{"id":19,"date":"2021-11-26T11:01:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthiasdegroot.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:30:32","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matthiasdegroot.com\/nl\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19\" class=\"elementor elementor-19\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b44e54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b44e54\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-761d7327\" data-id=\"761d7327\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2775f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2775f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hallo, ik ben Matthias de Groot. Een fotograaf gevestigd in Nederland, met een diepe liefde voor landschappen en een groeiende focus op zakelijke en productfotografie. Mijn kennismaking met fotografie was niet gepland. Wat begon als een creatieve uitlaatklep, ontwikkelde zich al snel tot een vernieuwende manier om mijn omgeving te observeren en vast te leggen.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voor mij draait fotografie om het vastleggen van iets echts. Of het nu de schoonheid van de natuur is of het doordachte ontwerp van een product. Ik streef ernaar beelden vast te leggen die realistisch aanvoelen en een verhaal vertellen.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naast fotografie ben ik graag fysiek actief. Of het nu gaat om hardlopen, wandelen, zwemmen of een training in de sportschool. In 2024 heb ik een ultramarathon van 100 km gedaan. Deze ervaring heeft me veel geleerd over discipline, mentale weerbaarheid en het belang van consistent aanwezig zijn. Deze lessen neem ik mee in alles wat ik doe.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Je zult me niet vinden op sociale media. Ik ben er even vanaf gestapt om me te concentreren op het vak zelf en om meer betekenisvolle, directe connecties op te bouwen.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Momenteel ben ik mijn stijl aan het verfijnen en mijn portfolio aan het uitbreiden. Ik probeer samen te werken met klanten die waarde hechten aan creativiteit, helderheid en eerlijke verhalen. Of je nu een merk bent dat zijn visuele identiteit wil versterken of gewoon iemand bent die doordachte fotografie waardeert, ik kom graag met je in contact.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f575cf3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f575cf3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be8229f\" data-id=\"be8229f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I\u2019m Matthias de Groot. 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