February 2016
Walked around Zwolle, walked around Groningen. Went to an art exhibition at Museum De Fundatie in Zwolle. Dutch Identity, about photo portraiture. Nice collection of portraits. Loved it. My judgement may be clouded by the fact that it’s my hometown, […]
This week was about some random shots. First walked to the same spot I took a picture some years ago. To see if it can be done better. The old architecture combined with the new. The telelens makes the buildings […]
Practise Practise Practise. I need to keep trying and failing and trying and failing and finally succeed in the portrait I want. Practise with light, apps, on iPad, on MacBook. For now I’ll use myself as a model. I am always […]
Again trying out the Olympus 75mm 1.8. This time a portrait of my nephew, Stephan. Taken in daylight with no additional lamps. Lighting could be much better of course. Might have to ask him to pose another time in a […]
I live right next to the canal and walking into town means walking along it and crossing it. Focusing your eye on this guy fishing gives the picture a nordic kind of feeling. Venturing your gaze outwards brings back the […]
Trying out portraiture and lighting. Posing and posture. Natural light and a hue light. Plus the iPad as a remote. And an old Russian hat that belonged to my dad.
Was trying out the new Olympus 75mm 1.8 lens around town. Was very happy with the results. Very sharp, very nice. Using the 20mm for quite some time now made me wonder if I could get used to using a […]