I took this black-and-white photograph of an alley in the old centre of Harderwijk. This alley what you see is the Vleeshouwersteeg, at the end you see the Grolsteeg. As you can see, this alley is also used as a bicycle shed by people from Harderwijk who want to go shopping, it's a quiet alley where few people come through. When I took this photo, it was beautiful sunny weather at the end of winter, as you can see from the high vegetation in the backyards. I took this photo out of hand to since there was more than enough light. I did choose to convert it to black and white afterwards, and I did adjust the contrast to make it stand out more clearly in the photo.
Welcome to my shop. My name is Gerard de Zwaan and I was born in 1983 in the Veluwe town of Harderwijk where I grew up and still live. I started photography in 2013. My first camera was a Nikon D3200 which I still own and is now as a.. Read more…