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 [...]
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 [...]
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!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Photographing Simone
It is a very foggy Thursday morning when I meet her at the beach of Egmond aan Zee, on the west coast of the Netherlands. Simone Sijtstra is founder and owner of Compasso Coaching (in Dutch). She is a licensed NLP Coach and runs her own practice in Heiloo. For her website she is looking [...]
Postcards from Holland
Windmill near Volendam, Noord-Holland Due to family reasons I am currently spending some time away from home and back in my country of birth, the Netherlands. Although I have visited the Netherlands the past years frequently I never spent much time to seriously photograph it. Actually, some Dutch cows are currently the only gallery in [...]
Complexd Magazine – Love Thy Woman issue
Cuban woman in the streets of Havana. Complexd Magazine, the UK’s 1st Digital Magazine celebrating multicultural women, has published their fifth issue last Friday. Complexd Magazine is a bi-monthly fashion & lifestyle publication for multicultural women, which delivers rich content that is visually diverse and representative of reality. Four of my photos from the Cuba [...]
The “Mallumsche Molen” of Eibergen in Holland
The “Mallumsche Molen” (Mill of Mallum) is located in the eastern part of Holland (the Netherlands) in the village of Eibergen, my hometown. This wheat-mill was first built in 1188. The villagers of Eibergen were required to get their wheat grained at this mill. The mill existed out of two parts, a wheat-mill and an [...]
International Guild of Visual Peacemakers
Since the beginning of this year I am a proud member of the International Guild of Visual Peacemakers (IGVP). The IGVP is a group of visual communicators devoted to peacemaking and breaking down stereotypes by displaying the beauty and dignity of various cultures around the world. The International Guild of Visual Peacemakers (IGVP) was created [...]
Cuba Street Games
Playing games is a popular activity on the streets of Cuba, especially Domino is a favorite for young and old.
