I am an enthusiastic (hobby) photographer. I am always looking to develop my photographic skills and I make sure I get the best out of every shot. I read a lot about photography in magazines and books. And I hope to learn from and inspire fellow Flickr members.

 

At first I used Photoshop after shooting in Raw, nowadays I use Lightroom and then to go for perfection I open up in CS5 for further processing. It works way faster to develop batch photos in LR. But there are some things that can't be done with Lightroom.

  

Prayer of proper pixel placement:

"Darks on the left,

Lights on the right,

Grey’s in the middle,

and Lord help us preserve

the holy highlights."

- Joe McNally

 

My Equipment: Sony A580

SAL 18-250 DT

Sigma 10-20 f3.5

Sigma 50 mm DG HSM EX f1.4

Grey filter B&W 77mm 102ND

Sony HVL F58AM flash and JJC MF-2 flash stand

Sony HVL F36AM flash and original stand

Benro 2681T + B1 tripod

Joby Gorrilapod Zoom

Remote (wired) control Hahnel.

Westcott 80cm/32inch West1011 umbrella silver soft.

  

Best regards,

André

  

Accomplishments: Portrait photography workshop via Calumet with Bert Meelberg on april 10th 2010.

 

 

Image published in Forum magazine (VNO-NCW) #03/10.02..11

 

First prize winner at the 'Delftse Levende Etalagedag' photo contest 2011.

 

First prize winner at the 'Delftse Levende Etalagedag' photo contest in May 2013. Chosen by photographer Peter Kemp.

  

Model photography at Calumet with Bert Meelberg.

 

Flash workshop with Sonja van Driel on april 11th 2010.

 

Flash workshop at Calumet, Amsterdam on april 20th 2010.