I started photography in January 2008, when I bought a digital Canon rebel Xt, which came with a 18-55 mm kit lens. In the mean time I have expanded my collection with a 70-300 mm telephoto lens (which I have now upgraded to a 70-200mm f/4 L IS with a 1.4 extender), a 28-135 mm standard zoom (which I have since then sold to buy a 50 mm f/1.4 instead) , a 17-40 mm f/4 L wide angle lens, and the 100 mm macro lens. In 2010 I bought a second hand canon 5D. At the start of 2011 I bought a 430 EX II flash, which I am using on my 5D for fill flash and maybe to try some portrait photography.

I enjoy taking photo's of architecture and nature.

Initially, I was adamant about not post-processing my photos. But after a couple of years of improving my camera skills and starting to shoot RAW with my 5D I slowly started to process my photos. I still feel that the first priority is to take a photo that is interesting, but now I agree that post-processing can emphasize the point you are trying to make with the photo. I initially used paintshop photo pro X3, but switched to Lightroom 4, in part so I could use Silver EFEX pro 2, because I love shooting B&W.

I am from the Netherlands. I studied at the University of Leiden and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. I currently work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Ernest Gallo clinic and Research center of the University of California San Francisco studying alcoholism and addiction