A relaxed day in Antwerp, a young singer in front of the camera, an old friend tagging along, a couple of manual lenses and no real plan beyond making pictures. This shoot with Marlies was a good reminder that photography doesn’t always need a strategy or a clear return. Sometimes you just need to shoot because it feels right.

Yesterday my expo “Gezien Worden” (Being Seen) officially opened. It was a wonderful evening and I still have a lot to process so there will be more about this later. For now, I just want to share some pictures of the opening night and more info on the expo.

A remake of a classic character king, I just had to test it.

An experiment with some flashlights.

There’s a new version of the Smoke Ninja. It’s just as portable as it’s predecessor and way more powerful.

Always great to work with these two. Shot with a combination of modern and vintage lenses.

Continuing my exploration of wide angle portraits.

Can you use a wide angle lens for portraits? Let’s find out.

Portraits of an artist that I met online.

A video about the Smoke Ninja, a smoke machine in your pocket.

Is a set of budget fast primes good enough? Find out in this video.

Shinrin-Yoku can be translated as '“forest bathing”, but that wouldn’t do the Japanese concept no justice. But when words fall short, there are photographs.

Let me show you how I use fast manual lenses to slow down.

My favorite way to do portrait shoots, keep it simple and let it flow. In this video I explain how I work and why.

I was part of the launch campaign of the Fujifilm X-T5. Here’s my project, a review and a bunch of pictures.

I finally secured a good copy of one of the dream vintage lenses on my wishlist.

A career in professional portrait photography has made me fast and efficiënt but it also makes it hard to slow down when there’s space for more intimate portraits.