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Learn From The Masters: Alec Soth
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 4/7/19 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 4/7/19

Learn From The Masters: Alec Soth

Alec Soth is another of those great American ‘on-the-road photographers’. In the footsteps of Walker Evans, Stephen Shore and Joel Sternfeld, he photographs roadside America.

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The 3 Most Inspiring Places for Travel Photography
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 3/17/19 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 3/17/19

The 3 Most Inspiring Places for Travel Photography

The most fascinating places I’ve visited in the past year…

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Learn From The Masters: Walker Evans
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 3/5/19 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 3/5/19

Learn From The Masters: Walker Evans

He loved photographing the vernacular—people found along the road, in the streets of small towns, or in cafes. For fifty years, he captured roadside America…

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Learn From The Masters: Joel Sternfeld
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 2/24/19 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 2/24/19

Learn From The Masters: Joel Sternfeld

Large format documentary and the all American road trip—that’s what Joel Sternfeld is all about for me.

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Learn From The Masters: Steve McCurry
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 2/15/19 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 2/15/19

Learn From The Masters: Steve McCurry

A lot of his photos convert the world into some kind of fairy tale. It’s like you’re looking at a still of a historic movie—I don’t mind at all…

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Become the Photographer You Want to Be: My Story - Part 3
Inspiration & Motivation, Photography Joris Hermans 2/12/19 Inspiration & Motivation, Photography Joris Hermans 2/12/19

Become the Photographer You Want to Be: My Story - Part 3

This was just the beginning of a new path in life—one that involved a lot of hard work...

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Learn From The Masters: Gregory Crewdson
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 2/6/19 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 2/6/19

Learn From The Masters: Gregory Crewdson

With production teams and budgets that rival those of movies, his work is controversial but incredibly fascinating...

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Learn From The Masters: David Alan Harvey
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 1/31/19 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 1/31/19

Learn From The Masters: David Alan Harvey

It’s difficult to pick just one photograph that stand out because he has so many great ones. So I thought, let me pick a photograph of him that I really like and then find one of my photos with a similar vibe.

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Roadside America: Uninterestingly Interesting
United States, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 1/28/19 United States, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 1/28/19

Roadside America: Uninterestingly Interesting

The most unexciting things and scenes are interesting to capture on photo. I’ll photograph anything if it triggers an emotion and roadside America does just that.

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Become the Photographer You Want to Be: My Story - Part 2
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 1/23/19 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 1/23/19

Become the Photographer You Want to Be: My Story - Part 2

In my last post, I was telling you about how I made some changes in my life to become the photographer I wanted to be. Did it help?

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Become the Photographer You Want to Be: My Story - Part 1
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 1/19/19 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 1/19/19

Become the Photographer You Want to Be: My Story - Part 1

Being all over the place, it’s a problem I had and still have sometimes. Lots of photographers have the same problem: Not focusing their photography…

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Your Photos Don’t Have to Be Spectacular
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 1/7/19 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 1/7/19

Your Photos Don’t Have to Be Spectacular

You don’t need to visit crazy places for photography. Any place will do if you just take your time and look.

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My 5 Favorite TWAOU² Travel Photos of 2018
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 12/28/18 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 12/28/18

My 5 Favorite TWAOU² Travel Photos of 2018

We’ve had some crazy experiences and great adventures but I never took a break from photographing. So, I thought it would be a good idea to pick my favorite photos from our travels.

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Little Things That Inspire my Photography: Motel Rooms
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 12/24/18 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 12/24/18

Little Things That Inspire my Photography: Motel Rooms

Everything could be an inspiration for your photography. Why do I find motel rooms interesting and inspiring? It’s not just the room…

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Exploring Will Inspire You Not Only to Take Better Photos
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 12/11/18 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 12/11/18

Exploring Will Inspire You Not Only to Take Better Photos

OK, then. I don’t know what happened here but what started as just wanting to share some street photography from Santo Domingo, turned out to be some kind of motivational speech. I’ll just post it anyway, and the street photos too...

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Why It’s Important to Shoot Street Photography While Traveling
Inspiration & Motivation, Guides & Tips Joris Hermans 12/9/18 Inspiration & Motivation, Guides & Tips Joris Hermans 12/9/18

Why It’s Important to Shoot Street Photography While Traveling

Street photography is always a part my travel photography. You spend most of the time in the streets when traveling and in most countries, life happens on the streets…

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India Is The Ultimate Travel Photography Destination - Here’s Why
India, Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 12/7/18 India, Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 12/7/18

India Is The Ultimate Travel Photography Destination - Here’s Why

If you like culture, history and travel photography, there's no better choice to make than to travel to India right now…

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Off The Beaten Path Street Photography: From Hat Yai with Love
Photo Essays, Thailand, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 7/11/18 Photo Essays, Thailand, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 7/11/18

Off The Beaten Path Street Photography: From Hat Yai with Love

I love street photography but somehow I often don't like to shoot in large Asian cities. Hat Yai was different…

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Street Photography with a Digital Medium Format Camera
Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 6/28/18 Photography, Inspiration & Motivation Joris Hermans 6/28/18

Street Photography with a Digital Medium Format Camera

“You're doing it wrong.” That's basically the reaction I get when people – without having seen my photos – learn I use a medium format camera for almost every kind of photography…

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