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Digitale fotografie: flitsen. Vanaf nu te bestellen!

Met veel plezier deel ik jullie mee dat mijn nieuwste Nederlandstalige boek bij Pearson Education, ‘Digitale Fotografie: Flitsen’ vanaf nu vooraf besteld kan worden via deze website. Het boek wordt momenteel gedrukt en zal vermoedelijk in de derde week van … Continue reading

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2 nieuwe workshops ‘Flitsfotografie op locatie’

English readers: this announces two new workshops on off camera flash Samen met Jürgen Doom organiseer ik twee nieuwe workshops rond flitsfotografie op locatie: werken met reportageflitsers los van de camera. De eerste workshop is gericht op beginners en gaat … Continue reading

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Come & See me at BelgiumDigitalLive

BelgiumDigital.com is Belgium’s leading online community for all things Digital Photography. Last year, to celebrate their tenth anniversary, BD did a live event which was so successful, it was bound to have a follow-up: on October 17th, 2010, BelgiumDigitalLive 2010 … Continue reading

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Getting the most out of your Solid State Drive in Lightroom

I recently got myself a new iMac. I decided to bite the bullet and got one with a 256 GB Solid State Drive. Here’s how I configured my Lightroom worklow to get as much mileage from the SSD as possible, … Continue reading

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20 en 21 maart: met de auto naar de fietsvakantiebeurs

English readers: this is a Dutch service announcement. Next post will be in English again. Promise Op zaterdag 20 en zondag 21 maart 2010 staan Mrs. MoreThanWords en ondergetekende op de fietsreisbeurs in Retie. We bemannen er een stand met … Continue reading

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PortraitsOfAsia in ‘De Fotograaf’, Episode 5.

A quick note for the Dutch-speaking (or at least Dutch-reading) readers of this blog: In het december-nummer van het Nederlandse fotografievakblad ‘De Fotograaf’ is ondertussen de vijfde aflevering over PortraitsOfAsia verschenen. Bij het schrijven ervan hadden we net de cultuurshock … Continue reading

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Two lights for the price of one…

There’s plenty of reasons to photograph during the so called ‘golden hour’ (which sadly not always lasts an hour). The colour is warm, the shadows are beautiful and, because the sun is already low, it brings out texture.

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Definetely not a Mercedes

When I shot this picture, I knew I was going to post-process it to Black & White. Still, I did not use my camera’s built-in B&W setting – I would not even know where to look for it, quite honestly. … Continue reading

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Gear Talk: strength before beauty: portable harddrives

Ever since I lost a whole holiday’s worth of travel pictures, because I accidentally dropped my fashionable and fancy portable harddrive, I have started to appreciate qualities such as shock-resistancy over design.

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When two umbrellas meet

Funny how a day of shooting pictures can turn out: I shot this picture on a plantation tour in Java. While the other members of the group were being instructed on the life of the cacao bean and the origin … Continue reading

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