Author Archives: Reinier

My wife recently purchased a Nikon P8100 compact camera. She uses it for the ordinary everyday pictures we all take every now and then. We’re just back from a short break to Sicily where she used it taking picures at … Continue reading →

It was around the beginning of May this year that news about a new Nikon Capture NX release started to spread. Not surprisingly, this got a lot of attention in the Nikon community. It’s a piece of software that is … Continue reading →

Only a few days ago I informed you about me recent purchase of my prime lens. The Nikon 50mm f/1.8D. Guess what, yesterday Thom Hogan published a review of Nikon’s 50mm lenses (click here to read). For those of you … Continue reading →

It was less than a week ago that I wrote on this blog that we’re selling our fancy Italian coffee machine. I took some pictures of it with my new lens so the advert could be published on the Dutch … Continue reading →

Because of my new lens – Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D – and also because it continued to rain, I decided to do some experimenting in the studio with portraits and depth of field. For a long time I have wanted … Continue reading →

Visited not one, but two exhibitions today: World Press Photo (in Naarden) and Anton Corbijn: Inwards and Onwards (at FOAM in Amsterdam). Next to some sporting shots and portraits, World Press Photo is mainly a registration of what’s going on … Continue reading →

After a long and intensive selection process, I finally made up my mind and bought a 50mm prime lens today. Since Nikons currently offers no less than 4 prime lenses it was a bit of a tough call. I went … Continue reading →

To all followers of this blog I sincerely apologize for the lack of recent updates. Fact is that have been pretty busy lately and I simply haven’t had much time to spend on photography. As simple as that. Nevertheless, I’m … Continue reading →

Fotofestival Naarden is a bi-annual event that is taking place for the 12th time this year. The theme varies every time. This time it is portraiture under the title Let’s face it. For those who are not familiar with Naarden, … Continue reading →

Recently I had a fotoshoot with 2 of my grandnephews. One 3 years old and the other just over 1 year. Working with kids of this age was a new experience for me. Fortunately their mother was present during the … Continue reading →