Photography – EurMacs

1916-1960 Historic Photographs

The Dutch have a strongly developed sense of patrimony, recording details of past events. The town of Alkmaar has an extensive photo archive and when we searched this we found several photos of Catharina Elisabeth. Many of these we identified by the features we recognise…

— By Helm and CrewNovember 14, 2016

Distractions and Calendars

If you have arrived here for instructions on how to use the DBA Calendar, then you can CLICK HERE and skip our ramblings on life and barges and go straight to that stuff. No, sadly, this is not an update on our cruising through Belgium this…

— By Helm and CrewJune 18, 2016

A new look – for a new season

Do I look different? We’ve been using this blog for about two years now and I (Ian) thought it was time for a (northern hemisphere) spring clean. Those of you who look at the blog using a PC/Mac/browser will see a completely new look. I…

— By LisetteSeptember 21, 2014

Sunrise, Sunset

No, not a song from “Fiddler on the Roof” In an earlier posting, I mentioned that one of the reasons for purchasing a new camera was the ability to do high dynamic range (HDR) photography. I won’t cover the same ground as in the previous…