What to photograph close to home, no matter where you live - 20 ideas
When you're a beginner photographer, you don't yet have a defined style or direction, and on top of that you live somewhere in an unknown small town or rural area…
How to start your own photography project
I have often mentioned on this blog my ongoing photography project, which originally started under the name The North Sea, and later received a new name and identity…
Minimalism in photography - everything I’ve learned
At a time when writing was my primary form of artistic expression, I came across a statement by one of my favourite authors, Kurt Vonnegut…
Minimalist photography workflow - incl. editing, and online presence
In one of the hallways of the Art Institute at the university where I studied, someone once hung a poster. Since there were many of them, I tore one down and kept it…
Minimalist photography gear - why less is enough
I remember my first trip to Portugal, staying in the countryside, years ago. As a runner, I enjoyed seeing the locals running along the coast…
Spring photography on the Dutch coast and a little life update
Over the past few weeks, it’s been fairly quiet here on the blog. Since past moths were pretty intense, I just needed to rest, get some fresh air, and do something different…
How to wake up after winter - 5 photo assignments
Congratulations. If you’re reading this, it means you managed again to make it to spring (at least the astronomical one).
For me, this winter was long…
1+ year with Fujifilm x100V - my everyday camera long term review
More than a year has passed since I got the X100V. I’ve written about this camera on this blog many times already, and posted an extensive review, but I thought…
Finding photography inspiration close to home - everything is photographable
Sometimes I feel it too. Ever since photography became my greatest passion, I’ve had this recurring urge to visit new places - especially on my own…
How to start photography
Most of the articles on my blog are aimed at people who are already engaged in photography to some point.
But I thought it might be worth…
How constraints fuel creativity in photography
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I love cooking. I could happily stand at the stove every day (in fact, I do). At home, we have a fixed monthly…
How I maintain my creative flow in the winter
It’s the middle of the Dutch winter. That means a never ending lack of light. I’m suffering, because gloomy, moody conditions are not my favorite…
Photography in Mallorca in low season vol. 3
It was my third trip to Mallorca, and my partner’s first. The plan was to show them, over the course of three days, the most interesting places…
Getting out there - how to fight the winter sleep
In the big part of the globe, the weather is not inspiring at the moment. Cold and lack of light make you not want to leave the house…
Local photography - more than just documenting
I have written more than once about the power of photographing locally. The truth is that the longer I practice this form of photography…
Please, don’t make pretty pictures…
I know that, under your skin, you know what matters - what keeps you awake at night and gets you out of bed every morning. That idea. Your idea…
How to start street photography
Do you feel that street photography could be something for you? Would you like to start, but you’re not quite sure how or where to begin? Let’s break the topic down…
Photography as an act of interpretation
There are places on the map of Europe that never stop to fascinate me, and to which I return regularly, mainly for photographic reasons…
A big purpose of small travel photography
Would anything other than the desire to take a photograph push me through ankle-deep mud on an Irish island that can only be reached by a wobbly cable car…