Highlights
My recent highlights photos will show up in this section. Mostly birds but not excluding other blog, portfolio or just epic photos. For more birds have a look at the birds section, you will find everything birds there.
Portfolio
My portfolio work ranging form landscape, seascape, nature and wild animals to man made objects, architecture and urbex or urban exploring photos. To see more, follow the galleries.
Nature
Nature photography is an area where I spend my time more and more. Ranging from wild animals to nature-esk landscapes. You will find foxes, deer, birds but in the end probably everything I will encounter during my hikes.
Landscape
My landscape photography from my direct area in The Netherlands to numerous places in the world. My landscape and nature photography is all about light and contrast, especially when photographing mountains.
Man made
Man made section stands for everything made by man. Architecture and urbex or urban exploring photos. Raging from colourful cityscapes to moody urbex photos.
Blog
Sharing my stories, passion and knowledge, but even more so, my experiences with photography in my blog section is something I needed to do. It is not easy, but love -not expected- to write more and share my experiences.
Go to the main blog page or the featured post below.
I am getting into it more and more, street photography is something I did way back quite often, but lost it during my photography journey. Looking back I don’t know why, but I am picking it up again loving it. Maybe you always get some sort of usable photos instead of going out in nature and are dependent on the weather and wildlife.
So this one took a long time. My best procrastination project ever. I mean, I love photography, but I don't know what happened the last few months — I haven't done a whole lot, and that needs to change. However, there are some projects in the making, but before we get to those, let's talk about Andalusia and how I never thought I would fall in love with that part of Spain. Long story short, it was epically beautiful and inspiring. Which makes it even more strange that I haven't done more photography after that experience.
So this one took a long time. My best procrastination project ever. I mean, I love photography, but I don't know what happened the last few months — I haven't done a whole lot, and that needs to change. However, there are some projects in the making, but before we get to those, let's talk about Andalusia and how I never thought I would fall in love with that part of Spain. Long story short, it was epically beautiful and inspiring. Which makes it even more strange that I haven't done more photography after that experience.
I love the mountains and would love to go more often, but life does not always let you go. Excuses I know, but it is what it is. Therefor the German or Bavarian Alps were always on my list to visits as it is only a relatively easy 9h drive. So when it came to settle for a destination this fall for some hiking, mountaineering and photography its answer was easy…
To be honest I never really took notice of Texel for birding until I heard several podcasts and checked sightings on Texel and it seems (duh) that it's absolute heaven for migrating birds from and towards Scandinavia. So That needed to be checked out and boy I was in for a treat. I have never seen/spotted (the difference I will explain later) so many birds. Still it was quite a challenge to get proper photos as some birds were really far away.
The last one to rule them all. A long time in the making and it took way too long. The last one in the series of Grindelwald exploration. This time I combined the last two days as day 5 was an epic and long day (my fault entirely). The last day was a more relaxed day, as it was an easy walk downwards to the city center, however the day ended with an absolutely stellar shot (in context of that day). Nice!
So this is embarrassing, this blog took way too long. Construction at home, work, covid etc. It all didn’t help. However all is done and finished, sort of. There are two more blogs of Switzerland coming up, including this one -or- when I feel like it I just dump it all in one blog. One to rule them all.
This was on our wish list for a while now. Travel to Lapland, above the arctic circle, experience the snow and the cold, the wide open space and nature. Also, snowshoeing, dogsledding, going out in the wilderness with snowmobiles had also something to do with wanting to go to Lapland.
The fourth and final post of my Dolomite trip back in September, times flies. They say save the best for last, the previous three post you can find here first - second - third, so I did and boy this was the best day of the week. Tre Cime di Lavaredo did not disappoint, however I expected or wished for a more spectacular sunset.
After the first days with mist and rain, this day seemed promising. It was cold, clear-ish sky and a good forecast. This meant, time for sunrise! The sunrise under Lagazuoi at Falzarego pass was the best option from the location where I stayed. Photographing Cinque Torri and the surrounding mountains.
This trip was the return gift from my father to me, as Ilse of Skye was for him. The cool thing is, Étretat is a very nice environment which you can reach by car in about 6 hours. So it is pretty accessible situated in Normandy France and a great place to do photography. It is also quite close to the D-Day beaches and it’s historical landmarks and the remains of war you will encounter.
The Isle of Skye was on my wish list for a few years, however I never really explored the means to get there or the costs. I thought the only way to get there was by boat from The Netherlands to Scotland and then drive, to save costs and go with my own car. Still I thought this was a costly trip and therefor it did not materialise. So why now?
For my birthday my girlfriend told me to get to Schiphol airport and take clothes for the weekend. So logic dictates we would be travelling to a European city for the weekend or she was just pulling my leg and getting me to think we would go somewhere. Once there it became clear that we would go to Stockholm for the weekend.
After 5 days in San Francisco it was time to pack and head towards Yosemite National Park. The drive it self was quite boring, but when entering the park and especially Yosemite Valley we were amazed. The grand wild river, the landscape and the mighty El Capitan. That huge monolith rock formation is just amazing!
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So this one took a long time. My best procrastination project ever. I mean, I love photography, but I don't know what happened the last few months — I haven't done a whole lot, and that needs to change. However, there are some projects in the making, but before we get to those, let's talk about Andalusia and how I never thought I would fall in love with that part of Spain. Long story short, it was epically beautiful and inspiring. Which makes it even more strange that I haven't done more photography after that experience.
It has been a while, more than a while actually. I have been in the rat race so to call, too much stuff going on, not so much attention for photography. I am trying to turn that around. And you need to start somewhere. So here I am. In my “backyard” again.
