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Category Archives: Photography
The “Grungy Retro Style” in Lightroom
As with everything else, photographic postprocessing is subject to trends. One specific trend, which was kick-started by smart phone apps such as Hipstamatic and Instagram, is what I would call “retro-grunge”: a warm retro colour palette, slightly desaturated and mixed … Continue reading
Posted in Lightroom, Lightroom Boek, Lightroom Workshops, Nik Software, OnOne Software, Photography, Plugins
Tagged Lightroom, Postprocessing
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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
Posted in Gear, Photography, Strobist
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New Craft & Vision eBook: Beyond Thirds
Light & Composition are two of the fundamental instruments that allow us to translate the threedimensional world into twodimensional photographs. So, I’m happy to see that after a couple of eBooks on (artificial) light, the fine folks over at www.craftandvision.com … Continue reading
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
Posted in Nikon Stuff, Photography, Strobist
Tagged ebook, Flash, Off Camera Flash, Speedlight, Speedlite, Strobist, Tutorial
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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
Posted in Nikon Stuff, Photography, Strobist
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Nieuwsbrief & Twitter
English readers: I’ll soon start an English newsletter. If you want to sign-up for that, follow this link and choose English as your language. Vorige week ging de eerste ‘échte’ MoreThanWords nieuwsbrief de virtuele deur uit. Je vindt er nieuws over … Continue reading
Posted in Lightroom Workshops, Photography
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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
Posted in Nikon Stuff, Photography, Strobist
Tagged Canon, ebook, Flash, Nikon, Photography, Speedlight, Speedlite, Strobism, Strobist, Technique, Tutorial
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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
Posted in Nikon Stuff, Photography
Tagged Cactus, Canon, Flash, Nikon, Photography, Triggers
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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
Posted in Nikon Stuff, Photography, Strobist
Tagged Cactus, Flash, Nikon, Photography, Trigger
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A Deeper Frame
To me, there are three fundamental things that help you make better pictures. The first is knowing and understanding light. The second is trying to convey a sense of time and motion into this fraction of reality a photograph is. … Continue reading