Here are a few images from my trip to Haarlem. This first one comes from Amsterdam and it is where you can see about 10,000 bikes parked at the train station.

I found this guy in a busy crowd in the middle of Amsterdam. There were a bunch of soccer hooligans running around Dam Square, and he was watching in eager anticipation, probably hoping a horse race would break out.

Here are two very different structures from Holland.

Here are a night and day night of various parts of the Netherlands. One is reflected off glass and the other off the water.

Here is a very cool train station with a old timey feel I found in Holland.

I found this girl wandering through the streets of Amsterdam. She drew a lot of attention, even for Amsterdam.

Homes in Amsterdam were originally taxed based on how “wide” they were, so that resulted in their unique architecture. I think it is interesting how government policies create interesting urbanization patterns.

Here are two interesting shots from Holland. I don’t really have much to say about them, other than they are two of my favorites.

While I was looking at these angry German tourists in Amsterdam, I could not help but think they look like most German tourists.

Here is one of the Amsterdam canals by night.

Eva’s dream is to finish business school and then figure out what to do with her life.

Eva is currently in Amsterdam on a dinner cruise with her boyfriend. She wants to get married and have a little girl. Her boyfriend smiles and nods.

(this is from my Portraits portfolio on Flickr)

This was shot about 8:30 PM as evening fell in a pastoral and quaint area of the Netherlands. The farmhouse and windmills were painted with bright pastels, made even more potent by the setting sun.

The famous Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam has been temporarily converted into an art show all about fashion. They draped red velvet all over the place to make it look more artsy and less churchy. Although I don’t think it really worked, but at least it made for an interesting photograph.

Here are a few more shots for my Portraits Series. These were taken during the Reason event in Amsterdam last week, when Trey Parker and Matt Stone were giving a keynote speech. They were a riot, as usual. These guys are my comedic heroes just barely ahead of Bob Saget. A selection of pictures below are from the press conference that was held the next day when a bunch of non-Reason related “journalists” came in to interview Matt and Trey. It was unfortunate that the quality of questions was so dismal. I was sitting there with a bunch of really cutting questions that they would have appreicated more than, “Why did you move your animation team to Korea?” That question was, like the others, based on the reporter not really knowing his countries or his cartoons.

This is Trey.

Trey’s dream is be a movie producer and sit in a trailer with Matt while complaining about the first class service on their last flight.

Trey is currently emotionally drained by half-wit reporters that are asking him inane and poorly-researched questions.

This is Matt.

Matt’s dream is to someday marry Andrew Sullivan and raise a brood of Scientologists.

Matt is currently in Amsterdam at the Reason conference. He has just finished describing how Michael Moore grossly misrepresnted him in Bowling for Columbine. His tone is of slight disgust but not malice.

(btw Matt, I have the “other” pictures ready too… And don’t forget to call your fellow Libertarian to make you a “movie-game-that-doesn’t-suck”)

Well in Amsterdam it is hard to tell the difference between who is high and who is not high, since everyone is pretty laid back anyway. As you can see in this canal-side cafe, everyone is pretty relaxed. This was taken with the new camera, and if you have the bandwidth, there is nice detail on the HUGE version.

Here is an HDR of the one of the thousands of quaint scenes around Amsterdam.

This was taken just after the sunset of the previous picture on the lake.

Here is a collection of churches in Amsterdam.

We took a cruise around the canals one of the evenings there. This one was taken around sunset.

This is a very nice little restaurant here in Amsterdam where you can dine underneath actual Rembrandt sketches. Most of the restaurant is underground, and there are little tiny rooms and nooks and crannies throughout.