Wim Harwig

Categorie: about photography

  • BEFORE – AFTER

    BEFORE – AFTER

    Sometimes I spend hours post-processing a photo … sometimes even days … and that is the best part of the hobby!When recording the raw material you have to make a quick decision, because there are people walking straight through the image, the light changes every moment, you have cold half-frozen fingers, the batteries are almost…

  • what photos would you make when walking the dog on a misty day ?

    what photos would you make when walking the dog on a misty day ?

  • Peter Lindbergh

    Peter Lindbergh

    He has gone … leaving behind a lot of good photography … and good advice for amateurs like me … If you’re interested in how photography can tell a thousand words in just one frame, then watch this documentary …

  • Intimate portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

    Intimate portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

    I enjoyed these photos … inspiring!  Callie Shell’s new book shares candid images from the 10 years she spent photographing the family Bron: Intimate portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

  • Marjan on the cover of Rolling Stone

    Marjan on the cover of Rolling Stone

    Okay, not really on Rolling Stone, but on the front page of Op de Hoogte. The magazine of IVN Walcheren. One of her photos was chosen by the editors for the magazine. The other photos can be seen from 1 June at the exhibition in the Schellach cheese farm.

  • Black&White

    Black&White

    Sometimes I am amazed at what happens when I print an original color photo in Black & White … I used to mess around with red, blue and green filters on my lenses … now I achieve the same result by operating a digital slider … That is the beauty of photography as a hobby…

  • Esco

    Esco

    It’s known as an “Pueblo Abandonado”, but I’m not sure if it really was left voluntarily … Esco “A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.” Source: Abandoned Village of Esco – Sigüés, Spain – Atlas Obscura If you’re careful and aware of the dangers of an unlocked ruin, you can…

  • Marjan making photos !

    Marjan making photos !

    She has joined a simple photo course and has started enthusiastically. The first photos are already beautiful! I am proud that she’s my girlfriend …

  • Robert Capa

    Robert Capa

    This text shows how a documentary photographer works … with feeling and empathy … because objective stories and photos do not exist. Lorant immediately assigned Capa to do a story for Picture Post about the camps, but the photographer could not yet bear to face the humiliation that his Spanish comrades were having to endure at the…

  • she has discovered my 70D

    she has discovered my 70D

    She hopes to become a grandmother within a few months and that gives inspiration to learn to photograph.She does not listen to remarks that the learning curve takes a few years. She is not afraid of the white letter “M” …. in need she can always set the green colored letter “A”. All good photos…

  • the influence of the background

    the influence of the background

    An example that shows how important the background is for a composition …

  • The future of photography ?

    The future of photography ?

    Image processing taken to the next level ? Is Meero the future of photography ? On their site they explain :  “How can an algorithm perform as well as a professional photographer when executing such a subjective and complex task? The answer resides in the principle of gradient-based learning. By using a deep neural network…

  • Women of the world

    Women of the world

    My Lady gave me a nice gift.A book.A photo book.A photo book with portraits.An atlas.THE ATLAS OF BEAUTY. women of the world in 500 portraits If a picture tells a thousand words,then a portrait of a woman tells a hundred thousand words … A book with fifty million words ! When reading this book, I…

  • 500px

    500px

    For almost a year I didn’t add photos to my 500px-profile. I used the site only for inspiration by studying the high quality photos made by good photographers. Yesterday I uploaded a few photos just to let my followers know that I’m still alive … Now I’ll have to wait a few days because I…

  • be prepared …

    be prepared …

    … for the coming winter.  In winter I leave many photo opportunities pass because I’m prone to cold fingers. That is why I have already bought gloves, which are said to be ideal for photographers. The Heat Company has already delivered them after 3 days! I ordered the softshell. To make sure my fingers stay warm while…