe – so let’s go!

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T3

Camera lens:
TTArtisan 35mm f/1.8 II

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Monochrome Kodachrome

The pictures

April 26, 2025

In the spotlight

8.3 km / 5.2 miles 🚶

Koningsdag 👑, Breda 🇳🇱

Koningsdag or King's Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Celebrated on 27 April (26 April if the 27th is a Sunday), the date marks the birth of King Willem-Alexander. When the Dutch monarch is female, the holiday is known as Koninginnedag or Queen's Day and, under Queen Beatrix until 2013, was celebrated on 30 April.

Breda is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa.

The story

For this year’s edition of King’s Day, I visited Breda: a sun-filled day with nice people and way-too-expensive drinks! Unfortunately, I used the silent electronic shutter instead of the mechanical one, which caused banding in many of the pictures of the band under the spotlights – so a lot of photos didn’t pass quality control. Better luck next time!

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Eterna v2

The pictures

April 19, 2025

In the spotlight

20.3 km / 12.6 miles 🚶

Utrecht 🇳🇱

Utrecht is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands.

The story

Actually, I was planning to go to Utrecht the previous weekend, but public transportation let me down. So the next chance was this weekend! While other people were walking the Kennedymars, 80 km (50 miles), or the Swentiboldmars, 40 km (25 miles), I did my own photography mars of 20 km (12.5 miles) in Utrecht!