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📷 Portretfotografie, eventfotografie & reisfotografie.
👉 Ik help je om jouw unieke momenten vast te leggen.
⬇️ 𝗕𝗼𝗲𝗸 𝗷𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁

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Botswana was ✨magisch✨

Sommige reizen wil je gewoon opnieuw beleven. 🐘
En spoiler: Botswana is zo’n reis. Een walhalla voor wildlife en reisfotografen. 📷

Met onze Suzuki Jimny’s (💪)reden we door de wildernis, van dorre savannevlakte naar megagroenr riverfront. En soms hoefde je alleen maar te stoppen, je camera te pakken en af te wachten wat er gebeurde.

📍 Botswana
📷 Wildlife & reisfotografie

Werk je in de reisbranche en wil je jouw bestemming ook zo laten beleven door beeld? Stuur me gerust een bericht.

#botswana #botswanatravel #wildlifephotography #travelphotography #africaphotography taken in Botswana, Africa by @marksluijmers

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21 days ago

In wildlife photography, timing beats luck.

Antelope in the Morning Mist
Edition 19577
Photography by @marksluijmers

Mist reduces contrast.
Light shifts every second.
The antelope move when they decide, not when you’re ready.

This is the moment you wait for.
Sharp where it matters. Soft where it breathes.

Now translated into wall art, preserving every detail, every tone, every layer of depth.

Because powerful captures deserve more than a hard drive.
They deserve space.

Large statement piece or subtle calm presence for the study room ? Share your thoughts in the comments.👇

For the love of art. 💚
picfee.com

#picfee
#wildlifephotography
#fineartwallart
#interieurinspiratie
#statementart Fine art wanddecoratie met hahnemuhle op dibond in Fineer houten baklijst by @marksluijmers

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8 months ago

Fishermen on the Nile.
Still water. Endless horizon.

A moment of quiet craftsmanship, captured by @marksluijmers
Edition 18785.

Printed on Fuji photo paper behind acrylic glass, this artwork brings a gallery glow and refined depth into any interior.

How would you display it?
✨ Minimalistic blind hanging system
🪵 or with a black wooden floating frame

For the love of art. 💚
picfee.com

#InteriorDesign #WallArtDecor #AcrylicGlassArt #TravelPhotography #FineArtPrint #PhotoArt #InteriorInspiration #ModernInteriors #MinimalDecor #DesignLovers #ArtForInteriors #AcrylicArt #InteriorGoals #Picfee #ForTheLoveOfArt #WallArtInspo #ArtCollectors #ContemporaryArt #Fishermen #NileRiver by @marksluijmers

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a year ago

De zon komt net op. Het licht is zacht. En dan… staat er ineens een giraf recht voor je. 🦒

Dít is waarom safarifotografie zo verslavend is.

Maar eerlijk?

De meeste safari-foto’s vallen tegen als je niet weet waar je op moet letten. Licht, timing, beweging… alles gebeurt tegelijk.

Na meerdere safari’s in Afrika heb ik geleerd wat echt het verschil maakt tussen een “leuke foto” en een beeld dat blijft hangen.

In mijn nieuwe blog deel ik 𝟭𝟬 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗲 📷

Denk aan:

* het beste moment van de dag om te fotograferen
* waarom je altijd in bomen moet kijken
* hoe je altijd scherpe foto’s maakt
* welke lens je nodig hebt op safari
* hoe je dieren écht laat spreken in je beeld

👉 Link in bio om het artikel te lezen

Ga jij wel eens op safari? Of staat het nog op je bucketlist? 🌍

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#safarifotografie #wildlifefotografie #reisfotografie #fotografietips #afrikasafari by @marksluijmers

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7 months ago

What if the wild was looking back at you? 🌍

On this 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲, I’m reminded why I love photography in the first place. So many memories. So many reminders of why we should be careful with our surroundings.

