Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month Self-Portrait_01Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month Self-Portrait_01 Jan Düerkop, 37, from Hamburg, Germany, is our May photographer of the month winner. He competed against three other photographers and his photo received the most votes. Düerkop previously won photographer of the week during the fourth week of May.
His primary focus is to “master the technical aspects of photography and editing.”
We interviewed Düerkop to share his advice and experiences with all the photographers in our Bokeh Focus community.
Read his full interview here on Bokeh Focus under STORIES.
Hamburg, Germany
May 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Photographer of the Month Self-Portrait_01
Photographer of the Month Self-Portrait_01 Jan Düerkop, 37, from Hamburg, Germany, is our May photographer of the month winner. He competed against three other photographers and his photo received the most votes. Düerkop previously won photographer of the week during the fourth week of May.
His primary focus is to “master the technical aspects of photography and editing.”
We interviewed Düerkop to share his advice and experiences with all the photographers in our Bokeh Focus community.
Read his full interview here on Bokeh Focus under STORIES.
Hamburg, Germany
May 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Doubled Elphi_02Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Doubled Elphi_02 I was up very early in the morning to catch the reflection of the rising sun on the Elbphilharmonie here in Hamburg.
As there was a puddle in front of me, I was able to create this reflection shot while crouching in the water.
Hamburg, Germany
May 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Photographer of the Month
Doubled Elphi_02
Photographer of the Month
Doubled Elphi_02 I was up very early in the morning to catch the reflection of the rising sun on the Elbphilharmonie here in Hamburg.
As there was a puddle in front of me, I was able to create this reflection shot while crouching in the water.
Hamburg, Germany
May 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Morning Glow_03Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Morning Glow_03 Another shot from early in the morning. This time I made a long exposure of the Docklands office building which is formed like a speedboat. The long exposure time helps to bring up some colors and smooth out the waves.
Hamburg, Germany
March 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Photographer of the Month
Morning Glow_03
Photographer of the Month
Morning Glow_03 Another shot from early in the morning. This time I made a long exposure of the Docklands office building which is formed like a speedboat. The long exposure time helps to bring up some colors and smooth out the waves.
Hamburg, Germany
March 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Breaking Free_04Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Breaking Free_04 The sunrise above the industrial harbour of Hamburg, Germany.
Shot from the top of a building where we were not supposed to be that early in the morning.
Hamburg, Germany
February 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Photographer of the Month
Breaking Free_04
Photographer of the Month
Breaking Free_04 The sunrise above the industrial harbour of Hamburg, Germany.
Shot from the top of a building where we were not supposed to be that early in the morning.
Hamburg, Germany
February 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Downtown_05Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Downtown_05 A city view from inside the luxury shopping district "Jungfernstieg." It was just a snapshot passing by, but during editing, I saw the potential and cropped some clutter to make the look cleaner.
Hamburg, Germany
April 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Photographer of the Month
Downtown_05
Photographer of the Month
Downtown_05 A city view from inside the luxury shopping district "Jungfernstieg." It was just a snapshot passing by, but during editing, I saw the potential and cropped some clutter to make the look cleaner.
Hamburg, Germany
April 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Windows_06Jan Düerkop: May 2021
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Windows_06 The clouds reflecting in the windows of an office building. The building itself is kind of ugly, but as a mirror, it works great!
Hamburg, Germany
April 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Photographer of the Month
Windows_06
Photographer of the Month
Windows_06 The clouds reflecting in the windows of an office building. The building itself is kind of ugly, but as a mirror, it works great!
Hamburg, Germany
April 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
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Shattered_07 A historic building reflecting in the windows of a modern one.
I like the kind of "pixelated" look of the reflection of the old building.
Hamburg, Germany
March 2021
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Shattered_07 A historic building reflecting in the windows of a modern one.
I like the kind of "pixelated" look of the reflection of the old building.
Hamburg, Germany
March 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
©
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Glorious Blue_08 The historic city center during blue hour. For this long exposure I placed my camera on the railing of a pedestrian bridge. I had to try it several times as the bridge was moving everytime another person came onto it.
Hamburg, Germany
March 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
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Glorious Blue_08 The historic city center during blue hour. For this long exposure I placed my camera on the railing of a pedestrian bridge. I had to try it several times as the bridge was moving everytime another person came onto it.
Hamburg, Germany
March 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
©
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Peak Performance_09Jan Düerkop: May 2021
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Peak Performance_09 This picture of the television tower of Hamburg was taken during a blue hour walk with my significant other who is the reason I started photography in the first place and is now one of my biggest motivators to get out and shoot some pics.
Hamburg, Germany
May 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Photographer of the Month
Peak Performance_09
Photographer of the Month
Peak Performance_09 This picture of the television tower of Hamburg was taken during a blue hour walk with my significant other who is the reason I started photography in the first place and is now one of my biggest motivators to get out and shoot some pics.
Hamburg, Germany
May 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Burchard Kai_10Jan Düerkop: May 2021
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Burchard Kai_10 Some big ships in the harbour of Hamburg. This is actually a composition of 3 HDR brackets. The biggest challenge for this was that there was not enough light to shoot with a fast shutter but while using a long shutter some blur occured due to the movements of the ships and the dock cranes. A lot of manual editing was done to remove those.
Hamburg, Germany
May 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Photographer of the Month
Burchard Kai_10
Photographer of the Month
Burchard Kai_10 Some big ships in the harbour of Hamburg. This is actually a composition of 3 HDR brackets. The biggest challenge for this was that there was not enough light to shoot with a fast shutter but while using a long shutter some blur occured due to the movements of the ships and the dock cranes. A lot of manual editing was done to remove those.
Hamburg, Germany
May 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Evening Sun_11Jan Düerkop: May 2021
Photographer of the Month
Evening Sun_11 My winning photo for the Bokeh Focus Photographer of the Month award in May 2021. It shows the city of Hamburg with its landmark building Elbphilharmonie in the middle. It is usually blue but the reflective windows caught a log of the red sundawn.
Hamburg, Germany
May 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop
Photographer of the Month
Evening Sun_11
Photographer of the Month
Evening Sun_11 My winning photo for the Bokeh Focus Photographer of the Month award in May 2021. It shows the city of Hamburg with its landmark building Elbphilharmonie in the middle. It is usually blue but the reflective windows caught a log of the red sundawn.
Hamburg, Germany
May 2021
Photo: Jan Düerkop
© Jan Düerkop