Results from the workshop “Smoke and props”

I always try to add some special things to my workshops, I’ve been teaching them for many years and one of the things I never want to do is “repeat” myself, now there will always be overlap because it is a Frank Doorhof workshop and I can’t teach new things twice a week for years of course, but in the start of 2015 we started with adding themes to the workshops like “masks and posing”, “set building”, “Styling on a budget”, “Set building” and the very popular “Smoke and props”

 

The idea behind this is that every workshop has a “guide line” based on the concept (which I change during the year, add new ones and make different combinations etc), but that the rest of the workshop is 100% flexible. We start with an intense Q&A in which I try to answer the questions, or use the questions as base for the workshop in the studio (or on location).

 

One of the workshops that is often underestimated is the workshop with smoke, a lot of people book the workshop because they like the smoke shots but somehow aren’t able to pull them off themselves… and this is actually where the problem lies. When I started with smoke I also thought that it was just a matter of pushing a button and shoot, in reality however this only works (sometimes) when you use a little bit of smoke behind the model, if you want more however (especially in sets) you will have to have a “strategy” for the smoke. For the images in this blogpost for example we literally have a completely timed workflow to get the smoke the way I want it… and even then (as you can see) the results will be totally different per shot. Add to this that there are many different smoke machines and liquids out there and you will actually understand why the workshops with smoke are so popular 😀

 

Model : Linda
Clothing : Nadine and Sinister (1st dress)

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Route 66 Part III the town reminded me of cars

Let’s start of by saying that Radiator springs is actually a town that doesn’t really exists, it is a fictional town.
But when you visit Ludlow you really get the feeling that or they cleverly used Cars (you know the Pixar one) a little bit, or that some of the inspiration was taken from there.
I’m afraid however it is the first one because if you look online you can’t find any mention of Ludlow in the inspirational sites for the movie cars, and let’s be honest you have to do something to make people stop at your restaurant… which in my personal opinion you can better skip, maybe we were there at the wrong time but everything we wanted to order was gone and prices were… well high and service took for ever. But let’s be honest if you drive through the desert even a piece of cake and a cold coke is like an oasis 😀

 

Today some of the images I took of an “old” gas station next to the Restaurant.
As you can see there are two disctint different looks in these images, one series I shot with the Sony A7RII and one with my iPhone and the DxO one connected.

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Shots on a car junkyard

During the filming of my new KelbyOne classes one of the locations was the local car junkyard and believe it or not but this is a walking distance from our studio, you see the best locations can indeed be very close. If you want to see how to create these images make sure to check out my classes on KelbyOne.
Models : Lenaa and Nadine
Styling : Nadine

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