Behind the closed DOORs June 15th 2016

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This is a JAMPACKED episode with LOADS of tips and tricks.
Today is the day of digital classroom which is live broadcast and I take you behind the scenes of what we do during a broadcast, and trust me…. it couldn’t be a worst day to do this because EVERYTHING went wrong 😀 but that makes it fun right?

Also in this episode :
1. Calibrating 2 monitors to get the colors right for monitoring video
2. Calibrating the video cameras for filming an instructional video
3. The final adjustments to my desk to work with the Cintiq and my keyboard (awesome solution, you’ll love this one)
4. Some internet problems
5. fighting the Dutch weather
6. I show you the setup for digital classroom
7. and much much more….

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Live Digital Classroom June 15th 2016

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Digital classroom live stream restart.
We did plan something different but than disaster struck (literally) so we had to restart and do something differently.

This is that broadcast, with loads of tips on retouching, shooting the model, lighting and much more….

Here are the images from this session : https://plus.google.com/+FrankDoorhofphotographer/posts/a3f6A9oBkQT

Tip : The most simple location can be awesome

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Often I hear photographers complain about the lack of great locations…
I always tell them “the best locations are in your head, and often right in front of you”.
Somehow it sometimes seems that if there isn’t a great location the creativity is gone, or is it just that……

In my opinion every location is great to photograph, but I often do look for certain extras like contrast, grunge (rough) and color, OR the lack of it. The more rough the better in all honesty, on the other hand something really static and modern can also be awesome, as you can see there is always something if you WANT to see it.

As I joke I sometimes say “put on your photographers eyes and hunt, don’t look for opportunities but try to find uses for what you see” this is a different mindset but often helps a lot.

Now if you add a little bit of styling to it (or a lot like in this case) you’re on the way to a great shot.
These shots were done during a workshop in Manchester with Nadine, a very simple light setup with one Elinchrom beauty dish with grid straight at Nadine. The wall didn’t look like much but I loved it, and seeing the responses from the attendees as soon as the images came in… they did too.

Nadine June 8th 2016 Manchester 0285

Nadine June 8th 2016 Manchester 0289

Behind the closed DOORs June 14th 2016

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In this episode we are setting up for the Digital classroom broadcast, checking how far we can stretch our USB connection to shoot outside the studio, we introduce our new intern, and a lot more.

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