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      <title>De kracht van traagheid, een experiment in loslaten</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<?xml encoding="utf-8" ?><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">De kracht van traagheid,  een experiment in loslaten</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">Sommige fotografen maken beelden.<br>Andere cre&euml;ren een gevoel.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">Toen ik het werk van Paolo Roversi ontdekte, bleef vooral dat hangen: niet de scherpte, niet de perfectie, maar wel de sfeer. Alsof zijn beelden niet vastgelegd worden, maar langzaam ontstaan.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">Dat wilde ik zelf ervaren.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">In een wereld waar fotografie vaak draait om controle, snelheid en technische perfectie, koos ik bewust voor het tegenovergestelde.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">een kleine lichtbron.<br>Beweging.<br>Onzekerheid.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">Geen flits die alles bevriest, maar een beeld dat tijd toelaat. Geen volledige controle, maar ruimte voor wat er gebeurt tussen twee momenten in.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">Tijdens het fotograferen voelde het soms alsof ik grip verloor.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">Te donker.<br>Te onscherp.<br>Te weinig houvast.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">Maar net daar begon het interessant te worden.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">De beelden werden minder voorspelbaar. Minder &ldquo;juist&rdquo;. Maar tegelijk ook&hellip; eerlijker.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">De stof bewoog, het lichaam volgde. Licht gleed over vormen zonder alles prijs te geven. Wat zichtbaar bleef, was nooit het volledige verhaal.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">En misschien hoeft dat ook niet.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">Naarmate de shoot vorderde, werd het beeld minder gecontroleerd. Maar dit was niet erg.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">Wat deze reeks mij vooral heeft geleerd, is dat perfectie niet altijd het doel hoeft te zijn.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">Soms ontstaat de sterkste fotografie net in de ruimte waar dingen niet volledig kloppen. Waar scherpte vervaagt. Waar licht niet alles onthult.</p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;">Misschien draait fotografie niet altijd om wat je ziet. Maar om wat je voelt in wat net buiten beeld blijft.</p><p>Experiment geslaagd. </p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded>
      
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      <title>Recognised as a European Photographer</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:37:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<?xml encoding="utf-8" ?><p class="isSelectedEnd" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;"><strong><span>October 2025</span></strong></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;"><span>In October 2025 I received the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span>European Photographer (EP)</span></strong><span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>qualification from the Federation of European Professional Photographers (FEP).</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;"><span>The EP qualification recognises professional competence and a solid photographic standard. Candidates submit a panel of twelve images that are evaluated by a jury of three qualified judges. Even at this entry level, strong technical control, composition and artistic expression are required.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;"><span>For my submission I presented a panel focused on portrait and nude photography, exploring light, form and human presence through a variety of compositions and lighting approaches.</span></p>
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<p class="isSelectedEnd" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;"><span>Out of twenty applications in this session, sixteen photographers successfully qualified. I am honoured to be among them.</span></p>
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