Category Archives: Netherlands

Images taken in the Netherlands

External Flash Battery Pack DIY

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Richard

I have two Canon 540EZ’s which have an issue with low battery power. If the batteries aren’t fully charged, the flashes will not sync under 1/30th. At least not with the cactus remotes. To bypass this problem and in addition … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!! Fireworks, Snow & looking back @ 2007

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Richard

Hey everyone! Happy new year to start this post with off course! This year I had hoped to shoot some fireworks but again, same as last year and the year before… it was foggy Still got some funky shots though … Continue reading →

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Cadzand

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Richard

Looks like I’m posting backwards these days… This was actually before the strobist meet and there’s even older stuff to process. Well, I guess rainy days are coming so I’ll get to it some day. This was weekend with the … Continue reading →

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Simon Keats & Kees Tabak @ weareallphotographersnow – 013 Tilburg

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Richard

One of the more (maybe most) famous dutch music photographers, Henk Tabak was gonna do a little talk at the weareallphotographersnow in 013, a so called poppodium in Tilburg. Inbetween talks and the tour of 013, a two-men band Simon … Continue reading →

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Flash diy gadgets: grids, spigot and barndoors

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Richard

DIY time! (harhar) With the upcoming Brussel strobist meet coming up, I decided it was time to make met some grids, snoot, barndoors and spigot adapters. Read the full post for howto’s and pics!

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What’s in your… ehm… my bag?

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Richard

On Flickr there’s a lot of discussion on what to drag along on a photoshoot. Well, here’s what I take for a weekend trip to Paris with the company I work for. Flickr has a great way of adding notes … Continue reading →

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Radio Kootwijk (Main Building / A)

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Richard

Radio Kootwijk is a small town in the Netherlands. The housing accommodations of Radio Kootwijk arose as a result of the building of a Radio Communications Center (a shortwave transmitter) in 1919. The transmitters were a means of communication between … Continue reading →

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Piaggio Avanti P180

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Richard

An other hobby of mine is radio controlled model flight, through a model builders forum I met Vincent who has a website on which he sells plans for rc aircraft. His next project will be the Piaggio P180. Through some … Continue reading →

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Volkswagen Meet

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Richard

I noted in our local newspaper that there was gonna be a volkswagen meeting at big daddy’s. I thought it would see a lot of classics, like beetles and karmann’s… but no, it was more of a “pimp my ride” … Continue reading →

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Strobist challenge: Macro

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Richard

On the strobist discussion group on flickr another assignment was set; a macro picture. No further restrictions except for the use of off-camera flash. For those of you that haven’t found strobist yet; it’s an amazing site about the use … Continue reading →

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