I'm often looking for that other image, that different angle. Especially looking: the light, the location, the atmosphere. Also from the air; from the airplane and more and more often with drones. The 'bird's eye view': close by and yet with an eye for the surroundings.
There's probably millions of them. Images we all make every day. Especially with our smartphones. Images of where we are, what we do, who we talk to, how we live. Creating images is state of the art. Yet a professional image-maker gives just that little extra, often a specialisation, which makes him/her stand out.
You have to do what you're good at. I prefer to be outside: people, nature, society, life, that's where I feel most at home as an image maker.
In the year 2019 I'm mainly making beautiful images from the air, a lot with drones, also from the airplane. The technical possibilities have improved enormously in a few years. Filming in 4K with 60 and more frames per second, high-res photos with enormous dynamics, it's all possible. And so we do it. For ourselves, in stock, but of course for our customers. Almost anything is possible, 'the sky is the limit'.
Willem de Bie