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A busy pedestrian crossing full of people.

Respect on the street

Are you allowed to photograph people on the street? The rules exist, but my most important rule is not among them.

 Black and white head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling woman with shoulder-length hair.

How do you make an honest portrait for your book cover?

A good portrait on your cover is more than a nice photo. It is a visual introduction to you as an author.

 Aerial photograph of two people walking along a quay beside the water.

The value of photography workshops

Knowledge is nice, but insight is nicer. What a workshop is worth to me lies in watching what other people do.

 Black and white photograph of a bicycle park under a canopy at a railway station.

The exposure square

It is not a triangle at all. Without your personal touch your camera makes a well exposed photo, and nothing more.

 Portrait of a woman with dark curly hair in a long coat, leaning against a glass wall with water in the background.

Where do you make the best portrait? 12 places worth thinking about

A good portrait does not start with a smile but with a choice: where do you make it?

 Black and white photograph of a woman in glasses at a busy market, among other people.

Puzzling it out

I do not want to be put in a box. And if I have to be in one, I would rather build it myself.

 A woman sweeps the pavement in front of a shop signed "Goudland Inkoop en Verkoop".

The Clearasil of photography

I do not really like editing at all. What I dislike is changing the situation as it was.

 Michiel Heijmans stands smiling in a television studio among a camera, a lighting panel and a monitor.

What an adventure: a guest on Het Perfecte Plaatje op Reis

Then the phone rings: would you take part as an expert on a Dutch television photography programme?

 Black and white photograph of a photographer seen from behind, photographing a city from a height.

Next to the accelerator sits the brake

If you are always looking for something new, you never really get to know what you already have.

 Two people talking in a warehouse with colourful toy vehicles and equipment on racks.

Selling more with good photos

If someone in the street looks up, you look up too. On your website that works exactly the same way.

 A colour wheel with the words "Color Wheel" in the centre.

Colour theory: how do you use colour?

Every colour has a meaning, and every colour carries a positive and a negative association at the same time.