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Recent blogs

Using the foreground to add dimension to your images

November 20, 2024

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During the workshop "on location in Emmeloord" the challenge is to find locations that look not so interesting but still create some cool images. If you ever visited our studio you know there always was an old building just in front of our studio, it didn't look nice but it had some great walls to shoot against 😀 one of them actually made it into my signature ClickBackDrop backgrounds.

Working on location with strobes and making something boring interesting

November 18, 2024

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During the workshop "on location in Emmeloord" we scout for locations that look not so interesting but the challenge is to create some cool images anyway. This is a great training exercise because let's be honest in most cases working on location is not as superb as often hoped for, but we are still expected to deliver awesome images.

Working with strobes on location and how to kill the ambient light part II

November 16, 2024

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One of the techniques I love to use on location is Day2Night. With Day2Night we mimic a night or evening scene during day time. As you can imagine you need some powerful lights to achieve this, or some cool tricks.

A cool set with clickbackdrops

November 14, 2024

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Using a set in your photoshoot adds a lot. When I started out with modelphotography I mostly shot on seamless (paper) and although it was a lot of fun working with different colors at one point you get a bit bored with it and I started with using custom walls with paint, structure or wallpaper.

How I approach a business shoot

November 12, 2024

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Most of the work I post is from our workshops model photography or street/travel photography. But we do a lot more of course, including business shoots. Today I want to share some tips on how I approach our clients and why we score the shoots.

Adding something really special to a photoshoot with a gobo projector

November 10, 2024

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I love the old fashioned photography, think about photographers like George Hurrell or for example the world famous Harcourt studios. In the 30's and 40's you often saw harsh light combined with hard shadows, this can be for example a plant, branches, chair, ladder or whatever you want to project on the background.

MacBookPro M4 Pro Display performance nano texture

November 8, 2024

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As creators we of course demand the absolute best from our screens. Of course it's always better to use a dedicated monitor. For example the BenQ monitors I use have a hardware calibration option and are tracking very close to the AdobeRGB colorspace. (and they have a great anti glare coating :D) but does that mean that you can't use your laptop screen for editing ?

On location photoshoots : how to kill the ambient light part I

November 8, 2024

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Locations are awesome But what if they are not? Well it's up to you to make them awesome. Sounds difficult? Well it can be, but with the proper lighting and lighting techniques you can create stunning images on locations that are far from awesome.

Audio is one of the most important things in video

November 6, 2024

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When the audio is bad I often stop the video In all honesty I can watch a video that is not perfect for the image quality, but if the audio is bad I'm out. For years I've been using a Sennheiser wireless lovelier microphone. I always bring this to shows and use it during almost all videos and live streams, and it just sounds awesome and it never failed me. But it's expensive, and for most starting creators it will be overkill, plus in all honesty you always have to put the wireless transmitter somewhere, and it's not a super small device, plus over time I've had several cables replaced.

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