About me
I'm a female hobby-photographer, living and working in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
When I was a little girl, my parents gave me an Agfa Click which I used until I was 14 years. Unfortunately I lost that camera. And it was also the end of a photography period.
I started again for a very short time when I was about 30 years with a Practica but I did not pay enough attention to it and stopped after a while.
When I was 40 years, I bought a simple Minolta camera, soon followed by a more semi professionel (analog) camera, Minolta 7xi. Then I discovered photograpy again.
Unfortunately, in the year 2000, my camera (including all the films) was stolen in Kazachstan after a long trip in China and it took a while until I could buy a new camera ...... a simple digital compact camera.
Frustrated by the lack of possibilities I soon bought a SLR, and another one.
At the moment I use the Canon EOS 50D, and I am very satisfied.
Although I followed some courses (Fotogram) in Amsterdam, you can say that I am a autodidact. I learned a lot from other friend-photographers, inspired by other pictures on the photography-sites, reading books, visiting exhibitions etc.
Step by step I changed post-processing from jpeg to raw, and learned, with little tools, to give my pictures more impact.
The closest to my heart is travelphotography. On abroad trips I feel more relaxed and that has its impact on the pictures I make.
The camera is for me also a way of getting in touch with people, to see the beauty in landscapes, to see lines and forms, little details.
It opened my eyes for the world in a very special way.
Not equally active on all the sites, but you can find me on Flickr, ImageCreative, NG-Fotocommunity, Facebook and 1x.
Also you can buy some of my pictures at Modern Photography 101, the Art Gallery (www.mopho101.com)
You can leave a message in my guestbook, I would appreciate! :-))
Reggy de With
July 2010