Author Archives: Ron Buist
Tulip fields for Ton
I have been wanting to photograph tulip fields in bloom for quite some time. Part of Holland is known as ‘the bulb area’ and in that area there are lots of bulb fields. In spring, when the tulips are in bloom, they form a colourful landscape. It’s a cliche, but as a Dutch photographer you [...]
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Tagged agriculture, bulb, bulbs, field, flower, flower bulb, flowers, groningen, landscape, landscape photography, lente, photography, spring, sunset, ton, ton drijfhamer, tulip, tulipa, tulips, tulp, tulpen, zijldijk, zonsondergang
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Nothing can change my mood now
When I went to bed last night, I had no intention of getting out early today. Yet, I was awake before six ‘o clock and then took a peek through the bedroom curtains. There was a beautiful low mist and I decided to get out and go to the Noorder windmill (Noordermolen) to finally capture [...]
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Tagged fog, groningen, mist, noorder windmill, noordermolen, photography, sunrise, swan, swans, windmill
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Of Time and Tide
On Saturday April 7 I went to Moddergat, one of my favourite locations, located at the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage site. I was there with my friends Ton and Herman. We were working the scene and were totally absorbed in it. Great looking skies and a golden sunset for us to capture; can it [...]
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Tagged landscape photography, moddergat, netherlands, photography, sea, sunset, tide, unesco world heritage, wadden, waddensea, water, world heritage, zonsondergang
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National Park Veluwezoom
It’s February when my wife Martine books a weekend at the Avegoor Estate for the two of us. Martine had no idea where the estate was, but it looked great and it was a very good deal. When I checked on the map where we were going, I couldn’t believe my eyes: it was extremely [...]
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Tagged cold, europe, gelderland, hill, hills, holland, national park, national park veluwezoom, netherlands, photography, posbank, sunrise, tree, trees, veluwezoom
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Perseverance
Lately I’ve been trying to pre-visualize the shots I want to take and scout the locations to take them. Sometimes those two happen in reverse order: while looking for a location to capture a sunset, I found a location for a sunrise. De Onlanden was already a nature area with wetlands, but recently it is [...]
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Tagged de onlanden, groningen, holland, nederland, netherlands, onlanden, perseverance, sun, sunrise, water, water reservoir, zonsopkomst
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Mountains of Ice
Remember the unreal world I was in last week? When thaw sets in, the ice on the IJsselmeer breaks in pieces and with the right wind the shelves then form huge ice hills at the coast near Hindeloopen. This is exactly what happened earlier this week so with more thaw on the way I just had [...]
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Tagged cold, friesland, frisia, herman, herman schutte, hindeloopen, holland, ice, ijs, ijsselmeer, kruiend ijs, lake, meer, netherlands, photography, shelf ice, ton, ton drijfhamer, water
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Unreal ice world
Landscape photography can be very frustrating. Getting up at silly ‘o clock for a sunrise shoot, only to see a thick layer of clouds blocking the sun. No blue hour magic, just a dull grey world. Pre-visualizing a shot, driving to the location, then finding out that the trees that were standing in such a [...]
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Tagged cold, friesland, frisia, ice, ijs, ijsselmeer, It Reade Klif, laaksum, lake, photography, sneeuw, snow, stavoren, sunset, water, zonsondergang
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Winter is here
For months I was wondering if I would get a chance to photograph snowy scenes in Holland. Then it finally happened last Friday: snow! Plans were made to take advantage of the situation over the weekend because on Monday it’s back to the office. Man, it is cold outside. On Saturday, I captured the sunrise [...]
Sunset Sentinels
Another Saturday, another opportunity to get out and capture a sunset. I decided to go to Moddergat again and see if I could get some different shots there. The tide was low and as I saw another photographer far out on the mud, I had a go at that too. I didn’t really feel that [...]
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Tagged cloud, clouds, moddergat, photography, sky, sunset, wad, wadden, wadden sea, waddensea, water, zonsondergang
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A weird day
What a weird day it was today… When I woke up I read the news that the small town of Woltersum, only a few kilometers away from my home, had been evacuated because of high water and potential flooding. I switched on the TV and for a couple of hours I just let the TV [...]
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