Sometimes when I roadtrip I tend to just park the car and sleep under the stars. Was very cold, but totally worth it. This was next to a medieval castle which made it all even better. π
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Castle in Northern Italy near the Swiss Alps. Name unknown.
Was in a rush and forgot to log where I was π
Sunset at Ultimaker, Geldermalsen
Leaving a company you love is never great. But at least the view was very nice. π
Roadtrip through Poland
It has been years since I’ve posted anything here. But after Corona seriously limited my traveling, and work turned photography into, well, work, I’m pretty much back where I was before all of that.Β
I’ve changed jobs back to where I was and re-ignited my passion for photography. Then, only a couple of months ago, I also met my girlfriend who happens to love traveling as well. As one thing led to another, we found ourselves in her car on our way to Poland. Both armed with cameras, looking for adventure. And adventure we found…
Photolocations include Flugplatz Sperenberg, WrocΕaw Zoo, Zalipie (flower-painted houses), and the BiaΕowieΕΌa Forest.
Enjoy!
Winter in Gelderland
Gelderland is probably one of the most beautiful places in the Netherlands. There’s lot’s of nature and some really old towns.Β
So what does it look like when snow falls down on our heads? Amazing! I took my car out for a ride just to discover so much awesomeness. Here’s some pics, enjoy!
Random roadtrip with Camilla
What’s more awesome than doing a roadtrip? Doing a roadtrip with a great friend. Camilla just got back from her internship at Malta a day before we headed out. But that didn’t stop her.
We started by going to Altena in Germany. It’s a nice small town in between some seriously high hills. You could call ‘m mountains I guess. It has a beautiful castle and some nice forrests around it. From there, we just started randomly driving whatever felt good. And we found so many nice places.
One of the coolest places we found, was a very old ruin of a castle. The most awesome thing was, it felt like we were discovering the place! Barely any modern stuff around like signs or bins. Good stuff.
After that we drove off over one of the higher mountains in the region, just to see this amazing view.
After that, we rode down just to find more awesome things. Take this bus for example where we had dinner!
We ended up in a nice hotel, and the days after were seriously cool. We saw a lot more cool places, met nice people and we ended up Couchsurfing for the second night. These people were really friendly and it actually inspired us quite a bit.
The next morning, we woke up bloody early to see the sun come up. Anyway, it was sooo foggy, so we ended up seeing the fog become brighter. But we never actually saw the sun. Ah well, still a pretty cool moment.
Anyway, here are the rest of the pics. They all have a story of their own, but if I’d type everything I’d want to type I would end up writing a book. As always: Enjoy!
Photo of the day challenge
Why not take 365 photos, one photo at a time, spread over a whole year? Well, sounds easy right?
Reality is slightly different, and a daily photochallenge isn’t called a challenge for no reason. Heck, give me the icebucketchallenge, planking challenge or even theΒ Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge… but no this one is actually even for a photographer pretty difficult.
Why it’s a challenge
Time
Everyday you need to find some time to capture something, edit it and post it. Trust me, in the beginning it’s nice, but there are some days where it’s just really difficult. Especially when you get home around 23:30, want to sleep and you feel you mΓΊst post a photo.
Daily routine
Everything you do on a daily basis is boring and normal to you. If you go to work five days a week using the same route, you won’t see anything interesting. To you, that is. Doing a daily challenge forces you to look around like a tourist again, but it’s hard.
Internet
What if you go abroad and you don’t have an internet connection? You actually need your (heavy) camera, laptop/computer to edit your stuff and an internetconnection to actually post your pixels.
Either way, you can check out my Photo of the Day album on my personal Facebook account. I guess you have to add me to see ‘m all. That’s fine tho.
300km photography roadtrip
Went for a 2km ride, got back, ignored the street I lived in, carried on and ended up completely unplanned 150km away from home. This is the result.
This is actually something I want to do on a more regular basis. Probably invite friends along and just check out Europe. Anyway, in this case I drove around 300km and found some really cool places. Nothing was planned and I didn’t know the area beforehand.
Quick roadtrip to Germany, again
Just a quick ride in my car to Germany. Was bored so.. whadda ya do, right?
I actually found this old city-center by accident, took a wrong turn and all of a sudden I saw this old building with a gate (first photo). Parked the car and went in. There, I found this awesome castle. What random traveling can give you, right?
Summer 2016 trip: Normandy, France
Just a 1600km roadtrip through Normandy, France. What a beautiful place… and such a rich and important history.
All the photos can be seen at the full Normandy page.
Abandoned military facility in Germany
Went on a roadtrip in my new car. Visited an abandoned factory and military base in Germany.
Random forrest photo’s
Did a 20km bicycle ride, as more often is the case, and I brought my camera. Here’s some results. Enjoy.
The Veluwe National Park
One of the most beautiful natural parcs in the Netherlands is the Veluwe. Actually, it is thΓ© most beautiful in my opinion. Last Saturday I was there for a photoshoot with Tim, and I managed to take some area-photo’s as well. Here they are.
Photoshoot with Tim at the Veluwe
After working with Tim Aaldering already once in the studio, we decided it was time for another shoot.
This time we went into the great outdoors: the Dutch Veluwe. This is a large area in Gelderland with lot’s of trees, animals and open fields with sand and dry grass. A pretty cool location for a shoot, to show a feeling of freedom and fun.
Camera used:
- Canon EOS 5DSr
Flash used:
- Speedlite 600EX-RT
Lenses used:
- Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS USM L ii
- Canon 50mm f1.4
- Sigma 12-24mm f4.5
