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Very proud to have my photography covered wall to wall in the brand new juice house, D’Juice House, in the middle of Amsterdam’s city center.

Every summer since 1970, the small city of Arles in the south of France has become a Mecca for photographers from all over the world. From May to September, the festival ‘Rencontres d’Arles’ welcomes more than 100 000 visitors, and plays host to over 40 exhibitions, workshops, symposiums, portfolio reviews, book signings and more. Even featuring heavyweight photographers like Annie Leibovitz. The exhibitions are shown on various heritage sites like 12th century chapels or 19th century industrial buildings which are open to the public only for the duration of the festival. Many photographers have been discovered as a result of the festival’s importance as a springboard for photographic and contemporary creative talent.

The Noordhollands Dagblad featured one of my photos last week with a nice article about the upcoming musical LIESBETH LIST.

After 7 years of organising over 180 photography events, the Amsterdam Photo Club has grown into an active and reputable local photography community of over 3.500 members. In our ongoing effort to offer free photography events and cost efficient workshops, we are proud to announce the creation of the Amsterdam Photo Club Foundation.

A set of colorful photos featuring the products to be sold in one of Amsterdam’s new juice bar.

An increasing amount of photographers are giving their photos away, rather than selling them for smaller amounts (royalty free licenses). Websites such as ‘Unsplash’ is one of the websites offering users over 200,000 free high-resolution photos for use by anyone commercially, and without having to reference the photographer (creative commons zero license or CC0).

A good alternative for those users that do not feel the need to license the images they use, rather than pulling images from various sources without rights and permission.

Buried in the 5.000 word terms & conditions, which most likely none of the photographers read, the photographer does not need to upload a model release. But by uploading a photo, they agree that you have the proper releases, ownership and permissions needed to permit users to use the photo freely. And the terms and conditions provide no claims for unauthorised use of an image. Hence, the photographer is 100% liable for any legal implications that may follow from the content depicted in the image.

As any experienced stock photographer knows, getting your images approved for sale is a challenging task. The list of restrictions and legal requirements is long, and can for many photographers take years to fully comprehend. Required model releases of recognisable people is only the top of the iceberg of requirements.

Though the creative commons zero license does not pose an immediate threat to existing stock photographers, since most photos available have not been produced with buyer’s needs in mind; it is important that photographers understand the serious responsibility and risks offering their photos under such a license has. Especially if they are not up to date on the restrictions and requirements that go along with image licensing.

Our photo club’s advanced course students had a fun day at the beach with their models this weekend. They have in the past month been taking their photography to the next level. Increase their awareness of light and composition. Learning to see the way the camera sees by looking at specific photography areas of portraits, macro, travel, flash and landscape. They have been developing their style through focusing on your interests and realizing the impact of their images.

I had loads of fun this weekend assisting photographer Loredana Sangiuliano in photographing the 2017 summer collection of an African inspired fashion line.

Our Profoto strobe units firing at rapid speeds to capture high quality images of our suspended aerial silk performers during our latest Real Shoot Experience workshop.

This weekend we explored the 8km route of the Amsterdam Elm Tree Festival route. Starting from the Iepenarboretum by the Amsterdam Eye and ending by the Botanical Gardens. #springsnow #amsterdam #expositie #iep #iepenzaadjes #amstelpark