I have been neglecting photography for a while, not that I don’t want to but had no real inspiration for it. Until spring came along and the grasslands here blossomed. Perfect time for some local birding with my OM1 and the 300mmF4pro and the 150-400F4.5pro. All photos are taken in my local area and are common birds here. Maybe except one that I missed unfortunately so that doesn’t count. Nothing much more to say actually so I will leave you with the photos.
Its been a while, photography in winter this time wasn’t really on my mind. Except the one time on the beach when it was really a good frosty morning. The last few days saw some awesome early spring weather with sunshine and high temperatures. So why not go visit the dunes and see what birds there are this time around.
Like my last post I am more enjoying cycling and taking the m43 kit with me. The flexibility and the enjoyment of getting to use that is quite a differentiator for me. Lets skip the whole full frame is better discussion and just shoot what you like!
A short blog as I picked up birding again after a epic summer break in California. The bucket list was checked in California, but more on that in the next posts. I just wanted to do some local birding again with summer ending. So I took the bike and the OM-1 and yes m43 still rocks! Can’t beat this combination for birding. Its compact and lightweight, but stil powerful and getting some nice shots.
Just before spring exploded, I visited a new area for me. Birding at Zouweboezem it was. It is known for its many diverse birds as this area is a bit of everything. Wet grasslands, reeds, trees and forest cover for the more skittish birds. So an ideal area for the start of spring, but it seemed that I was a bit too early.
A while ago just before spring we took a small break to go to Ibiza, just before all touristy stuff would break loose. Well that was the truth as not much was yet open. However it was very nice to visit the island and explore. The idea was to capture some birds on the main Island and to explore Formentera just below of Ibiza. That should have many birds and even flamingos.
A short one this time. I still have some cool macro photos, but with spring in full effect I could not resist to find some birds. This time it was not with the OM-System 150-400PRO but with the “oldie” Olympus 300PRO with the TC2.0. Still amazed on the resolution that the TC2.0 still gives you at a bizar 1200mm FF equiv.
I had the opportunity to go and do some up close bird photography of some interesting species last year. Yes this one is long in the making! It’s because I don’t exactly know what to think of the context I was in. Let me explain. I was at a falconer that had some birds for exhibition and some in care as a shelter. Basically they find birds from zoos, private people or otherwise that want to get rid of these birds. All in all a good thing, right?
I love the mountains and would love to go more often, but life does not always let you go. Excuses I know, but it is what it is. Therefor the German or Bavarian Alps were always on my list to visits as it is only a relatively easy 9h drive. So when it came to settle for a destination this fall for some hiking, mountaineering and photography its answer was easy…
A while ago just before spring we took a small break to go to Ibiza, just before all touristy stuff would break loose. Well that was the truth as not much was yet open. However it was very nice to visit the island and explore. The idea was to capture some birds on the main Island and to explore Formentera just below of Ibiza. That should have many birds and even flamingos.
A week or so ago I was on a cycling trip to get to the top of Mont Ventoux. This was one of the main goals for cycling this year, together with two others, but again injury and fitness did not get me to the first goal. So this was a must reach goal. It started off unlucky with illness and medicine. In the end I did manage to get to the top, but it took a lot of perseverance and some curse words. The reward was worth it in the end. It was a lovely (maybe too hot) of a day.
The last one to rule them all. A long time in the making and it took way too long. The last one in the series of Grindelwald exploration. This time I combined the last two days as day 5 was an epic and long day (my fault entirely). The last day was a more relaxed day, as it was an easy walk downwards to the city center, however the day ended with an absolutely stellar shot (in context of that day). Nice!
So this is embarrassing, this blog took way too long. Construction at home, work, covid etc. It all didn’t help. However all is done and finished, sort of. There are two more blogs of Switzerland coming up, including this one -or- when I feel like it I just dump it all in one blog. One to rule them all.
So where did we left off the last blog? Due to construction at home, holidays and suddenly it becoming 2022 and the next lockdown, I get lost in my to do list. This one is far over due as well as the following days I spend in the Alpes in Switzerland. I’ll be short this one as day 2 and 3 where full of rain and mist. However still wanted to get some hiking done as siting inside in such a surrounding feels a total waste.
After 1,5 year staying in The Netherlands for holiday or just travel and travel photography I finally got to a point where I could plan (with all covid-19 measures in place) and go on a trip. The mountains were calling as I had the urge to see and experience mountains, hiking and views like I did two years ago in the Dolomites. See here in other blog stories. Man, I really liked the Dolomites!
So going through photo’s recently I discovered that I love golden hour, but who doesn’t as a landscape photographer. However I’m not so much a blue-purple hour photographer i.e. the time between golden hour and blue hour. Man - all those hours, by the way a big tip, they’re not actually hours, so be aware.
This was on our wish list for a while now. Travel to Lapland, above the arctic circle, experience the snow and the cold, the wide open space and nature. Also, snowshoeing, dogsledding, going out in the wilderness with snowmobiles had also something to do with wanting to go to Lapland.
The fourth and final post of my Dolomite trip back in September, times flies. They say save the best for last, the previous three post you can find here first - second - third, so I did and boy this was the best day of the week. Tre Cime di Lavaredo did not disappoint, however I expected or wished for a more spectacular sunset.
In the last blog I was still in doubt if the London series would be in like a silver green (old film look) vibe or just in hard black and white. Well I guess the answer is here below. I really loved being out on the street and photograph again. It was a struggle though. New city, new environment and a challenging weather. So in the end I might have not gotten the best that I wanted.