During the hottest days of the year, I hung up curtains to keep my apartment cool. The harsh light, the discomfort, asked something of me. And so I stepped in front of the camera.

A self-portrait series made in the hush of a heatwave.
The Weight of Ease explores the quiet tension between stillness and presence.

What does real connection mean in photography? For me, it goes far beyond pointing a camera. It’s tuning into the unique energy and emotions of the subject in front of me.

I captured what I could—not to keep it, but to share it.
Because perhaps, when you see these images,
you’ll see your own poetry too.

I show you how to create an elegant dispersion effect in your digital compositions, inspired by a project I recently worked on.

Taking a good look at his depictions, nothing really extraordinary happens but life itself. For the latest challenge of the Paard Verzameld Collective, we were to be inspired by the impressionist painter Claude Monet.

As I move closer again to the photographer and artist I am meant to be, I learned in this encounter with six horses, two were open to really connect and I was ready to feel and deepen that connection.

The colours were impressive, as was the sound of all the birds quacking, chirping whilst flying over, quarreling in the pond or saying goodnight.