Fishermen of Polkata – Photostory on IGVP
Today my first photo-story has been published on the site of the International Guild of Visual Peacemakers (IGVP). The photo-story is about the daily life of the fishermen of Polkata at the coastline of the Bay of Bengal in east India. I visited the fishing village during a few days when I was staying for [...]
May 2011 wallpaper
As I am still spending time in the Netherlands I have the opportunity to celebrate Queen’s Day here today. Queen’s Day celebrates the birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands and is supposed to be a day of national unity and “togetherness”. Originally it was Queen Juliana (the mother of our current Queen Beatrix) who [...]
April 2011 wallpaper – “Pathway to Infinity”
The April 2011 wallpaper is dedicated to my beloved mother, Yvonne Timmermans-Regeer. She passed away last week after a two year fight against cancer. With her passing away I loose the biggest fan of my photography. She loved the sea, so may her soul find rest and peace on this pathway to infinity. Following a [...]
North Sea coastline sunset
Since I am spending some time in the province of Noord-Holland (in the Netherlands) I have the opportunity to visit the coastline on a regular basis when the weather situation allows for some sunset photography. Besides that I love to photograph sunsets I simply also enjoy just watching the sun disappear in the sea creating [...]
March 2011 wallpaper
Today it is the 1st of March already, thus time to post the new free calendar wallpaper for this month. The chosen photo was taken during the last February storm on the west coast of the Netherlands, near the village of Petten. It was hard to walk on a straight line due to the enormous [...]
Photographing Simone
It is a very foggy Thursday morning when I meet her at the beach of Egmond aan Zee, on the west coast of the Netherlands. Simone Sijtstra is founder and owner of Compasso Coaching (in Dutch). She is a licensed NLP Coach and runs her own practice in Heiloo. For her website she is looking [...]
Postcards from Holland
Windmill near Volendam, Noord-Holland Due to family reasons I am currently spending some time away from home and back in my country of birth, the Netherlands. Although I have visited the Netherlands the past years frequently I never spent much time to seriously photograph it. Actually, some Dutch cows are currently the only gallery in [...]
Complexd Magazine – Love Thy Woman issue
Cuban woman in the streets of Havana. Complexd Magazine, the UK’s 1st Digital Magazine celebrating multicultural women, has published their fifth issue last Friday. Complexd Magazine is a bi-monthly fashion & lifestyle publication for multicultural women, which delivers rich content that is visually diverse and representative of reality. Four of my photos from the Cuba [...]
The “Mallumsche Molen” of Eibergen in Holland
The “Mallumsche Molen” (Mill of Mallum) is located in the eastern part of Holland (the Netherlands) in the village of Eibergen, my hometown. This wheat-mill was first built in 1188. The villagers of Eibergen were required to get their wheat grained at this mill. The mill existed out of two parts, a wheat-mill and an [...]
February 2011 wallpaper
In these days of darkness, snow, rain and low temperatures it is good to be reminded of the warm summer season to come. Therefor my February 2011 wallpaper is dedicated to a summer seaside beach view of a palm leaf parasol. The image was taken on Aruba, the “Happy Island” in the Caribbean, during an [...]
International Guild of Visual Peacemakers
Since the beginning of this year I am a proud member of the International Guild of Visual Peacemakers (IGVP). The IGVP is a group of visual communicators devoted to peacemaking and breaking down stereotypes by displaying the beauty and dignity of various cultures around the world. The International Guild of Visual Peacemakers (IGVP) was created [...]
Cuba Street Games
Playing games is a popular activity on the streets of Cuba, especially Domino is a favorite for young and old.
January 2011 wallpaper
The photo for the wallpaper of the first month of 2011 was recently taken north of Stockholm during a wonderful crispy cold afternoon with beautiful sunset colors in the sky. At this point I would like to give a special thanks to the people at Photoshelter, WordPress.org and Graph Paper Press who made it possible [...]
December 2010 wallpaper
After having skipped the November 2010 wallpaper due to some technical difficulties here is the December 2010 wallpaper. The photo for the December 2010 wallpaper was taken at the beach on the east coast of India. I was traveling in Orissa and stayed a week in Puri, a city well known for the Jagannath Temple. [...]
October 2010 wallpaper
It is almost the first of the month and thus time for a new wallpaper. The chosen photo for the October 2010 wallpaper comes from the Sweden: Farstanäs series. I took this photo while I was camping south of Södertalje, close to Järna in an area known as Farstanäs. A long exposure time (20sec) was [...]
September 2010 wallpaper
The photo for the free September 2010 wallpaper was taken near Falkenberg in an area known as Hansagård, as you might recall from my blog post Summer at the west coast of Sweden. Click on the image above to get the small version (1280x853px). Click here if you want to get the large version (1920x1200px). [...]
