I took this black-and-white photo on the church square in Harderwijk. The church facade in this black-and-white photo is the Grote Kerk of Harderwijk, it is a building that rises above the old city centre of Harderwijk. Against the facade that you see used to be a church tower with a flat top. When I took this photo, the sun came through the clouds. You can also see in the sky some clouds that regularly came in front of the sun. Even though it was spring, the trees were still bare. Because of the height of the building, I chose to take this photo standing up, as you can't get the whole building in the picture anyway. Even though I had an 18-55mm lens on my camera, my back was against the neighbouring Wheme building. I converted this photo to black and white in post-processing so it looks a bit older.
Welcome to my shop. My name is Gerard de Zwaan and I was born in 1983 in the Veluwe town of Harderwijk where I grew up and still live. I started photography in 2013. My first camera was a Nikon D3200 which I still own and is now as a.. Read more…