Effect with flash

DSC_5994, originally uploaded by gugs.

A simple special effect with an SB-600 flash connected to a D40x camera through an iTTL cable. The flash is positioned on the left to get the colored shadow on the wall.

Florence by night

firenze nikon-207, originally uploaded by gugs.

night view on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy. Shot with a 35 1.8 lens on the Nikon D40x, a nice small consumer grade camera, on a micro tripod.

Night photography with P&S

firenze canon_-19, originally uploaded by gugs.

A hand held shot with the Canon S90 point and shoot camera, the best (as of today) for high ISO, low light photography. The cathedral in Florence, Italy by night. Amazing quality for a P&S. The noise level is quite acceptable and comparable to the quality you could get from a reflex camera just a few years ago. ISO 1600 is usable on such a P&S (like here).

Hockey

hockey-gvh-2, originally uploaded by gugs.

Photographing hockey, not an easy task because of white balance issues and the ice. WB should be measured on the ice to take care of the lighting, and a +1.3 up to +1.7 EV exposure correction should be applied because the camera will underexpose to get the ice neutral grey.
A general overview shot taken with the 200-400VR zoom on the Nikon D3 camera @ISO6400.

85 1.4 AIS

BE0_2532, originally uploaded by gugs.

Amazing what you can still do with a very old lens, the 85mm 1.4 AIS Nikkor, a manual portrait lens. A wonderful choice on a full frame camera body, to play with very thin depth of focus. Here shot fully open on the Nikon D3. Center weighted metering on the face, playing with the harsh contrasts. Focus on the eye.

Overprocessed

BE0_1728, originally uploaded by gugs.

Extreme processing on a normal picture. Increased shadows and highlights in Photoshop and added a lot of contrast, resulting in this kind of "painting" effect. Some people like this, some hate it...
Shot with the Nikkor 85PC (tilt-shift) used as a "normal" lens on a Nikon D3.

Tilt photography

CA2_8816, originally uploaded by gugs.

A funny perspective in the "Midi" railway station in Brussels using the 85PC tilt shift lens on a D200 body. The lens has been used fully open (f2.8)

Slideshow

A simple slideshow to show a few pictures I took, stored on flickr. I used a simple tool, found here: http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser/builder.php

Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer

Conference

D2X_8840, originally uploaded by gugs.

Nice light in a conference room before the conference starts. Shot with a (now old) Nikon D2x.

An old funny one

test 70-200vr2, originally uploaded by gugs.

This picture has been taken during a test of the 70-200VR lens. I like the effect... the duck playing with the water. A very simple shot but funny.