I took this photo in the old centre of the Hanseatic city of Harderwijk, the gate that you see is Harderwijk's distinctive Vischpoort. I myself was standing on the Vischmarkt when I took this photo, one of the most beautiful squares in Harderwijk that also features a number of trees. This photo consists of 3 standing photos that I later merged into 1, making it a kind of panorama even though this photo is almost square. When I took the photos for this one, it was early November. As you can see, the weather was quite nice with cloud cover. Through this Vischpoort, fish and other trade that crossed the Zuiderzee used to enter the city.
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…