About

Photography

During my education in Communication and Multimedia Design I came in touch with photography. For school assignments I was able to borrow a Nikon DLSR camera. Ever since the moment I started to use a DSLR camera, I didn’t want to go back to a compact camera anymore.

Just before the start of the summer holidays in 2010, when I was not able to borrow a camera at school, I decided to buy one myself. After doing some research I bought a Canon 50D combined with a 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens. I replaced the body a few years later by a Canon 7D. However, I was never able to take distance from my cameralens. Because of the wide range, it’s just an ideal lens for a allround hobby photographer like me. Good for landscapes and even better for close-ups.

Whenever I go out for a nice hike or event, you will usually see me with my camera. And if it’s not with my big camera, then you will probably see me making some snapshots with my smartphone for my Strava activity or as a local guide for Google Maps. I think I can safely say that photography is a hobby that got out of hand.

Music

As far as I can remember, I was always passionated about music. It started in the early ’90s with techno, eurodance and trance music. From the ’00s I started to develop preferences for other kind of music like electronic, synth-pop, ’80s, celtic, new age and soundtrack music. Artists like Vangelis, Ennio Morricone and Hans Zimmer became my biggest sources of inspiration.

As a kid and teenager I tried to make my own songs by combining music samples. I even bought turntables to chase the dream of becoming a professional DJ. But already soon I discovered I felt less passionated about that. I found my real motivation in writing melodies, my own musical stories. In the beginning of the ’10s I started to record music with a keyboard, digital piano and some producer software.

In 2013 I joined one of the most famous male choir in the Netherlands, The Royal Choir Society Mastreechter Staar. With the choir I was able to perform at many special locations and with some well-known Dutch artists such as André Rieu, Guus Meeuwis and Anneke Grönloh. Due to a move to a different city I unfortunately left the choir 5 years later.