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About Fotoapps by Michiel Heijmans

Fotoapps by Michiel Heijmans is a collection of photography tools made for photographers who want to shoot with intent. Free, no fuss, always within reach.

Maker

Michiel Heijmans
Michiel Heijmans Fotografie
Bijsterhuizen 2414
6604 LL Wijchen, The Netherlands
michielheijmans.com

CoC 87574012
VAT NL004439631B22

Development

The app is built with Claude Code (Anthropic). AI features use the Anthropic Claude API.

Payment and invoicing

Payments are processed via Mollie Payments B.V. Invoicing goes through Moneybird.

External data

• Sunrise-sunset.org - sun times
• Open-Meteo - weather data
• OpenStreetMap contributors - map data and address search (Nominatim)
• OSRM (FOSSGIS e.V.) - route calculation for the route planner
• OpenRouteService - distance calculation for the mileage log
• Esri, OpenTopoMap and Carto - optional map backgrounds in the route planner
• RDW Open Data - Dutch vehicle register
• EU VIES - VAT number validation
• PDOK (Kadaster) - postcode lookup

Open-source

• Leaflet - maps (BSD-2-Clause)
• exifr - in-browser EXIF parsing (MIT)
• html2canvas - HTML-to-canvas conversion for PDF export (MIT)
• jsPDF - in-browser PDF generation (MIT)

These libraries are served from our own server, not via external CDNs. Fonts are self-hosted as well.

Camera styles and film simulations

The camera styles tool approximates film simulations and picture styles based on public documentation and visual references. Brand names such as Velvia, Classic Chrome, Acros, Picture Style and others are the property of their respective owners (Fujifilm, Canon, Nikon, Sony, Leica, OM System Co., Panasonic, Pentax, Ricoh, Hasselblad, Sigma, Phase One, Apple, Google, Samsung, DJI). They are used solely for recognition; there is no formal affiliation with or endorsement by these manufacturers.

Technology

PHP 8.2 · SQLite · HTML/CSS/JS · no frameworks. Language routing via path prefix (/ for Dutch, /en/ for English), generated sitemap with hreflang annotations for SEO.

Photography news - sources

The overview on photography news pulls public RSS feeds from: Focus Magazine, pf.nl, DIGIFOTO Pro, Photofacts, 30 Minuten Sluitertijd and FotoFacts Podcast. All articles and episodes remain the property of their original source.

Claude

I use Claude by Anthropic daily as my AI assistant, for writing code, refining copy and working out new features. Fast, sharp and versatile. The assistant I recommend for anyone who regularly works with text or code.