In July, I focused primarily on my street photography, as my corporate work typically takes a break during the summer months. Anyway, it was an entertaining month!
As most people take breaks during the summer months, it’s challenging for me to visit offices and capture photos of their teams.
For that reason, I usually just take it easy. Perform some marketing and administrative tasks to ensure I remain productive. And ofcourse also take more time for myself.
Time with friends
In July, I spent plenty of time with friends, including attending a Future Islands concert with a friend, hosting a BBQ for my birthday, spending evenings at friends’ houses, visiting the local carnival with friends and family, and, of course, attending a housewarming party.
Some work
Ofcourse, I still had to do some work. A couple of portrait shoots for a few companies and for solo freelancers who also have a bit of extra time now. Most of them were clients I had known for a while, which made it both enjoyable and relaxing.
I also spend some time optimizing my LinkedIn profile and company page, as that’s something that needs to be done periodically. And then I decided to take a social media break, writing posts for the entire coming month, but not publishing them just yet.
Street photography fun
This month was also the first time we met as the ASP-C in Antwerp, also known as The Antwerp Street Photography Community. With Caroline and Tom, I walked around the Sinksenfoor taking photos.
I also met up virtually with Amy Horowitz for an upcoming episode of the Slices of Time Street Photography podcast.
And then I headed out to Amsterdam, The Hague, and Rotterdam for a 5-day trip around the Netherlands. I spent most of my time doing street photography on that trip. Which you can see in the slideshow below.
Photos of July 2025
Some firsts, extraordinary events, and some exciting moments from July 2025
- Firsts
- Going to a movie alone – it’s fun, should’ve done it way earlier
- Rijksmuseum
- Van Gogh Museum
- Fotomuseum Den Haag
- Seeing Future Islands
- Books read
- Israël-Palestina (Elementaire deeltjes Book 84) – Derk Walters
- The Word for World Is Forest – Ursula K Le Guin
- The Laws of Connection: The Scientific Secrets of Building a Strong Social Network – David Robson
- Alien Earths: The Search for Life in the Cosmos – Lisa Kaltenegger
- Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir (looking forward to the movie now)
- Museums, restaurants, coffee bars, … visited:
- Openlucht Theater Rivierenhof
- Sinksenfoor in Antwerp
- Lumière cinema in Antwerp
- Amsterdam
- Rijksmuseum
- Umaimon Ramen
- Simon Meijssen
- Van Gogh Museum
- FOAM
- De Deli
- Brouwerij ‘t IJ
- Nieuwe Kerk – Worldpress Photo
- Cheesecake Project
- De Bazel restaurant
- Screaming Beans
- The Hague
- Bartine
- Fotomuseum Den Haag
- Hotel Kobalt
- Dexsels
- Rotterdam
- Rotterdam Unlimited
- Fenix museum
- Art Depot Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- Markthal
- Movies and series watched:
- Predator 2 – I’m kinda digging the series
- Ghost Rider – surprisingly good
- Yojimbo – It’s the summer of Kurosawa and I’m loving it
- Coming To America
- The Naked Gun
- The Meg
- Red Eye
- Jurassic World Rebirth – I don’t get the hate
- Aliens
- Monster Hunter
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (I find Wes Anderson overrated)
- The Wild Robot
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- American Beauty
- Blog posts published: