Doing photography is a constant evolution. Not only do you learn new techniques, but also get new ideas and philosophies behind your why. Podcasts are a fantastic tool to keep evolving. So here are my 5 favorite podcasts on photography.
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I don’t want to say I am a lazy photographer, but it’s nice not to make too much effort. And stock photography can be one of those time and energy-consuming tasks I’d prefer not to do. So enter the minimal effort stock photography workflow.
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The Huawei P40pro+ has been out for a couple of months now. For that time, I have been testing it. Finding out how I like the camera (spoiler: a lot) and if its the next step up in mobile photography. In this blog, I want to focus on my Huawei P40 pro+ raw samples. I will even provide some for you to download!
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Having a new toy to play with is always a lot of fun. Especially if that toy is the new Huawei P40pro+. A smartphone I will write a lot about in the coming days. However, for this blog post, I want to focus on street photography in Brussels I did with it.
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Landscape photography on Instagram is one of the most beautiful niches of photography. The photographers often talk about the struggle to get on that specific location in their caption. And beneath that caption, they place the best selection of landscape photography hashtags.
If you want to be like them, using the right hashtags is important. So here is a list of the most popular landscape photography hashtags.
By now, most business owners know they should include a good profile photo of themselves on their website. At least on their ‘about’ page. For those who don’t, here is a list of reasons why you really should, for your own’s sake.
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On a droopy Friday morning, I headed for the Zwin nature park on the Belgian coast. A beautiful piece of nature where many birds stop during their migration. The goal: to try out the new Swarovski Optik Dg together with Glenaki.
Glenaki is a PR agency focussed on travel that I like to work with. And they work with Swarovski Optik, a brand that should not need any introduction. But just in case it does.
Swarovski Optik is an Austrian brand that makes the most excellent binoculars. They aim to bring the world around you closer to you. Which as a travel blogger and photographer, I support!
For that day, they had a specific target—namely birds. We wanted to watch and identify them. For that reason, they brought their brand new Swarovski Optik Dg. The Dg stands for Digital Guide.
It’s an electronic binocular that allows you to watch birds, but wait; there’s more!
It has a built-in camera that can capture photos and videos of the birds* you see. Then, in combination with the Merlin app, you can identify those birds. And it does a fantastic job at that!
*works fine on other animals too, though.
I like birds. So I know a bit of birdlife. But I don’t get that much farther than a bit. I can tell an animal is a duck. But I don’t know all 180 different types of duck. The Dg does know that, and it can within a couple of seconds.
It could even identify birds that were too far away to define even with the binoculars 8x magnification.
At a particular moment, I noticed the guide from The Zwin getting excited. His job was to show us around some beautiful bird spots. But he also had a Digital Guide. Why I preferred watching him instead? Well, his excitement and reaction told me everything I needed to know. This is some fantastic technology.
This person, who is a professional in spotting birds and identifying them, tested this little piece of glass and electronics. And he was trying to push the limits of it. Though, he never seemed to reach them.
To make it easier for me to see why he got this excited, the Swarovski Optik Dg can stream to nearby smartphones. Whatever the guide saw, I saw. On my smartphone screen, I could see what was going on and even take pictures in his place.
The photos (13MP) quality isn’t great (yet), but it does the trick for people who want to enjoy the birdlife.
In conclusion, it was lovely to see the birds, be out in nature, and see the Zwin guides and Swarovski guides get so excited about this little piece of quality glass. Something I should repeat soon!
