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Very happy to announce that the book I have been working on all year, Fast Track to Stock Photography, is now finally published and available in paperback and hardcover on Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.com/Track-Stock-Photography-Kjell-Leknes/dp/136665823X

This weekend the Amsterdam Photo Club has a magical photowalk through the main route of the Amsterdam Light Festival. It really is a piece of magic that has transformed the dark Amsterdam canals in winter into a fairytale. With the help of contemporary light artists, the city is treated to a spectacle of light.

Finally complete. After months of waiting, my new lens was just released: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM. Together with the Canon 5D mark IV, the stars should be aligned to make some pretty nice stock photography.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM

Since I became a photographer, my biggest source of inspiration has been Annie Leibovitz. I have always wanted to go to one of her exhibitions. They are rare and exclusive. But finally her latest exhibition ‘WOMEN’ toured close by. It’s better to beg for forgiveness, then ask for permission. Managed to get some amazing shots of the exhibition in Frankfurt before they told me to put my camera away 🙂

It is not easy to organise a workshop to photograph the stars in the night sky, when living in one of the most densely light-polutet countries in the world. Luckily with a tip from a couple of astronomers and the help of a few apps, the Amsterdam Photo Club managed to find a spot outside Amsterdam in the fields of Kardijk that was perfect.

Turn on your TV and be the first to know about the Amsterdam Photo Club’s  brand new workshops coming in 2017.  During the interview tonight at 21:40, Kjell Leknes and Megan Alter will talk about recent activities in the Amsterdam Photo Club and the new events scheduled for next year. The Amsterdam Photo Club has a weekly spot on the Salto2 live TV show ‘So Dam Local’. Every week we feature a photographer in our community that gets their photo featured with their name on the screen and a shout-out by the TV presenters. The photo is used as the background for the TV show.

Back to Dubrovnik this weekend for a corporate photography assignment, photographing a Game of Thrones event set at several of the show’s filming locations. Besides being a beautiful and exciting setting for the HBO series, Dubrovnik has become one of my most favourite places to visit. Though it is a tourist location, it is not overcrowded and easy to plan logistics.

Very proud to be working together with the Make-A-Wish Foundation during the Dam tot Damloop this weekend. Their organisation does great work all over the world, granting wishes of children diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions.

In association with Beem Flights, we provided an fun workshop with 15 participants at De School in Amsterdam. We covered best practices of awesome drone photography and practical legal restrictions in The Netherlands.

Finally my new camera has arrived after six years of using the old model. Expecting a noticeable improvement in image quality, as I’m upgrading two camera models to the brand new Canon 5D Mark IV with a 24-105mm IS II lens. It has a 30 megapixel full frame sensor and the ability to make 4K real Hollywood quality video.

The new Canon 5d mark IV in box