RAWSTER Photo was founded by Mark de Rooij, a Dutch cityscape photographer and photography educator. His motivation is to learn other photographers as much as possible about (cityscape) photography. Enjoy reading and please leave a comment to let us know what you think about this post.
In this new article I will share my experience as a cityscape photographer. Why did I take this photo? What settings did I use? What difficulties I encountered? I am a professional photographer, but also love to inspire and educate amateur photographers. So I hope you like this article, let me know by leaving a…
In this new Luminar and Lightroom tutorial we post-process an Intentional Camera Movement photograph. ICM photographs are always blurry so it take a different post-processing approach than usual. Enjoy watching this video! For the people that like to know my favorite forest in my country (The Netherlands), it is named Speulderbos, close to Ermelo and…
In this new Luminar tutorial we explain to you how to edit a blue hour photo in Luminar. We make the blue more blue and create a nice color contrast with warmer tones. Are you interested in buying Luminar? Please use this link and use the $10 discount code RAWSTER. FREE PHOTO CHALLENGE Participate in…
A mistake many beginning photographers make is to include a ‘foreground’ because….. that is what someone told them. It is true a foreground can work out really great in a landscape or cityscape photo, but make sure the foreground really adds something to the rest of the photo. Don’t just include a part of a…
Do you want to buy Photolemur? Use the discount code DEROOIJ and get 25% discount right away (buy here). Do you have a passion for photography, but don’t want to spend too much time on photo editing? Photolemur 3 is the post-processing software to pick! Photolemur 3, available for Windows and Mac OS edits…
Abstract photography cities is a great way to get more creative and unique photos. Most photographers tend to take a photo of the whole building or the whole bridge. That can work out fine, but it is the way every photographer is doing it. If you really want to stand out from the crowd and…
One of the frequently asked questions from my students is where to focus in a landscape or cityscape photo. In this photography tutorial I will give you the answer and maybe it is not the answer you will expect. Try to apply this focus technique yourself and let me know in the comments if it…
Are you going to make a helicopter flight? Make sure you use the right settings, because before you know the helicopter flight is over and of course you want to make super sharp photos. Taking super sharp photos from a helicopter is not very hard, it is all about the right camera settings. Whats our…
Long exposure photography is a photography technique that got more popular during the last years. Some people love it, some people hate it. For me long exposure photography really works out and I will explain you why in this photography tutorial. Make sure you use a ND filter of at least 10 stops to get…
Apply the smart trick of this photography tutorial to get better night photos right away. Night photography is an interesting type of photography and for me even my favorite. I love to walk around in cities to explore the best spots to take night photos. Of course I also like the more famous spots to…