Oct 13
Because I thought it was the end of the event season, I sent my Nikon D200 to ACR so that they could remove the so called “hot mirror” and replace it with an infrared only filter. This glass has no anti aliasing lines, making all pictures a bit blurrier, so I have to apply more sharpening at the end. It was a rather pricey conversion, costing me nearly 400 euro’s, thanks to a low priced pound.
I took some sample pictures in my village, and I later took the camera with me to Rome. I’ll still hang on to my D100 though, It has a different glass, giving slightly different infrared pictures.
I could have removed the contrails, but as it is only a test, and I’m a lazy bum, I decided against it. 
Tagged with: black and white • contrails • D200 • Hazerswoude • infrared • Nikon
Oct 24
On saturday the 20th I had a shoot with a bunch of friends from a Dutch photography message board. The assignment was to do a shoot of a fitness centre. There were six photographers, too many for such a small centre, but it was a hoot (as in slang for extremely funny) anyway. Afterwards we had a few drinks and laughs, finished with dinner at a shoarma restaurant owned by one of the photographer’s uncle.
Because the assigment was to be in black and white, I converted all my good stuff. Well to be honest, I was quite surprised I had anything good. The shot below is perhaps my favorite one, taken with the Nikkor 10.5 fisheye.
Tagged with: B&W • black and white • D200 • fisheye • fitness • nikkor 10.5mm • Nikon D200 • ultra wideangle • wideangle
Sep 01
I had a shoot with student band named Too Loud for Granny in Delft. Together with Mark we rendezvoused at the Delft University of Technology and tried a number of shots at various locations. The best one is the one below, in my opinion, taken in a derelict building that was partially torn down. I did some heavy photo-shopping on it, in order to get a desaturated dreary look that I suppose complements the impersonal scene it portrays; you can seen none of their faces and the fact that the singer/guitarist (in white) is lit and the others have their backs turned to him and are in the shadows adds mood and atmosphere.
Tagged with: band • D200 • Delft • Nikon D200 • SB800 • strobe • Too Loud for Granny
