The Vampire Diaries photoshoot

I'm addicted to 'The Vampire Diaries' serie so I absolutely wanted to do a photoshoot with this theme. When the summervacation started I planned this shoot. I took care of the make-up and the photography. Here are some of the pictures: 

Ik ben verslaafd aan de serie 'The Vampire Diaries' en een fotoshoot rond dit thema kon ik dan ook niet achterwege laten! Van zodra mijn vakantie begon (ik werk als leerkracht) plande ik deze fotoshoot en nam zowel de visagie als de fotografie voor mijn rekening. Hier zijn enkele foto's van het resultaat:

Studio Shoot

My first studio shoot in school. I'm happy with the results:

Strong and frivolous together

Natural Beauty

A la Parisienne

Photography, concept & Make-up : Lieze Messiaen

Model : Valerie Vanherreweghe

Finding the way to tomorrow

Rome - Light influences

I did some photography in Rome. Because I love the Angel Bridge and the view from there on the San Pietro so much, I wanted to take some pictures over there... and some more... and some more... to study the light influences on the same architecture. When do you take the best pictures? Which light influence is the best? And I just love to put them all together and look at the differences and the atmosphere they each create.

Ik deed wat fotografie werk in Rome. Omdat ik zoveel van de Engelenbrug en het uitzicht van daaruit op de San Pietro hou, wou ik er heel graag foto's nemen... en nog wat... en nog wat... om de lichtinvloeden te bestuderen op dezelfde architectuur. Wanneer en onder welke lichtomstandigheden maak je de mooiste foto's? En ik hou er gewoon van om ze allemaal samen te brengen en zo de verschillende atmosferen te zien die elk met zich meebrengt.

Photo Weekend

I had an Photography weekend this weekend. Saturday I went to Ghent to the fair to make photo's of a cute little boy of 6 years. And on Sunday I went with to Dadipark to shoot a bit over there again.
I went to Dadipark before, to make the pictures of Miss Earth Belgium and those came on an international calandar at the Filipines.

Ik had een fotografie weekend dit weekend. Zaterdag ben ik naar Gent gegaan om foto's te maken van een schattige jongetje van 6 jaar. En zondag ben ik terug naar Dadipark gegaan om daar nog wat te fotograferen. Ik ben eerder al eens naar Dadipark gaan fotograferen, om er de foto's van Miss Earth Belgium te maken en deze kwamen zelfs op een internationale kalender in de Filipijnen.

Saturday on the fair at Ghent

Sunday Dadipark

I like the fairytale looking things!

Would you follow me to the sky?

The Horror

Pictures of Miss Earth Belgium I took at Dadipark :

Click on the photo to see them in a bigger size.

I'm babysitting a cat & a dog!

I'm a babysitting a cute little kitten and a nice dog for more then a month now, and living in that house too. With my camera on the reach I loved to make a cute pictures of both of them... you know I have to experience with photography, isn't it. =P

Ik babysit op een schattige klein poesje en een leuke hond voor meer dan een maand nu, en woon dan ook in dat huis. Met mijn fototoestel in de aanslag wou ik dolgraag een leuke foto maken van beiden... ik moet toch ervaring opdoen in het fotograferen, niet. =P

Here they are:

Cuties, don't ya think?



Take a travel into your hometown!

We always want to travel as far as possible, but never see our own country as good as possible. So try to find the beauty of your hometown and see how nice it also can be.

A while ago I walked into my hometown, with my camera ready to shot. Here are some of the pictures I made... the beauty near my house.

We willen altijd zo ver mogelijk reizen, maar we zien nooit ons eigen land zo goed mogelijk. Dus probeer eens om de schoonheid van de stad waar je opgroeide te vinden en zie dat het ook heel mooi kan zijn.

Een tijdje geleden ging ik wandelen in mijn geboortedorp, met mijn camera in de aanslag. Hier zijn enkele van de foto's die ik gemaakt heb... de schoonheid nabij mijn huis.

Happy 2012 !!!

Have a happy 2012 everyone!
I made a picture especially for the holidays! =) Its in Dutch, but there's written : Nice holidays and a happy 2012!

Sometimes I have the feeling that I didn't achieve alot in 2011, because I still didn't find a job with my diploma, and those thoughts makes me sad. So I was trying to sleep yesterday, and then I taught : Why dont make a list of things you achieved in 2011 and things you wanna achieve in 2012?

Soms heb ik het gevoel dat ik niet genoeg bereikt heb in 2011, omdat ik nog steeds geen job gevonden heb naar mijn diploma, en deze gedachten maken me droevig. Ik probeerde gisteren te slapen, en toen dacht ik : Waarom maak ik niet eens een lijstje met de dingen die ik bereikte in 2011, en de dingen die ik wil bereiken in 2012?

