Staying over in a Hobbit house

Last July (2013) me and my younger sister stayed in a Hobbit house, located in Castricum, The Netherlands. When I saw this house on the internet a year ago, I knew I wanted… Lees verder

Autumn

Photo’s made in Tilburg. The first two photo’s were made with the lensbaby Spark and I added some effects to them in photoshop.

On the inside

Here you can see photo’s of a broken camcorder. These are two different types of camcorders, but  the inside is very similair. I think it is really interesting to see how many details… Lees verder

Forgotten photo’s I

Photo’s that never made it to my blog. Most of these are made with my previous camera, except the first three photo’s. They are in chronological order from newest to oldest. My neighbour’s dog… Lees verder

Reading and learning

Now and then I read photography books for the second time, just to refresh my memory. And maybe read/learn something that I didn’t notice the first time. The blue book is from the… Lees verder

Flowers with bright colors

Experimenting with the saturation button in Photofiltre Studio X. And final editing in Photoshop Cs5.             This picture was made a year ago with my previous camera.

Veerse Meer, Zeeland

Veerse Meer. I changed the white balance option on my camera to cloudy and chose the color blue. The water in the photo now has a dark blue color. This picture was made… Lees verder

Workshop about art

From july 2012 till July 2013 I followed a workshop about art. On every other thursday evening I went to Studio Xplo in Tilburg to learn more about drawing, painting and/or photography. Each… Lees verder

The Scheveningen pier

The biggest pier in the Netherlands is located in Scheveningen. There are a few souvenir shops and restaurants on it. This pier is about 54 years old and it’s been through a lot : bankruptcy, renovations and… Lees verder

Lensbaby Spark

This week I have been trying out the Lensbaby Spark. The Lensbaby Spark is not electric, so the camera needs to be set in manual mode. For me it is a good practice… Lees verder

De Hasseltse Kapel (Chapel)

Today I went to de Hasseltse kapel (English : the Hasseltse chapel)  in Tilburg. The chapel was build around the year 1536. Next to the chapel there is a candy market, but it… Lees verder

Weekly photo challenge : Up

For the ones ( the email followers) who are not familiar with the Weekly Photo Challenge: WordPress weekly posts a challenge for those who have a blog on WordPress. Every time it is… Lees verder

Photo exhibition

A week ago there was a photo exhibition in the community centre in my district. The assignment was making a picture of the residents favorite location. I sent in a picture of what… Lees verder

Portable photo studio

A few years ago I got a portable photo studio for my birthday. It contained lights, a camera tripod and colored  backgrounds for the background of a photo. Some time ago I made pictures from toys… Lees verder

Tamron 70-300 mm zoomlens

This time the message is about the Tamron zoomlens that I bought recently. (the whole name: Tamron AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2) My old camera could zoom in really far, and that’s what… Lees verder

Instant photography: the Polaroid camera

The Polaroid camera is getting more and more popular. I own the Polaroid 635 super color camera, bought at a car boot sale two years ago. Immediately I searched the internet for instant… Lees verder

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography

This week I have been experimenting with HDR photography. For a HDR photo I take an underexposed photo, a normal photo and an overexposed photo with the EV button on my camera. It is… Lees verder

Trying out my Nikon D3100 / Nikon photoworkshop at a zoo

Here are some of my first photo’s taken with the Nikon D3100 camera. A few weeks ago I signed up for a workshop from Nikon. The workshop was given in a zoo by… Lees verder

My first message

This is my first message on this website! I’ve started this site so you can see what kind of photo’s I make. The first camera that I bought was a Fujifilm Finepix s5800… Lees verder