ArapallaI'm going through photo albums with my father.
We found this pair of his grandfather looking very military in South Africa.
Maikel de BakkerTrip down memory lane.
This photograph was taken in 2010, just six years after the portrait I shared earlier of Shigeru Miyamoto. And looking at it now, I can already see how much had changed.
This time, the subject was Ryota Niitsuma, former Capcom developer, producer, and one of the people behind several of the company’s fighting game titles, including parts of the Street Fighter legacy.
The difference with my earlier work is striking. Better composition. Better understanding of light. A more thoughtful moment. It was shot on a Canon EOS 350D with a fairly standard Sigma zoom lens—nothing fancy, just a simple tool and a growing eye behind it.
At the time, I was running my own media company with a staff of 27 people. Life moved fast. Deadlines, interviews, events, constant decisions. Photography was never my main role, but when my team needed me to step in, I did.
And somewhere in that chaos, I started to fall in love with the craft.
What I notice most now is not just the technical growth, but something else: even back then, I was already teaching. Showing younger photographers simple things—where to stand, how to use the light, how to frame a subject. The same small lessons I would later share with others in nature and beyond.
Funny how some paths reveal themselves only when you look back.
#RyotaNiitsuma #Capcom #StreetFighter #GamingJournalism #PhotographyJourney #Canon350D #PortraitPhotography #MediaHistory #Throwback #PhotographyGrowth #GameIndustry #LearningPhotography #CreativeGrowth #PhotoArchive #CanonEOS350D #OldPhotos #VisualStorytelling #ThenAndNow #PhotographerLife #Mentorship #TeachingPhotography #CreativeCareer #MemoryLane #GameDeveloper #BehindTheScenes #Nostalgia #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
This photograph was taken in 2010, just six years after the portrait I shared earlier of Shigeru Miyamoto. And looking at it now, I can already see how much had changed.
This time, the subject was Ryota Niitsuma, former Capcom developer, producer, and one of the people behind several of the company’s fighting game titles, including parts of the Street Fighter legacy.
The difference with my earlier work is striking. Better composition. Better understanding of light. A more thoughtful moment. It was shot on a Canon EOS 350D with a fairly standard Sigma zoom lens—nothing fancy, just a simple tool and a growing eye behind it.
At the time, I was running my own media company with a staff of 27 people. Life moved fast. Deadlines, interviews, events, constant decisions. Photography was never my main role, but when my team needed me to step in, I did.
And somewhere in that chaos, I started to fall in love with the craft.
What I notice most now is not just the technical growth, but something else: even back then, I was already teaching. Showing younger photographers simple things—where to stand, how to use the light, how to frame a subject. The same small lessons I would later share with others in nature and beyond.
Funny how some paths reveal themselves only when you look back.
#RyotaNiitsuma #Capcom #StreetFighter #GamingJournalism #PhotographyJourney #Canon350D #PortraitPhotography #MediaHistory #Throwback #PhotographyGrowth #GameIndustry #LearningPhotography #CreativeGrowth #PhotoArchive #CanonEOS350D #OldPhotos #VisualStorytelling #ThenAndNow #PhotographerLife #Mentorship #TeachingPhotography #CreativeCareer #MemoryLane #GameDeveloper #BehindTheScenes #Nostalgia #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
A trip down memory lane.
Long before I focused on nature photography, I started in a very different world: games journalism. First with Nintendo 64 Magazine in 1996, later at N-Europe, and eventually founding my own media company in 2004 while still writing for others. Back then, if you wanted photos for an interview, you took them yourself.
And looking back now… let’s just say photography was not yet my strongest skill.
This image is one of my first photographs I considered “good” at the time: a portrait of Shigeru Miyamoto, the creative mind behind Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and so many worlds that shaped my youth.
Shot on what I believe was a film-based Canon EOS Rebel with what was probably the kit lens, it reminds me how far both technology and skill have come. At the time, I thought this was a great portrait. Today, I would never frame or light it like this.
And that’s exactly the point.
If you look at your old work and feel a little embarrassed, that’s not failure. That’s proof you’ve grown. The eye that critiques your past is the same eye that has learned to see better.
And years from now, the images you are proud of today may teach you that same lesson all over again.
#ShigeruMiyamoto #Nintendo #GamingJournalism #PhotographyJourney #PortraitPhotography #FilmPhotography #CanonEOSRebel #RetroPhotography #N64 #NEurope #MediaHistory #LearningPhotography #CreativeGrowth #Throwback #PhotoArchive #OldPhotos #PhotographyLessons #VisualStorytelling #GameIndustry #NintendoHistory #PhotographerLife #ThenAndNow #GrowthMindset #CreativeJourney #MemoryLane #ThroughTheLens #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
Long before I focused on nature photography, I started in a very different world: games journalism. First with Nintendo 64 Magazine in 1996, later at N-Europe, and eventually founding my own media company in 2004 while still writing for others. Back then, if you wanted photos for an interview, you took them yourself.
