Early February brought the coldest night in 27 years to the Netherlands. In the morning after, these images were shot in Ulvenhout, Breda.

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On one of the old versions of this website, there was a page with the title „Lions Fight”. Even today there are still people visiting that page. Reason for me now to incorporate this topic in this blog. Quite some time ago, in 2005, I was on safari in the South African Kruger Park. We then experienced the probably most spectacular event of our lives: two groups of lions fighting for a dead giraffe. I took some pictures (with my first SLR-camera, I now wish I had had the one I have now), but my then thirteen year old daughter managed to make a short movie with a small point and shoot camera (in our car there was a man with a high quality video camera. Just five minutes before the thrilling lions fight, he ran out of power … lesson for everybody, always carry enough spare batteries!). The movie was put on YouTube, and is now approaching a milestone: almost 100.000 views. This is the movie, when you click on „read more”, you’ll see the pictures.

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Tags: wildlife, lion, fight

In the middle of Breda, the „Grote Kerk”, the big church, is the eye-catching, 15th century piece of history of the town center. Living close to Breda myself, it felt like being a tourist in my own town, capturing the church and the view from above at dusk.




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My sons friend has always been intrigued by hunting with birds. He was now hosting a special species: an eagle. I took the opportunity to portrait that giant bird (wings ranging to two meters!).
See for yourself what is strange about the first image?





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Tags: bird

Antwerp harbor is not on top the mind to go to to view beautiful scenery. Or should it be? Judge for yourself!



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Tags: Industry, Industrial, antwerp, Harbor

Let me share some experementational work with you: colorful macro work. The images below were quite fun to produce, and inspired by a lesson of Bill Fortney at Kelby Training. When thinking of macro photography, one almost instantly thinks of flowers and insects. But there is more. Why not making use of a simple piece of kitchen equipment, a grater, available in every household. Some piece of cloth and a little bit of light lead to the following results.

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Tags: grater, Colorful, Colors, Pattern, repetition, repeating, macro, details, Small

Autumn is perhaps the most exciting time for a photographer, particularly when living close to woods as I do in Ulvenhout, near Breda (Netherlands). Colorful compositions everywhere!

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Venice is an amazing city, as millions of tourists experience every year. Wandering around through this city of canals, bridges and old quaint houses, one can find surprises after every street corner (and there are many!). I’ve tried to capture the beauty of this Italian city in the early morning, in particular the combination of colors.

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Tags: Venice, City, Italy, canal, color, colorful, vintage, old, water

Prinsjesdag (English: Prince's Day) is the day on which the reigning monarch of the Netherlands (currently Queen Beatrix) addresses a joint session of the Dutch Senate and House of Representatives in the Ridderzaal or Hall of Knights in The Hague. The Speech from the Throne (Dutch: Troonrede) sets out the main features of government policy for the coming parliamentary session. Traditionally, the Golden Carriage is used yearly to bear the Dutch monarch from the Noordeinde Palace to the Ridderzaal. Crowds gather along the route to get a glimpse of the Queen. Below, you can see Princess Maxima.

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Tags: maxima, princess, golden carriage queen royal

The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision looks after, and provides access to 70% of the Dutch audio-visual heritage. In total, around 700,000 hours of television, radio, music and film, making Sound and Vision one of the largest audiovisual archives in Europe. Sound and Vision is the business archive of the national broadcasting corporations, a cultural heritage institute (providing access to students and the general public) and also a museum for its visitors. The Institute is settled, since 2006, in a award-winning landmark building in Hilversum with huge colorful glass walls. Photographing is allowed everywhere in building, a rare phenomenon for photographers. There is a group in Flickr, albeit a small one, centered on the building of the Institute. I fortunately had the chance to dwell along the corridors of the building, which are normally closed for public. Here’s my contribution.

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The Dutch car DAF was a very typical and special car, using a stepless, fully automatic transmission: Variomatic. A colleague of mine is collecting these old-timers, specifically one model, DAF 66. Do not make the mistake to think these are old, and therefore slow cars. The blue one shown beneath is equipped with a Renault Turbo engine and its top speed is above 200 km/hour (!).

As a present for my colleague, I took photos of his collection (three cars) and used Photoshop to change the backgrounds.

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Each year, a major equestrian event is being organized in Breda, The Netherlands. Participants in all kinds of equestrian disciplines are doing their utmost during four days. Horse jumping and eventing are by far the most spectacular parts of the contest. Here is an impression.

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Schiedam, close to Rotterdam, has a famous historical center with large emphasis on the craft of making gin. Still, some of the old factories remain active. I was given the opportunity to visit one and make a series of images. These were shot in the distillery of Herman Jansen, where the „Geneva” gin is made that is sold under the brand name Notaris.

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There are many famous locations in Rome. You probably know them. Warm, stuffed with tourists. Not many people know how beautiful these locations are in the very early morning, with the sun just woken up. This blog is meant to provide all of the long sleeping visitors of Rome with a view of Rome in the early morning (-.

1. Castel Sant’Angelo, a symmetrical view. This image is also added to my gallery with symmetries.

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Tags: Rome, City, tourism