Maaike Ronhaar | Sony Europe Imaging Ambassador

music group performing while crowd waves lights hero

Maaike Ronhaar

Maaike Ronhaar | Netherlands

"Through my images I want to visualise the magic of music and the artists that make it"

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Maaike Ronhaar is a documentary photographer based in The Netherlands, her main focus is music photography. Through her photography, Maaike wants to visualise the magic of music and the artists that make it. She wants to document the artists stories by creating timeless images that make you feel like you were right there in the moment, absorbing the energy and the emotion. Maaike does not aim for the perfect shot, she wants people to feel her work.

old singer with costume clapping hand

© Maaike Ronhaar | Sony α7S II + FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM | 1/200s @ f/2.8 ISO 200

singer on stage giving a frowny look

© Maaike Ronhaar

singer on stage holding microphone with curly hair

© Maaike Ronhaar | Sony α7S II + FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM | 1/100s @ f/2.8 ISO 1250

singer on stage jumping with microphone on hand

© Maaike Ronhaar

singer on stage with a spotlight on back

© Maaike Ronhaar | Sony α1 + FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM | 1/200s @ f/3.5, ISO 160

singer playing guitar and singing on stage

© Maaike Ronhaar | Sony α1 + FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM | 1/160s @ f/2.8, ISO 640

singer with tattoos holding on microphone

© Maaike Ronhaar

crowd watching performer in the middle shot from top

© Maaike Ronhaar | Sony α7R III + FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM | 1/160s @ f/2.8, ISO 500

group of three musicians performing between red stage lights

© Maaike Ronhaar | Sony α7R III + FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM | 1/160s @ f/3.5, ISO 1600

guitarist on stage with long hair flying

© Maaike Ronhaar | Sony α7R III + FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS | 1/500s @ f/3.5, ISO 12800

music group performing on stage with red stage lights

© Maaike Ronhaar

old guitarist with long hair on stage throwing his head back

© Maaike Ronhaar | Sony α7R III + FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM | 1/160s @ f/3.5 ISO 2500

Maaike's kit

Sony Alpha 7R III

Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA

FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS

FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS

Maaike's stories

All That Moves Around Music

Maaike Ronhaar’s latest documentary-style project focuses on the intimate and vulnerable side of music photography.

maaike ronhaar sony alpha 7RIII guitarist on stage tipping his head back as he plays a solo

Maaike Ronhaar - Jevin de Groot ‘Temple Fang’

Maaike Ronhaar tells us about one of her favourite images

guitarist on stage playing with his eyes closed