Scroll down to see my latest posts or use the menu above to find the themes that appeal to you. At the bottom you can see my latest Instagram posts (you won't need an account). Warning: I'm in my impressionist period now.
I added comments on every image to offer some background. Any observation from your side: more than welcome ☺. Enjoy!
Three activities that have played an important part in my life have come together in this website: photography, web design and my love for English (I'm not trying to be perky here, I chose to translate my website into English as most of my visitors are non-Dutch speaking).
Photography is what makes me tick. I noticed that my work is getting more and more abstract. Inspired by having visited more museums in the past five years than in my entire life? Most certainly. Changed because I am getting older? Definitely.
With techniques such as ICM and blur aided by post-processing I try to make images that are different and grab the attention. If they don't, I am truly sorry. But there's also plenty of tradional photography. Don't worry.
Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave,
Let me once know.
I sought thee in a secret cave,
And ask'd, if Peace were there,
A hollow wind did seem to answer,
No: Go seek elsewhere …
George Herbert (1593-1633), 'Peace'.
--- 5 Mar 2021, Est (NL) 👁 more icm ---
--- 28 Feb 2022, Amsterdam (NL) ---
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--- 27 Feb 2022, Amsterdam (NL)) ---
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--- 25 Feb 2022, Amsterdam (NL) ---
We visited the opening exhibition by Kara Walker at Museum De Pont. Exposure 2 sec at F/13 @ 24 mm.
--- 20 Feb 2022, Tilburg (NL) ---
One of the ICM Facebook communities I post regularly on, Pure ICM, uses challenges twice a week to stimulate the participants to create new material. The admins took a break in September, since October I have been one of the 'picks of the week' 50 times. I decided to stop participating, because I lost interest.
--- 25 Feb 2022, Amsterdam Schiphol (NL) 👁 more contests ---
Went there for the second time, what a wealth of pictures by Cuyp, Calcott, Gainsborough and Turner, to name but a few. Exposure 1,5 sec at F/8 @ 24 mm.
--- 28 Jan 2022, Dordrecht (NL) ---
--- 28 Jan 2022, Dordrecht (NL) ---
--- 27 Jan 2022, Est (NL) ---
--- 5 Dec 2021, Lajares (E) ---
The very same palm I made a Pep Ventosa of, a bit further down this page, this time with a turning movement. Exposure 0.3 sec, F/5.6 @ 300 mm.
--- 14 Jan 2022, Lajarea (E) ---
--- 13 Jan 2022, Lajares (E)) 👁 more icm ---
--- 12 Jan 2022, Lajares (E)) ---
--- 11 Jan 2022, Lajares (E) ---
--- 11 Jan 2021, El Cotillo (E)) ---
--- 11 Jan 2021, La Oliva (E) ---
--- 10 Jan 2022, El Cotillo (E) ---
Two groups of skaters, one Italian and the other Spanish, having a lot of fun at Reyes. Exposure main image 1/8 sec at F/32 @ 90 mm. See link below for more images.
--- 6 Jan 2021, La Oliva (E) 👁 more skaters ---
'I don't think I am going to like this'.
--- 30 Dec 2021, Corralejo (E) ---
'I have always been into sports, you know.'
--- 30 Dec 2021, Corralejo ---
This is a light ornament in the shape of an igloo for Xmas on the village square, I used a zoom burst and turned the camera at the same time. So thankfully no firecrackers and bazooka bangs, all very silent 😉.
--- 1 Jan 2022, La Lajita (E) ---
Celebrated my birthday in a quaint village that used to be the former capital to Fuerteventura, having the Iglesia Catedral de Santa Maria de Betancuria as its centre. Exposure of the ICM: 1/6 sec at F22 @ 35 mm.
--- 28 Dec 2021, Betancuria (E) ---
I am proud to announce that 'The Bee Hotel', shot in Neerijnen, was selected for the final 20 images to be featuring in the Environment section of the 2021 Exhibition initiated by ICM Photo Magazine.
--- 27 Dec 2021, Lajares (E) ---
In the strait between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura it's a joy to see so many experienced surfers at work conquering the big waves.
--- 26 Dec 2021, Corralejo (E) ---
--- 26 Dec 2021, Lajares (E) ---
Immensely large, just dunes and sand, tough job to hike with a backpack full of equipment, but ... beautiful. Shutter speed 1.5 sec, F/38, 207 mm, ISO200, waiving movement.
--- 22 Dec 2021, Corralejo (E) ---
You wouldn't expect stumbling on such modern architecture on an island that has so many derelict building projects. This afternoon I came across this photogenic building. Exposure 0.3 sec at F/45 @ 300 mm.
--- 21 Dec 2021, La Oliva (E) ---
--- 21 Dec 2021, La Oliva (E) ---
At the end of the afternoon, there was some interesting light developing. Just checking if this seascape will be a keeper. Exposure 1,5 sec, F/27 at 70 mm for the ICM one, 1/125 at F/16 for the straight one.
--- 20 Dec 2021, El Cotillo (E) ---
Lovely tiny harbour. Owing to a lovely Spanish couple (send me a mail if you want your picture), the port master let me in and I could do some shooting.
--- 19 Dec 2021, El Cotillo (E) ---
'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee'. It does look like a butterfly, this Strelitzia, but it doesn't fly. Intriguing flower. Exposure 1/6 sec at F4.5 @ 140 mm.
--- 18 Dec 2021, Lajares (E) ---
For Xmas and New Year the main square of this quaint fishing village has a light sculpture that I played around with, and turned it into a Euro sign. Hoping that restaurants such as Rámon will be supported by the government in these hard times, because they deserve it.
--- 17 Dec 2021, La Lajita (E) ---
The village of La Lajita has a pebble beach. Difficult to walk on, impossible to sit down on. But the rocks and pebbles and the rolling waves make a great show. Exposure 1 sec at F/13 @105 mm.
--- 17 Dec 2021, La Lajita (E)) ---
One never ending row of surfers going to Playa del Viejo Rey at the end of the day.
--- 16 Dec 2021, La Pared (E) ---
Came across this black beauty called Tao and its very kind owners, tried to capture the dynamics of the dog running into the ocean. Exposure 1/15 sec at F/38 @ 128 mm.
--- 16 Dec 2021, Mal Nombre (E)) ---
This was the feeling I got when I'd made this shot of the boulevard. Made the camera move three times within the 0.7 sec I used as an exposure. F/19 @ 229 mm.
--- 14 Dec 2021, Gran Tarajal (NL) ---
--- 13 Dec 2021, La Lajita (E) ---
As if glued to the closest waves, these pulvars were racing to and fro and picking up the tiniest edible things. Exposure of most of them 1/20 sec at F/8 @ 300 mm, 1/10 sec at F/19 @ 300 mm.
--- 13 Dec 2021, Mal Nombre (E) 👁 more icm ---
A sunset, shot between the sand dunes. Exposure 3 sec, F/27 @ 140 mm.
--- 12 Dec 2021, El Salmo (E) 👁 more icm ---
Composite image of the evening light on the hills in Lanzarote, a road and the rear lights of cars passing by. The landscape that I love so much stands for photography. The asphalt is the Fotocafé I'm quitting with. The trails of lights are a symbol for me, exploring new directions within photography. Exposure main image 3.2 sec at F/8 @ 85 mm.
--- 12 Nov 2021, Est (NL) 👁 more icm ---