BASIC “LESSONS” IN PHOTOGRAPHY

A few lessons I personally had to learn over the years, and they may or may not apply to your type of photography, but they sure are worth thinking about.

Click With People

It is our job as photographers to set the mood, break the ice, inject confidence, and the one (and only) way is to Talk…

PHOTOSHOP: “HOW MUCH” IS “TOO MUCH”?

This is a hard and emotionally discussed topic, and the opinions couldn’t be more polarised…

I’M NOT A PRO, DO I NEED A PORTFOLIO?

Why would I need a portfolio, I’m not a pro”, and even more intriguing “what exactly is a portfolio”. To clarify a few things, having a portfolio has nothing to do with “pro” or “amateur”…

PROTECT YOURSELF & OTHERS

Thoughts about protecting yourself, your gear, commercial (usage) rights, and privacy…

Colour is not equal Colour

If the words colour mode, profile, bit depth or colour gamut sound like a foreign language to you, then this might help you…

GET THE COLORS RIGHT!

“MY COLOURS ARE OFF, HOW CAN I FIX IT”? I share my little sweet secret…

PHOTOGRAPHIC WHITE BALANCE

Every lighting situation produces different colours, and we have to know about it…

LIGHTROOM: Make it Personal…

Open up Adobe Lightroom with your own customised splash screen and Panel End Marks…

The new Gas-Station across the road…

We all look for our perfect spot, our niche market, but do we actually have to?

Improve your photography through editing

It's not easy to select the best (most impactful, appealing, selling, effective) images for your own portfolio. To clarify: With "editing" I talk about the selection of images, not any pixel-bending in photoshop...

THE CATWALK – AND – THE MOUSE TRAP

A short story about finding the special angle and the usual elbow fights during a fashion show

BACK LIGHT FOR ATMOSPHERE

How to create the film look with atmosphere…