Travel Stories
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In the darkroom, you see by hearing
In the past few weeks, PJ and I decided to step up the pace and go for nightwork. The plan was to photograph bats in France. We knew a good but very small cave where brandt's bats Myotis brandtii swarm. Photographing bats is teamwork: lots of driving, little sleep, lots and lots … -
No time like family time
Last week I did something I had not done in 17 years... A family holiday. There was little room for intense nature photography, since I was under instructions to stay around. For those that don't know, family is important (<a href=\" … -
Date with some blondes
“White is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black.\" G.K. Chesterton The past two weeks Pj, Iwan and myself went to the roof of the world to photograph these fifty shades of white. In the second week, Ronan and … -
Visiting the dead
Last weekend I visited Berlin and I was once more amazed by the amount of laidback culture in this beautiful capital. A vast array of odd graffiti corners, bars and undergrounds. Elisabeth, in a bar. Yet as often, I was drawn to the museum of Natural history. This is not any … -
Hidden oasis
Last weekend Iwan and I (together with a few other volunteers) joined Alex, Daan and Wout from the Bat working group to count the bats wintering in the old war fort of Steendorp. This is exceptional in every possible way: the fort is strictly forbidden access, it is one of the …