A little about me....

 

I was born and raised in the Netherlands where I studied law (LlM) in Amsterdam and  built a career in the insurance and re-insurance industry. My wife and I moved to Australia after retirement in 1999.

 

Photography has always been one of my favourite hobbies. As a twelve year old I shot black and white with a "Box Brownie". My first SLR was a Praktica and later in life I used many "point and shoots". The first digital camera - a Kodak DC100 - and the advent of the World Wide Web stimulated  me into learning more about web page and graphic design.

 

At present I have a Canon mirrorless R5 - with the Canon R for backup - with some good glass (RF24-105 F/4 L, a Sigma 150-600mm Sports, a 50mm F/1.4 and  the RF70-200mm F/2.8) + the wide angle RF 15-35 F/2.8 some tripods, umbrellas, speedlights and the like. My main photographic interest is recording events in such a way that the photos tell the story of what happened and what people experienced. For two years in succession I am "official photographer" during the District  (9670) Conferences of Rotary and for the Australia Day committee in Nelson Bay. In 2012 I recorded the PacRim Sailing Challenge on behalf of the committee. But once in a while I like to go out and shoot some birds or other wildlife and the surfers on One Mile Beach are a challenge to catch them at just the right moment. And as my wife and I love to travel I get plenty opportunity to take photos in exotic places.

 

My passion for photography I try to convey to my students at the Tomaree Community College where I teach DSLR photography. In the course I try to help students familiarise themselves with and get the full potential out of their DSLR camera. Apart from things like exposure as a result of "shutter speed", "aperture" and "ISO"  we talk about photographic styles, composition, using flash, special techniques and a lot more.

All images on this web site are copyrighted by Henk Tobbe - 2014.   - More of my photos on Flickr