Photokina Photowalk for X-rite
During one evening at Photokina I hosted a small photo walk for X-rite.
We had an awesome group so I hardly got into shooting myself 😀
But here are some images that I think are fun for the blog to share.
Photokina Elinchrom
The first 2 days at Photokina I was asked to demo at the Elinchrom booth.
And that was more than just fun for the simple reason that Elinchrom had their new FS30 modifier (Fresnel) on the booth, so of course I needed to play with that one (can’t wait to get one myself).
Today on the blog some images from the Elinchrom demos.
Mamiya Leaf demos at Photokina
Without a doubt Photokina is one of my highlights every 2 years.
It’s the biggest show I’ve ever visited and being part of the team of instructors is always an honor. This year I demo’ed for both Elinchrom and Mamiya/Leaf.
Today some of the images I shot on the booth from Mamiya/Leaf with their new Leaf Credo50.
It’s always hard to shoot during these trade shows, especially when the room is very limited, so I always try to challenge myself and try out new things with expressions, fogging up lenses etc. And although it’s not portfolio material they are still fun for the blog 😀
Using props… the chair
Often people ask me “what is the perfect prop?”
Well let me start by saying that there is no perfect prop.
However if I had to choose one I would say it’s chair…
Now don’t get the expensive posing chairs you sometimes see in studios and online, in my opinion these are nice but also very overpriced and will limit the way you can shoot for the simple reason they are often not the most attractive chairs.
You can not only incorporate them into your set, but you can also make the model pose more dynamically. In other words add a lot of play into the shoot.
My favorite way to get chairs is to visit the second hand stores and get the more damaged, ugly, vintage looking chairs they have, the first advantage is that they are often cheap (hey I’m Dutch :)) plus they (in my personal opinion) have way more character than a new one. PLUS.. when you’re done with them… well you just cut them open and you have a second life for the chair.
Today some images I took during the test session with Marieke with 2 of our chairs.
Some might be considered NSFW so beware.
