my name is

and I am happy I found this forum, it has a wealth of information on it and hope to be able to contribute to it over time.
I am a commercial photographer located in Taipei , Taiwan. It is very exiting being on the doorstep of China where so much is happening now. I have mostly been bussy with architecture and interior since I arrived in Taiwan 2 years ago, but would love to go to a more balanced diet between design and people related subjects.
You can find my work on www.margerritsen.com
Hope you enjoy.
Marc

marc gerritsen said:

and I am happy I found this forum, it has a wealth of information on it and hope to be able to contribute to it over time.
I am a commercial photographer located in Taipei , Taiwan. It is very exiting being on the doorstep of China where so much is happening now. I have mostly been bussy with architecture and interior since I arrived in Taiwan 2 years ago, but would love to go to a more balanced diet between design and people related subjects.
You can find my work on www.margerritsen.com
Hope you enjoy.
Marc

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Hi Marc,

I'm so please you found us. I have travelled a lot, more perhaps than most, but have never yet reached Asia! I am fascinated that many things are still mysterious to us. We really know very little of the cultures of this area beyond the characters in movies.

Now the great lions have woken up with red silk and plywood and everything in Walmart Stores, we had better get to know the East a lot better!.

So I hope you can be a window for us.

What cameras do you use for interior and what lenses. I'm interested whether you are satisfied with the usual Nikon and Canon lenses or you use MF?

In any case, before all this, welcome!

Asher

Ah, another fellow Dutch here! Welcome Marc, I hope you'll enjoy the scenery .

BTW, your web link needs to be corrected to:
http://www.marcgerritsen.com

Cheers,

Hi Asher
Been working with the Nikon 2DX up to last year june when I stepped over to Hasselblad H2D 39
Absolutely no comparison. The file is so big but above all else the color rendition is really beautifull.
I tested a lot of backs before that time and altough there were some some minor differences they all gave wonderful files. I just liked the idea of an integrated system. For interiors I mostly use the 35mm.
I don't like to go beyond that, I don't like the distortion of close up objects that much.
One thing the hasselblad software has got together is the fantastic barrel-distortion correction. Everything is now dead straight.
Anyway good to be here!
cheers
Marc

Hi Cem
Link works in my signature.
What did you think of the site? It is about 6 hrs old!
cheers
Marc

Hi Marc, New Link works fine.

What a great website. This is one of the cleanest most attractive website I have seen. congratulations. Also I really like your photography. The Yoga series is especially interesting.

Just as a matter of inquisitiveness, which camera and lenses did you use?

Also were these studio light set up?

Asher

Great site Marc, I certainly agree with Asher.
I like your photos even better though ;-)

Groetjes,

Asher Kelman said:

What a great website. This is one of the cleanest most attractive website I have seen. congratulations.

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I agree, although I'd prefer a slightly gray background for less eye strain when viewing the images. The white background makes the images appear to be darker, less saturated, which is a pitty. The slideshow feature works quite well, giving fast changes with a possibility to recall any particular image instantaneously.

Bart

I understand what you say about the grey Bart, but I have had a website for about 4 years with a dark brown back ground and wanted to go extermely in the opposite direction, so white was my obvious choice. The actual layout has not changed but I worked hard on the new navigation with my web guy, especially on the slide show feature.

Asher, the yoga shots were taken with a nikon f4, pentax 67, nikon 5000, nikon d100, nikon d2x, hasselblad h2d; which by the way is also my progression in cameras; up to you to guess which ones. Some were taken indoors with studio set up and others outdoor without flash.

Well wouldn't that be a great challenge! We could have a poll!

Asher

Asher Kelman said:

Well wouldn't that be a great challenge! We could have a poll!

Asher

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But the poll is already done by pros: Photography galleries have white walls… ! (well the great majority)

BTW, great website Marc and great pics!

Very cool

What a great website. This is one of the cleanest most attractive website I have seen dealing with photography.