With 2020 for most of us not turning out how we hoped it would when we were celibrating the new year, it did give me some time for a couple of personal series. Luckily I could borrow this 806hp Novitec McLaren 720S for a couple of days earlier this year and used the opportunity to bring some ideas to life.
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At the start of last years summer, Mercedes-Benz asked me to propose a concept to them for shooting a series of the new V-Class. Coming up with an idea of what to do with the hyacinth red metallic red V300d Lang Exclusive Edition wasn’t all that hard. For some years now many of the locations I got to shoot in happened to be at coastal regions, so I’d really wanted to change it up a bit and get into the mountains.
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While jobs always involve some sort of retouching to get to the final images, in some cases clients request going a little further. Sometimes it’s just replacing a sky or background, in other cases I had to completely change the subject like I showed in an earlier article. So for the first blog entry of 2019 I figured to grand a figurative look in the kitchen of photo manipulation.
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When thinking of Italian cars, most will immediately mention the famous supercar brands like Lamborghini and Ferrari. Maserati will probably be a close third for many and the petrolheads will definitely not exclude Pagani and Alfa Romeo either. Lancia though has sort of been lost in history. While the brand still exists and works closely with Chrysler for their current models, most will remember them from motorsports history.
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It’s been a while since I shared one of the stories behind my work here, but I figured it was that time again. In the spring of this year I went on a little roadtrip again for Mercedes-Benz, with a set of completely different vehicles this time. These kind of trips always make for great stories besides the amazing photography opportunities, so here we go.
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While known for shooting cars, I do however shoot other things too. When a friend was selected to represent our country as Mr. Netherlands in an international modelling competition in Bulgaria, he was in need of some new photos and decided to reach out to me. Part of the competition was, as so often nowadays, all about the gathering as many likes on social media as possible. A photo that stands out from the competition is always a good start and I was happy to shoot it. As this is something I don’t do very often, I thought it would be interesting to show the results here.
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At the end of last year I was asked to go on a roadtrip for Mercedes-Benz to shoot some social media content for them. This ofcourse sounded like a treat alone, but they had a very special car in mind for me take. Due to being in the process of shooting and editing another campaign at that time, I wouldn’t be available until the first week of december but this wasn’t a problem at all. So this is how I got to spend some winter time with the amazing 2017 Mercedes-AMG GT S in Spain.
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As a true petrolhead and photographer, I can really appreciate a well personalized supercar. Cars in this segment are made and designed with an amazing attention to detail in both design and engineering, making them perfect photography subjects. Add some unique details and you can end up with something really special, both with the car as the photos of it. Luckily I have a loyal customer, Baan Velgen, who specialized in exactly this.
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Some time ago I was invited by Mercedes-Benz to take part in the Night at Europa-Park event. This event encompassed a photoshoot promoting a selection of their All Time Stars classic cars in partnership with one of Europe’s largest themeparks. As the program started at 9 am on a thursday morning, at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, we decided to take a hotel in the area the night before.
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With being an automotive photographer in the Netherlands comes dealing with our weather. Our country isn’t exactly known for it’s great weather, except when you actually prefer featureless grey skies, rain and cold. Beyond late spring and summer, the weather often results in post poning shoots or taking the car indoors. With shooting this BMW i8 I decided to weather the storm though.
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