Photos and stories from around the Netherlands.
What you see in this photograph is nothing extraordinary, just a random street in Sittard. Yet under certain conditions, you get this beautiful light coming through, reflecting off the windows and giving the street a totally different vibe. Just as…
I couldn’t sleep last night. I was rolling around in bed like a sausage on a BBQ. Eventually I said enough and got up. Sometimes it’s like that. You just can’t sleep. Maybe this time it was the excitement of…
Over 100 kilometres on the mountain bike. Hills, backroads, trails, wrong turns, tired legs and a camera in the bag the whole way. I’d do it again tomorrow. I wasn’t planning some heroic 100+ kilometre mission. I just kept riding,…
This was taken during a trip to Zeeland a while back. The sun was dropping toward the horizon, turning everything orange, when this ship slowly moved into the frame. I remember watching it and thinking… yeah, this is the shot.…
I tried a vertical panorama this time. Stacked 6 images vertically, and this is what came out of it. You won’t see all the details here because I had to resize the image, but on a big screen it really…
Sunrise on the Kollenberg.
I don’t really remember where I took this photo. All I remember is the silhouette… and that soft, orange morning glow. Sometimes that’s all that sticks. Not the place. Not the details. Just the feeling.
Early morning just outside of Limbricht. I took this photo to remember how good the morning felt. One of those you know you’ll want to come back to later. I rode my mountain bike into the nearby woods, set up…
Frozen, fresh, beautiful and peaceful is exactly what I need right now. Shot from Kollenberg, Sittard
Putstraat in Sittard getting ready for carnaval.
As a kid, January was my favourite month of the year because of the snow we used to get in Karviná — deep, heavy powder that made every day feel like pure fun. Build bunkers. Build snowmen. Build slides and…
Morning shot from Sanderbout, Sittard A bridge crossing over the railway tracks.
The sky is on fire, but everything else is still. Empty paths. Light reflecting off the windows. People already at work. Already deep into their 9–5s. And I’m here… Grateful for this moment. Grateful that I’m able to stand here,…
Am I really seeing what’s in front of me? I ask myself that a lot when I’m out with the camera.Not just looking — actually seeing. Photography slows me down. Forces me to stop and notice what’s right there. This…
“Light is the key. Orson Welles said it. Light is the key.”— James Nachtwey And there you have it. From the master himself. Light really is the key to any photograph… but not all light is equal. I just love…