into the desert

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There were a few things I wanted to do in Dubai…
One was of course teaching at GPP 😀
Second was shooting people on the street, and this one was amazing in Dubai. It’s not like people don’t like to being photographed… on the contrary they love it and almost throw themselves in front of the camera. But also very high on the list was doing a session in the desert with a m0del.

Very long it seemed that this was not going to work out.
However when we found out that we actually would fly out in the middle of the night instead of in the afternoon (misread the tickets :D), we tried to arrange everything… well thanks to the help of Hala of GPP we got a model within a few hours, but ….. and I think some people will think “Oh so it doesn’t happen to me alone”, this model literally cancelled the day of the shoot because she had the flu. Luckily we found our new model which you can now see here.

And what a model….. not only a great person from the outside but also a great person to meet.
And further lets just say this… the whole group was great to work with.

I would love to thank you all, at first Ahmed and the Desert sherrif to get us there, Hala for helping us out constantly,  Annewiek for filming and being my wife and last but not least our model Julianne.

All shots were done with 2x Canon RT600 strobes, and the 5DMKIII

 

 

25 replies
  2. John
    John says:

    Wow, great pictures. And it’s hard to understand how you have been able to fight the sun with 2 speedlights… I love the colors and feel of the second picture. Amazing you managed to get the sun right in the frame without blowing out the sky. I guess this one required a lot of editing. This would be a post that I would love to see: take such a picture through the different editing steps, from initial RAW to final JPG.

    • Frank Doorhof
      Frank Doorhof says:

      No editing actually.
      What you do is underexpose the scene by the shutterspeed and set the aperture you know the strobes can keep up with (that’s why we used two from the same location). That way you underexpose the ambient with the shutterspeed but the strobes give the model light, it’s actually quite simple.

      HSS is great for this of course, you can not pull this off with a slow shutter.

      Editing is actually 2 minutes, I changed the color slightly.

    • John
      John says:

      Thanks, very interesting. I need to learn and practice with high speed sync. And now I understand why your model has sunglasses, no one wants a double shot of RT600 at full power in the face 🙂

  3. Clive Litchfield
    Clive Litchfield says:

    Wow! These really appeal to me, the second one just edges in as a favourite, composition with the models face in the middle and the sun forming a triangle with her body…maybe that’s it…I don’t know it just works really well. As for the model, well if I were 40 years younger blah blah de blah. Excellent stuff Frank.

  4. steve sheoskie
    steve sheoskie says:

    Superb job, I love #’s 2,4,and 5 are my favorites, thanks for the tips and knowledge.

  5. Richard Bremer
    Richard Bremer says:

    Amazing pictures. I love the way color, light and shade is used. It feels like these pics are alive and breathing. And your ‘last-minute’ model is beautifull. Well done!!

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