Author Archives: Reinier

An article in the May edition of National Geographic triggered me. It was about the work of  photographer Abelardo Morell. I was certain I came across his name before. And I was right. It was in the first episode of … Continue reading →

In addition to yesterday’s entry if you want to read more about the pro’s and con’s of Capture NX2, have a look at these 2 blogs. The first is by Thom Hogan, a well respected Nikon follower and author of … Continue reading →

I like to consider myself to be a photographer. Some people disagree, I know, but let’s for the sake of argument accept this statement for now. This implies that I understand how my camera works and I use this knowledge … Continue reading →

Frequent visitors of this blog probably know that I’m mostly fascinated by portraits. Human portraits, that is. I find it most challenging to catch a person’s character in a shot by using the proper pose, composition and lightning. But every … Continue reading →

During the last weekend I watched an interesting webinar at Nik Software’s website. It was only posted a couple of days before, so quite recent. It’s called Visual Perception & Photography by Jack Reznicki and it is a 42 min. … Continue reading →

As some of you might know, I’m following a photography course from Dies Groot. Our latest assignment was to produce a portrait or still life. I decided to go for the still life this time. The 17th century masters are … Continue reading →

All my life I have been working with CRT type of monitors. I know that the current LCD monitors offer much better performance, especially for photo editing. But as long as the good old CRT boxes keep on working there’s … Continue reading →

In my previous post on the Professional Imaging tradeshow I mentioned the portraits Vincent Boon was making at the Epson booth. Afterwards I noticed there’s a short videoclip available on YouTube of one particular shoot. As it happened, I was … Continue reading →

I visited the Professional Imaging tradeshow that took place in Nieuwegein from 13-15 March. A well attended event aimed at the professional photographer, as the name already suggests. All major vendors were represented, so a good opportunity to see what’s … Continue reading →

As a frequent visitor of this site you might know that I’m not a big supporter of all kinds of post-processing tricks. If you want to add a certain effect to your photo, then use photographic means as much as … Continue reading →