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| Into the Wild |
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This summer I found myself on deserted islands and steep cliffs around the North Sea. I quickly got lost in the spell of what is happening at the coastal rocks. Tens of thousands of birds on a vertical rock of 200 meters high. The chatter and the struggle of those nesting on tiny rounded sandstone ledges high above the sea. Proud parents defending their chicks against the attacks of the Great Skua and other predators. Beautiful to look at, but it's a hard world where animal behavior and decisions are determined upon the availability of food, reproduction and the possibilies of defending the nest. Sitting on top of the cliffs I saw a killer whale (orca) silently in the foaming North Sea in search of a seal meal. During this trip into the wild I found lot's of inspiration for creating a new presentation that might be interesting for your business/ company. (I will start creating it this winter). As the summer goes by the requests for presentations are trickling in. Selecting and fine tuning my best pictures from the thousands of photographs I made this summer will keep me bussy for months. Together with a colleague I am developing a new workshop for your business. More on this when our new website is online! My wildlife gallery is updated with new portraits from the bird cliffs. To check them out, click here. |
| June 2010 - Mountain Light |
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Mountain Light - Melvin's photo spread series in the Dutch Bergen Magazine (mountain mag.)
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| Documentary Trailer: Dutch mountaineers tell about desire, happiness and tragedy |
| Mountain light, new series in Bergen Magazine |
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A new series in Bergen Magazine. Dutch magazine on mountain nature and mountain culture. I will be publishing a nice spread in every issue. If you can read Dutch, this is really a nice magazine for people who love the mountains. More info (contents and subscriptions), click here |
| Fine Prints |
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Matted and framed baryta prints for client
If you don't like frames, I can offer canvas prints or when your budget is higher, a photo sandwiched in between a layer of dibond and plexiglass that gives a fantastic piece of art for your office or living room. Just contact me and I will be happy to show you some examples. |
| Before the thaw arrives.... ice skating in fantastic Dutch landscape |
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Ice skating in typical Dutch landscape
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| Vinkeveen, 3 January 2010 |
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Vinkeveen with frozen lake. Holland
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| Dutch winter landscape & best wishes for 2010 |
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Winter in Holland. Dutch polder near Wilnis last week.
Follow your dreams. Create your future! Thank you for your friendship, support, cooperation & assignments. Wish you loads of inspiration, health & success in 2010. Melvin |
| On the cover: Blok 5, December 2009 issue |
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On the cover: Blok 5, December 2009 issue
Dutch Rock climber Roman van der Werf in the beautiful 8b route Nightmare in the Frankenjura (Germany). It was a great photo opportunity (thanks Roman!). The big roof and road under it... a classic picture. It is on the cover of Blok 5, the Dutch rock climbing magazine. |
| Dutch Boulder Championships 2009 |
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For an impression of the Dutch Boulder Championships 2009, click here |
| Melvin represented by FotoNatura (mindenpictures) |
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Photo agencies As from now I will be represented by two photo agencies. These are really fine agencies which represent some of the World's best photographers in nature and wildlife photography. Dutch agency FotoNatura and Mindenpictures (USA) are the agencies and I am very happy with this cooperation. By these agencies a selection of my best nature, mountain and wildlife photographs become available to publishers and editors worldwide. www.fotonatura.com www.mindenpictures.com |
| Annita Van Doorn, shorttrack speed skating woman |
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Annita van Doorn, Dutch shorttrack speedskater
This spring, I made some portraits of Annita van Doorn, Dutch shorttrack speedskating woman. The portraits are used on her website and for other purposes. Annita has now qualified for the Olympic Winter Games to be held in Vancouver in 2010. www.annitavandoorn.nl |
| Frankenjura, November 2009 |
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Rock climbing in the Frankenjura. Germany
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