The eyes, the eyes !!!

Sometimes you are thinking “what can we do to spice this up”…….
Believe it or not but masks can really help to give your shoot a little bit of extra “oomph”
In this case Corine (our model) brought a what I call “Hello kinky kitty” gas mask, and I have to be honest as soon as she put it on… I loved it.


Corine Maart 26 2014 (101 of 143)-Edit the million dollar question however is always “How do you shoot this”
One of the things I like about shooting masks is the way how it takes away the expression of the mouth and face, now one could think “that’s important right?” well yeah it is, but….. by using a mask you actually get the option to add a lot more expression on the eyes. And that’s what I really like about this, the images are actually way more intense than without the mask, eyes are indeed the mirror to the soul and the place of most expression, although normally we are more drawn towards the mouth for expression for example a laugh, a scream etc. When you take this away you can actually see how important eyes can be.

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New instructional video for download

Hi guys,
A few topics for this blogpost.

 

We are in the middle of Photoshopworld now, always a great show and fun to follow via our social media streams with images, small stories etc. This year I will be shooting a lot with the Sony A7r and share those via wifi so you will have a better quality images than the iPhone shots (although we will also share those) so make sure to follow our facebook at www.frankdoorhof.com/f and google+ via www.frankdoorhof.com/+

 

 
The workshops in New York are coming up (and they are gonna rock) we have 2 tickets left so if you want to join make sure to book your seats now. The date is May 3rd, for more information click here.

 

For today I also wanted to share a video with you guys.
We recently released our brand new video called “Live in the UK 2013” a jampacked instructional video with tips, techniques and much much more, make sure to check out the video shot by our video guy Mark, you can order the video from this website or our brandnew store at www.frankdoorhof.com/store

Some heavy postprocessing

As you know I’m not really into heavy processing, but sometimes everything in a shot just “screams” out for some special look.
In this case I used NIK/Googles Analog Efex Pro for some more extreme looking images.

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Corine new images

Today some images we shot during a session with Corine.
The theme…. something a bit different… well that was for sure.

 

Today a serie we shot against one of our custom paint walls in the studio.
Lighting was on the first an Elinchrom Deep Octa with light tools grid, on the second and third an Elinchrom small silver beauty dish with grid.

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