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Where many people prefer to stay at home when a storm is nearing, for me as a photographer it's an amazing opportunity to shoot epic images. Last week Eunice hit the Dutch coast, a…

This is a cross post of [@harmenpiekema/photography-in-extreme-winter-weather](/hive-194913/@harmenpiekema/photography-in-extreme-winter-weather) by @harmenpiekema.<br><br>In this …

<em>While it is a standard in most European countries, in the Netherlands it always remains a big surprise: "Will we get snow and ice, or will it be a bad winter". Either way, it i…

In this article, we are going to talk about how to check whether your exposure is correct, and how to get the perfect exposure for each image. ![Shooting toward the sun is a tric…

I want to dedicate my "End of Year contest" post to the country I am from: the Netherlands! A densely populated country, but despite that, we still have some beautiful and unspoil…

This is a cross post of [@harmenpiekema/on-a-cold-winters-day-video](/hive-194913/@harmenpiekema/on-a-cold-winters-day-video) by @harmenpiekema.<br><br>On a cold winter’s day I jum…

On a cold winter’s day, I jumped in the car and drove 4,5 hours to the Harz in Germany. The day before I had been reluctant to go, but the conditions were really good and after the…

This is a cross post of [@harmenpiekema/killerwhales](/hive-194913/@harmenpiekema/killerwhales) by @harmenpiekema.<br><br>This story is about the day I met my favorite animals for …

This story is about the day I met my favorite animals for the first time! During my 5 weeks on the Lofoten this definitely was the best day! I could not have wished for more! ![Tw…

This is a cross post of [@harmenpiekema/its-not-alway-easy](/hive-194913/@harmenpiekema/its-not-alway-easy) by @harmenpiekema.<br><br>As a landscape photographer and nature lover, …

*As a landscape photographer and nature lover, I love to be in the mountains! The clean air, the incredible views, the rugged landscape and the tranquility make this one of the bes…

This is a cross post of [@harmenpiekema/sometimes-youre-in-luck](/hive-194913/@harmenpiekema/sometimes-youre-in-luck) by @harmenpiekema.<br><br>How a good dose of luck helped me to…

*Because I love snow and ice, I am going to take you to a lake in the Netherlands called the IJsselmeer earlier this year where, after a few weeks of sub-zero temperatures, thaw se…

This is a cross post of [@harmenpiekema/the-mountain-express](/hive-194913/@harmenpiekema/the-mountain-express) by @harmenpiekema.<br><br>In this post, I want to explain how I made…

In this post, I want to talk about how I made one of my all-time-favorite images. It had been on my mind for quite some time. This all started after I had been on this train in au…

This is a cross post of [@harmenpiekema/gale-force-winds](/hive-194913/@harmenpiekema/gale-force-winds) by @harmenpiekema.<br><br>This is how I made a long-exposure image of a beau…

For this blogpost, I’ve chosen an image taken on one of my Lofoten trips. It is a long-exposure pano, consisting of 8 images, of a very beautiful mountain range! The reason I like …

This is a cross post of [@harmenpiekema/using-apps-to-predict-the-weather](/hive-194913/@harmenpiekema/using-apps-to-predict-the-weather) by @harmenpiekema.<br><br>Using Apps to pr…

This is a cross post of [@harmenpiekema/how-to-predict-the-aurora-borealis](/hive-194913/@harmenpiekema/how-to-predict-the-aurora-borealis) by @harmenpiekema.<br><br>How to predict…

Because it is the Aurora season on the Northern hemisphere, I would like to explain a bit more about this beautiful phenomenon, what causes it, and how to predict it. It is quite a…