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2021 calendar

As I do every year around this time, I’ve been going through the thousands of images I’ve shot in the past 12 months in order to choose 13 for the calendar that I’ll have printed as a gift for clients, family and friends. Here’s my selection, with a few notes on each image.

Cover

Moonlight on the church of Cadaqués, in Catalonia – 6 October 2019
Fujifilm X100T, 23mm fixed lens, 1/60 sec at f/2.8, ISO 3200

January

Angelica, studio portrait – 25 February 2020
Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/350 sec at f/2.0, ISO 100

February

Serkan, environmental portrait – 15 January 2020
Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/350 at f/1.8, ISO 100

March

Office Christmas party, Brussels – 20 December 2019
Nikon D850, AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.8G ED, 1/250 at f/4.0, ISO 400

April

Sara, environmental portrait – 7 August 2020
Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/180 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200

May

Orphilus at Dada Studios, Brussels – 5 September 2020
Nikon D850, AF DC-Nikkor 135mm f/2D, 1/250 sec at f/2.8, ISO 1600

June

COVID wedding, Brussels – 9 June 2020
Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/125 at f/5.6, ISO 64

July

Abi heavily pregnant – 23 November 2019
Nikon D850, AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.8G ED, 1/250 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200

August

Hortense, studio portrait – 10 October 2020
Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/250 at f/8.0, ISO 64

September

Yousri, Brussels – 3 November 2019
Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D, 1/90 sec at f/2.0, ISO 400

October

Hen party (EVJF), Brussels – 16 November 2019
Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, 1/250 sec at f/4.0, ISO 400

November

Studio portrait of a man – 6 August 2020
Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, 1/250 sec at f/4.0, ISO 100

December

Boy at a family party, Brussels – 28 June 2020
Nikon D850, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, 1/250 sec at f/4.8, ISO 800