Photoshop before/after section added

I thought it could be fun to create a section of Photoshop work for the photo album. I will show images in two states:

  1. BEFORE - the image  either taken straight out of the camera or with some minor changes.
  2. AFTER - The image shown after I made changes to it inside Photoshop.

This might give you an idea of what is actually possible inside the computer. I get a lot of questions concerning this and there is always an ongoing discussion whether it is allowed or not to manipulate and/or alter the editorial contents of an image. I do agree that it is an artform in itself ONLY using your camera and current lighting conditions to create your images - that is the art of photography! What I also beleive is that an image is created for myself and for a viewer. If I can help the viewer experiencing more of an image by improving it in Photoshop, then I have also improved the artistic value of that image. As in the old days when people used the darkroom with all fluids, tools and lights to improve images, I just use Photoshop to serve that same purpose. No matter how I have created an image - with or without the help of a computer - the end result is still what I call my photograph.

Taken from the greek words 'phos' and 'graphis' - photography actually means "drawing with light" !

July 9, 2006 | Filed Under Personal, Photo updates | 1 Comment 

Summer vacations arrive

So, after attendning multiple end exams from various people at school, things are finally calming down for sure. It was a quite busy end of the school year I must say and I totally enjoy the free time! I am playing the last show of Jesus Christ Superstar tomorrow and have time to get ready for the preparations for the North Sea Jazz Festival. We start rehearsing the 10th.

Tip for the summer musicians: I'd like to recommend surfing in on Jeff Helgesen's marvellous home page for solo transcriptions. He has numerous pdfs on his site with transcribed jazz solos from famous trumpet players like Chet Baker, Conte Candoli, Clifford Brown a.o. Great if you are getting tired of your practising material and want to try new stuff. I'm glad he is sharing this great resource with us!

For those of you who wonder what/where I'll be doing this summer I give you my summer schedule:

July 1, 2006 | Filed Under Miscellaneous, Personal, Web sites | Leave a Comment