about me
name: Raf
date of birth: 12/03/1978
location: Antwerp, Belgium
education: law school, self-made web and graphic designer, photographer
occupation: I was a legal editor in a previous life, now I earn a living as web designer @ motionmill, I’m also doing more and more photography. When I’m not working I’m probably on the road with my band, the setup.
interests: web design, graphic design, music, photography, giglife, stand-up comedy, concerts, gibson guitars, marshall amps, adam sandler movies, the setup, cooking …
Projects
Analyse, create and execute.
html and css are my weapons of choice. I can get by with a bit of php and jquery, but I wouldn’t call myself a developer. My focus lies with the visual part of the process. Fortunately WordPress makes my life a lot easier, so that I can create websites with a lot of functionality and that are user friendly.
Check out some of the websites I have created:
Go checkout the company I work for: motionmill.
photography
I have been passionate about photography for many years. I started out doing a lot of concert photography in the underground hardcore scene. After a while I wanted to do more than just shoot bands and kids jumping of a stage. So I started to follow classes and experiment with different types of photography. Capturing the world how it is, showing certain details one might easily overlook, finding new angles to look at certain things, or just creating a different reality, those are just some of the reasons why I love photography. It gives you the freedom to do whatever you want. Your mind is your only limit!
check out my flickr account
I’m also working on a commercial portfolio: controlledfocus.com.
02 Jul, 2010
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Last night I was watching a video Zack Arias made for Scott Kelby’s blog. It was about having self-doubt about being a photographer. To me it transcended the photographer thing, and you could make this about anything you do in life. It made me think about my life and what I already have accomplished and what I still want to accomplish.
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09 Jan, 2009
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I made a design for stand up comedian Alex Agnew. He used this for some merch and it was also displayed during his latest show on a big video screen. That was really cool to see. It seems that all my latest work is getting printed on big things only. Very good for the ego haha. Anyway go checkout his latest show, “more human than human”, it is banging.
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27 Nov, 2008
15 Jul, 2010
One Life One Chance
Toby Morse from H2O is busy with onelifeonechance.com, a project where he gives lectures in schools about a positive lifestyle. I thought this was a really cool thing to do. His message doesn’t stop after a H2O show, he takes the effort to go beyond that and tries to reach other kids with his message.
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