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How you can change the bokeh effect in your photos - A Tutorial to improve the quality of your photos

The term bokeh is derived from the Japanese word boke, meaning ‘blur’ or ‘haze’. As such, bokeh refers to the background blur of an image, making an image visua...

Photographing the flow of water

New Zealand is a pretty wet country. As a consequence, the country used to be covered by native rainforest. Most of the native forests has long been gone, but s...

Photographers heaven @ Kirkjufellsfoss, Iceland

Iceland has multiple stunning waterfalls. One of the best waterfalls to photograph is Kirkjufellsfoss. Kirkjufellsfoss is located on the Snaefellsnes peninsula ...

Using a slow shutter speed to photograph a stream

Using a slow shutter speed, allows you to ad motion to your image. In this case I used a neutral density filter to ensure that the image wouldn't get overexpose...

Nature photography - Wood

.JPG) It is the time of the year again, where a lot of people have taken preparations for the winter: piles of wood have been stacked waiting to be burned. Here...

Lost in reflection

Autumn was late this year. Now worries though, the leaves have started to change colors. The green of the forest is making place for a multitude of colors. A sm...

Nature photopgraphy - Autumn #8

Walking through a forest, I once more realized the beauty of nature. Especially this time of the year, I can really enjoy the early morning sun, sunrays shining...

What a photographer should know about the camera sensor – A Tutorial to improve the quality of your photos

‘This camera has 20 million pixels, it must be good!’ Uh, no not really. It is not that easy. The amount of pixels is one thing, but there are more factors infl...

Sea kayaking in Abel Tasman National Park - Travel Photography #16

Kayaking in Abel Tasman National Park (South Island, New Zealand) is a great way to explore this beautiful National Park. There are plenty beaches where you can...

Hi, I am a squirrel and I am hungry

In Etosha National Park, Namibia, I was preparing the barbecue when this squirrel showed up. Not afraid by my movements, the squirrel quietly ate his/her own me...

Why every photographer should know the difference between full-frame and crop – A Tutorial to improve the quality of your photos

There are many differences between cameras, of which the type of sensor is one of the most important differences. Cameras are often advertised as being full-fra...

Lost in paradise

I found a true paradise at Green Island, just off the coast of Cairns, Australia....

Eilean Donan Castle

Eilean Donan is a small island in the Scottish Highlands where three lakes meet: Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh. The island is well known because of the me...

Walking on water

In New Zealand, I often hiked along endless beaches. Beautiful and tiring at the same time. Photo opportunities were everywhere, making my days very enjoyable....

Locks, locks and more locks

The Hohenzollern Bridge is a 409 meter long bridge that crosses the river Rhine in Cologne, Germany. With 1.200 trains crossing the bridge every day, it is the ...

Nature photography - Autumn #7

Early morning, with a little haze in the air, the sun turned out to be really beautiful. Not a bad time of the year to spend some time in a forest....

Everything a photographer should now about aperture - A Tutorial to improve the quality of your photos

The aperture is, with the shutter speed and ISO, one of the pillars of photography. In this tutorial, I will explain all you need to know about the aperture. Wh...

Sea kayaking in Abel Tasman National Park - Travel Photography #15

Abel Tasman National Park is the smallest National Park in New Zealand. Despite its size, the park houses the most popular tramping track in New Zealand: the Ab...

Maligne Lake - Travel Photography #14

I had been warned that Maligne Lake would be very busy. I therefore left Jasper in complete darkness and drove early in the morning to Maligne Lake. Once I arri...

Sydney Opera House

In the late 1940s, Eugene Goossens, the Director of the NSW State Conservatorium of Music, started lobbying for a new venue for large theater productions. In 19...