Take Your Best Shot: March 2013
Each month we like to give you a theme to focus on when you are out taking photographs. This month is no different. The theme for this month is Signs of Spring. We know only a few days ago it was snowy...
View ArticleThe Last Roll of Kodachrome Film
Kodachrome has been the slide film of choice of many photographers for many decades. It’s saturated but life-like colors and sharpness made it so popular. It was introduced in 1935. It was one of the...
View ArticleWant to Improve Your Photography in Time for Spring?
PhotographySchool.NL is happy to announce that the Advanced Photography Course will run in April 2013. The Advanced Photography Course is made up of five modules which can be taken all in one period or...
View ArticleCompetition: The Fence 2013 Outdoor Photo Exhibition
Photographers of all levels are invited to submit their best image series that capture the essence of “community” and fit into one or more of the competition categories. Categories: Home Streets People...
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Exhibition: Eve Arnold Photographs 1950-1985
From March 5th the Museum in Helmond presents with pride, an exhibition of Eve Arnold. She is well known for her intimate, intriguing portraits of celebrities like Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich and...
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How to be Successful with Long Exposures
Sometimes there is just too much light. You see a nice scene, a waterfall, a fountain or great moving clouds. You would like to blur all the movement and so you put your ISO to 100, your aperture to...
View ArticleThe Lost Photographer: Vivian Maier
Can you imagine? One of the best street photographers in the second half of the 20th century and nobody had ever heard of her? Vivian Maier was a nanny in New York and Chicago and roamed the streets...
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Why switching to Back Focus Button is a good idea
Most cameras have the autofocus function coupled with the shutter button You half press and then the AF kicks ins and locks. But many times you like to recompose You hold the button half pressed,...
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Free Excursion: Noordereiland, Rotterdam
Photographyschool.NL organises free excursions along side their normal course program. These excursions are meant to allow individuals to get to know each other and in a pleasant and relaxed way, share...
View ArticleFound: NatGeo’s new BLOG
FOUND is a curated collection of photography from the National Geographic archives. In honour of their 125th anniversary, they are showcasing photographs that reveal cultures and moments of the past....
View ArticleFotofestival Naarden
Until June 23rd the biannual fotofestival Naarden takes place again. Situated in the very nice fortress town Naarden this festival looks at the current state of Dutch photography. The them this year...
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Zone System for Digital Photographers (or How to Manage Contrast)
Managing Contrast One day or another every photographer is challenged by the contrast in his scene. Either too low, or worse, too high. Choices have to be made. Will the highlights be clipped or do we...
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Our Excursion to Schoonhoven
We weren’t planning our next excursion until April but due to popular request, we went ahead and planned an earlier one. The location? Schoonhoven. Renowned for its silver, Schoonhoven is a city and...
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Five Photography Goals for the New Year
At PhotographySchool.NL we think any time is a good time to set a new photography goal but for many people, a new year is one of the most motivating times of all. If you have been trying to think of...
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How to Make Money with Your Photography
You have been taking family photographs at get-together’s for years. Your friends always ask you to take the photos at their weddings or parties. Does this describe you? Well, why not make some money...
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What to Photograph in The Netherlands: Spoorwegmuseum
Located in the city of Utrecht, The Netherlands the Railway Museum (in Dutch: Spoorwegmuseum) might seem like an unlikely photography location. Until you arrive up front that is. Established in 1927,...
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Studio Photography Workshop
Do you like to take photographs of people? On our Studio Photography Workshop we’ll show you how to shoot portraits like a pro. We will start the studio photography workshop in The Hague limbering up...
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Macro Photography Workshop in The Hague: Get In Close
The world of macro opens up a whole new dimension in your imagery. Do you go for abstract or recognizable compositions? Is your focus a study of colour and form or a highly detailed intimate look at...
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The Advance of the Mirrorless Interchangable-Lens Camera
For decades cameras with interchangeable lenses have been single lens reflexes (SLR). There were a few exceptions, Mamiya TLR’s and Rangefinders but surely 90% of the serious cameras were a SLR. Which...
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Black and White Photography Workshop
SEEING IN BLACK AND WHITE What is it about a monochrome photograph that speaks so loudly to us? Stripped of the distraction of colour the composition, shape, form, light, tones and textures all...
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