On the fourth day Linda and Marielle (also from my faculty in Holland) joined us to visit the castle and gaze at some amazing viewpoints over the city. The castle itself is nice, but for me personally the view was the most interesting. There wasn’t a lot of information about the castle itself, allthough you [...]
So, I’ve finally arrived in Lisbon almost a week ago now. After a strange flight that involved two firetrucks fixing the right wing of the plane at Faro airport while we were escorted into the terminal, the same plane touched ground in Lisbon a few hours later with a small delay of about an hour. [...]
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15 Jul 2009They could be holliday pictures from a backpacker. The images are clear, full of color and sharp! As if only a week ago they were shot with a digital camera. Still, the photos I’m talking about date back from 1904 and 1915, way before the time of Lumicolor and Kodachrome films. from the ’30′s Sergej [...]
Everyone who knows me, even when it’s just a little, knows I’m a true travel junkey. Last year I travelled mostly alone throughout ‘Turkey and beyond’ after I finished the Cinema & Television semesters at the Anadolu University in Eskisehir. But this year, I’ll be travelling with one of my best friends again: Vincent Tuntelder. [...]
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13 Jul 2009And here we go! The guys from Netface (Sander Smit and Melle Renema) finished working on my site and since a few minutes it is online and fully up and running! So check it out at www.jaapruurd.com! And for Sander and Melle: thanks guys!
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17 Jun 2009I just received this Documentary in a YouTube link from an aquantance of mine and I wanted to share it with everyone who finds this journal. It reminds me alot of the amazing BBC Production Earth and of Godrey Reggios Koyaanisqatsi (but more from this generation, more vivid), but it’s content is even a bit [...]
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28 May 2009My starting point for Turkey was Istanbul. And how else could that be when all roads lead to Istanbul? four years ago was the first time I had the opportunity to visit this metropol. This Crossroad to the ancient world. And three years later I had the chance to go back. To stay and live [...]
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13 May 2009Jaapruurd.com is currently in a new stage. My flashbased portfolio is being built as I write this post by the guys from Netface. They will take the site to a whole new level. I have chosen the photos that will be uploaded onto the site and catogorized them into the following pages: Portrait, Lifestyle, Landscape [...]
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15 Apr 2009Hi there, thanks for visiting my journal! My name is Jaap Ruurd Feitsma. Currently I’m a third year student of the bachelor course ‘Communication and Multimedia Design’ (CMD) at the NHL University of applied sciences in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. I also studied Cinema & Television in Eskisehir, Turkey. I’m planning on entering the ‘Film Production’ [...]