Desktopbackground January

In the year 2005, DirtE19 designed and printed a real full-blown calendar. It wasn't perfect, but it was pretty damn sweet. However, we ended up with a lot of unsold copies. Basically, you want your calendars ready at last at the end of September, and by December, January the lastest all your copies should be sold. Nobody is buying a calendar after that anymore. And because of the problems we had that first year we did it, we never actually produced a calendar again, which I think is a shame.

This is where the idea for this project came about. I'm going to try to put a new desktopbackground online for every month, preferrably with a pictures shot the month before.

Sure, since it's almost February, this project didn't really get a good start, but hopefully the next 11 months I'll do better.


Technical info:
for ideal size, you should know what resolution your screen has. To find out what resolution your monitor has in windows XP, you go to your desktop, right-click it. Then click "properties". Then go to the last tab. You should see a slider, and your screen resolution is right underneath it.

In het Nederlands:
om te weten welke resolutie je scherm heeft, rechtsklik op je bureaublad, klik op "eigenschappen", en dan op da tab "instellingen". Daar zie je een schuiver met daaronder je schermresolutie.

I don't have Vista, so I don't know if it's the same or not, maybe someone with vista can check for me.



anyway, on to the pictures:

here's a small version, so you know what it sort of looks like:



To get the fullsize backgrounds:
(righ-click the link, then "save as")

1280*800px (this will work for most 15" widescreen laptops)

1680*1050px (for larger widescreen monitors)

1280*1024px (for larger 4:3 monitors)

1024*768px (will work on most older 4:3 monitors)


There's countless other resolutions out there, and I'm not gonna make all of them if nobody wants it. So check what resolution you have, and post a comment to request a custom resolution.

A few skatepark shots...

I've been quite busy lately, so I haven't been shooting much. I've got exams untill february the first, so I havent' been riding alot lateley. Ofcourse in winter there isn't really much to ride but skateparks as local trails have turned into ponds, but it keeps you in shape for when the dirts are ready to go for another season.

Anyway, a few days ago I picked up my camera again, and shot some photos at the local skatepark. They're not fantastic, but it'll have to do.

Enjoy.









Now, I don't like the next one at all, his face if covered by the tire, and the background isn't all that, but it gives a better idea of the set-up.





This is a shot of the brother of a friend of mine, he asked me to take a picture so I did. He's still young, and has only been to a skatepark 2 or 3 times, but it looks promising.




Oh and by the way: Happy 2008 everyone!

It's going to be an exciting year, I've already planned 3 roadtrips at least, and I've got a few ideas in my head for some projects, but those will have to wait until February.