Propagandizing (digital) photography since 2003
Taking images of people when they are hanging ‘loose’ in the air like they are weightless is not new and some forms of that are known as leisure diving. Leisure diving was a rage for several months on the internet (after planking and owling) and is already followed by the next rage (which I happily [...]
If we have to believe Sandisk in a recent info-graphic. The world has taken 700.000.000.000 (700 billion) images in 2012. Roughly estimated it means that on an average, every person on this planet has taken 100 images. Sandisk also states that about 29% of those images are taken with a mobile phone. An other funny [...]
One year ago on the 11th of March 2011 one of the most heaviest and most damaging earthquakes ever recorded in the world hit Japans’ north eastern coast. The earth quake was the most heaviest ever recorded in Japan but besides of that it was followed by a huge tsunami destroying not only hundreds of [...]
I was happily surprised when Nikon updated it’s ‘plastic fantastic’ in spring 2011. The lens was due to it’s outdated design ready for an update. Since the mid 1980’s Nikon produces a 50mm fast auto focus (AF) lens which is not only very good but also very low priced. This makes at an excellent ‘starter’ [...]
Unfortunately I was not able due to time to answer my public mail during CP+. I have put some messages and photos’ by Twitter and on a photography board mostly related to the new Nikon releases. Back at home I found some 30 questions (excluding the spam ) related to the Nikon D800. I will [...]
If you are a (professional) photographer using digital Nikon cameras’ like me it might be that the past months were quite exciting and the coming months will be even more. Reason is that Nikon will announce in a couple of days some very interesting products aimed at both the serious amateur and professional photographer. The [...]
Due to the CP+ visit it’s hard for me to do a site update or doing anything the past week for my blog. Besides this, I received more than 40 mails with questions about possible cameras’, lenses and other new (Nikon related) products, and I got a nice hint about a new Nikon product (thanks [...]
The prestigious national Dutch Zilveren (Silver) Camera award – for best National News Photo of the Year, goes this year to professional news photographer Joost van den Broek. The price is given every January for best news photo of the past year. This winning photo shows an angry crowd in front of the house of [...]
With the introduction of the D4, Nikon released a new lens with it, the 85mm f/1.8G. It replaces the Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, a lens which Nikon produced since 1995 and which is popular as a portrait lens and as a lower priced alternative for the Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D. With the introduction of the 85mm f/1.8G [...]
That Photoshop not always works, or has not always the intended effects in mind (or just a case of doing chopping instead of shopping) proofs the website Photoshopdisasters. The website shows 8 wonderful examples of terrible political Photoshopping jobs.
