Nadine and Marie

This weekend it was time for an Advanced III workshop with Nadine, and a Workshop I with Marie.
With the Advanced III workshop the theme is outside photography so when the weather allows we will always try to do some part of the workshop outside. This time however half of the group preferred to stay inside, or do a small set outside. Well actually I can’t blame them because it was not warm outside. However being the teacher I am, there is no cold or whatsoever that will keep me from doing the workshop…… 😀

Well if it was only the cold this would be true, but in this case it was not only the cold but more the ice.
Do you know Holiday on ice ?
Well this was more like workshops on ice.
It was incredibly slippery outside, imagine Nadine in High Heels with a red wig (as you can see in the images), a group of photographers almost skating over the road and you can understand why we got some audience that were looking rather puzzled about what we were doing (and they were right, what was I thinking), however my moto is very simple, “everything for a good shot” and I would not have wanted to miss these.

I tried to make it quick, which on one side is a shame because I think we could have done a lot more, but on the other hand it was also waiting for an accident to happen and with students carrying their cameras and us the strobes and a model on high heels I think it was a good decision to do a 50/50 workshop (outside/studio).

For the inside part of the Advanced III workshop I always will do something with accessories, in this case a big rope.
The fun thing about accessories like ropes is that every model will do something else with it, you can of course coach your model to do the same as previous models, but the fun part for me with things like this is to see what the model will do “naturally”, this way it keeps the ideas fresh and you can build a whole series with all unique shots. As many of you know already we also have a staircase in the studio I often use for this kind of shots, in other words just let the model act totally by herself and coach from there.

After Nadine it was time for the Studio Technique workshop I with Marie.
This is the basic workshop for me.
Well it’s not really basic, but for me it’s the first workshop in the workshops. The workshop I contains a lot of theory about measuring, controlling and manipulating light. But also about coaching the model and workflow for consistant results. In the practice part I often setup a high contrast or white background portrait 3/4 body and if time allows a nice setup with one of the themed walls in the studio.
Marie has been a model with me for a very long time and it’s always a blast to work with her, and I strongly believe that over the years she has grown into a better and better model, and I already liked her from day 1 😀

So without taking too much time, here are my fav shots from that day:

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