#101 The Sky Just Exploded

This shot wasn’t planned. I was walking home — tired, head full of noise — when the sky just EXPLODED. Everything around me was dead silent. The water didn’t move. No people. No traffic. Just me and a sky that…

This shot wasn’t planned. I was walking home — tired, head full of noise — when the sky just EXPLODED. Everything around me was dead silent. The water didn’t move. No people. No traffic. Just me and a sky that…

This one’s special. My 100th shot upload. And it’s Monday! So… here I was… no crowd. Just me, a headlamp, and about 10 km of pure hiking trail ahead. I needed it to unwind. I needed to get lost in…

The path bends, but it doesn’t end. You can’t see what’s around the corner… but that’s where the magic usually hides. This shot’s a reminder: keep going, even when you don’t see the destination yet. I turned it into a…

Mushrooms are no joke. If you do them right… you’ll walk through a door most people don’t even know exists. If you do them wrong, you’ll meet the devil himself. There’s a fine line between revelation and ruin… and mushrooms…
An ambulance tore through my long exposure shot with blue lights flashing and siren howling. For a split second, I thought the photo was ruined. But then I realized… maybe I was exactly where I was meant to be.

A shot taken on a quiet morning walk through one of Sittard’s side streets. Somehow the shot looked better in Black and White.

I pulled this shot out of my archive for one reason… To remind you that the weather isn’t always sunshine and rainbows… and that’s a good thing. Once you accept that, and head out anyway, you’ll realize even the “shit”…

It was quiet. Way too quiet. The kind of morning where most birds already left. I was just cycling past Watersley, heading towards the top of Kollenberg where I was planning to stop and take some photos. But then the…

A shot of an empty road from a bridge that connects Sittard and Geleen. Took it early in the morning while cycling to Geleen… …and I can still feel the cold. My hands were frozen like they were holding a…

I think out of all the years I’ve gone out for early morning MTB rides, this was the best morning ever. You know that feeling when everything just clicks? Your bike’s running smooth, the temperature’s perfect, you’re dressed just right for the…

I’ve been staring at the rain for hours. So long that I got bored. I took this shot out of pure boredom. When there’s torrential rain, there’s no point in going out. Or is it? It changes everything. Makes for…

It happened in New Zealand. Fog rolling over the hills. Golden light sneaking through like smoke. It was one of those mornings I’d dreamt about for years. I jumped out of the van, grabbed my camera, and ran toward the ridge. There I…

On the way home I stopped by the bridge that goes over the rails in Sittard… and waited for the train to enter the scene. I took few shots and this one stood out.

Lately, I’ve been obsessed with shooting vertical panoramas… stacking 5 or 6 shots and stitching them together in Lightroom. Why? Because it gives you massive, high-detail images that look incredible in print. You don’t need crazy high megapixel camera. Just…

When there is fog rolling across the fields and the sun starts to punch through it, that’s your window. That’s when you already outside with your camera shooting this photos like madman. Because that kind of light doesn’t wait. You’ve…