Use the unexpected “angles”

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Of course you need the model in front, right?

You don’t want the model covered, right?

The model has to be the most visible in shot, right?
Well not always 

It can be incredibly “cool” to have a model actually behind something. Especially when the model is wearing clothes that make her/him jump out from the area. Add some nice leading lines and you get a nicely balanced photo where not only the model takes the attention but actually share it with a great location. 
And the location doesn’t have to be jaw dropping either. Find the angles and lines. But hey that’s photography 🙂

Strobes in a different way

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Using strobes doesn’t always mean you have to see that strobes are used. 
As you can (not) see in this shot I used the strobe in a different way. The whole look of the shot is based on the available light, meaning an overexposed sky to get the exposure on Nadine’s face correctly. The strobes were actually placed next to nadine and was aimed directly at my lens. This gives as lens flare effect which mimics the idea of the sun hitting the lens. But it doesn’t really hit the model in the conventional way. 
This gives me a nice effect of a bright sun while in essence it was a pretty dull location. 

Low angles 

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Shooting in a crowded location?

Always frustated with people in the shot?
Sit down and put your model on a slightly higher location and now your model is really standing out from the crowd. Add a little bit of light on the model and voila 😉

Results Phottix pro tour

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Yesterday we hosted the Phottix Pro tour in our studio.
The idea behind the Phottix pro tour is to show the attendees the ins and outs of the Phottix products.
During the day we made 3 setups, one with small flash (Mitros+) and 2 with the amazing Indra.
The thing I really like about the Indra is that you can operate it in the studio but also attach a really small battery (but don’t be misguided by it’s size, this baby has 300-400 pops of power on full power) and use it on location. Also the Indra supports HSS and ETTL (also for Sony… yeah).
After showing the products in action and explaining techniques and giving tips it was time for the attendees to try out the goodies, and they did love it 😀

In this blogpost some of the images from yesterday.
Models : Nadine, Lois and Sanne
Styling : Nadine
Assisitants : Piet (Servix/Phottix), Annewiek and Daisy

You can see the behind the scenes video here : https://youtu.be/YlgLNOiOxWU