Am I a maniac ? (image series)

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Great story, great pics very touching.
Ruud

Hi Ruud,

Glad that you appreciate it that much. Did your daughter eat chocalate today ?

WIth kind regards,
--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

aw.. what a nice heartwarming story.... Well illustrated as well..

Thanks Dirk .. nah.. you aren't a maniac..

Jody

Hi Jody,

I'm glad that you appreciate it and I think I'm a little bit a maniac maybe, I have lots of work to do and continue putting to much time in pictures for the moment, one of these I can upload my gallery when I have found time to arrange the pictures.

With kind regards,--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

With kind regards,
--
Dirk Vermeirre

Interesting series Dirk, well captured.

hugh

Hello Hugh,

Thanks, glad that you liked them.

With kind regards,--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[gregg69776]

Dirk,

So touching. I want to know HIS story too. Do you know the New Yorker magazine? There is a quality to your shots that is reminiscent of the old cartoonist Booth. There is much more to taking pictures than I ever thought. Thank you.
Gregg
PS I must learn how to be a maniac )

 

[nik52843]

hi dirk!

great series. wish i was a maniac () like you. showed it to my colleags in my office. all loved it.
greetings,
nik
http://www.nikopix.com

This afternoon I was quickly going out to buy some dishes and when
I drive home I saw a man on old man with his old dog on the traffic
light and I found them so charming that I drive home like a fool to
take my camera and drive back hoping to find them back. It was not
evident because there was a lot of traffic obstructing my view and
I decided to go at my bank to get my bank exctract and while
waiting I looked to the outside, and suddenly I thougt that I see
that dog but not with his owner. After that I see the man from
there and I hurry up to go out. I followed them a while and take
some pictures and then I decided to go home, had a lot of work to
do, and suddenly one of the two young girls run after me and asked
if I could help. She told me that the man felt on the ground and
that they helped him but they had an appointment and had to leave.
I said that I would and could drive the man home in my car. I asked
him were he lived and het said two streets on the right. Then he
said in Antwerp as he was in Mortsel (about 8 km from Antwerp) and
I felt that he did'nt know where he was en were he came from, so
that would be a terrific job to try to bring him home. Then I
decided to phone the police to find that out, in a café a bit
further. I waited there for more then half an hour and then they
arrived. It's not really a fun story because the man was a bit
confused, but it's fun to see the dog walking with him, then with
the girl and then with a policeman. I hope you can enjoy this
series. Could it be that I'm beginning to be a maniac that I drive
home to get my camera to try to find someone back tot take a
picture ?
Please click the little arrow to go to the next image.

http://users.skynet.be/blueprint/traffic.htm

With kind regards,
--
Dirk Vermeirre

 

[jr]

You're a maniac, leaving home without a camera. Hope you have come to your senses by now! Nice story, with supporting pics. Next time you could just post the pics so we could invent a story...--Jouko http://www.pbase.com/ruuskan

 

[MarcV]

Hey Dirk, nice story and great pictures! Familiar environment for me too. Lots of traffic as usual!

This afternoon I was quickly going out to buy some dishes and when
I drive home I saw a man on old man with his old dog on the traffic
light and I found them so charming that I drive home like a fool to
take my camera and drive back hoping to find them back. It was not
evident because there was a lot of traffic obstructing my view and
I decided to go at my bank to get my bank exctract and while
waiting I looked to the outside, and suddenly I thougt that I see
that dog but not with his owner. After that I see the man from
there and I hurry up to go out. I followed them a while and take
some pictures and then I decided to go home, had a lot of work to
do, and suddenly one of the two young girls run after me and asked
if I could help. She told me that the man felt on the ground and
that they helped him but they had an appointment and had to leave.
I said that I would and could drive the man home in my car. I asked
him were he lived and het said two streets on the right. Then he
said in Antwerp as he was in Mortsel (about 8 km from Antwerp) and
I felt that he did'nt know where he was en were he came from, so
that would be a terrific job to try to bring him home. Then I
decided to phone the police to find that out, in a café a bit
further. I waited there for more then half an hour and then they
arrived. It's not really a fun story because the man was a bit
confused, but it's fun to see the dog walking with him, then with
the girl and then with a policeman. I hope you can enjoy this
series. Could it be that I'm beginning to be a maniac that I drive
home to get my camera to try to find someone back tot take a
picture ?
Please click the little arrow to go to the next image.

http://users.skynet.be/blueprint/traffic.htm

With kind regards,
--
Dirk Vermeirre

--CP880/CP995 http://www.pbase.com/marcv/galleries

 

[Toussaint]

Dirk Vermeirre wrote:
Dirk,

you're actually a maniac, and I love what you do;

I think this incredible adventure could only have happened to you. First because you like to help people in trouble, and second, because in the middle of this troubled situation, you manage to have a camera at hand and capture the entire scene...You actually seem to be the director of a movie... Except it's not a movie..

i enjoyed the whole story

With respect and kind regards
francis

 

[stana]

Hi Dirk,

I hope the old man made it to his home in the end. I liked the touching story since it seems to have a happy ending. I think you did a good job of documenting this poor old fellows troubles and am happy that you contributed to his return home. I also think we are all maniacs and deserve to share in each other's experimentation.

Stan Abraham

 

[Greg Durrett]

Bravo for your civic helpfulness and for a fun documentary all in one.

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Dirk,

Very nice series. I'm at work so I couldn't take the time to look
at all of them. I'm glad you were there to help!! Not maniac at
all! Only thing I found wrong is that you had to go home to get
your camera. You shouldn't leave home without it!! By the way, I
believe it was the third or fourth pic titled helping. With a good
looking gal like that to lean on I would pretend to need help!!

