LENS REVIEW: Canon 17-40mm F/4 L

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Another lens review made possible by my partner Camex….this tim I had the pleasure of shooting with the Canon 17-40mm F/4 L wide angle zoom lens. And to be short it totally rocks! Of course I planned for the perfect situation so I could really test it under the right circumstances and with the right purposes. In my opinion this lens is perfect for events …the only thing left was to find that event and of course I did; Fashionchick Redesign Launch Event

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

Being a street photographer I just had to take this lens on a spin on the streets of course and I really delivers interesting results. A very important advantage of Continue reading “LENS REVIEW: Canon 17-40mm F/4 L”

EVENT: Fashionchick Redesign Launch

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Last friday Fashionchick launched their redesign and of course they celebrated it with a nice party in Amsterdam and ask me to do the event photography. I always like shooting their events because we go along so well and therefore have so much fun.

It was really great seeing of the lovely women of Fashionchick again and celebrating their website redesign. Besides the redesign there was also the first preview ever of the Continue reading “EVENT: Fashionchick Redesign Launch”

PERSONAL: Large format photography…the real thing

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Large format photography is something that really interests me and so it happens I spotted this awesome vintage camera on the streets. In a few seconds I was already in conversation with the owner, the photographer and immediately understood we shared the same passion. So he decided to show me the whole process of making a photograph. That really was awesome.

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PERSONAL: Frame it!

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“..even more professional..”

I’ve taken so many photo’s since I started the blog and even before that, but never really framed one. So I decided to frame two photographs (see picture above), because I still had two empty frames hanging above my working desk. Since the moment that I decided to frame some I searched for the suitable shots, which represent my street style and street photography activities. The right one has never been published on the blog by the way, because I saved it especially for this frame.

It may sound cliche but framing your photographs is so Continue reading “PERSONAL: Frame it!”