I am still recovering from the adrenaline of this one. It was an extremely difficult shot and an absolutely crazy experience.

I have been using Xperia phones for years now. It is a real niche phone, and still, every new model manages to surprise me. This summer I took the Xperia 1 VIII to Greenland.

On 12 August 2026 a total solar eclipse crosses Greenland, Iceland and Spain, and it happens with the sun almost on the horizon. Where to be, and how to shoot it.

I have been shooting heathlands in the Netherlands for more than ten years, and I still go back every season. Here are my ten tips for the purple season.

Ever since seeing puffins for the first time in Iceland one summer many years ago, I wanted to spend some proper time really capturing good photos of them. It was always in the back of my head. Then, while giving a talk at the Explore Light conference in Ireland in 2025, I met photographer Chris van Twisk, a Dutch photographer living in Ireland. We got talking and he casually mentioned that he goes to the Saltee Islands in Ireland every year to photograph puffins. ‘Do you wan

It was extremely hot in the Netherlands in June. We are breaking heat record after heat record these weeks, and it is not just here. Large parts of Europe are baking too. People that know me know I really do not like heat. But there is one thing about this extreme heat that I do like: all that warm, unstable air builds up, and it often ends the day in spectacular fashion with (thunder)storms, dramatic cloud formations and the chance to photograph lightning. In this article I

A place just 15 minutes by car from my home. I have been coming here for many years, but this year I decided to try something different. Because these plants grow so tall, I had the idea of going up just a little higher with my drone to find new perspectives. I started with a practice session in decent light and managed to find some nice compositions, but most importantly, I got a good feel for how close I could get to the flowers and scouted out different angles. A couple of

The Wild Muş Tulip of Turkey documented and portrayed by Albert Dros

I always like to look back on the photos I take. It takes me back to the moment and relive the memories. For me, that’s an important part of photography. Last January we had lots of snow in the Netherlands. In a month where I was supposed to be in Antarctica but couldn’t go because of an urgent family matter, winter was brought to my own doorstep. I normally do not talk much about my personal life, but January was a whirlwind of the darker side of life, and the brighter beaut

The year is almost over and like every year, it’s time to look back. And as most of the years, There’s a combination of photos from the Netherlands and international work that I quickly want to take you through. We end this year with some nice awards on my mushroom series ‘Mushrooms in their Natural World’, that won 2 big awards: 2nd prize in the International Photographer of the Year , and 1st prize in the portfolio category of the Lowlands photographer of the year . I parti

Ever since I visited Kyrgyzstan for the first time 9 years ago my dream was to see and photograph a snow leopard in the wild in Kyrgyzstan. There are places in the world where this is not that difficult, but Kyrgyzstan isn't one of them. Throughout the years I have done many photo projects in Kyrgyzstan but the only thing that was still missing in my portfolio was the ghost of the mountains : the snow leopard. Earlier this year my friend Ormon (who was also with me during my

Yes, they can be found in the Netherlands. The last few weeks I spent quite some evenings photographing fireflies in the east of the country. I had photographed them some years ago but never really got something I was satisfied with. I wanted to change that this year so I decided to dedicate quite some evenings photographing them. Difficulties: There were several difficult things here. First of all: locations. Forests look different during the night. Not only that, they’re al

Review of the newly released Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 Full Frame Fisheye lens with a focus on landscapes and astrophotography.

Did you know there are places where tulips grow in the wild? I have photographed tulips in my homeland the Netherlands for more than 10 years and recently started to photograph them in different countries around the world. But these are all cultivated tulips created in the last thousand years by people. Tulips actually have many wild ancestors. In fact, tulips have grown in the wild for over 20 million years. The world was a very different place back then and so it is difficu

Lots of helpful tips for photographing spring flowers!

March 2, 2025 . One of the best mornings in terms of fog I've seen at the famous Kinderdijk area in the Netherlands. The fog height was just perfect for the drone, with all of the windmills just sticking out of a beautiful fog blanket. This blanket lasted for about 2 hours after sunrise, allowing me to capture lots of different compositions with different kinds of light. Next to photos, I also took quite some video footage. Here's a short 2 minute film from the morning: Every

I always wanted to photograph some giant waves on the northern coast of Spain. It doesn’t happen that often. According to locals, maybe...

A few days in Slovenia photographing churches on hilltops surrounded by fog.

Photoseries of the Frozen Netherlands for just a few days in January 2025.

I've received lots of requests on the topic of colour in my photos so I decided to make a video about it, in which I show and explain how...