About the maker

Made by a photographer.
For photographers.

Hi, I'm Thomas. I'm a photographer from Amsterdam and a Tamron ambassador. I made LumaFold for myself and now I use it after every shoot.

Thomas Kuipers with his camera on the cliffs of Madeira

Why it exists

Too many frames. Not enough evening.

It all started with the sky. As a kid I loved the stars and the Milky Way. In Amsterdam there's too much light for that, so I started shooting sunsets and blue hour instead. Later my camera came with me to Vietnam, Morocco and Iceland.

Every trip ended the same way. Thousands of photos on a card and a whole evening gone before I found the few that mattered.

The tools I tried were made for editing. Not for choosing. So I built my own. Open the card. See each moment once. Press a key. Next.

It started small. Then it grew. Now it's the first thing I open when I get home.

I want to spend less time behind the screen and more time outside.
An ancient laurel tree in fog, Fanal forest, Madeira

How I build it

Independent. And staying that way.

LumaFold is made by me. No investors and no subscription. Your photos never leave your computer.

I use it on every shoot. So when something bugs me it gets fixed. If you have an idea, send it my way.

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Keep LumaFold independent.

Want to help? Here's how.

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€49.99 once with lifetime access. It keeps LumaFold going.

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Travel and the city at blue hour.

thomaskuipers.com@Thomas_Kuipers

Thomas