2010

I was recently browsing through tips & tricks for Mac OS X and I ran across a trick for inverting colors on a display and a monitor. You can use the ‘inverting colors’ function as a photographer on Mac OS X during editing and post-production. For example, if you have a bright picture or a picture with a big area with bright colors (for example the white color) and you need to locate, edit, heal and clone out dark spots (sensor dust, airplanes, birds, etc.), inverting colors can be very handy, especially when your eyes feel tired in finding these little spots. Inverting colors in post-processing in such situations is just perfect because its much easier to find bright spots on the dark background rather than the opposite.

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I just want to give you a quick nudge about Brussels Photo Walk #5, which took place on Sunday, November 21, 2010. We were lucky again having pretty good weather without rain. I think this was one of the most exciting Brussels photo walks so far because we went to the part of Brussels that wasn’t discovered by anyone of us before. We went to the industrial part of Brussels – it was exciting and a bit scary at the same time. We run across many abandoned and squat buildings but I think that the most joy gave us an abandoned warehouse where we spent most of the time. Destroyed windows without glass, wires sticking out of the walls and floor, plants growing inside the warehouse and many other things became the photography subjects and inspirations for Brussels Photo Walk #5 in this amazing abandoned warehouse. It was a really inspiring walk and thank you all for participating!

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I don’t know how many times photographers repeat it to their students but I’m sure that you’re already familiar with it: take your camera anywhere you go (when possible of course). I think it was the very first thing I learned when I was starting my adventure with photography few years ago and so far it’s the easiest thing to remember. Probably because I really can’t move anywhere without my camera anymore. My friend once said that a camera has glued onto my hand.

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A photographer should not only know the rules of photography but he or she should also be able to break those rules and know how to do it in order to create something new, creative and unique. Why you ask? I have recently read a very interesting article titled “Your photography needs to be like Facebook” over at New Media Photographer’s blog, which explains very well how important it is for professional photographers to develop and update their style and photography in order to be able to maintain their position on the market. If you follow the photography market at any parts of the world, you have probably already noticed that it definitely is not enough to shoot good pictures in order to make living out of photography.

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There are many different ways for photographers to stimulate their creativity, try new techniques or to experiment. Changing a point of view on a subject is one of these ways. A point of view is influenced by the position, direction and height of the camera. Changing a point of view can be a very interesting and powerful technique in presenting your subject in a new and unique way as well as highlighting its features. You are able to change they way a subject is perceived by simply changing your camera’s position.

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Brussels Photo Walk #4 finished just few hours ago and I have to say that it was amazing for at least 3 reasons: (1) we had an excellent weather – sunny and really warm, almost like in the summer; (2) 15 people showed up for Brussels Photo Walk #4; (3) and last but not least, we had very nice and interesting participants. Without writing too much, here are some pictures from Brussels Photo Walk #4 that took place on 3 October 2010:

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There is nothing more fun and healthy than doing sports, right? Especially, during competitions like a triathlon, where you do three types of sports: swimming, cycling and running. I was asked to photograph Antwerp Diamond Triathlon 2010 (ADT2010), that took place on 12 September 2010 in Antwerp (Belgium) obviously .  The organizer of this event was FM Team, a Belgian sports club based in Antwerp.

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I met with Norbert Sokolowski (www.norbertsokolowski.com), a fellow photographer, in Brussels for a short walk to Fiesta Latina Festival in August 2010. The day started a bit rainy but soon sun came out and it really felt like Fiesta Latina Festival!

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Holidays are over, which means it’s good time to have another Brussels Photo Walk. Our Brussels Photo Walk  #4 will take place on Sunday, October 3, 2010 and we will meet at 2:00pm (14:00) outside of the metro entrance Porte de Namur on Bolwerksquare (click HERE to see the map). The plan is to walk down to Flagey and possibly even further, then making a turn and ending up for a nice drink close to Louise Metro Station. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for good weather! Hope to see you there!

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I was going to update you on this photo shoot already a couple weeks ago but because of an extremely busy calendar and lots of photography assignments recently, I’m able to publish these pictures only now.

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It’s been a while I posted something on the blog since last time and I thought I would just give you a quick update what was and what will be going on in my photography life. Let’s start with the past events then, shall we? I spent 2 weeks in Poland in August visiting my family and friends. Besides taking some snapshots at the countryside and while traveling a bit around, I also had a photo shoot at the Polish seaside. The pictures from this shoot are ready to be published but I think I’ll put the online next week or so.

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