Just another week to go, then I will climb the stage of the Lowland Photo Festival 2019 in Antwerp (Belgium)! A great festival lasting two days fully devoted to nature photography. With international speakers, a huge photo market, a prestigious photo contest, and a lot … Continue readingLowland Photo Festival 2019
In 2018 a Dutch book was published on the use of flash light and other artificial light in nature and wildlife photography. I was one of the main authors of the book, freely translated as ‘a practical guide on using flash in nature photography’. To … Continue readingFlash PiXperience 2019
Have you ever tried to identify mice, shrews or voles? Not every mouse in your house is a domestic mouse. Not every vole outside is a field vole. To help identify them the Dutch Mammal Society and Naturalis Biodiversity Center have developed a key to … Continue readingSpecies finder of mice
In recent weeks I have been working hard on a new website. That was quite neccessary, because the old one was already nine years old. On the front end I have updated some things, but the back end was outdated. So now not just an … Continue readingNew year, new website!
This year two of my images were successful in the Lowland Photo Contest, one of the largest nature photo competitions in the lowlands, being The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Both images received an highly commended in the category ‘Other animals’. A nice bonus was that … Continue readingLowland Photo Contest
Together with Douwe Schut I sometimes descend into underground limestone quarries to take pictures of subterranean landscapes. That is very exciting to do; working in complete darkness and then try to illuminate an entire underground landscape. This time we had a different plan, because we … Continue readingCave spiders