Name: Karin de Jonge
Picture title: Information at sunrise
Category: Lage Landen
Nationality: Venlo, the Netherlands
Occupation: I’m also a psychologist at Maastricht University, Campus Venlo. But my main occupation is photography: in nature, in theatre, in company, and at funerals. Besides that, I’m babysitting my grandchildren two days a week.
Technical information
Camera: Sony A7IV
Lens: Sony 200-600 FE
EXIF: 1/200s, f/9, ISO 400
Accessories: Tripod
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Karin de Jonge | Information at sunrise
Name: Karin de Jonge
Picture title: Information at sunrise
Category: Lage Landen
Nationality: Venlo, the Netherlands
Occupation: I’m also a psychologist at Maastricht University, Campus Venlo. But my main occupation is photography: in nature, in theatre, in company, and at funerals. Besides that, I’m babysitting my grandchildren two days a week.
Technical information
Camera: Sony A7IV
Lens: Sony 200-600 FE
EXIF: 1/200s, f/9, ISO 400
Accessories: Tripod
Karin de Jonge says:
With my nature photography club, 5 people from Limburg, I spent a few days in the province of Zeeland. We wanted to photograph the sunrise at Flaauwershaven near Kerkwerve so we were early on the scene. The sun did indeed rise very nicely. But then I looked over my shoulder and saw that the windows of the nature reserve’s information hut behind me had a strong orange glow. It looked like it was on fire! One window was broken and you could see the bird information cards through it. I found that very special. And so I took a bird photo without any living birds in it.
Karin de Jonge
Netherlands
My name is Karin de Jonge (1959) and I live in Venlo-Blerick the Netherlands. In my photography, I want to capture essence and feeling, both in my nature photos and in studio, company, theater, and funeral photography. This involves attention to light, shape, and detail and especially to obtain peace and quietness in a photo.
Emotion is an overarching theme in my work. Feeling always plays a big part. As a psychologist, I know that people want to be seen, to be heard, and above all to be understood. Emotions and recognition are important aspects of everyone’s daily life.
With my photos and documentaries, whether they focus on nature, or cultural events, or are created in a studio, I try to evoke emotion and a feeling of recognition. I am always looking for the ’touch’ factor, the aspect in the photo that hits you. There is a big difference between nature photography and the other kinds of photography I practice. In a theater, at a portrait shoot, or at a funeral, I try to catch the emotion that is already there. Nature has hardly any emotions, we humans “read” nature and attribute emotions to it. A photo can touch us and evoke feelings. I would be very happy if that happens with some of my images. But I am aware that I cannot determine what other people experience. It is up to the viewer to interpret the emotion and the story in the photo.