Amsterdam Photo Tours | Discover the Secrets of Amsterdam
Duration: Half Day 3 hours or full day.
Michael speaks: German, English, French, Dutch
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Amsterdam is probably one of the most delightful cities to spend some time with your camera, doing some compelling pictures during your Amsterdam photo safari. The town is doing great, the buildings and canals are beautifully preserved and restored.
Amsterdam museums are world-class and renowned for their Dutch painter masters.
Amsterdam has evolved from a hard-working gritty rundown town into a shining global must-see top destination with a ragged edge like Paris or London, Mumbai or Phnom Penh.
The port of Amsterdam has it all for some genuine street photography, portraits, urban-landscapes or traditional old-Dutch life reportage in rural villages. Not to forget fantastic flower photography options, and the Dutch water defense lines of dunes and dikes all over Amsterdam city and North-Holland province.
See Amsterdam’s through the lens during a private photography tour that helps you get the best shots of the city.
Whether you’re a novice photographer or intermediate or advanced photographer and want to improve or find some inspiration, this creative tour will help you achieve your artistic goals.
Opting for a private tour means that you’ll be able to tailor the itinerary according to your interests.
Always wanted to take your time to do some excellent photography and have absolute control over your image pictures taking quality time? With us, you will be fully involved in your image storytelling and have fun creating your personal reportage series of Amsterdam. These tours can get you to the next level in your photography personal photography style and experience.
What is better than to enjoy rewarding Amsterdam Photo walk with us for a full day or a half-day photo tour in Amsterdam with a local photo buddy?
We also offer multiple-day photo tours for in-depth photography adventures for 2-3 days.
During our guided photo tours, we will inspire you to make your pictures. Perhaps even with the Dutch masters in mind, we can set up something with local people (models) for portraiture. Being a professional photographer and citizen of Amsterdam, I am here to assist and guide you in the right direction.
How does an Amsterdam photo tour work?
We can meet somewhere centrally located or do a meet up from your hotel if you stay in a hotel reasonably centrally located. Before we go out shooting, we shortly discuss your expectations. We can give you a basic crash course on how to use your camera to its fullest capacity if required.
After that, we go out and start exploring and have fun looking and observing people and the urban landscape to get some good shots.
We can walk our way around and explore the city by foot or take a short ride in a tram to get to our next location. We like to get off the beaten tourist path but also understand you want to see and shoot the highlights for what Amsterdam is famous around the world.
Our challenge is to make you shoot with confidence digital or film cameras. Learning to set up exposure and understand the basics. Besides that you will shoot unique lasting pictures in wonderful Amsterdam of people, places and hidden locations in Amsterdam to take home.
The highlights of the Amsterdam photo tour
One of the great things about photography and especially street photography is the unexpected nature of the art of photography. One moment you are looking one direction and just out of nothing, this fantastic image appears right in front of your eyes. The elements of luck and decisive moments in photography are there for an instant, and they are gone forever. Did you get the shot?
Why would you go shooting with us?
First of all, we have extensive experience in professional photography both in analog and film and in digital. We offer exciting photography tours since 2013 and have often-return customers.
What is the best time of the day to take photos in Amsterdam?
In photography, we are all depending on the light. The early morning light can be subtle and bring a pleasant atmosphere, but it only lasts for a short time before the sun is up.
Making photos between 07:00 and 11:00
Expect stillness over the canals and the light coming from the east.
Making photos between 14:00 and 18:00
This includes on a sunny day the golden hour or at least the start of it. Expect hard light and contrasts and shadows for creative use in your pictures.
Making photos between 17:00 and 23:00
This time slot will give you the best light and variation as well. The golden hour and sunset and enjoying slow descent into the night. The canals are romantically lit with thousands of lights adorning the many bridges.
In July and August, the sunsets are as late as at around 22.00pm, and then there is an afterglow sometimes until 23.00pm.
What camera should I bring?
Every camera is welcome because I believe there are no bad cameras anymore. Smartphones’ or Ipads are great tools and fun to shoot. And if you prefer, we can shoot traditional analoge film-based photos. We can help you choose a great editor app as well to fine-tune your shots.
Sure, cameras like Nikon-Canon-Fuji- Sony-Panasonic or Leica are all good to go with an excellent lens. Also, powerful compact cameras are fantastic to shoot with.
The bottom line for any photographer is to be there and have any camera in the first place.
Is Amsterdam safe to take photos?
Yes, Amsterdam is a real city, and you have to be on your mark and use common sense like in any big city these days. Generally, its all clear and all you meet are friendly folks. With me, you are safer, we speak the language and know who is who in most cases. Be street smart and smile, and you will have people smiling back at you. Move around with absolute confidence. Since we are out looking and observing, you can see things coming from miles away. Night tours are safe too, yes also in the red-light district, where there is a lot of social control and surveillance.
How can we make an Amsterdam photo tour booking?
You can contact me directly here via phone or send a message via klinkhamerphoto@gmail.com
About Michael Klinkhamer Photo Tours
Luckily I grew up in the sixties when Amsterdam was for a while the magical center of the counterculture and hippy lifestyle. Amsterdam is now a very different place than let’s say when I grew up there making my way as a young photographer.
Starting in the 80s, I was a full pro magazine and advertising car photographer. From 2008 until now, I do photography and journalism and host photography tours in Holland and Asia.
See more photography by your guide Michael here
What’s included
- All guiding and teaching to make you a better photographer, get the most of your time and experience
What’s not included
- Drinks and food are not included. We do offer a bottle of drinking water.
- Private transportation, taxi, etc
