{"id":20,"date":"2022-07-27T14:57:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T14:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2022-07-28T12:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T12:56:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a photographer and filmmaker born and raised in Antwerp, Belgium working worldwide who specialises in photographing architecture, art, high-tech,\u2026 Well, actually everything technical and technological.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have a broad interest and always love a good story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After studying graphic design and photography at KdG and at the University of Wales -yep all still analogue in those days-, I gained digital workflow knowledge by working for over 10 years for various studios from automotive over food, jewellery and pack shots. <br>Feeling the constant urge to keep learning new things filmmaking came naturally. From (aerial) camerawork over audio, editing, grading and mixing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proud of being a <strong>Phase One Certified Professional<\/strong> photographer for many years and knowing the in- and outside of this ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am holding an <strong>EASA A2 CofC<\/strong> license to operate drones (up to 150kgs) in Europe <br>and have flown them in various countries in the South Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MaartenStappaerts_POCP_EASAA2_VCA_1650x300-1024x186.jpg\" alt=\"Phase One Certified Professional | EASA A2 CofC | BeSaCC VCA\" class=\"wp-image-31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MaartenStappaerts_POCP_EASAA2_VCA_1650x300-1024x186.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MaartenStappaerts_POCP_EASAA2_VCA_1650x300-300x55.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MaartenStappaerts_POCP_EASAA2_VCA_1650x300-768x140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MaartenStappaerts_POCP_EASAA2_VCA_1650x300-1536x279.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MaartenStappaerts_POCP_EASAA2_VCA_1650x300.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am available for collaborations worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:50px;padding-right:50px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:50px;min-height:316px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0e47273b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a photographer and filmmaker born and raised in Antwerp, Belgium working worldwide who specialises in photographing architecture, art, high-tech,\u2026 Well, actually everything technical and technological. I have a broad interest and always love a good story. After studying graphic design and photography at KdG and at the University of Wales -yep all still &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inspiro_hide_title":false,"inspiro_hide_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maartenstappaerts.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}