Wil van Daalen was given the designation 'Member of Merit' by The Dutch Karate Association for his long contribution and track record as a volunteer for the karate sport in the Netherlands.

“The cool thing about working with Gillshots is that, next to the portraits you discuss in advance, he also captures those unexpected moments.”

Bart Reef, partner Dot Connectors

Portraits. Spontaneously shot while my nephews and son where playing in my grandfathers backyard.

Marcha van Wijnglaanen, 5th ranked Master athlete at the Crossfit Games 2018, preparing for her qualifier WOD for The Crossfit Games 2019.

A very steep cable car ride up to get to the most stunning viewpoint of Langkawi. Although the fog disappeared for a few moment, the monkeys at the mountain didn’t.

During The Crossfit Opens at my local Crossfit Box I went looking for nice angles, compositions and off course… the painfaces.

Fooling around with the new Sony A7III during a weightlifting session at Crossfit Coolhaven.

A great photographer. We share the same passion for chefs, kitchen life and telling stories. These are my favourite snapshots off him while travelling across Europe together to produce content for a campaign.

Behind the scenes shots I made while visiting chefs and pastry chefs across Europe.

I visit a lot of restaurants for my work. To talk to chefs about their profession, creativity and daily challenges. Although I almost never talk with the the people prepping the tables for the guests, it doesn’t mean that I don’t see how serious they take their job.

A good conversation is key to get to know your client. They decided to go along with my proposal to go back to the woods, where they first met and fell in love, before shooting their marriage ceremony and party afterwards.