🦒 Our son standing still on a dusty road in Murchison Falls National Park as a giraffe towers above him.
🦁 A lion’s eye holding centuries of raw instinct.
🦜 A scarlet macaw (fav!) exploding with colour in the Costa Rican rainforest canopy.
🐋 That first humpback whale sighting in Iceland.
🐆 Leopard sightings that never get boring.

As a wildlife and travel photographer, I don’t just chase landscapes or animals. I chase stories. Stories about fragile ecosystems, untamed beauty, and the quiet reminder that we are guests in their world.

Every safari, every rainforest trek, every sunrise in the savannah reinforces one truth:
We protect what we feel connected to.

If one of these images made you pause — even for a second — then the wild has already done its job. Nature is precious, spread the message. 🌿

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#worldwildlifeday #reisfotografie #natuurfotografie #wildlifephotography #wildlife taken in Planet Earth by @marksluijmers

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7 months ago

We started driving before the world was awake and Uganda rewarded us with ✨this.✨

There’s something magical about a sunrise in Uganda during a roadtrip. The air was still cool, a soft mist hanging above the endless road, and the only sound was the hum of motorcycles cutting through the quiet morning. As a travel photographer, these are the moments I live for. Not the perfect plan, but the unexpected beauty that unfolds when you simply show up.

This was taken during our Uganda roadtrip, chasing light, stories, and real human connection. The golden sky slowly painted the landscape while local life gently came to life around us. No rush. No noise. Just authenticity.

Travel photography, for me, isn’t about destinations, it’s about atmosphere. About that feeling when a place welcomes you without saying a word.

Would you stop here to take it all in, or keep driving to see what’s next?

Tell me in the comments 👇 and save this post if Uganda is on your bucket list.

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#travelphotographer #uganda #roadtripafrica #reisfotografie #sunrisevibes taken in Uganda, Africa by @marksluijmers

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8 months ago

What if I told you that Iceland doesn’t just change landscapes… it changes you? 🇮🇸

We started our roadtrip through Iceland with endless miles of silence. The kind of silence you only find on a remote Iceland roadtrip, where the horizon feels infinite and every turn reveals another wild, untouched landscape.

A must see stop? Puffins. Dozens of them, tucked into the cliffs, their bright red and orange beaks glowing against the deep green grass and blue ocean.

As a travel photographer, these are the moments you can’t plan. You wait, you observe, you breathe with the landscape. And then suddenly, magic happens.

Further along our Iceland itinerary, the sound of cracking ice and crashing water replaced the silence. Glaciers carving their way through volcanic rock: raw, powerful, alive. I remember standing there with my camera, feeling tiny in the best possible way. This is why I do travel photography. To capture not just a place, but a feeling.

And then… the ocean.
 A whale’s tail rising slowly from the Arctic water during our whale watching tour. Time froze. Everyone on the boat held their breath. Click. One frame. A story forever.

Iceland isn’t just a destination for landscape photography. It’s an experience of extremes Fire and ice, stillness and power, solitude and connection.

If you’ve ever dreamed of an Iceland roadtrip, let this be your sign.
 And if you could stand anywhere in these photos right now — with the puffins, by the glacier, or on the whale watching boat — where would it be? 👇

Follow along for more travel photography, travel tips, and behind-the-scenes stories from life on the road as a travel photographer.

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#iceland #travelphotography #reisfotografie #ijsland #natgeoyourshot taken in Iceland by @marksluijmers

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8 months ago

Before the world fully wakes, the wild whispers its secrets. 🦓

Just after sunrise in Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, the mist still clung to the acacia trees as we began our safari. Every move felt amplified. The soft crunch of gravel under our wheels, the distant call of birds, the quiet rhythm of our breathing in the cool morning air.

Then, through the golden haze, a silhouette appeared.

A lone zebra, moving slowly through the tall grass as if it had all the time in the world. We stopped. No engines. No fences. Just us and the wild.