And looking back now… let’s just say photography was not yet my strongest skill.
This image is one of my first photographs I considered “good” at the time: a portrait of Shigeru Miyamoto, the creative mind behind Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and so many worlds that shaped my youth.
Shot on what I believe was a film-based Canon EOS Rebel with what was probably the kit lens, it reminds me how far both technology and skill have come. At the time, I thought this was a great portrait. Today, I would never frame or light it like this.
And that’s exactly the point.
If you look at your old work and feel a little embarrassed, that’s not failure. That’s proof you’ve grown. The eye that critiques your past is the same eye that has learned to see better.
And years from now, the images you are proud of today may teach you that same lesson all over again.
#ShigeruMiyamoto #Nintendo #GamingJournalism #PhotographyJourney #PortraitPhotography #FilmPhotography #CanonEOSRebel #RetroPhotography #N64 #NEurope #MediaHistory #LearningPhotography #CreativeGrowth #Throwback #PhotoArchive #OldPhotos #PhotographyLessons #VisualStorytelling #GameIndustry #NintendoHistory #PhotographerLife #ThenAndNow #GrowthMindset #CreativeJourney #MemoryLane #ThroughTheLens #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
Digital FraktionColección de fotografías de las calles de Brooklyn en la década de 1970 que nos muestran cómo era la vida cotidiana en este barrio de Nueva York #Fotos #Historia #NewYork #Brooklyn #FotosAntiguas #Retro #Vintage #OldPhotos #1970s
https://momentosdelpasado.blogspot.com/2026/05/fotografias-de-las-calles-de-brooklyn.html
WendyBBridge #GoldenGate #California #Landmarks #engineering #span #USA #blackandwhite #closeup #lookup #Bridge #oldPhotos
Katarzyna Szczur📍Oświęcim
Old railway station building. It has been demolished few years ago and there is a brand new bulding.
Photos from second half 2009 or 2010.
#photos #photo #oldphotos #color #town #railway #railwaystation #PKP #polska #poland #travelpoland #old #oldstuff #architecture #PRL
Old railway station building. It has been demolished few years ago and there is a brand new bulding.
Photos from second half 2009 or 2010.
#photos #photo #oldphotos #color #town #railway #railwaystation #PKP #polska #poland #travelpoland #old #oldstuff #architecture #PRL
My Shetlandhttps://myshetland.co.uk/a-failed-minimalist/
Old family things in my house - what to do with them?
#myshetland #family #minimalist #fail #familythings #handmade #oldphotos #myheritage
Front Page [Unofficial]Why didn’t people smile in old-timey photographs? Smiling meant something different back then.
Daniel SoutoA fotografía na Galiza. #Pontevedra #OldPhotos. Recomendável
https://museo.depo.gal/es/-/exposicion-debuxar-coa-luz-a-fotografia-en-pontevedra-no-seculo-xix
https://museo.depo.gal/es/-/exposicion-debuxar-coa-luz-a-fotografia-en-pontevedra-no-seculo-xix
Exposicion - Debuxar coa luz A fotografia en Pontevedra no seculo XIX - Museo de Pontevedra - Deputación de Pontevedra
Debuxar coa luz. A fotografía en Pontevedra no século XIX Fechas: 19/12/2025 - 05/04/2026 Localización: Edificio Castelao, Museo de Pontevedra Comisarias: Cristina Echave Durán y Reis Camiña...
Daywong Museum 
Taking a studio photo to welcome Eid al-Fitr in Palembang City, which fell on June 17, 1920.
#historia #history #histodons #vintage #old #onthisday #era #photo #classic #historical #heritagecity #oldphotos #memory #museum #mastodonArt #random #photography #news #education #gallery #mastoart #knowledge #socialmedia #brekingnews #bw #mastodon #eid2026 #year1920 #eidmubarak #colonialhistory #past #indonesia #oldstyle #islamic #culture #studio #photo #palembang #1syawal #photographystudio
#historia #history #histodons #vintage #old #onthisday #era #photo #classic #historical #heritagecity #oldphotos #memory #museum #mastodonArt #random #photography #news #education #gallery #mastoart #knowledge #socialmedia #brekingnews #bw #mastodon #eid2026 #year1920 #eidmubarak #colonialhistory #past #indonesia #oldstyle #islamic #culture #studio #photo #palembang #1syawal #photographystudio
