Coffee

I would probably be a terrible coffee shop owner. Just like with photo sessions – I keep giving it away for free.

Maybe it’s a Dutch thing. Whenever someone comes to the house to do something for me, whether it’s cleaning, painting, building a deck or fence – I give them coffee, for free. The good stuff too – my coffee machine grinds the fresh roasted beans for every individual cup.

And of course I pay people too. Giving out free coffee is just the right thing to do in my caffeine induced Dutch mind.

Wall space

As a photographic artist I’m always looking for places to hang my work. Many small coffee shops feature local artists, and I’ve been in my share of them. Not to sound ungrateful, because I truly appreciate the wall space in busy cafes to showcase my work, but the funny thing is – I just realized none of them ever offered me a single cup of coffee while I was working up a sweat hanging my work.

I usually show my work a month at a time and aim to visit regularly during that month – bu…