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!