Making pictures from musicians and stage performances is boosting my creativity. I am looking forward to new challenges in Available light photography, music, theater, dance etc.
Do you have an event where flashlight destroys the atmosphere, contact me for a photo shooting at the address below.

I was born in 1964 near Amsterdam. When I was 10 I had my first camera, photography never let me go again. Already in primary school we had a teacher that showed us the basics of Photography. The enlarger was a Slide projector that was pointing at the wall. We mounted the negatives in a slides, projected them on the wall and measured exposure time by making exposure traps. Develop, pick the right one and make a full paper exposure. During my studies in Wageningen, I enjoyed music and theater photography with the famous Kodak TMAX3200. Trying to capture the soul on Stage. Photography is also a way to observe nature and gives you time to relax, think and to be distracted.

Now you think this is history, but currently I am still developing my pictures (Digital instead of Chemical). When raw formats came, I knew that the darkroom would return. Many programs offer options for processing Raw files but only a few are made for Photographers. Currently I am an fan of RawTherapee, where sometimes for large processing I use Adobe Software. Up to version 2.4 RawTherapee was buggy, but version 3.0 on Linux and 4.02 on Windows 7 they really gave the market a serious alternative for camera raw.

Available light Photography is a kind of purism, you do not interact with the light ambiance while shooting. for this you need a high sensitive camera like a Canon 5D or 5Dmk2. The purchase of top lenses like 135mm F2.0 L, 50mm F1.4 pushed me again to look for limits. I use some of my old Lenses (Olympus) with adapter for macro photography. My camera has a M(Manual). This is the most common used letter on my camera. Light meters are for dummies :).