I am Lies Bakker, born in 1965 and living with my partner and their dog Bob in Bunnik. As long as there are cameras in smartphones I have been trying to take fun, crazy pictures that I enthusiastically share on my social media. It never got much further than that. I never knew anything about photography itself. In the beginning of 2020 I gave myself a Nikon D5600 camera with kit lens 18-55 as a gift. Soon this was expanded with a 55-300 Nikon zoom, a Tamron 18-400 zoom, a 50 mm fixed focal length lens, a Sigma 105 mm macro lens and to top it all off.... the Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary. Although I consider myself a novice hobby photographer, I do have a lot of fun doing what I do and that's what matters to me. In the meantime I have taken some starter courses and try to enjoy my hobby, wondering where this adventure will end. My other hobby is building websites, one with my photos is a logical consequence.