As a professional landscape photographer, I have seen many beautiful places around the world. But photographing my home country never gets boring. It’s great because I know all the seasons very well, and can predict the weather very easily because of all my years of experience. So I know when to go to which location to get the perfect shot. It makes it even more challenging to create original shots as I have captured my homeland so much already. But that’s what keeps it fun. I keep trying to improve my Netherlands portfolio, capturing the same spots in a better way or simply discovering new ones. Because even after all these years, I still find new spots I want to photograph every year!

When photographing tulip fields, for me the challenges are mainly to try to still come up with original shots. As I have photographed them for almost 10 years, you would think I have shot every possible composition and condition out there. But that’s not the case! I keep trying to do new things. This year, I captured a beautiful lightning strike above a red tulip field where the lines pointed exactly to the middle. In all of my years of shooting, I never managed to do that. It just proves there are still new shots to be taken for me. And every year I try again if I am around.

This year, for me the most memorable evening was shooting the tulips with a big shelf cloud coming over, and after that, the thunderstorms. This year the ’theme’ of the season was storms in general, you could say. We had a very cold spring and the season started very slow. But the storms were beautiful! I loved capturing those dark clouds with the bright tulips. It makes for great contrast. This year, I also focused more on drone shots from picturesque villages in the North West of the country. I spent a lot of time flying my drone and capturing these cute villages. It adds a little extra when you see the tulip fields around them.

In the future, in fact, I plan to shoot even more in The Netherlands. I have some interesting projects coming up, but I am excited about just anything. You can expect to see some new beautiful locations from my side, and of course, I will keep upgrading the Dutch portfolio. And I have some new things that I will announce very soon.