Photofacts author Michelle Peeters


Michelle Peeters   Michelle Peeters | 245 articles
Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.

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30 techniques for using colour in your photos

30 techniques for using colour in your photos

| Michelle Peeters | 35,810 views | 1 comment

Several articles about using colour in photography have already appeared on Photofacts. Yet there is still plenty more to say about it. Colours can be warm or cool, strong or weak, contrasting or varied, and vivid or subtle. One thing is certain: using colour can make or break a photo, because it has a strong impact on the viewer.

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Rule of thumb: Central composition

Rule of thumb: Central composition

| Michelle Peeters | 8,485 views | 0 comments

In all the composition rules of thumb discussed so far, one place never falls on a line: the centre of the photo. The only exception is the diagonal method when applied to a square photo. But does that make the centre of the photo a forbidden place?

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Olympus sells off its camera division

Olympus sells off its camera division

| Michelle Peeters | 5,215 views | 2 comments

Olympus is selling its camera division to Japan Industrial Partners, an investment firm. Olympus's Imaging division has been making a loss for years, and they now hope it can operate more efficiently as an independent company.

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7 Tips for Unique Wildlife Photos

7 Tips for Unique Wildlife Photos

| Michelle Peeters | 12,859 views | 5 comments

This article offers seven tips for photographers interested in nature photography and capturing the beauty of nature in their own 'back garden' or further from home. Nature cannot be predicted, which is also the biggest challenge in this genre.

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The Golden Ratio rule of thumb

The Golden Ratio rule of thumb

| Michelle Peeters | 8,702 views | 7 comments

This rule of thumb is about the ratio between line segments and is based on Fibonacci's mathematically calculated 'sequence'. With this, he tried to show that everything found in nature, and everything we find beautiful, is composed according to certain ratios.

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Netflix documentary about Platon now available for free on YouTube

Netflix documentary about Platon now available for free on YouTube

| Michelle Peeters | 6,589 views | 3 comments

In mid-April, Netflix quietly uploaded the Platon episode from its excellent 2017 documentary series "Abstract: The Art of Design" to YouTube. The episode about world-famous portrait photographer Platon is packed with brilliant insights into the photographic process and how you can improve your work from a snapshot to a photo worthy of the name.

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Review: Photo Blocks from Profotonet

Review: Photo Blocks from Profotonet

| Michelle Peeters | 7,894 views | 2 comments

Photo Blocks is Profotonet's latest wall decoration product. It is a high-quality and versatile product that you can use in many ways in your interior. You can hang them on the wall or choose the free-standing version. I tried one out!

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Helena van der Kraan dies on her 80th birthday

Helena van der Kraan dies on her 80th birthday

| Michelle Peeters | 4,850 views | 1 comment

Artist-photographer Helena van der Kraan (1940-2020) died on Sunday 14 June, on the morning of her eightieth birthday and in the presence of her beloved Axel, after a short illness at Franciscus Gasthuis in Rotterdam as a result of cancer. The Netherlands has lost a great figure in photography

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