Michiel Heijmans
Fotograaf at Michiel Heijmans Fotografie
Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMichiel Heijmans is a seasoned Dutch photographer, writer and former SEO/tech executive with eight years focused on professional photography and a long history in digital consultancy and publishing. He runs Michiel Heijmans Fotografie, teaches workshops across portrait, street and documentary photography, and authored the Straatfotobijbel, a practical guide for street photographers. Previously a COO and senior consultant at Yoast, he blends business strategy, usability and SEO expertise with a keen visual sensibility—helping clients and readers turn fleeting moments into lasting narratives. As a columnist and longtime blogger he writes on photography, SEO and digital culture for outlets like Focus Magazine and Yoast, demonstrating a rare mix of creative practice and technical communication. Based in Gelderland, he also brings experience as a board member and community organizer, showing he thrives both behind the lens and at the leadership table. An unexpected thread through his career is the consistent focus on documenting the present to inform future understanding—whether of a brand, a website or a single decisive photograph.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Commerciële Economie Marketing, Bachelor's degree Commerciële Economie Marketing at Avans University of Applied SciencesCommerciële Economie Marketing, Commerciële Economie Marketing at Hogeschool 's-HertogenboschVWO Atheneum Economie, VWO Atheneum Economie at Dominicus College Nijmegen
English, Dutch, German, French
Github Skills (21)
seo10
wordpress10
metadata10
plugin10
schema-org10
php10
meta-tags10
wordpress-plugin10
yoast10
structured-data10
xml-sitemap10
opengraph10
php-codesniffer8
coding-conventions8
phpcs8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
michielheijmans/WordPress-Coding-Standards
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
coding-conventionswordpressphpphp-codesniffer-rulesphp-codesniffer
Yoast/wordpress-seo
Sep 2019 - Sep 2019
Yoast SEO for WordPress
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 14 comments in 2 days
breadcrumbsschema-orgwordpressphpxml-sitemap
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