Farmhouse November Updates

During the last few month I had quite a busy time, you may have noticed that I did not post any new articles. I had many things to do in business and with setting up our new home. 

As it was planned we moved to our new home in mid July. Not everything was complete when we moved in. We had still some work to do in the staircase, in the garden and some other small things. But we have learned that such a project will never be finished. You have to set the end by yourself at some point. Then later on you can improve these things that bother you.

However the Farmhouse project is a success story of its own and the final result is amazing. We didn't have any major problems, and small issues could be discussed and fixed quickly. The collaboration between us, the architect, the authorities, the contractors and craftsmen was very pleasant and efficient. The house is back in position and looks very nice.

I took some pictures last sunday, it was a great day. The picture on the left was taken from the other side of the street, and for the picture on the right I was standing on the property. On both pictures one sees the facade heading to the south.

  

On the left picture you see the freshly painted staircase which gives access to all three apartements. The picture on the right and the 3 pictures below show the interior of our appartement which is on the first floor. All three apartments have their own charm.

 

   

I shot all these pictures with the Olympus PEN E-PL1 and the Olympus 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 Four Thirds lens. The outdoor shots have been taken freehand and for the indoor shots I used a tripod. I did not use any flashes. I used this lens for the first time on the E-PL1, usually I use the E-3 with this lens since it is a Four Thirds and not a Micro Four Thirds lens. But with the corresponding adapter (Panasonic DMW-MA1) this is a great Duo (or Trio, with the adapter). Because of the contrast Autofocus of the E-PL1 the focusing is not as fast as it is on the E-3, but it is accurate and works very good for this kind of photography.