Biography
Krijn Trimbos is a freelance Nature and Wildlife photographer situated in Leiden, the Netherlands. My passion for nature began with Owls. My father needed to symbolize wisdom for a talk at a conference and did this by using an Owl in his presentation. Apparently that made an impression on me because ever since that time I have been really passionate about nature and especially birds. My passion for the green world resulted in me choosing for a carrier in Biology.
After finishing my PhD on ‘Population Genetics of the Black-tailed Godwit’ in 2013 and working at an NGO as a projectleader in meadowbird protection, I am currently appointed as an Assistant Professor (Environmental Biology) at the University of Leiden.
My passion for nature came along with a need to record it. This situated itself merely as a hobby untill 2006. This is when my SLR broke down in Bali. And being there for an internship, lasting 7 months, I figured that I had to have a camera to record this beautiful island. This is when I bought my first (D) SLR and my former nature photography hobby spawned into a real passion.
Since that time I have visited many places such as the Camarque, Bali, Texas, Spitsbergen (see left photo above made by Jasper Doest), South Georgia, Madagascar, Australia and Iceland just to came few.
Having spent a lot of time in the agricultural landscape for my work and a lot of subjects being just around the corner, The Netherlands has become my favorite destination (see right photo made by Jasper Doest). My work has been published in several magazines. And although I almost never join photography competitions, in 2010 one of my photo’s was awarded with the first prize in the Mammal category at the International Glanzlichter nature photography competition. I have had the most incredible time making nature photo’s and if it is up to me I will continue doing this for a long time to come. I hope you’ll enjoy looking around at my website and that the selection of photo’s displayed here will express the amazing experiences I have had as a nature photographer since 2006.