Steppeland

31-05-2025 Ilperveld – Waterland, North-Holland – NL NL. This blog-post in Dutch Moth count Two weeks ago we were able to participate for the first time in a Moth count led by Nico Dekker, Coordinator Butterfly Working Group (Vlinderwerkgroep) KNNV – Ilperveld, Landsmeer at Visitors Centre Landscape North Holland.What a special experience!Behind the visitors centre of the Ilperveld a white…

During our walk in Nature reserve the ‘Riethoek’ (Reedcorner, Amsterdam Zuidoost), looking for small creepy crawlies for our ‘1000 species year’ project, we were just focusing on a Long Jawed Spider when this happened: Long Jawed spider male in stretch pose Taps a stretched web thread Strekspin vrouw verschijnt – bevruchting Female spider appears – fertilization Threads come out of the…

Grenspark Kalmthoutse Heide is a nature reserve located on both sides of the Belgian-Dutch border and covers approximately 60 km². It is characterized by the great diversity in the landscape. This enormous diversity is of great ecological and cultural-historical value. Wide, unspoilt landscapes of heathland, fens, dunes, forests, meadows and polders alternate here. Here rare plants and animals…

Looking back on 2021 – Steppe’s favourites

Deze pagina in het Nederlands 2021 was another very active photography year for me. The corona pandemic still had the whole world in its grip and also in the Netherlands we painfully moved from one lockdown or semi-lockdown period to the next, with some little breathing spaces in between. At times our freedom of movement was quite limited and social contacts were also only sparsely allowed.…

Climat March 2021 – Amsterdam

Yesterday I took part in the climate march in Amsterdam. The demonstration had started on Dam Square and after the opening speeches, the demonstration would move through the city centre towards the Westerpark. I was a bit late because I had another appointment first and was able to join somewhere halfway. A huge crowd of people were present, despite the cold weather and the corona measures. But…

One of the things I never get enough of, is the view on the sky from my balcony. And I can’t stop myself from making pictures of it either… This week, I’ve been occupied with selecting and editing some of the sky photographs I made in January. This specific morning, on January 6, we had a chessboard sky, with all the white kerosene lines of the ‘airlines- crosspoint’ above our heads making a…

Een vreemd gevormde zwam

Street photography workshop with Brendan de Clercq

Yesterday, Sunday July 13, I participated in a workshop street photographer with

The first morning in Elbigenalp

It was our first day in Elbigenalp, a little village in the Lech Valley, Tirol, Austria, June 17, 2012. I decided to get up early and to be outside and have a walk around the village before breakfast… Aah, the smell of the air in the morning, before dawn… Aaah, the amazing light of the early sun over the valley… The first light, Elbigenalp, Tirol, Austria Little Chapel in the mountains, just a…

Jimmy Nelson: “Photographing is communication”

              Professional Imaging 2014 DE LOODS, NIJKERK 29, 30, 31 maart 2014 TOP EVENT VOOR PROFESSIONALS EN FOTOFANATEN ——   http://www.professionalimaging.nl/kenniscentrum/jimmy-nelson/ http://www.beforethey.com/ http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25501322 http://volkenkunde.nl/nl/binnenkort-te-zien  

‘Sparkling Blue Imagination’

Great! ‘Sparkling Blue Imagination’ , one of my top fav image on Redbubble is now also available as blank note card on GCU. It is approved as first of a series! So now I need your suggestions: What would YOU find perfect occasions to use this image for? Maybe you even have a great caption that fits perfectly with this image? … Please let me know, so I can add them to my series! *This work on…

If you have nice street photo's with people with cell phones too, please leave a link in a comment on Facebook or on my blog - I'll love to come ans see yours too! :)

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Sunday Street Day… It’s not hard to find people with cell phones in the streets these days… So I thought of making a selection of cell-phone shots this time… Here are a few of my latest ‘catches’ – made in the Streets of Amsterdam ( and 1 in Utrecht) – the Netherlands…

Do you have street photo’s of people with cell phones too? Leave a link in a comment to this blog post, and…

I was listening today to the interview with Samantha Bennett at the Creative Summit Series, organised by Bonnie Glendinning. Really inspiring and encouraging for beginning as well as experienced artists!

Here’s the 5 tips that spoke to me the most:

15 minutes a day!

Procrastinating hurts! Commit to spending 15 minutes a day on the project that matters most to you, BEFORE you check your email.

G…

Street photography : three summer Dam stories

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For Sunday Street day, I’m digging up some summer Dam stories today, made earlier this year, on the Dam square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (July 2014)

Pirates on the Dam

  Street performer – spinning on his head

  TWO birds in the hand is worth…

Three of the female athletes at the National Championship Fitness and Bodybuiling 2014

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About three weeks ago I posted a selection of three of the male athletes that I photographed at the National Championship Fitness and Bodybuilding on November 2, 2014, the Netherlands.

Today, I finally catch up to give some of the female athletes their share of attention too – so here are three of the female athletes.

More photo’s made at this event you can see in my Demotix…

Autumn landscapes in the woods near Bussum

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Even on a dreary autumn day, the woods in autumn have a wonderful mood and athmosphere. Photo’s made in the Westerheide near Bussum, part of the Goois Nature Reserve, the Netherlands

Lane in autumn woods near Bussum

Lane and gate in autumn woods near Bussum