During a photography bootcamp on Ameland, we endured many weather conditions. One of the assignments was to make a triptych of life on the beach. It was a real challenge because on the very day we had to do this assignment, it was raining cats and dogs. It was also blowing tremendously hard, leaving us sandblasted on the beach. This meant I had to keep my camera out of the wind and used my rainsleeve for the first time. Grumbling at the weather and soaking wet from the rain, I returned to the hotel that first day, disappointed with the result. In the evening, however, the weather report came in that it would be nice the next that. With the whole group, we therefore got up early on Sunday to go to the North Beach. We enjoyed the beautiful sunrise and the play of light with the sand, water and beach. The wind was still blowing hard, blowing the sand across the beach. Clouds in the sky alternated and created this picture. To represent the feeling of the rainy Saturday, I merged two photos into one: the wind and clouds on the sunny day and the rippling water that was safe to photograph on the rainy Saturday.
Since a few years I have discovered the passion for photography. I call myself primarily an outdoor photographer: when I'm outside, my eye scans the surroundings, looking for that one image that catches my eye, and which I can then take a nice picture of... Read more…