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Pic(k) of the week 45: MYSTICAL MORNING OVER IRAN - iPhone 13 Pro Max
Flying as a long haul airline pilot, unfortunately also means a lot of back of the clock work with frequent time changes and jet-lag. No, you never get 100% used to it, we just learn how to live with...
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Pic(k) of the week 46: THE OLDEST FLYING JET - Planes of Fame, Chino, CA
Planes of Fame in Chino (CA), is one of my favorite Aviation museums in the US. It is not your typical museum where aircraft are kept somewhere in a dark dusty hangar. Of the 160 aircraft the...
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Pic(k) of the week 47: SOCIAL DISTANCING, EXPO 2020 DUBAI
Hard to believe that two years ago, hardly anybody knew what Social Distancing meant! Since the Expo 2020 opened in Dubai October 1st, I've been 8 times and still have only seen a fraction of what is...
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Pic(k) of the week 48: C-17 SHOOTING FLARES - Dubai Airshow 2021
As somebody who has visited airshows all over the world for more than 40 years, it's quite interesting to see how some of the flight demonstrations have evolved! The demo of an UAE Air Force C-17...
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Pic(k) of the week 49: BOATS AND LEAVES, AMSTERDAM
Fall (Autumn) is my favorite season when it comes to photography! The city of Amsterdam is known for its beautiful canals and large numbers of boats which are often left out in the elements during fall...
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Pic(k) of the week 50: TA' PINU AERIAL, GOZO, MALTA
What initially was planned to be a short trip to the homecountry Belgium, eventually changed into a 5-day trip to the Southern Mediterranean archipelago Malta. This due to high Covid cases and mediocre...
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Pic(k) of the week 51: DUBAI BOABABS, Al Seef - Fujifilm X100V
Boabab trees, often referred to as "The Camel of the trees", can hold a lot of water in their huge trunks and can therefore survive in quite harsh environments. They can natively be found all across...
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Pic(k) of the week 52: THE END IS NEAR.
January 4th 2010, my first Pic(k) of the week appeared on this blog, (click here to check it out). Since then, I've been blogging one image per week for 12 consecutive years; 627 Pic(k)'s, never missed...
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BEST PHOTOGRAPHY WORK OF 2021
As a yearly tradition somewhere in January, I try to come up with my 3 best 2021 images of the 4 categories I typically shoot;STREET AERIALTRAVELAVIATION Click on the respective links above, to check...
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FUJIFILM X-H2S & XF150-600 - 3 WEEKS FIELD TEST (STILLS ONLY)
End of June 2022, Fujifilm Middle East was able to lend me a pre-production Fujifilm X-H2s and XF150-600 lens, for a three week field test, on a variety of different shoots. As usual, let's first start...
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BEST PHOTOGRAPHY WORK OF 2022
Now that the sun is about to set on 2022, it's time to reflect back on the past year, photographically speaking. Looking at your own work with a critical eye, can be an interesting exercise and...
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH - JAN 2023 - ARCHITECTURAL DUBAI
One of my New Years resolutions was blogging again more than last year. I herby like to present the "Gallery of the month", a new monthly blogpost where I'll blog about one of my many online website...
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH - FEB 2023 - BANGKOK RAILWAY STATION (HUA LAMPHONG)
This months "Gallery of the month" is taking us to Bangkok, Thailand. It was X-Photographer Rammy Narula, who first inspired me to check out the Hua Lamphong railway station in 2016, after he published...
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH - MARCH 2023 - BEST COLOUR STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
It was Street Photography that made me pick up my first Fujifilm X-series camera exactly 10 years ago. This months post provides an insight in my best colour street photography shot in this period....
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH - APRIL 2023 - RAMADAN
Living in a Muslim country as a non-muslim, has definitively opened up my horizons. When I first got to Dubai in 2002, the only thing I knew about "Ramadan", was that it was a period where Muslims fast...
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH - MAY 2023 - FOCUS ON THE WORLD BELOW
As a pilot-photographer, I’m privileged to see the world from above, on an almost daily basis. Since the early days of aviation, the view from above has fascinated people all over the world but we...
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH - JUNE 2023 - ADVERTISE HERE
Over the years, Photography projects have become a more important part of my photography work. It must therefore be no surprise that some of these make it into one of my "Gallery of the month" posts!...
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH JUL 2023: CENTRAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM - MONINO (MOSCOW)
July's "Gallery of the month" presentation, is going back in time... Being an airline pilot, I've visited a number of interesting Aviation museums all over the world, including several ones in the US...
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH AUG 2023: BEST BLACK AND WHITE STREET
It was Street Photography that made me pick up my first Fujifilm X-series camera just over 10 years ago. This months post shows what I deem is some of my strongest Black and white Street Photography...
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH SEP 2023: NATURE OF THE UAE
The gallery I choose this month is my "NATURE OF THE UAE" collection; as the name implies a series of image shot in "nature", not in public or private zoos, some in conservation reserves. When one...
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH OCT 2023: S I D E W A Y S
This month's Gallery of the month is SIDEWAYS, a personal project born after having been confined during the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.Once the lockdown was lifted the hot and humid Dubai...
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH NOV 2023: DUBAI AIRSHOW 2023
This month's gallery is a brand new one: DUBAI AIRSHOW 2023.Since I first came to Dubai in 2002, I've attended all of the biennial Dubai airshows. It has been great to see the shows evolve to what they...
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GALLERY OF THE MONTH DEC 2023: WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH-AFRICA
The last gallery of the month is one from a recent road-trip through the Western Cape in South-Africa. At least once a year, I try to set off for what I call a "Photo-adventure"; a couple of weeks of...
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BEST PHOTOGRAPHY WORK OF 2023
Now that the sun is about to set on 2023, it's time to reflect back on the past year, photographically speaking. Looking at your own work with a critical eye, can be an interesting exercise and is...
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90 YEARS - 90 DAYS - 90 IMAGES
February 20, 2024, Fujifilm launched the latest version of its X-100 fixed lens compact cameras. I was lucky to be present at the 2024 X-Summit in Tokyo when the camera launched and was able to shoot...
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