A while ago, Simon Pollock asked me to write a review of the Think Tank Photo Shape Shifter backpack for Digital Photography School.
I love the products of Think Tank Photo and was really curious about the design of this particular backpack. So suffice to say I was really looking forward to it.
It took a while for the bag to arrive (damn you, Dutch customs), but it was certainly worth the wait. What a great bag.
You can read the review over here. If you’ve got any questions about the bag, feel free to contact me. I’ll be monitoring the comments over at DPS too.
This entry was written by , posted on March 28, 2010 at 09:58, filed under Misc, Review, Twitter and tagged gear, Review, Think Tank Photo, Twitter. Leave a comment over here.
I’ve always been intrigued by graphic design. When I was a kid, I dreamed of becoming a designer. Long story short: it wasn’t so great as I thought it would be (I came to that conclusion after about a half year of graphic design school) so I gave up that dream.
However, I’ve always designed my own logos, magazines for school, flyers and websites. Now that my photography gets more serious, I decided to create my own business cards.
It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. I find it difficult to make decisions in general (I’m quite a nitpicker), but decisions about anything design (or photography) related is a whole new world of frustration.
Anyway, in the end I chose  this design. It’s printed on 400 grams matte paper. The logo on the front is coated with Spot-UV to give it a more distinguished look.
I’m quite happy with it :) Let me know what you think!
Ps. Yes, the cards aren’t aligned completely straight. And yes, I blurred my telephone number. I don’t want everyone to call me ;)
This entry was written by , posted on November 16, 2009 at 21:19, filed under Misc and tagged business, design, Misc. Leave a comment over here.
Howdyho people. It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been learning my ass of for several exams, of which I completed the last one yesterday. It was tough but I think I successfully completed them. Anyway, here’s a post about photos on the iPhone.
When I first got my iPhone 3G, about a year ago, I wasn’t really impressed by the build-in camera. Well, I’m still not impressed by the camera (mainly due to the lack of autofocus and some sort of exposure compensation), but there are several apps that make photography with the iPhone a lot of fun.
I mainly used  CameraBag. It had some great presets but was pretty slow and gave very little control on the outcome. Also, I needed several apps to do what I wanted: take a picture, edit it -sometimes in more than one app- and post it on the internet.
I wasn’t the only one who got frustrated by this so photographer Chase Jarvis created the Best Camera app that could do everything; take a photo, edit it and publish it. I’ve been using Chase’s app since it was released a couple of weeks ago, and I love it. If you’ve got an iPhone and haven’t tried it yet, go buy it now, it’s worth the price.
Especially the ‘share’ option is great; with just a few clicks (or rather ‘strokes’) the app uploads your picture to the bestc.am website (check out my bestc.am profile over here), email, Twitter and Facebook.
Oh, and by the way, it’s possible to stack the same effect. So if you want more contrast, just press the ‘contrast’ button a couple of times.
This entry was written by , posted on October 31, 2009 at 12:11, filed under Misc, Twitter, iPhone and tagged app, iPhone, Misc. Leave a comment over here.
First of all, welcome to my new blog. I’ve been wanting to launch one for a while now (hell, I’m working on modifying this theme since April), but I wasn’t sure if I should blog in either Dutch or English.
Well, to make a long story short, after conversations with @Ilanbr, @Wahliaodotcom and @Ottimisvico (check out their work by the way, they’re each great in their own field), I decided to blog in English, as you might have guessed by now. However, English is obviously not my native language. So if you see me making any spelling errors, please tell me. I’m willing to learn. ;)
My main reason for this choice is reaching a wider audience. I’d like to attract an international audience due to the different (cultural) views and discussions that may come of it.
Most photographers and photo enthusiasts here in Holland are interested in either party photography or fashion photography. Or both. And I’m not planning to write about that in the foreseeable future. There are a lot of people more qualified to write about that than I am.
This entry was written by , posted on October 5, 2009 at 17:46, filed under Misc and tagged Misc, Twitter. Leave a comment over here.
