Thinking about the Sea

I never thought she would think about this…

Walk on Water

Who has never dreamt of walking on water? Leaving worries behind and just walk into sunset.

Photograph by: Alexey Tikhonov

Fisheye Submarine

My best friends gave me a Lomography Fisheye Submarine camera as a birthday present!

The Fisheye Submarine is the big dipper of all lomography underwater camera cases. It takes the Fisheye experience to a whole new level! So from now on I can explore new places and clear waters, even as deep as 20m below the surface. …Somebody has an extra ticket  to a sunny, warm and beachy destination?

Front Crawl

Off course I can swim, I do the breaststroke already for as long as I remember! I love it and I can say I am pretty good at it, but as soon as I start the front crawl I look like a drowning dog. I never learned the technique so I thought it was about time to take some private lessons. Today you could find me in the children’s area of the Olympic swimming pool, exercising to learn the perfect style.

The front crawl of forwarded crawl is a swimming style usually regarded as the fastest of all styles developed. Unlike the backstroke, the butterfly stroke and the breaststroke, the front crawl is not regulated by the FINA, but it is nearly universally swum in freestyle competitions.

GOOD Water

GOOD Magazine offers articles, commentary, fiction and comics on culture and society. Here you can see a movie about Water from GOOD. Check: www.good.is

My birthday!

It’s my birthday! I’m off to the sea-side!

Oil Disaster: sad water news

It’s terrible. 70 days have passed since the first explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the crude oil and natural gas continue to gush from the seafloor. Collected here are recent photographs from the Gulf of Mexico, and of those affected by the continued flow of oil and gas into the ocean. For more pictures check: Boston.com

Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Alabama, Saturday, June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

An oil sheen sits on the surface of Barataria Bay June 19, 2010 west of Port Sulpher, Louisiana. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Oil floats off the bow of a boat in Barataria Bay on the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, June 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Fire and smoke rise from a controlled burn of oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico near BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill source on June 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace)

Voiles d’Antibes

I went to the South of France to write a report about the ‘Voiles d’Antibes’, a classic sailing regatta. This was published yesterday in the Belgian SABATO-magazine. Pictures by Jonas Roosens.

Perfumes in the Pool

The Dutch version of ELLE magazine brings a nice perfume production in the June edition. It shows summer scents disguised as girls in bikini, bottles with a maritime air and make-up pallets in a beach bag. The perfect guests for a pool party with a splash!

Production: Stefanie Bottelier – Picture: Oof Verschuren

Create a Picture Show About Water

GOOD magazine is calling all photographers—amateur or professional to communicate the importance, beauty, and wonder of water—as a life-giving resource and a vital habitat—in all its many forms. To accomplish that, GOOD needs you to take a picture that relates to the theme of water. GOOD will select 10 to 15 of them to create a collaborative Picture Show. Once the Picture Show is published, the GOOD community will be invited to choose their favorite images. The winning submission will be printed in the next magazine issue and the photographer will get a GOOD T-shirt and a free subscription.

THEME: Water. We need to live, of course, and, as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has made clear, it’s an important and at-risk habitat. Let’s pay homage to the vital liquid.

OBJECTIVE: Take a picture of a body of water that is meaningful to you. This could be anything from a bath tub to the Pacific Ocean. Include a short explanation (up to 40 words) of why it’s significant.

REQUIREMENT: Check http://www.good.is/post/project-help-us-create-a-picture-show-about-water/ GOOD takes submissions now through July 16 and will publish a Picture Show with a selection of the submissions on July 19.

Go for it!