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Here another photo of Nicki. Photo has been edited in Lightroom and the color was set to sepia.

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The first photos of my daughter, Nicki (Nickita Isadora Carina) less then 1 hour old.

I can promise you that more photos will follow……

Just saw one of my old favourites passing by in the random image block (at bottom of the sidebar on the right). And I thought it would be nice to highlight it here on the front page. Maybe it is a nice idea to show once in a while one of my favourites and explain a bit about the photo.

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This shot was made in Mexico while Joan and I were dolphin trainer for a day. So what yo see is two dolphins that were instructed by Joan to jump simultaneous.

[shot with waterproof disposable camera]

As some of you know, my wife is pregnant. (Due in June 2008).

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Here you will find some portraits of her with a big belly. If you click on the image you are taken to the gallery that shows more photos from the serie.

Most of them are edited in Photoshop and adjusted to black and white. I thought the it was a better match to set them to b&w. But that is a matter of taste. I tried to experiement with high-key and low-key, but this did not worked out as I had in my mind. So I need more time to get the setting right. Later this week I will try to edit a bit more in Photoshop to tune the images a bit better.

These were from the same serie as the other self portrait. I thought the matched nicely together. Therefore I’m showing them here.

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They were taken with the use of a tripod and release cable. I used a 24-70mm f/2.8 by daylight.

The background is a tempered glass door which I used frequently in my photos due to the fact it gives a nice neutral colour and has sometimes some nice abstract side-effects.

The fun part about making self portraits is that you do not see the result before you click the the button. You have to check afterwards, so it is bit of a guess at the moment when you take the shot. So I take a lot of pictures and wait untill I see them on the computer. By doing so I am not affected by the result in an early stage what gives me more freedom in the faces that I make. I know that is something between my ears, but for me it works.

Ask an ‘assistant’ to help when you do not want to use AF (auto focus). Make some test shots to check the light. And in my humble opinion the most important part is the use of a shutter release cable, or a remote shutter release. If you have to wait everytime on the self-timer on you camera, you will get frustrated. And it is harder to get the right moment….

[shot with Canon 5D, 24-70mm f2.8, daylight]

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Today I stopped by the road when I saw some poppies. Last summer I already had this idea in my head but never had the opportunity to take the right picture. This one gets close to the initial idea.

The picture has been adjusted in Lightroom, end set to monochrome colours. Then I combined the monochrome image with te original image in Photoshop with the original on top of the monochrome. With the eraser I erased everything from the top layer except the red poppy. You see the result on the right.

This is what I love about digital imaging. 15 years ago I used to get the same result by printing a black & white photo and then colouring with transparant ink. Hell of a job to achieve. And now the result is way better. I will try to scan some of the old photos that were ink coloured, and place them on the site.

[shot with Canon 5D, 24-70mm f2.8, daylight, polarization filter]