Last weekend the sun finally showed itself after numerous days of grey weather with mist, rain and all sorts of dreary conditions. So this was a welcome change. The temperature was a good 8-10C with the sun steadily on the horizon it actually was a really nice warm day. Time to shoot!

I’ll keep this on short. Two interesting new places that I discovered in the Breda area for “wetlands” and forest type of photography. It was not the best day, but at the end of the day the sun just showed itself and for half an hour there was nice light.

A concept in the works, that was the title of this blog. An idea to capture birds in a “human” like portrait. Difficult yes, but rewarding and so much fun to do! It made me think of composition, contrast, posture and just figuring out how to get a good image.

So time flies right? Last spring I visited Vancouver and Vancouver Island for recreational purposes, i.e. vacation, but had the camera with me obviously. Especially Vancouver Island and the Pacific Rim area where I stayed is known for its bald eagles, bears and sea life.

I have this idea, for a while now, it started with the photos on the desktop of the Microsoft surface line. Remember, the animals - owl photographed. To me it was as the birds where portrayed as a humans, a portrait almost. This intrigued me and wanted to try this for myself. So I thought let’s try to capture birds in portraits like humans, i.e. bird portrait photography.

Whenever I visit the Dutch dunes I always end up in the same area. This area lets me photograph nice landscapes, but also a variety of wildlife, ranging from small birds to elk, deer and foxes. However this time around I wanted to go to the more northern part of the Dunes area, which is Nationaal Park Zuid Kennemerland.