The World Through the Eyes of Jan Tielens

High in the Sky, in Yangshuo (China)

jantielens — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:58:27 +0000

This picture was taken in 2006, during our China round-trip. We went to see the karst mountains from a balloon. One of the cooler things I’ve done during my holidays.

Sunset near Copenhagen, Denmark

jantielens — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:25:42 +0000

Another hotel-room-view picture taken with my cell phone, in the not so exciting city of Ballerup, near Copenhagen in Denmark.

Two Sisters

jantielens — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:24:52 +0000

Fran and Lis relaxing in in a colorful couch. Aren’t they cute?

Silhouettes

jantielens — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:25:56 +0000

Spring in Water Colors

jantielens — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:11:39 +0000

When she was 12 my wife got this Rhododendron from her late grandfather. Twenty years later, the flowers still say “hey spring is coming!”.

Playground Fun

jantielens — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:12:28 +0000

Fran (and the rest of us) is enjoying the first signs of spring.

Hotel Room View: Acropolis in Athens, Greece

jantielens — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:56:26 +0000

Yet another splendid hotel room view this evening: a view on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

(taken from the 7th floor of the Intercontinental hotel)

On my way to the airport

jantielens — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:52:46 +0000

The busride from Reykjavik to the international airport in Kevlavik could be a tourist attraction on it’s own: you drive to a mysterious landscape … (taken from a riding bus)

White Cars in Iceland

jantielens — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:16:31 +0000

Quite a different view today: lots of snow. Actually what you’d expect when your in Iceland in the winter.

Reykjavic, Iceland Hotel Room View

jantielens — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:15:43 +0000

The view from the executive lounge in the Hilton hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland is pretty impressive.

Welcome Lis!

jantielens — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:15:00 +0000

It has been a while since I’ve blogged on this blog, but I’ve got a good reason: at the end of 2009 we welcomed our second daughter Lis to this world! Check our family blog for more pictures and info (in Dutch).

Under the Bridge

jantielens — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:44:26 +0000

Taken in Neerpelt, Belgium – under a bridge obviously.

The Berlin Wall

jantielens — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:54:26 +0000

East Side Gallery – the longest (1.3 km) part of the Berlin Wall nowadays.

Mobile snapshot: Summer Evening

jantielens — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:10:51 +0000

I’ve been playing around with my mobile phone to get pictures, movies
etc published to various social networking sites (Twitter, blog,
Flickr etc). If everything goes well, this picture and message should
end up on my photo blog and Flickr stream.

Posted using my mobile phone via email from Jan Tielens’ posterous

Walking in the high grass

jantielens — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:44:27 +0000

I can’t decide what I like best in this series: color of black and white. She’s cute on both.

Breaking the Rules with Fran

jantielens — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:16:50 +0000

Let’s see how many photographic rules I broke when taking this picture of my daughter Fran running towards me.

Main subject is in the center of the photo.
Light is coming from behind. (you can see a ray of light shining down, and her hair is brightly lit)
Blown highlights.
Eyes are not 100% sharp. (probably because of the movement and big aperture).

But nonetheless I like the picture a lot.

British Museum – London, UK

jantielens — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:03:07 +0000

The glass roof of the fantastic British Museum in London, UK. Recommended!

One Happy Family

jantielens — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:19:06 +0000

One Happy Family – ‘Nuf said.

View on the Empire State Building

jantielens — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:02:11 +0000

The view on the Empire State Building as seen from the “Top of the Rock” (aka the observation deck of the Rockefellar Center) is quite impressive…

Enjoying the sun …

jantielens — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:35:54 +0000

I know some people don’t like “chopped off heads”, but I think in this photo the cropping shifts the attention to her eyes. Feel free to think otherwise of course.