Two days workshop with Joel Tjintjelaar and Mark Koegel – Held in Amsterdam – Eur 295

Vancouver Photo Workshop’s director and award-winning photographer Marc Koegel has just announced the first ever VPW workshop to be held in Europe in Amsterdam on December 10 and 11. Marc’s guest instructor explaining all about the post-production techniques and conversion to B&W will be… Continue reading | 11 Comments

I’m happy to announce that I’ve received news that my Frozen Music series of 5 B&W architectural photographs was awarded 1st place in the prestigious International Photography Awards 2011 (IPA2011) in the architecture category.
Furthermore my individual images Zenith and Dead-end were awarded with Honorable mentions.

I… Continue reading | 9 Comments

Besides doing interviews with other B&W photography artists, sometimes I’m the one being interviewed.

Photographyoffice.com is a high quality photography website featuring some great interviews with various fine art artists with lots of great photos.

They recently did an interview with me that you can find here on www.photographyoffice.com .

So if you want to know more about me and on some new BW photography… Continue reading | 2 Comments

Nik Software just released the Snapseed for iPad. Downloaded it immediately and have to admit I was a bit sceptic first. How could an iPad app that costs less than $ 5, even though it’s one from NIK Software that produces my favorite B&W tool Silver Efex Pro 2,  be of any use for a Black and White fine-art photographer?

Well I was wrong. I’ve been playing around with it and… Continue reading

Vancouver based and award winning black and white fine art photographer Michael Levin, just announced that he has launched his new website on www.michaellevin.ca with some of his new work. His new work is a great demonstration of Black and White photography minimalism. My favourite: PODS 2011. I think it’s brilliant. Just go and have a look yourself.
Furthermore Michael created a new blog video called… Continue reading

Finally, after months of preparations, brainstorming with friends, photographers and others all over the world, the first phase of BWVision has finished and we are live! Although the changes on the website may not look spectacular, the real change isn’t in the lay-out and the usual articles and tutorials on our website, but in the philosophy and strategy behind it.
Translating those ideas to a practical concept is what was… Continue reading | 1 Comment

At the end of May 2011 the website www.bwvision.com will be relaunched. What can you expect from us?
- Complete Restyling of the website: easier navigation and just better looking.
- New tutorials on B&W fine-art photography in the digital age including eVideos, by me but also by guest-writers
- Articles on B&W film photography: how to shoot and develop film and post process these.
- A fine-art gallery of… Continue reading | 2 Comments

Keep an eye on Joel’s Twitter page for more interesting updates like winning a free print!… Continue reading | 1 Comment

This weekend Joel will put a message on Twitter in which he will announce that he will share an article on his personal and secret B&W editing techniques that has never been published before and will probably only be published in a book Joel is working on and is due in 2 or 3 years from now. The processing techniques he will be discussing in his article are the same… Continue reading | 7 Comments

From International Award Winning fine art photographer Sharon Tenenbaum, an E-book that explains and walks you through the basic steps in creating magnificent long exposure fine art photography. This photography technique is nowhere else to be found in a book – Shoot Like the Pros!
Learn how to create those ‘WOW’ Fine Art photographs. An easy-to-read E-Book that will provide you with the knowledge on how to create long exposure… Continue reading