Paparazzi

Canon 350D + Canon EF 28-135mm IS USM @ 56mm, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 200.
Scheveningen, Den Haag, the Netherlands, 2005.

Crowded

Canon 350D + Canon EF 28-135mm IS USM @ 102mm, f/4.5, 1/200s, ISO 200.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2005.

Thinking

Canon 350D + Canon EF 28-135mm IS USM @ 95mm, f/6.3, 1/250s, ISO 200.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2005.

Everlasting Love

Canon 350D + Sigma 55-200mm DC
Near Paleis Het Loo, the Netherlands, 2005.

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About Us

We are not professional photographers, but we love taking fine art pictures. Thanks to the DSLR revolution that allows us to explore the magical colors of lights with almost zero cost production.

"Cameras and lenses are simply tools to place our unique vision on film. Concentrate on equipment and you'll take technically good photographs. Concentrate on seeing the light's magic colors and your images will stir the soul," Jack Dykinga.

Our equipments:

• Canon Powershot A60 (2MP)
• Canon EOS 350D (8MP DSLR)
• Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
• Hitech ND Grad Hard 0.3, 0.6 and 0.9 (1, 2 and 3 stop) filters
• Cokin P164 Circular Polarizer filter

Wishlist:

• Canon EF 50mm f/2.8 II. A cheap & sharp prime lense.
• A wide-angle lens to cover below 28mm focal length.
  
  • Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L, or
    
  • Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, or
    
  • Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD ASP (IF).
    
• Canon Speedlite 420EX and possibly with Canon Transmitter ST-E2 for wireless flash.
• Singh-ray Vari-ND filter, Gold-N-Blue polarizer and ND gradual reverse filter.

B&W Links

B&W tools:

• Virtual Photographer's B&W conversion plug-ins tool. It's completely free. Compatible with Photoshop, PaintShop Pro, Photoshop Elements, Photo-Paint, etc. PC only. A must have tool.
• Channel mixer. It's a great tool that almost available on post-pro editing softwares. Use it to create blue, red and green filters by mixing them at the monochrome mode.
  

B&W tutorials:

• Petteri's Pontification digital black & white.
• Digital workflow for B&W.
• B&W conversion with channel mixer and some preset color filters.
• Converting from color to B&W with style [PDF].
• Black and White Magic from Radiant Vista in PDF.
  

Single-image favorites:

• One man's dream by Mohammadreza Mirzaei.
• Don't look up by David J. Nightingale.
• Wollman Ice Rink, by R. Gardiner.
• Queen Elizabeth II being tied up, by Bruce Davidson.
• Meeting above by Marina Kuttig.
• Intersection & Light by Jonathan Greenwald.
• Brooklyn Bridge 1946 by Arthur Leipzig.
• Ile de Re by Gerard Laurenceau