Retro//Reflection - Issue #19

RBNXPLRNG in the village of Puth, Limburg (The Netherlands) - Extended Edition

Once or twice per month I send out a letter with a handful of (my) photographs and share a bit of insight on the ‘why?’ or ‘how?’. As an enthusiastic photographer, anything goes.

Maybe you’ll learn something?
Or perhaps it will spark some inspiration?

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A few months ago

Marcel Borgstijn

asked readers if they wanted to participate in a small fun project he liked to call RBNXPLRNG (which reads as “Urban Exploring”):

RBNXPLRNG is about exploring your own urban environment by following the diagram, where at each intersection you have to choose one of two options presented to you, either turn left or right or go straight on. Once you have made this choice, you must take a photograph before reaching the next junction. You can decide what appears on this photo. At the end of the program you will have taken 5 photos.

De Kerkweg

You can read the full article here:

RBNXPLRNG

Priest Peter Canisius (I assume)

I thought this was an excellent idea to just grab my camera and head out into the village where I live to make some photos. So I did and I sent them to Marcel, because he also told us he wanted to make a Darkrooms Magazine Special of all submitted photos!

Nice warm glow of the sunset reflection in the windows of the building adjacent to the church. I notice things like this more often now than I used to (a sign of photographic progress I guess?)

Although I did follow the instructions, I admit that I took a few more photos than the five I submitted, so I thought it would be nice to show them here in a separate Substack post: RBNXPLRNG in Puth - The Extended Edition (or maybe “RBNXPLRNG PTH XTNDD”?).

Old doors

As you can see, Puth is quite a rural town in Limburg, The Netherlands. Among the other entries in the Darkrooms Magazine Special, it might look a little out of place (New York, Glasgow, Barcelona, Puth …), but hey what can I do? 😉 I’ll take it - it’s awesome to see your photos in a photography magazine!

Not the local playground. I’m not even sure if that tyre is meant to be a swing for kids …

RBNXPLRNG is a fun challenge, that anyone can do within a hour or so (and remember: a smartphone will do too!). I'm sure I’ll do the challenge again in other towns or cities nearby.

A farmer’s water tank / cart.

A half-timbered house, a construction type you see a lot around here (in Limburg).

That’s it for now. I’ll end with an Aerochromified photo of the fields around Puth :)

A row of trees along the Rootsweg

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Each issue I want to end with mentioning a photographer, a photography-related website or publication, simply to show my appreciation for what they do.

This time I’ll link to Marcel’s Darkroom Magazine article here on Substack on the Darkrooms Magazine Special where you can have a look at my original 5 submitted photos as well as the awesome photos submitted by ten or so other photographers. You can read the magazine for free online - it’s well worth to have a look!:

Darkrooms Magazine Special RBNXPLRNG

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That’s it for this issue. Thank you for reading until the end. Feel free to leave a short comment or message. Appreciate it!

Until next time, cheers,
Ronald
ronaldsmeets.info

ps: this article/newsletter/post is free, because I’m not doing this to make a profit. Also, I don’t like subscriptions at all (Tom Pendergast has a great article about not going paid, which I agree with). However, if you do want to show your support, a coffee always helps me writing and posting here ;-)