Category Archives: Nikon Stuff

It’s there! My new eBook Making Light 2: Advanced Use of Off Camera Flash

What hectic times: I feel like we’ve released Making Light, An Introduction to Off Camera Flash just yesterday, and today I’m already thrilled to present you with the sequel, Making Light 2. Advanced Use of Off Camera Flash. This second … Continue reading

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Olympic Olympe

I’ve been playing around a lot with FourSquare, recently. And no, I don’t mean that silly Facebook App that tells people where you are all of the time and that allows you to become the mayor of Whateverville. No, I’m … Continue reading

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Just released: my new eBook on ‘Off Camera Flash’

I’m very proud to announce the release of my second eBook through Craft & Vision. After ‘The Power of Black & White in Adobe Lightroom & Beyond’, which was all about postprocessing images, this one is about photography itself. ‘Making … Continue reading

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The best trigger is the one you have with you (2)

Ilona, one of the students of the Swedish workshop goes into ‘grand écart’ mode. Not your typical ballerina shoes, but then again, Sweden’s highest mountain isn’t your typical ballet environment. Using a small aperture (high f-number) turned the sun into … Continue reading

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The best trigger is the one you have with you

Had a great time teaching at a one-week photograpy workshop in Scandinavia (Swedish Lapland, to be more precise). It was a fun mix of landscape photography, environmental portraiture and teaching postprocessing techniques. Our guide navigates us and the adopted 10 … Continue reading

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Nieuwe workshop: From Speedlight to Lightroom

- International readers, sorry: this is a Dutch blogpost announcing a new Dutch workshop – Fotografen Jürgen Doom (Leuven) en Piet Van den Eynde (Gent) stellen samen ‘From Speedlight to Lightroom’ voor: een intensieve en unieke ééndaagse workshop rond flitsfotografie met reportageflitsen enpost-processing met Adobe Lightroom. Zaterdag 13 … 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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Singapore @ dusk

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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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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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