Dutch top singer Trijntje Oosterhuis did last year an akoustic theatre tour with guitarist Leonardo Amuedo from Urugay. Because of the huge succes and the beauty of the concert itself there is a registration made of this event. It's been released on dvd and cd and I was asked to make the pictures for the artwork.  Beside of the artwork the pictures are used to build a stunning 3D menu structure on the dvd.

Normally the picture on the right from Canadian singer Feist in Paradiso, Amsterdam couldn't have been made because of the low light conditions during her concert. The light was so low that almost no camera can capture this in a good image quality.Except! The new Nikon D3. I'm glad to have this new monstercamera in my hands now. It's without any doubt the best I ever worked with. 

I'm proud to present my second book. After the Marco Borsato Symphonica book in 2006 now there's a book of the Guus Meeuwis concerts in Eindhoven 2007. About one 100 pages with pictures and sheet music of Meeuwis his best songs spread over foldable triple pages. And there is more extra in this book. In the back cover is a dvd with backstage footage from those concerts. I think this book is one of the best possible collaborations between artist and photographer.

Complete overdressed, thats a signature of Dutch singer Gerard Joling. Just have a look at that coat! His show in the Rotterdam Ahoy was broadcasted on national tv on newyears evening. And  now it is released on DVD. I've shot the cover and some pictures for the inside of the booklet that was completed by collegae Brest van Kempen.

I'm proud with the cover and 12 paged booklet inserted in the dvd of the Symphonica in Rosso concerts from Paul de Leeuw. In november did the multi talented singer and TV personality 5 shows in the Gelredome stadium in Arnhem. 160000 visitors saw a impressive show and it's no wonder that this DVD entered the chart at #1 in december and stayed there for the whole month.

For the second time I've covered the stadium shows of  topsinger Guus Meeuwis. His PSV stadium concerts are already a tradition and for next year already 4 shows are sold out. The DVD with the registration of the shows entered the Dutch charts at #1 in november.

Great dress, great legs, great voice, great performance, great show! So simple is that. Rihanna did a show in a overfilled Heineken Music Hall and nothing was wrong with that.

I've missed her two times this year because she didn't show up but this time everyting happened as planned. I was the only photographer who was allowed of making pictures at her show in the Heineken Music Hal. And I should take care of providing all the Dutch newspapers with pics. It is not the way it has to be but there was no other option. 

Gewn Stefani is touring trough Europe so she also did a Dutch concert in the Ahoy in Rotterdam. It was a professional performance with a lot of dressing changes and dance. At the end of the show she went into the audience and everybody was happy after....

Last weeks I've seen a lot of legends on stage. Artist like  The Who, Allen Toussaint, Blondie, David Sanborn, Gary Moore, Gino Vanelli, Iggy Pop, Joe Zawinul, John Fogerty, Paul Rodgers, Sly Stone, and Steeley Dan are in my record collection whole my life. Some of them I've never seen live and now in month time they came by as old friends on several stages. The players in the soundtrack of my live! Some old, some too old but some of them still  fresh as in their best days. Have a look at them here>>

At the right you see the biggest legend of them all, Sly Stone who disappeared for years. He wasn't able to play more than 5 songs but that funked as in his younger years. The voice is still there! This picture was shot at the North Sea Jazz festival and you can see more of that festival here>>

James Morrison came to Amsterdam to perform his first "BIG"gig in Holland. After a succesfull show in the Heineken Music Hall some months ago he is big enough to get 10.000 people at the Westerpark area in the centre of Amsterdam.

Before the show I was allowed to make some pictures for a Dutch women magazine wich will be published in some weeks. James is a relaxed, cool guy and a very good musician. So it's not strange that his stardom is growing all over the world. I wonder if he will be back in a year..............

It's always fun to see your pictures published. It's even nicer to have a covershot. But to have a cover on a A1 publication like the womens magazine of the Telegraaf, the largest newspaper in the Netherlands is more than fun ;-)))

Edsilia Rombley, the Dutch Eurovision Songcontest  participant, is covered in a 5 page interview. The pictures are from a session we did some time ago.

Some time ago I've told you about my 15 meters high, air pressured tripod (see here and here). Because of the winter I didn't used it much but with the nice sunny days of the last week I took it out and made some examples. You can see them here >>. There are also some concertshots but I did them with a 7 meter tripod. And remember, all the shots are made from the ground.