Photo Journey

My dad turns 70

My dad turned 70 today! Hard to believe: he is so it and strong and full of energy. Doesn't match my sense of what a 70-year-old should lookj like. Anyway, later this year we will celebrate it with the whole family, but tonight we celebrated it with just the family. I just came from a photo project and was carrying the equipment anyway, so I asked if he minded me snapping a couple pictures of him. I've learned the hard way there are only so many opportunities you have to do something like this, you know? Bottom one is my personal favorite.

   

Kop van Zuid: Maastoren

Shot this last night. Nikon D300 with 17-35mm/f2.8. Exposure time 20 seconds at f7.1. Can't wait until this building is finished; it will be lovely to photograph. It is the Maastoren, which will be the tallest building in Holland. Click on the image to display it larger.

Abigail

Here are some photo's I took of my sister in law while on Holiday in England. We were staying a beautuful country home with these wide stairs. I was looking for an opportunity to try some of Strobist techniques I am learning. My sister in law Abigail, who is quite beautiful, was more than happy to pose for me. Here are some of the images I liked best.

Porlock beach

We are staying in a little town called Porlock Weir (on Exmoor, an hour South-West of Bristol). Here are some images I shot on the beach the first day we were here.

Horizons

Wow - I can't believe I haven't posted here since March 26th... I have been really busy with lots of projects, including finishing this website. But I am in England right now for 10 days of holiday and I am doing lots of photography. We are staying in a really nice place with all of our English family on the edge of Somerset and Dorset. Our house overlooks the Severn, which separates the South-West of England from Wales. Here is an image of the house we are staying in.

And here are some panorama's I shot this morning. I got up at 7 AM and drove up the hill. That's where I shot these images. Enjoy!

Interior Design Photography

Last Tuesday I photographed the building of the Rijksacademie (National Academy) in The Hague. This is a nice building! The National Academy offers training and conferences to Government Offices and Ministries. They need a new event photographer. They invited me in the afternoon to come show some of my work. They also asked me to bring my camera. Turns out they had invited another photographer that morning and gave us both the same assignment: photograph our building — and we will choose the best one between you.

Now interior Design Photography iss very different from event photography. I feel I am a pretty good event photographer (have had plenty of opportunities — but Interior Design Photography (like Architectural Photography) is very different. I want the job, so I tried hard. But I did find it frustrating: Interior Design Photography, for instance, will use Wide-angle lenses a lot, which need to be corrected for. But how do you correct for them? Photoshop has a Lens Correction Filter, but it is difficult to use. And when do you use Perspective Control?

Anyway, I have uploaded my pictures to Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogierbos/sets/72157604054979922/show/

Here are a few of the shots.

Macro lens: Dice up close

I have a new macro-lens, the Nikon 60 mm/f2.8. I also have expanded my flash-kit by investing in an extra SB-800 and some light stands, as well as two pocket-wizards. Of course I had to try it all out. Here are some pictures I made last night with just one flash.

New images with new equipment

Here are some images I have shot this last week with my new kit. I happened to be in Eiriceira, a small Portugese fishing village some 50 km's north of Lisbon. All the  images are clickable to see a larger one

 

Laser lights

I have been the official photographer for Outland (well, one of two really) for a few months, but I had not yet seen these cool laser lights. Here are some photo's. Click for larger images - full gallery here.

 

Three portraits