Lars Van de Goor
1964-now
Lars van de Goor is a photographer born in the Netherlands, coming from a Dutch background. His first passion was music. Later in life he chose to take on the hobby of photography, which soon became more than a hobby. His inspiration for photography is the mystery of light and nature. Because he was raised on a houseboat in the middle of a farm, beauty surrounded him as he grew up. In 2016, van de Goor won the landscape section of the Hasselblad Masters, a big photography competition. He uses his images to inspire people to get outside and into nature.
Lars van de Goor likes to photograph trees and forests. He uses light and leading lines to make the pictures seem magical and endless. Many of the images have paths that lead further back in the photo. In his pictures there is the reminder that nature is all around us. His images show that there are really places this beautiful on the planet we live on right now. van de Goor sometimes uses editing techniques to make the pictures look fake or painted. Lars van de Goor refers to his style of photography as dreamy.
The dutch photographer wants the people living on this earth to realize the importance of beauty and nature. Many people living in this era spend too much time looking at screens to lift their heads up and look at the beauty surrounding them. He photographs the native Gelderland trees and forests around him to show the culture of his nation. Lars van de Goor uses the bright natural light and energy to depict the power of the Gelderland trees. van de Goor wants people to understand that we have this beauty of the planet right now, but if we keep living the way we are, that beauty could go away.
Lars van de Goor influences me and probably many others with his work. From him I have learned that I need to appreciate our world and it's gorgeous aspects before they disappear. Sometimes, we just need to go outside, take a deep breath, and look around us. In doing so, all the things we didn't notice before will become clear again. I aspire to take photos as beautiful as the ones of Lars van de Goor. I hope to travel to one of the forests with Gelderland trees and take some of my own photos. Just from one picture, I can tell these forests are naturally stunning.
The first image I took is on a hidden dirt road. In the artist's image, his road was grassier but the roads are similar. They both look like they're in the middle of the woods, and both images have vibrant colors with trees on the edges. The second image I took was after the colors of the leaves faded, but in van de Boven's image, the eaves are bright red. Also, the trees are more mossy and ancient looking, where the trees I took photos of were just basic Michigan trees. But, I made sure to focus on only one tree and have the others in the background. The last image was the hardest to recreate. The sun isn't able to travel into the forest I went to like it was in his image because the trees are closer together. Also, there are no orange trees like the one in his image in the forest I live by. But, I tried to capture the strength of the trees like he did in his image.
In the first image, I used leading lines and shadows to create a cool image. I took the picture on a deserted dirt road that was basically all sand. I think the way that the light beats down on the road makes it a cool picture. Also, the depth of the image has a cool effect. In my second image, I tried to capture the strength of the tree. The roots all the way up to the top of the tree were the focal point of the image. I tried to use gaussian blur to make the tree really look like it's important. I used vibrance to make the scattered leaves more noticeable. I made sure the rule of thirds was applied to this picture. In my last image, the colors of the leaves were really pretty to me and I wanted to make them stand out. I took the image from an upward angle to make the trees seem very tall and strong.
Lars van de Goor likes to photograph trees and forests. He uses light and leading lines to make the pictures seem magical and endless. Many of the images have paths that lead further back in the photo. In his pictures there is the reminder that nature is all around us. His images show that there are really places this beautiful on the planet we live on right now. van de Goor sometimes uses editing techniques to make the pictures look fake or painted. Lars van de Goor refers to his style of photography as dreamy.
The dutch photographer wants the people living on this earth to realize the importance of beauty and nature. Many people living in this era spend too much time looking at screens to lift their heads up and look at the beauty surrounding them. He photographs the native Gelderland trees and forests around him to show the culture of his nation. Lars van de Goor uses the bright natural light and energy to depict the power of the Gelderland trees. van de Goor wants people to understand that we have this beauty of the planet right now, but if we keep living the way we are, that beauty could go away.
Lars van de Goor influences me and probably many others with his work. From him I have learned that I need to appreciate our world and it's gorgeous aspects before they disappear. Sometimes, we just need to go outside, take a deep breath, and look around us. In doing so, all the things we didn't notice before will become clear again. I aspire to take photos as beautiful as the ones of Lars van de Goor. I hope to travel to one of the forests with Gelderland trees and take some of my own photos. Just from one picture, I can tell these forests are naturally stunning.
The first image I took is on a hidden dirt road. In the artist's image, his road was grassier but the roads are similar. They both look like they're in the middle of the woods, and both images have vibrant colors with trees on the edges. The second image I took was after the colors of the leaves faded, but in van de Boven's image, the eaves are bright red. Also, the trees are more mossy and ancient looking, where the trees I took photos of were just basic Michigan trees. But, I made sure to focus on only one tree and have the others in the background. The last image was the hardest to recreate. The sun isn't able to travel into the forest I went to like it was in his image because the trees are closer together. Also, there are no orange trees like the one in his image in the forest I live by. But, I tried to capture the strength of the trees like he did in his image.
In the first image, I used leading lines and shadows to create a cool image. I took the picture on a deserted dirt road that was basically all sand. I think the way that the light beats down on the road makes it a cool picture. Also, the depth of the image has a cool effect. In my second image, I tried to capture the strength of the tree. The roots all the way up to the top of the tree were the focal point of the image. I tried to use gaussian blur to make the tree really look like it's important. I used vibrance to make the scattered leaves more noticeable. I made sure the rule of thirds was applied to this picture. In my last image, the colors of the leaves were really pretty to me and I wanted to make them stand out. I took the image from an upward angle to make the trees seem very tall and strong.