Travel

The colors of the American Southwest on film: chapter 3 in lessons learned

When I think about the colors that dominate the American Southwest, I mostly see a mix of hard and pastel variations of orange, yellow,...

There is no M in wilderness, or is there?

The Leica M is a stunning camera and the craftsmanship and dedication to quality is evident. For this reason, some M owners are rather...

Scotland, a place of beauty (with a Pentax K-1 !!)

Hello from Scotland 👋🏻 as I am writing this post on the last day of our third trip to this amazing place. It has become a bit of a...

A few days in Berlin with the Voigtlander 50mm F2 APO-Lanthar

Berlin is probably my favorite city to photograph. There is so much history, and its vastness means there is always something to shoot....

Tuscan doorknockers

One of the most enjoyable things about having developed somewhat of a photographer's eye is that you start to notice things around you....

The Significance of Insignificance

The mountains have this particular effect on me. Whenever I am surrounded by these giant stone walls, I get this feeling of...

The meaning of roads and the machines you use.

Do me a favor and picture a road in your mind. Don't overthink it, just go with the first road that materializes. Chances are that the...

Semana Santa in Sevilla & Ronda: A Welcome Surprise

I am not a religious person. I did not grow up in a religious environment and have never felt the appeal to believe. This will not be a...

A week in Iceland - field testing my Nikon Z system

Land of fire and ice. Volcanoes, waterfalls, lava fields, black sand beaches, craters, mountains, glaciers, ice caves, fjords. The list...

Bikepacking with two cameras in Sauerland

I was a bit anxious about bikepacking at the end of September in the Sauerland region in the middle of Germany, given that the weather...

My hiking setup for photography

Being out in nature is good for people, something the different lockdowns of the past 18 months emphasized. Sometimes you need to miss...

California in Black & White

Epic scenery, those two words come to mind when I think back on a roadtrip I took with my wife and daughter back in 2019. Still not being...

Autumn in full force

Do you like avocados? I definitely do but there is this one thing with avocados that is a bit difficult; the small window of time when...

The evolution of my wildlife photography on safari in South Africa

This post is going to be a bit longer as I will look back on three trips to South Africa over the course of 8 years and reflect on how my...

Bad weather photography; a weekend in Porto

Porto seemed like a brilliant place to visit in late October to escape the blanket of fog and rain that usually descends on my hometown...