Author Archives: Misja Smits

Award GDT Photo contest

So happy to be among the winners of the German GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. I won a highly commended award with my toadstool image ‘Looking for shelter’. Congrats to all the other winners! Get inspired and click here to view the results.

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Special moment for Edwin

Edwin and I are back from London, were we attended the annual award ceremony of the prestigious nature photo contest ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year‘ in the beautiful ambiance of the Natural History Museum. Edwin has won the first prize in the category Amphibians and Reptiles with an underwater image of a Crested Newt. I […]

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Publication Mediazine

The Dutch magazine Mediazine (the magazine from Mediamarkt) has interviewed me for their ‘masterclass photography’ item. I am sharing with you some tips and tricks to create atmospheric macro photos. By the way, if the image of the Olympus camera in the bottom right of the article might suggest I am using Olympus: this is not […]

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Six-spot Burnet

I just can’t believe summer is already coming to its end now. Like I said before, this summer was a crazy one. We endured storms with fallen trees, showers with flooded cellars and even a real heat wave with people getting unwell. These extreme weather conditions have also affected me and my photography. Needless to say, when it’s windy it’s no time for […]

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Exposition Saint-Hubert

This summer Saint Hubert, a village located in the Belgian Ardennes, is the center of an outdoor photo exposition, called ‘Les étés de la photo”. More than 30 nature photographers such as Sandra Bartocha, Jérôme Pruniaux, Bastien Riu, Constant Couteille, Philippe Moës, and many others including myself are exposing. I feel honored and happy to be a part […]

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