Things I achieved in 2011:
- Graduated as a Make Up Artist
- Graduated as a Hairstylist
- Followed lessons for perfume (before 2011 I didnt knew anything about perfume, and now ... =) )
- Did my first real abroad photoshoot
- Travelled abroad to work as a Make Up Artist in Romania
- Worked at Rituals & L'Occitane
- Started Photography
- Had my first international Photoshoot as photographer for Miss Earth Belgium.
- Made the first base on my Makeup & Photo Studio
- Saw Rome
- Travelled to Belmez for a Exchange Project & met some great people
- Started to work for Chanel & followed lessons there
- Working for Max Factor
- My first Children Paint makeups
- Made devils (makeup) for a parade
- Made some things with my sewing machine (finally!)
- Bridal makeups
...

Wants to achieve in 2012
- Do more Makeups & Hairstylings
- Become better in photography
- Learn more about Adobe
- Wants to start making movies
- Start my own Youtube Channel
- Travel more (I'd die to go to LA!)
- Learn more language : French, Spanish
- Make more accesoiries & Fashion
- ...

Where am I ?

Photography, Makeup, Styling & concept done by Myself.

Self Made Pic

Here is a new selfmade picture of me. Hair & make up are also done by me!

Ooh I love to take selfportraitures if they work out fine! =)

And so I finally have a good, smiling photo to send out for work.

Paris

In August I went to Paris for 5 days... Finally!
I live so nearby Paris, and I never visited it, so I thought I urgently needed to go to Paris!
And so we made plans to go this summer!

We went by Thalys from Lille to Paris. From my hometown to Lille is only 15 min by train, and from there by Thalys to Paris is 1 hour. So very fast we were in Paris.

Our hotel was in the middle of Montmartre. After dropping our luggage in the hotel, we went for a walk in Montmartre and tried to see it all over there, all the nice little streets and the Sacre Coeur. After some couple of hours walking around Montmartre, we took a metro to Arc Du Triumph and walked at the Champs Elysee with lots of nice shops!

The second day we went to the Hotel Des Invalides and then further to the Eiffel Tower. It was amazing! Then we walked to Trocadero, from were we had such a nice view on the Eiffel Tower. Then we walked near the Seine to the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais. From there we walked to Place De La Concorde with the Egyptian (from the Palace of Luxor) Obelisk, to Parque Du Tuillerie, were we stopped at the water to have a look from there to the Arc Du Truimph and the Eiffel Tower. The view was sooo amazing and soo beautiful! I couldnt believe my eyes when I could see the Arc Du Truimph from over there! Amazing! We went further to the Louvre, which is so so huge! I really love the buildings of the Louvre! Beautiful! From there we made a little walk over the bridge to the Ill de la Cite (the little island) and took the Pont Neuf over the island to the other side. From there we took a walk to Des Halles with a new Shoppingcenter, in a very special building I think. We walked to the Eglise Saint Eustache and then took the metro back to the hotel.

The third day we went to Gallerie Lafayette, which is such an amazing shoppingcenter inside! It was like an Opera place inside, with lots of balconny. But in each balconny there were shops. Its so beautiful inside! After that we went to the Opera Garnier, very beautiful outside, but we didnt had the time to visit it inside. Then we walked to the Place Vendome and from there back to Des Halles and further to Centre Pompidou. Because there was some street animation we stopped here to have a look. We walked to the Hotel de Ville, which is also an amazing building, and went further to the beautiful Notre Dame de Paris. Too bad there were too many people who wanted to visit the inside of the Notre Dame. We went to the Place Henry IV to drink something, again a cosy Plaza. Then we went to the Bird Market and from there we took a metro to the Place de la Bastille, where another statue made this place beautiful. Also there was a new Opera building on that place. From there we walked to the Place des Vosges, where the house of Victor Hugo is, were we sit in the parc for a while. Lastly we walked back to the Centre Pompidou to take a metro back to the hotel.

The Fourth day we went to Père Lachaise (because my mom wanted to see it) , where we stayed some hours and visited a lot of graves : Edith Piaf, Alfons Musset, Gilbert Becaud, Theodore Gericault, Honoré De Balzac, Jim Morrisson... And after visiting Père Lachaise we went to The Pantheon, near the Sorbonne (university of Paris) and I really liked this part of the city! The Pantheon and all the buildings around are so impressive! Nearby there's the Parque Luxembourg with a castle and a lake in the middle. At the end of the day, we went to Bateaux Mouche, to take a tour by night on the Seine! For me the most overwhelming things by night are the Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower! Also nice to know is that on certain moments the Eiffel Tower starts to glitter which gave a very nice effect!

Our last day we spent at Mont Martre and bought some presents for my grandparents, my sister and my brother. And I got a T-shirt of Paris for myself!