My friends from Degreeff & Partner informed me that the Billingham Hadley Digital, Hadley Small and Hadley Pro will be available in selected stores in the colour Neon Red. Maybe not your cup of tea if you’re a street shooter, but for the hipsters that don’t like khaki, this might be good news. As you […]
Author Archives: Joeri
The Voigtländer 50/1.5 Nokton review
Long before I took the jump and invested 10K in my Noctilux, I was searching for a perfect fast 50mm that was more affordable than the Noctilux. First, let me explain why I need a fast 50. First, my main lenses, a 35 and 50, are always backed up by a second lens on my […]
The power of perspective
The 50mm is my favorite focal length. It resembles the way we see the world and it gives me the opportunity to isolate subjects from the background, yet without the disturbing effects of a long telephoto lens. However, I do need other lenses too. My clients expect me to deliver a package of photos that […]
Night street photography workshop
When the sun sets and the countryside turns completely dark, cities become interesting places with contrasting lights. In winter, we spend most of our ‘street time’ in the dark. So why wouldn’t we shoot in the dark? Yes, light is more challenging and completely different compared to regular daylight, but the dark opens up new […]
Happy new year to all!
2014 has been a great year for me with lots of interesting workshops, the launch of my ebook and many weddings. Moreover, last year has been the year where I could share some inspiration with my readers and that’s exactly what I want to continue in 2015: more inspiration for photographers and more technique, gear […]
Improve your RF focussing skills
Now that Steve Huff was kind enough to publish my article on sixty weddings with a Leica M240, I got several emails from rangefinder shooters asking how to improve their focussing skills. Most of you might already know the answer, but the key is practice. Not a little bit, but a lot. In fact, even […]
Backlit
It’s funny how the lack of light can make us more creative. Sometimes I hear people complaining about these dark days in december (for the readers on the northern part of the globe). They tell me it’s useless to go outside and take pictures. For me, working with concentrated light from windows, it makes me […]
Work in progress
When I tell people what I do for a living they usually say: “Wow, so you get to see a lot of the world, don’t you?” Well, yes, I do, but I also spend quite a few hours in my office. Not just for post processing, but also for designing and making albums. I’m one […]
Delft by night
The Noctilux is slowly growing on me. For assignments where I have time to ‘play around’, I bring the Nocti and take some shots with it, after I know I got my shots with the lenses I always work with. And of course when I go out I try to bring it as often as […]
Quicker than AF
Sometimes people ask how on earth I focus my camera with moving subjects. Well, I have trained a lot to get there, but in some situations you don’t need any training at all and will still be faster than the quickest AF-camera in the world. This image was shot on Cuba, while I was having […]