It took me a long time to figure out which gear I’d bring on my six months adventure through Scandinavia. Most of the time we’d be paddling. And shooting from a canoe is a hard thing to do. Not because it’s a technical challenge, but moreover because the position you can take as a photographer […]
Author Archives: Joeri
Time for a change
I’ve worked a lot the last few years. I’ve covered many weddings and other events. And I’m happy to see an increase in the number of workshops that I give. I love my work, absolutely, but one year ago I started planning for something else… The next sixt months my wife Anita and I will […]
Lovely Leica workshop @ Transcontinenta
This week is the last Leica workshop in a series of four workshops. In case you still have time for friday 22nd this week, you can still sign up. A few weeks ago Leica Netherland organised the first workshop and we all had a great time. Some people used the opportunity to try the Leica […]
Update: the Lomo Minitar-1 32/2.8 on the Leica M6
A few weeks ago I posted a review on the Lomo Minitar-1 32/2.8 lens. Though this lens is even smaller than a lens back-cover, it does suffer from a few drawbacks, cyan corners being one of them. Being a Lomo lens, I suspected this lens would deliver better quality on (less critical than digital) film. […]
The Lomo LC-A Minitar-1 32/2.8 lens review
There’s a new range of lenses available for the Leica M mount. You remember Zenit, the Russian producer of cameras and lenses? Well, they’re back, this time in collaboration with Lomo. Yes, the brand that produces plastic cameras for hipsters. But this time, they’ll be selling lenses for probably the pickiest photographers on earth: the […]
A short Leica X-U review
When the Leica X-U was announced, one of the things that was said repeatedly on all the gear forums was ‘they won’t sell many of those’. After one week of playing with the Leica X-U I can state this is probably the best camera you can buy for serious outdoor activities. Not just for underwater […]
Testing the Leica X-U
Holy smoke! I’ve never, never, ever taken a Leica into the shower. But today, I did. Not my M, but the brand new Leica X-U. It’s so new, there’s no strap yet and my menu says the firmware is version 1.0. I’ll post a short review next week, but the big test will come later […]
Testing Lomography Art Lenses, new Jupiter 3+ coming up!
This week I had a meeting with one of the founders of Lomography Neterlands. Now that Zenit has reintroduced three lenses for the Lomography Art Lens line up, I’ve been asked to shoot these lenses to give them a try. They came to me for a reason, because these lenses are made for the Leica […]
Reflections
Winter is a relatively quiet time for me. It’s also the time that I’m working on my hand made albums. Making an album means re-editing the pictures for optimal performance in the printing process, but during the editing I also get the chance to reflect on a year that has gone by. While I like […]
Maple by Leica
Ice skating is one of my favorite ways to work out. Once you’ve found a steady pace it’s an almost trance like experience. With my SL review, I forgot to mention the macro mode setting on the 24-90, but as you can see, it’s pretty good. It’s not 1:1 ‘real’ macro, but more then good […]