the first StudioFD BBQ

Yesterday it was time for the first StudioFD Photography BBQ.
This idea started a few months ago when I talked to some of my students about hanging out one day without the “structure” of a workshop. Last year I also organized a small photo walk and gathering for twitter followers which was a load of fun so slowly the idea build in my head to do something like that again but different. Because we are working very closely with Restaurant “Boszicht” in Emmeloord (my home town) and have several projects running with them at the moment it was an easy choice where to host it, plus they run an amazing BBQ program with loads of extras in a very nice and relaxed atmosphere.

I can only say one thing after yesterday, “it was a lot of fun and we will do this again, probably ever 3-4 months”.
During the day there was a lot of talk about photography of course, but also a lot of non photography topics. Some people brought their portfolios and got a review from me and the other visitors, and this is really very valuable, because when you hear the different opinions on your portfolio it can really help you build your confidence (or not) and help you progress.

From our side we would like to thank the following people without whom it would have been much less fun (or not possible)
Margreet and Geert from Boszicht
The personel of Boszicht
The visitors
CameraNu
FotoFlits
ITC Computer Systems
Wendy Appelman for the backstage videos and photos
Annewiek Doorhof for assisting me and organizing a big part of the day

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New images Nadine

Yesterday it was the first time I taught a photography workshop again after my knee injury (I did the DSLR video one last week) and man….. I needed this one. Doing no model photography for 4 weeks is not a good thing for me. So yesterday it was time for the Advanced I workshop and our model was the always amazing Nadine, and also this time she did her own styling (can you say wow, what is this model creative).  oh…. and in case you wonder about color, all images have a slightly different filtering, with workshops I never really work “seriewise” but more image by image so I also experiment a bit with the colors, in the end 1-2 images are really used for my portfolio, now because you see the series the difference in color draw attention 😀

So today I share some of the shots of yesterdays workshop.

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Shooting with natural light video

During the workshop DSLR filming we always have several assignments that I and the students have to complete. Although I label it as a workshop for beginners we do discuss topics like separate audio, multi cam etc. which I think in todays market are things that even a beginner should be able to handle, and let’s be honest with programs like Premiere CS6 and Final Cut Pro X using multi cam is a breeze 😀

 

So this weekend I taught the DSLR video workshop again and one topic that returns every workshop is making a small instructional video with yours truly as the instructor, I always love to do that part because of course I play a customer that is not easy to please, I want certain angles, want certain parts not to show and I want to do everything at once. The problem with this is that they have to keep the cameras running, even in between scenes and that can give you some funny video when they don’t communicate with each other (another learning moment with 3 video angles (as in this case)).

 

In the end we also edit the video during the class and give it a certain look and feel, today I share with you the instructional part of this class, I always say “do remember it was shot by the students which before the workshop did not do any filming yet with their cameras like this, and keeping focus and every steady for a long time… well that’s not easy”, and as mentioned before I love to do one takers… so all the respect to the students”

 

So here it is, I hope you enjoy it.