My name is Wim van Dongen. I am a retired IT project manager and - graduated as a historian - as such I have mainly been involved in software development projects regarding access to cultural heritage, especially in the archives domain.
This website is intended to publish the 'highlights' of what I have collected ('canned') over the years via photographing, reading, researching and developing. Initially it will show my best photos taken as a hobby photographer (see: Portfolio), but I will also write something about old and new personal projects, involving - again - both history and information technology (see: Projects).
I have been photographing since the 1970s. In that analogue era I started with a Praktica Super TL2, but now I mainly use digital Pentax cameras. The K200 and K30 (with 12-24 mm, 18-135 mm and 50-200 mm zoom lenses) are my 'workhorses', but I also own the analog MZ50, P30 and Z10 with a number of lenses (including a 100 mm macro lens), plus the (digital) 'superzoom' compact X70. Nature in all its aspects is my favorite photography subject, but I also love wandering around cities and capturing all their highlights and curiosities.
You can find more information about me on LinkedIn. You can also find me on Mastodon, Bluesky and Instagram (on the latter I mainly post photos taken with my Samsung Android phone, while I am on the road, but not specifically for a photo trip, so travelling light, without my Pentax gear).
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