Nikon announces the Nikon D800 Digital SLR
Today the Nikon Corporation announced the release of the Nikon D800 FX-format digital SLR camera. The D800, a new FX-format model offers an noteworthy effective pixel count of 36.3-million pixels. At its core is superior image quality equal to that achieved with medium-format digital cameras. The D800 is also equipped with a number of new [...]
February 2012 wallpaper
The February 2012 wallpaper has Norwegian origin. The photo was taken within the arctic circle at the island Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The small airport of Longyearbyen can be seen at the bottom of the photo. When I was visiting Svalbard a few years back in the month of March temperatures were at -25C (-13F) and the [...]
Nikon announces the Nikon D4 Digital SLR
Today the Nikon Corporation has announced the release of the Nikon D4, a Nikon FX-format camera that serves as the new flagship model in Nikon’s lineup of digital-SLR cameras. The D4 is equipped with a new Nikon FX-format CMOS image sensor (imaging size of 36.0 x 23.9 mm) and EXPEED 3, the latest image-processing engine [...]
January 2012 wallpaper
The photo for the January 2012 wallpaper was taken in the village Volendam in the province Noord-Holland in the Netherlands. A traditional Dutch windmill is marking one of the entry roads to the old fishing village. Volendam is not only well known for its eel fishing, but also for a long line of successful and [...]
Merry Christmas
(Click the image to enlarge) I would like to wish all my blog readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year!
December 2011 wallpaper
After the vivid colors of the November 2011 wallpaper I have chosen a neutral photo for the December 2011 wallpaper. This photo was taken mid December last year in the Nacka nature reserve in Stockholm after a heavy snowstorm. Click on the image above to get the small version (1280x853px). Click here if you want [...]
November 2011 wallpaper
The free desktop wallpaper for November 2011 is posted a few days earlier than usual, for a good reason. Tomorrow my family and I will be traveling to Aruba, part of the former Dutch Antilles or ABC islands, in the Caribbean for a 10 day holiday. Therefor the November 2011 wallpaper is a photo I [...]
Best Photo Worldwide Photo Walk Stockholm
Click the image to enlarge In a previous blog post I wrote about my participation in the 4th annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk. A few days ago all local winners were announced and it was with great pleasure that I learned that my photo “Sunset at Långholmen” was chosen as best photo from the [...]
Canon announces the Canon EOS-1D X
Today Canon USA has announced the launch of the newest model in the 1D line-up, the Canon EOS-1D X. The Canon EOS-1D X is built around a new full-frame CMOS sensor with 18M pixels, capable of shooting up to 14 frames per second (12 with AF). Although the new addition looks like the previous 1D [...]
Worldwide Photo Walk 2011
Last weekend, on October 1st and 2nd, the 4th annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk took place around the world. The Worldwide Photo Walk is a social photography event where photographers come together on a set time and place to shoot photos during a two hour walk. A maximum of 50 photographers can participate in [...]
October 2011 wallpaper
Finally it is here, the October 2011 wallpaper. Apologies for the delay, but I have been occupied with the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk during the weekend. More about that later this week on this blog. It is kind of inevitable that the October wallpaper reflects the autumn colors. Here in Stockholm we already experience [...]
onOne Software announces Perfect Photo Suite 6
Today at the start of Photoshopworld onOne Software, a leading developer of Adobe Photoshop and Apple Aperture plug-ins, has announced the newest version of their award winning product suite Perfect Photo Suite 6. Perfect Photo Suite 6 offers the best new tools for solving the most common problems faced by photographers today. This major upgrade [...]
September 2011 wallpaper
For the September 2011 wallpaper I have chosen a monotone image displaying a warm paper tone color. The photo was taken during summer a few years back in the center of Stockholm and shows details of a large sail ship. Click on the image above to get the small version (1280x853px). Click here if you [...]
How to create a photo website
On a regular basis I get the question how I have built my photo website, which tools and templates I use, if it is all free of charge, etc. This blog post is meant to explain how I have created this website. First and for all it is important to determine what the goals and [...]
August 2011 wallpaper
Getting back to work today after having had a wonderful holiday with some beach time? Well, here is an opportunity to extend that beach time while being back at work, the August 2011 wallpaper! Four months ago I let you choose the April 2011 wallpaper among various alternatives. The above photo came up as #2 [...]
Grisslehamn & Singö
The June 2011 wallpaper was based on a photo I took end of May on the east coast of Sweden near the village of Grisslehamn. I promised in that post to show some more photos from that trip. Here they are. The above text layered image is based on the photo below. This photo was [...]
July 2011 wallpaper
The month of July is upon us and the summer has started. Therefore for the July 2011 wallpaper I have chosen one of my images of a Dandelion visualizing the transition of spring to summer. The photo was taken early in June this year. It is a close-up / macro photo taken under simple circumstances. [...]
June 2011 wallpaper
Wow… another month has passed and it is already the 1st of June, so I owe you a new wallpaper. Here it is! Last week I spent a few days on the east-coast of Sweden, 150km north of Stockholm. I visited the fishing village Grisslehamn and the neighboring island Singö. In front of Singö lies [...]
Furunäs Yvonne is born!
On May 30th our first foal of the season was born, Furunäs Yvonne! It is always a good occasion to go out and make some adorable photos of the Shetland ponnies. Both mother, Furunäs Nicolita, and daughter were doing great when we checked them yesterday evening. Although still a bit wobbly on her feet and [...]
Fishermen of Polkata – Photostory on IGVP
Today my first photo-story has been published on the site of the International Guild of Visual Peacemakers (IGVP). The photo-story is about the daily life of the fishermen of Polkata at the coastline of the Bay of Bengal in east India. I visited the fishing village during a few days when I was staying for [...]
May 2011 wallpaper
As I am still spending time in the Netherlands I have the opportunity to celebrate Queen’s Day here today. Queen’s Day celebrates the birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands and is supposed to be a day of national unity and “togetherness”. Originally it was Queen Juliana (the mother of our current Queen Beatrix) who [...]
April 2011 wallpaper – “Pathway to Infinity”
The April 2011 wallpaper is dedicated to my beloved mother, Yvonne Timmermans-Regeer. She passed away last week after a two year fight against cancer. With her passing away I loose the biggest fan of my photography. She loved the sea, so may her soul find rest and peace on this pathway to infinity. Following a [...]
North Sea coastline sunset
Since I am spending some time in the province of Noord-Holland (in the Netherlands) I have the opportunity to visit the coastline on a regular basis when the weather situation allows for some sunset photography. Besides that I love to photograph sunsets I simply also enjoy just watching the sun disappear in the sea creating [...]
