Widt photography

07/01/2016

Check out what's in my backpack for a photoshoot on kit.com

What do I take with me on an outdoor Mountain Bike photoshoot. Yes, I have to carry everything on the bike with me.

05/01/2016

For the photo geeks: Just in, the new Nikon D5, D500 and an action cam Keymission 360...
More on http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/

24/10/2015

Into the woods...

01/05/2015

Back at the Bike festival in Riva del Garda this week for Mountain Bike Plus Magazine.

28/11/2014

Oke, I screwed up today... I admit that I made a really stupid mistake.
Last night I posted a picture of all my sorted gear for next days shoot. I got everything ready, charged batteries, emptied memory cards and packed my bags.
Early in the morning, I just wanted to be sure that the battery of my camera was really full, so just popped it into the charger real quick, just to be sure...
Things got hectic after that. Phone calls, Skype meeting and a quick trip to the store. Exactly at 11:30 Gerko, the editor and Martin, my model for the day, showed up to pick me up. We had a coffee and got my gear.
Normally I always, alway, always take my camera out of the bag and snap a test shot. Just to be safe and check if there's a card and everything works. But not today, today I rushed and forget it. And when I wanted to make a test shot when we arrived at our location I noticed the camera wasn't working and I had forgotten it's battery (and no backup in the bag).
You can probably imagine the way I was feeling...

Luckily my sweet girlfriend got into the car and met me halfway to drop it off and we had a really nice shoot with an hours delay.

So next time, before I leave the house, I make a test shot... you should do the same!

Pictures will follow in the next issue of Mountain Bike Plus magazine.

27/05/2014

Doing some editing on a set of photo's taken in Merano, Italy last year. What a great area to do some mountain biking. Great trails, beautiful views and really nice people!

08/11/2013

Check this out: Behind the scenes with Sven Martin at Crankworx: http://fstoppers.com/behind-the-scenes-with-sven-martin-shooting-pro-biking-events
See what shooting a MTB contest is about.

You can plan, get ideas, and come in to the shoot ready, but often everything changes on the day of the actual event. Being able to adapt and think quickly are the keys to shooting a fast moving sp...

05/11/2013

Hmmm, sweet new strobes: http://fstoppers.com/profoto-updates-lighting-lineup-with-the-new-b1-off-camera-flash …
Profoto B1 flash units, with built in battery pack, TTL, up to 20 fps low power, 500W

Announced this morning by Profoto was their newest light in their lighting kit, the B1 Off-Camera Flash. Refusing it call it a speed light or a studio strobe, the completely cordless B1 Off-Camera ...

05/11/2013

so what do you think of this new Nikon DF.
I don't see myself using it somewhere on the rocky slopes of a Dolomite mountain shooting insane bikers. But I would love to have it, just for shooting stuff...
Not quite sure if I really like the design as much as I would have hoped. Just wait and see it in real life:
http://www.nikon.nl/nl_NL/product/digital-cameras/slr/consumer/df

Ervaar de kracht van pure fotografie met de Nikon Df. Met een body in retrostijl en dezelfde FX-formaat sensor met 16,2 megapixels als Nikon's topmodel, de D4, belichaamt deze camera passie voor fotografie in zowel vorm als in functie.Foto's met rijke details en vloeiende toongradaties zijn mogelijk...

13/09/2013

great to see some BTS (behind the scenes): http://www.imbikemag.com/mountain-bike-news/2013/09/peoplegrapher-in-the-woods-2-with-amir-kabbani-the-making-of/

This is a great insight into what goes into making a top end bike film, not only do the riders have to hit the trick time and time again to get the shot, the plethora of equipment used by the videographers blows the mind... We can't wait to see the final edit, but in the meantime see what went down

10/09/2013

Photo in the brochure of one of the coolest mtb clothing companies deputy sheriff.
Made near lake ledro on the cima d'oro (Dolomites).
Nikon D4 - 14-24mm.

04/09/2013

Just in: http://fstoppers.com/just-announced-photoshop-and-lightroom-bundle-announced-for-9-99-a-month
I'm so thrilled Adobe listened to us photographers. Photoshop & Lightroom for $9.99 a month. I'm in!

We have just heard that Adobe has listened to the cries of photographers since the Adobe MAX announcement of the new CC pricing and is giving a new bundle specific to their needs containing Photosh...