It is Spring again in the Northern hemisphere! Every time the trees start to blossom I want to grab my camera and take photos. I love the delicate colours of the blossom, the soft pinks and whites, the fragile flowers the last only a few days before the best is over. But the show is […]
Adobe’s Lightroom Classic is far from perfect, but I still use it for 90% of my editing. It’s easy to use, but gets a bit slow when using large catalogs and many modifications in one photo. The best part is of course that all your modifications are non-destructive. All modifications are stored in a separate […]
Do you think it is necessary to have the latest camera to make good photos? A common remark when people see my photos is: You must have a very good camera. What camera did you use? From these remarks I think many people think that it’s the camera that makes the photos, not the photographer. […]
What shooting mode do you normally use on your camera? Is it always in Auto mode? Does this work in every situation? Probably not. While most cameras have apart from the Auto mode, also a landscape mode, a portrait mode, a sports mode, a macro mode, etc. This gives you a bit more control depending […]
Delft is a beautiful middle size city in The Netherlands, with about 100,000 inhabitants. It has one of the oldest technical universities of The Netherlands, and due to its many students, there are many young people in Delft. The old centre is beautiful with its canals, churches and squares. Where does the name come from? […]
Have you ever taken a photo of a sunset and the foreground was all black? Or if the foreground was’t too dark, maybe the sky was completely blown out? Or maybe you took a photo of an interior and the surroundings that could be seen from the windows are all white? These are just a […]
Have you ever taken a photo of a landscape with a beautiful foreground, but it was impossible to have both the foreground and the back ground in focus? This is where focus stacking comes in. What is focus stacking and why do you need it? Focus stacking is a technique that is often used in […]
If you want to immerse yourself in Nature, this reserve could be the perfect spot. Where is it? It is close to Hoedspruit, one of the gateways to the Kruger Park and part of the Greater Kruger area. The Greater Kruger area are those reserves that confine with the famous Kruger National Park and where […]
I’m from a Dutch family, and even though I’ve been living elsewhere in the last 20 years, I’m always happy to be back. Coming back in spring is even better, because now is the time all the bulbs are flowering! Every year is different as the farmers plant different colours in different fields, create new […]
If you like spectacular views, and who doesn’t, then you absolutely have to drive over Chapman’s Peak. This is one of the most beautiful scenic coastal roads in the world. It starts from Houtbay’s beach almost at sea level and run up along the high cliffs towards Noordhoek beach. Picnic or all the way? It […]
