Kris Taeleman´s Blog

I was asked to take some pictures of my boss for a newspaper article that will be printed soon I think.
So, without further ado, I present you Swen Vincke, CEO of Larian Studios:

Most spam which arrives in my mailbox is boring with these images containing the text to be able to bypass the spam filters. Every now and then some funny spam comes through which I actually enjoy reading, like the one I received this morning:

Hello my friend!

I am ready to kill myself and eat my dog, if medicine prices here (URL removed) are bad.
Look, the site and call me 1-800 if its wrong..

My dog and I are still alive

Please send me more spam like this!

I took this picture of Fabrice “working” as a test shot to see if the settings I would use to take some pictures of my boss would work. I kind of like the result since most of the time when I try to shoot portraits I try to shoot people by surprise. I have no idea what I should tell them when they are actually posing.

I’ve always been fascinated by archaeological discoveries, especially the really old ones, like Ötzi.
Ötzi the Iceman is a modern nickname of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC found in 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier in the Ötztal Alps, near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy. The nickname comes from Ötztal, the region in which he was discovered. He is Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Until now, the death cause of the mummy was unknown, but recent tests showed that Ötzi was killed by an arrow and bled to death. You can read the full story here: http://www.physorg.com/news100342462.html

If you want to know more about Ötzi, you can find a lot of information on Wikipedia.

While visiting Bermuda we came across this rather scary billboard of the 10 commandments.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!
Be afraid, be very afraid…

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name.

At 21:35 on 30 December 1952, a crowded double-decker London bus (an RT), on route 78 to Dulwich, jumped over the gap when the bridge started to open while it was halfway across.
(Source:Wikipedia)

This picture was taken from the walls of London Tower.