In that fragile, fleeting moment, the mist, the light, and the stripes aligned perfectly. This is why I travel. This is why I tell stories through my lens as a travel photographer: to capture the raw intimacy of places like Lake Mburo and to share authentic wildlife photography from Uganda’s untouched landscapes.

Driving through the African savannah at dawn isn’t just a safari experience. It’s stepping into a living story. And every frame is a reminder that nature doesn’t perform… it simply exists.

Would you wake up before sunrise for a moment like this? 🌿
 Tell me in the comments, and save this post if Uganda is on your bucket list.

Let’s explore the wild together. ✌️

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#reisfotografie #ugandatravel #wildlifephotography #zebra #safari taken in Lake Mburo, Uganda by @marksluijmers

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8 months ago

We left before sunrise, not knowing that within hours we would be standing eye to eye with a giant. 🦍

Deep in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, our gorilla trekking adventure began with a quiet briefing, muddy boots and the kind of anticipation you feel in your chest. Step by step we followed our ranger into the dense rainforest. Pushing through thick vegetation, ducking under branches, crossing rivers, listening to distant rustles that could mean everything or nothing.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵.

After hours of hiking through steep, humid terrain, the tracker suddenly raised his hand. Silence. A crack of a branch. A low rumble. And then: there he was. A massive silverback mountain gorilla, calm and aware, watching us just as closely as we were watching him.

Time shifted.
 A mother resting in the undergrowth. A young gorilla curiously observing from behind a curtain of leaves. The silverback lying back, powerful yet peaceful. Endangered, vulnerable, but at the same time impossibly present.

As a traveler and photographer, these are the moments I live for. Not just wildlife photography, but visual storytelling that connects conservation, humanity and raw nature. Standing a few meters away from one of the last remaining mountain gorillas in the world is more than a bucket list experience: it’s a reminder of why protecting places like Bwindi matters.

Uganda doesn’t just offer adventure. It offers perspective.

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#gorillatrekking #gorilla #wildlifephotography #reisfotografie #uganda taken in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda by @marksluijmers

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8 months ago

𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲?
 African mornings just hit different. Especially when a silent mist wraps the grass land surroundings of Lake Mburo like a secret.

Before sunrise, we set out into the cool quiet, hearts racing with anticipation, boots soft on dew-kissed grass. The air smelled of earth and promise.

Step by step, the fog lifted… Revealing a lone kob standing still as a heartbeat. Its gaze steady, unfazed by the dawn chorus awakening all around.

This is what true travel feels like.
 This is what being a photographer is all about: chasing light, capturing emotion, and telling the untold.

𝙐𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖, 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨.

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#africanmornings #travelphotography #naturephotography #lakemburo #uganda A lonely Ugandan kob in the early morning fog, framed by trees and caught in golden light. taken in Lake Mburo, Uganda by @marksluijmers

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8 months ago

I came to Uganda chasing wildlife, but the road had other plans.

From golden sunsets over the green savannah to the first light touching the Nile, this roadtrip through Uganda surprised me at every turn. Leopards in the grass, gorillas in the mist, zebras crossing the frame, misty roads, quiet moments, loud laughter. And everywhere: people who carry this country with a warmth you don’t forget.

Traveling with @ugandanomads reminded me why I love travel and photography: it’s not just about what you see, but about what stays with you long after the dust settles.

Uganda isn’t only wild, it’s deeply human, endlessly photogenic, and full of stories waiting to be told.

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#uganda #visituganda #travelphotography #reisfotografie #wildlifephotography taken in Uganda, Africa by @marksluijmers

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8 months ago

What a year, huh? 🫶

👉 If you value photography that captures the world as it truly is (and not as a digital illusion) have a look at my portfolio (link in bio). That’s where you can book me for your own authentic story.

——— #travelphotography #reisfotografie #authentictravel #reizen #photography by @marksluijmers

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10 months ago