The Netherlands is not internationally well known when it comes to artistic photography. However there is one exception and that is Erwin Olaf. Many who like his work including myself were happy surprised when in summer of 2011 a book would be presented with a retrospective of his photographic work. However before it was released [...]
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 [...]
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 The lens was due to it’s outdated design ready for an update.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 [...]