Raf Olaerts

Hi, I am making pictures since the moment I could lift a camera. That was in the days when there was no buzz about mega-pixels. As a student, it was not easy to gather the budget for film and certainly not for the necessary materials for a dark room. With the emergence of the digital cameras that budget problem was solved. Photography quickly grew from a hobby into a passion. The urge to always wanting to make better pictures has finally put me back in school. Until the end of June 2015 I attended a three-year training as a professional photographer on campus Syntra in Hasselt (Belguim) and since recently I started a photography business for my self. You can find more about my photography on my website. Castle14.be. I'm afraid it is in Dutch though, luckily photography is a universal language.

I was born and raised in Genk, Belgium. Now i live in Heers with my lovely wife and I am the delighted father of a spirited six year old girl.