People, events, and the rooms they happen in.

I'm a photographer working across the Netherlands and beyond. Three things, one way of seeing: wait for the light, stay out of the way, deliver on the date I said.

A figure walking through a sunlit vaulted arcade
Based in Rotterdam Available for commissions

Events

Ceremonies, concerts, conferences, galas. I work quietly and without flash, so the room forgets I'm there — and you get the moments people actually remember, not rows of posed faces.

A line of figures in red robes and white bonnets beneath a wide grey sky
A performer in mirrored costume under stage light
Saxophone section of a big band mid-performance
A seated audience at an indoor event
A speaker addressing a seated audience in a historic hall

Portraits

Musicians, professionals, people who need one good photograph of themselves. Shot on location rather than against a backdrop, because the place someone works in is half of who they are.

A young woman in a red robe looking back toward the camera
A saxophonist seated beside a glass facade in late light
Backlit profile portrait at sunset
Seated portrait of a man in shirt and braces against a painted wall

Spaces

Buildings, interiors, and the light moving through them. Corrected verticals, blended exposures where the room demands it, delivered in sizes that work for print as well as screen.

A figure at the railing of a vast timber lattice facade
Museum gallery interior lit by layered skylights
Ribboned museum facade lit red against a deep blue evening sky
A low stone visitor building below red cliffs at dusk

About

I'm Ariel Yellin. I've been photographing professionally for the past few years — mostly by word of mouth, mostly for people who found me through someone else they trusted.

The work splits three ways that sound unrelated but aren't. People, the events that gather them, and the architecture holding both. What connects them is light: I'd rather wait twenty minutes for a room to turn than light it into something it isn't.

Practically: I quote a flat price before the job, I don't charge per file afterwards, and I answer the phone. If you need a decision today, you'll get one today.

Working in English, Dutch and Hebrew · Available across the Netherlands

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To get a quote back the same day

Tell me four things: the date, the address, roughly how many hours, and what the photographs are for. That last one matters most — images for a printed report and images for an Instagram grid are not the same shoot.