maandag 6 februari 2012

When the Lowlands freeze

When the Lowlands freeze from Ton van de Merwe on Vimeo.

The winter of 2012 is one of the coldest in years in the Netherlands so there is only one thing to do, go skating. In the 14th Century, the Dutch started using wooden platform skates with flat iron bottom runners. The skates were attached to the skater's shoes with leather straps. The painting in the first scene of this video is one of our famous winter landscape painters, Hendrick Avercamp, 1585 - 1634.

Camera: Sony HX9V

donderdag 2 februari 2012

Winter Safari

Winter Safari from Ton van de Merwe on Vimeo.

The first snow this winter inspired me to shoot this video in SafariPark "De Beekse Bergen" in the Netherlands on 01-02-2012.