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Broken Christmas Baubles: Red, Gold and Silver
Beauty can be found in unexpected places. And sometimes it takes a little effort to really see that beauty. It started with a somewhat peculiar action of a fellow inhabitant of my apartment complex...
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The Rotterdam Ferris Wheel
For the second year in a row, Rotterdam has a Ferris wheel, for a few weeks. With an English name: The View. Like last spring the wheel is on Binnenrotte square, almost touching the famous Markthal (or...
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Looking Back at the Winter of 2017
On Monday, March 20th, 2017 at 10:28 AM, GMT, spring begins in the northern hemisphere of planet Earth. It is the day of the vernal equinox, when day and night, anywhere on the globe, have more or less...
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A New Park, a New Panorama: Saint-Lawrence’s Planet
There was a time when I made a lot of spherical and tubular panoramas but the last one, at Kruisplein, dates back to over a year ago. There are two reasons for this. First of all, those little planets...
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The Miniworld Effect
There are so many features on a modern camera that many of them are hardly used by most people. For example, on my Nikon d5100 (but many other cameras have something similar) there is a setting called...
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Open Monuments Day 2017 in Rotterdam: Churches, Shelters and Other Heritage
On 9 and 10 September, doors opened that usually stay closed. Although the name is still singular, Open Monuments Day now covers the entire second weekend of September. Over the years, I’ve seen many...
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Black and White Photography in Photoshop
There has been a challenge going around on Facebook these days. People post a black and white photo of their daily life for seven consecutive days, without people in it and without explanation. And...
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Venlo revisited: the Koninginneplein Tunnel
The tunnel under Koninginneplein (or should I say Queen’s Square?) in Venlo was completed in 2011. It ensured a smoother and prettier transition between the railway station and the city center. Through...
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Making photos through glass – fighting reflections
Last week, together with a number of fellow photographers, I had the opportunity to take photographs from the 37th floor of the Delftse Poort building (formerly known as Nationale Nederlanden). Many...
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Looking Back at the Photographic Autumn of 2017
When does autumn begin and end? The answer depends on whether you ask an astronomer or a meteorologist. Equinox and solstice The astronomical autumn begins with the autumn equinox, the moment that day...
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Countdown: the Ten Best Photographs of 2017
Just like in 2016, I wanted to present a top-10 of my favorite photos of the year. And like last year that appeared to be a daunting task. In 2017 I took over 6,000 photos; that makes about 20 per day....
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Photography on Railway Stations: Do you Need Permission?
I had about ten minutes untill the train to Rotterdam would roll into Utrecht Central Station. just enough time to take some pictures. The hour, just after sundown, and a beautiful sky asked for it....
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The Open Towers of Amsterdam
Like most Rotterdammers, I tend to refer to Amsterdam somewhat pejoratively as 020 (the city’s area code, which seems to indicate it came second after Rotterdam, 010). But secretly I think it’s quite a...
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Looking Back at the Sandwich Winter of 2017/2018
March 20, at a quarter past five in the afternoon, spring officially started, according to the astronomers. For the meteorologists, it even started already on the 1st of March. So it’s time to review...
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The Rotterdam Public Sculpture Top 10
Every city has a collection of statues and other works of art in public spaces. But I do feel that the average artwork in Rotterdam is somewhat larger than elsewhere. The city has a remarkable number...
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A 360 Degree View of Rotterdam from Delftse Poort Building
Last week, once again I was given the opportunity, together with a number of fellow photographers, to take photos from Delftse Poort, the highest building in downtown Rotterdam. And unlike the last...
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Springtime in Rotterdam: Magnolia, Prunus, Robinia
For some photos the window of opportunity is very small. You have to be quick, otherwise your chance is over. Think, for example, of the increasingly rare photos of the city under a nice layer of snow....
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The Rooftop Days of 2018: aerial views of Rotterdam
June 2 and 3, those were this year’s Rotterdam Rooftop Days, the annual opportunity to see, and photograph, the city from different perspectives. Unlike last year, a Rooftop Pass did not give access to...
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Found Footage: the Numbers Challenge
It was on a bicycle path near the fortified town of Hellevoetsluis that I got a brilliant idea. Or let me rephrase that: just a good idea. At regular distances, I estimate about a hundred meters,...
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Summer Evening on a Roof in Rotterdam
It’s widely known that a lot of things in Rotterdam are named after Erasmus: the university, the medical center, a major bridge, to name but a few. No everyone knows that there is also an Erasmus...
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