Randy

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Hi Randy,

Thanks a lot, I'm glad that you liked them and that I could help the poor man, he was so gentle and friendly and glad that I assured him that he certainly will could go home. Yes the camera, I avoid to take it with me, as I have no time to look and sort the pictures later on and I also see to much things that I will take a picture from if I have my camera with me. The problem is time. Hé Randy try that one day and please make a reportage from that with people helping you, that would be reall fun.

With kind regards,--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

HI Dirk, way to go with the series of shots. Most interesting
sequence with the old man. Thanks so much for a enjoyable story.
with respect,
Larry

Hi Larry,

Thanks a lot but the problem is that it takes a lot of time after taking series to sort them, to find out the following order and make captions but I like to do this, when I have more time I will try some more.

With kind regards,
--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Dirk,

A fantastic and very touching story. Isn't it funny what
photography possesses us to do? You should be as proud of this
series as any of the more formal photographs you've taken...this is
truly enjoyable and first class photojournalism, with a fine cast
of characters. Thanks for sharing this!

Robert

Hi Robert,

Thanks a lot for your very kind words and I certainly will try more series in the future when I can find the time, I have a few other short ones and will make a division for these in my planned gallery one of these weeks.

With kind regards,--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Dag Dirk,

Nice series of photos. I'm glad the man got help. You did a great
job on the photos and your story below is fine. Just remember your
English is better than my Dutch. It would probably take me and
hour to write this much Dutch.

Vele groeten
John

Dag John,

Thanks a lot, I also was glad that I know that the man could go home and was not lost in the cold not nowing where he was, he was about 8 km. from his home and as he said he takes about 8 hours to get to this place, he really could'nt go fast.

Yes I hope I can learn more here on this forum to enhance my English. It's my third language and as I was in the Latin classes I only received english lessons for a few hours in a very short period. We have first to learn Dutch, then French, then Latin, then Greek and then that little touch of Engllish. A pitty, not for the french, a language that I like very much and is really helpfull here but for the old languages that were preferred to English.

Hé John try once to reply on one of my posting completely in Dutch, I'm curious how good you can manage that. How long did you live here ? And was it not a problem to learn English here, nowing that most people here try to speak the language of the foreigners.

With kind regards,--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Dirk, no you aren't a maniac. YOu've been bitten by the photography
bug and as a result have captured a wonderful story! You are a man
after my own heart as I love doing photo stories too. (Here are
some of mine http://www.pbase.com/cokids/miscellaneous ).

You have told a very poignant story with your camera!
Beth

Dear Beth,

Thanks you for you very kind words. I love doing these stories as well as they take much of my time. I take a look at you stories and they are lovely, that will encourage me to go on to with stories. I saw a few who were so cute and interesting. I will look back one of these to take a much longer look. I also posted another recently that was fun and with a bride that really shines from being so happy in the last picture, if you must missed it and like to see it, you can find that here:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1005&message=2494822

With kind regards and keep going with your nice series to,

--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Dirk,

It's a touching story. I am proud of those girls and you for being
so kind and helping this man. You did a nice job of documenting it,
too.

You're certainly no more of a maniac than I -- I always have my
camera with me

With respect,

adrienne

http://www.naturalsights.com

Dear Adrienne,

Thank you so much for your kind apprecitation, I was very happy that the man was not lost in an unknown area, far from home, without money (the police asked him if he had some money), not knowing what direction to go and it was getting very cold. I don't want to take my camera to much with me as I know that I will see plenty things to take pictures of and I have no time enough, and I know that when I take pictures all my work have to wait and the first thing I'm interested in is looking and sorting at the pictures.

With kind regards,--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Nice series, Dirk. The crazy thing is that you didn't have your
camera with you in the first place. The man and his dog have great
faces. I'm glad they were okay. As usual, I think your photography
was great. Kim

Hi Kim,

Glad that you liked it and the funny on this story is that I was thinking that if I couldn't find them back I will post regularly around that area to see them back, thinking that in relation to how slow they progress they could not live far from that point. In that way it would have cost me many hours or days because knowing now that the man lives 8 km from that point he probably will never get there again in his life, so my conclusion was completely wrong. Thanks.

With kind regards,--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Hi Dirk,
Not only the sharp eyes but also the heart at the right place!
Well done!! When there is emotion in and around the picture, I
thing than that the photographer wins!
Greetings

Miel

Hi Miel,

Thanks so much for your very warm and kind words, they sound like music in my ear and knowing that you are a great musician that sounds even better.

Greetings,
--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Dirk: The world needs more maniacs like you...I enjoyed the photo
essay and the story very much...thanks....peter

Hi Peter,

Very nice comment from you, thanks so much and I'm glad that you enjoyed this series.

With kind regards,--Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Dirk,
So touching. I want to know HIS story too. Do you know the New
Yorker magazine? There is a quality to your shots that is
reminiscent of the old cartoonist Booth. There is much more to
taking pictures than I ever thought. Thank you.
Gregg
PS I must learn how to be a maniac )

Hi Gregg,

I'm really glad that you apprecitate this so much. I also would like to know HIS story and maybe I can get some information later as I asked where the policemen were from sot that eventually I could give them some colorprints. I think that when I find time I will go to that policestation and try to contact one of them or leave a note saying that I'm interested in what followed and eventually what the reaction of his wife was and so on, when I find out I will post it in a note with a portrait of the policemen.

I heard speaking or read about the New Yorker but never had a copy from it but I will try to buy one when I go to town and look at it.

With kind regards,

PS: maybe in the future I will come to the States to organize maniaclessons (lol)--Dirk Vermeirre