Winter-Showcase [2007-2011]
Scraping left-over bits of powder from everywhere we came up with quite a few great shots on this Austria roadtrip. No wonder, because when shooting with Timo Hermeler it’s usually impossible not to return with gems like this. [St. Anton, Austria. 2008]

A few weeks ago I was asked to setup a showcase series with my favorite wintersports photos for the popular Tacky website. But as they have a strict policy of not showing ski-photos, which I love taking, I decided to upload the whole series of 44 images onto my own website too. I’m a wintersports photographer in a broad sense, I hope this shows a bit of what I love doing so much and why. It’s a story into my work, I hope you enjoy it! Click here for the full gallery!

Winter-Showcase [2007-2011]
Simply the best view in the Alpes, high on top at Les 2 Alpes watching over the Mt.Blanc. Privileged! [Les 2 Alpes, France.2007]

Winter-Showcase [2007-2011]
There’s no better start to a skitest photoshoot than this! Fresh pow, a deserted skiresort and a mountain with a perfect angle. Even better when it’s snowboardcross coach Frank Germann kicking ass! [Bad hofgastein, Austria.. 2009]

Winter-Showcase [2007-2011]
As the Dutch Ski Associations head photographer I also do the skiing. From a photography point of view a very worthwhile job, espcially if you get photos like these from the champ; Alwin de Quartel. [Schladming, Austria. 2009]

Winter-Showcase [2007-2011]
The Belgium freestyle champsionships is an insane party week that features some amazing snowboarding. Especially the kickers are always huge and Seppe Smits knows what to do with them. [Les 2 Alpes, France. 2010]

Winter-Showcase [2007-2011]
Bad light is no excuse for bad photos. Though it does help when your subject is Richard Molenaar, one of the most stylish skiiers I know, dressed in near-fluor colors. Ans yes, this is very close! [Sölden, Austria. 2011]

Winter-Showcase [2007-2011]
The Berghuis sisters have become like sisters to me after all these years of shooting. But Britt somehow managed to avoid getting a decent powder photo taken. Then, suddenly, it all came together: a small stretch of fresh cold powder that needed to be shredded. After a small discussion we both ran to our positions and this was the result. Ten minutes later that whole stretch was completely done for by a zillion tourists. [Les 2 Alpes, France. 2007]

Winter-Showcase [2007-2011]
Perhaps one of my all-time favorite ski-photos. It all came down to a matter of good timing and Gebke Compeer understood just that. To me it just shows the ultimate freedom of beeing in the snow. [Bad hofgastein, Austria. 2009]

Winter -Showcase [2007-2011]
After a long testweek photoshoot it is fun to fool around a bit with a massive block of icey snow, leftover from the Hannibal show on the Sölden glacier. Rens de Wild knows what to do with it. [Sölden, Austria. 2011]

 

Watching seals (Schiermonnikoog)

Exactly a year ago I set out on a trip to two small islands near the Northern coast of Holland; Schiermonnikoog & Vlieland. As most people know, cycling is hugely popular in our country and these two islands are no different. So I went out for a week to produce an article and photos for the cycling special of ANWB REIZEN Magazine, a very popular travel publication. I hadn’t been to the islands sinds I was a high-school kid, aeons ago, and boy was I in for a treat. Some nice autumn weather, windy but not cold and the occasional raindrop just suited things perfectly. Autumn set in late that year so there were still loads of colored leaves on the trees.

Bikers heading back to the forest (Vlieland)

Just the small scale of both islands, their loveliness and abundant nature will have me come back again very soon. I guess I have re-fallen in love again with the place. The feeling of being able to cycle around an island in an hour, or two for Vlieland, is just too good to be true. Add, centuries old houses and miles of unspoilt beaches and not too many tourists and you’ll see what I mean.

Kites at the beach (Vlieland)

Below is the article, in Dutch, for those of you planning to go any time soon. Enjoy!
Client: ANWB REIZEN
Text & photography: © Fotograferen.net
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This is what you get for setting your kids on a couch: total fun mayhem! Definitely one of my favorite photos of 2010! Thanks for Tine for organizing the party and all the parents for allowing me to showcase this photo..

Couching kids!

Photo is one of a series of 5 shots taken with my Canon 1DmkIII and my 70-200 f2.8. To counter the bright light in the back I had set the camera at 1 stop overexposure while keeping at an Av setting of f5.6. With an ISO of 400 this led to a shuttertime of 1/400. Converted to B&W in Photoshop with the black deepened a little bit with the levels tool.

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Rutger Geerling

My first ever photo in a National Geochraphic publication (the March iPad edition)!
Image taken at the 2010 Unox New Years Dive in Scheveningen.

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Oman Billboard Campaign 2010 (The Netherlands)

As I just got the go ahead yesterday for a new trip to Oman in April, one of my favorite countries to photograph I though it fitting to finally upload this image. As a billboard, up to 13×7 meters (39×21 ft.), has been running on and off in the Netherlands for quite some time now and it feels amazing to see it along the highway in this incredible huge size.

Billboard for Oman Tourism Billboard for Oman Tourism Billboard for Oman Tourism

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Although I absolutely have no love for the whole commercialized Valentine’s rubbish but this photo, taken last year during the Caribbean Carnaval in Aruba, was just too good not to post. So for those who enjoy this day: have fun, get lots of love and I hope you like the shot!

Happy Valentine's day!

 

Learning how to Scuba-dive

I took this photo about a year ago while on a trip to Curacao (Dutch Caribbean). It’s a photo of my sister in law doing a refresher scuba course after not having dived for about ten years.

I really wanted to capture the “learning” atmosphere as well as the holiday setting with blue sky and something exotic. The swimming pool of our diving hotel (Habitat, I recommend it if you like to be in the nature part of the island) turned out to be perfect.

Took quite a few clicks to get a good half-shot with all elements in it. The parasol just gives it a nice touch.

Taken with my 5D and a 15mm fisheye, at f10 and 1/200 sec. There was more than enough light to work without flashes and set ISO at 100.

 

Baby Boy Luc
Our little baby boy Luc, at six months. A very happy smiling little fellow who’s looking great in Blue!

Shot with my 50mm (the cheap-ass one from Canon f1.8) at f2 and an exposure bias of 1 full stop in order to keep the dark bits as they should be. I took the quick, lazy option of shooting Av because I didn’t want to risk losing the moment. After setting things up quickly it was just a matter of focussing properly (not always easy with this lens: it is rather poorly built, but so is the 5 times more expensive f1.4), getting the right frame and start clicking away!

Afterwards it turned out there was no need for hurry, Luc loves smiling and took plenty of time to pose for the camera. Out of 30 shots this one came out nicest.

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Qlimax 2010 Wallpapers now online in 1600×1000 and 1600×900 formats!

My favorite Qlimax shot 2010!

Qlimax

TNT @ Qlimax

Qlimax partypeople

Qlimax lights!

“In An Alternate Reality”, in the Gelredome (Arnhem, the Netherlands)

With: Pavelow, Wildstylez, Noisecontrollers, Brennan Heart, Psyko Punkz, D-Block & S-Te-Fan, Zatox

Client: Q-Dance
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French Basque for ANWB REIZEN - Pages 1-2

French Basque for ANWB REIZEN - Pages 3-4

French Basque for ANWB REIZEN - Pages 5-6

French Basque for ANWB REIZEN - Page 7

An impression from the French Basque country, visiting the triangle Bayonne, Biarritz and St-Jean-de-Luz for ANWB REIZEN Magazine. Published in the jul/aug edition. Little video here.

Full gallery from this trip:

Publication: ANWB REIZEN
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