Maikel de BakkerDo not compare yourself with me.
When scrolling through my images, some photographers might feel discouraged. Please don’t. I started just like you. And there are photographers far beyond my level — and that’s fine too. We all walk our own path, shaped by our curiosity, patience, and willingness to learn. Let other people’s work inspire you, not define your limits.
Back to this image — taken from high up in the Spoorpark tower with my Canon 5D Mark IV and the Sigma 100–400. Looking down, everything changed: perspective, composition, and opportunity. The lines of concrete and grass formed an abstract canvas, intersected by light and shadow. A lone figure sat on the raised plateau, looking down at her phone — unaware that she’d become part of this quiet geometry.
Photography teaches perspective — not just through the lens, but in life itself.
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When scrolling through my images, some photographers might feel discouraged. Please don’t. I started just like you. And there are photographers far beyond my level — and that’s fine too. We all walk our own path, shaped by our curiosity, patience, and willingness to learn. Let other people’s work inspire you, not define your limits.
Back to this image — taken from high up in the Spoorpark tower with my Canon 5D Mark IV and the Sigma 100–400. Looking down, everything changed: perspective, composition, and opportunity. The lines of concrete and grass formed an abstract canvas, intersected by light and shadow. A lone figure sat on the raised plateau, looking down at her phone — unaware that she’d become part of this quiet geometry.
Photography teaches perspective — not just through the lens, but in life itself.
#StreetPhotography #Perspective #PhotographyReflection #InspirationNotCompetition #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400 #BlackAndWhitePhotography #DocumentaryPhotography #Tilburg #Spoorpark #UrbanGeometry #LearningPhotography #PhotographyCommunity #VisualStorytelling #LightAndShadow #PhotographyJourney #MindfulPhotography #EverydayScenes #ArtOfObservation #ByMaikeldeBakker
