Entries by Frank Doorhof

Never the black screen again when using strobes

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“This camera is unusable for studio use, that’s insane for such an expensive camera…. etc”
Countless of these kind of bashing cameras can be found online, especially when the EVF in a camera was not as widely used as now.

So what’s going on here.
In the older cameras we used the sensor only as a replacement for film.
The image was still split to a part where you see the image, focus is done etc. and a part where it’s hitting the sensor.
With the mirrorless cameras everything changed.
First of all we could get super accurate focus (well not at first, it was terrible at times) because you literally focus on the sensor, but we could now also use the viewfinder in a completely new way.

Adding more storage to your MacBook Pro (or other laptops) and what to look out for

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Although I feel that the MacBookPro’s at the moment give the best bang for the buck, there is one thing that is incredibly expensive when upgrading, and that’s internal storage. My photos and videos are all stored on 2 synology NAS systems but when working on several video projects, music recording etc. the internal drive is even with 1TB a “bit” on the small side. But upgrading is in my opinion way to expensive, so I was looking for a great solution.

How to read a light meter

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Why is the lightmeter so important?
First of all we have to realise that in we only see 3 colors as human beings.
We call those colors the primary colors, Red, Green and Blue.
We also have secondaries colors, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow.
All colors are connected via the blackbody curve (whitepoints for colortemperature) and determine the colourspace.

How to make wow images with sets and colors

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Often when I mention sets people think about big budget solutions, but the opposite can be true, and mostly is in my work.
For me it’s almost a sport to create cool looking sets without breaking the bank.
So we also look for cool stuff on fleamarkets, attics etc. you would be surprised what kind of “junk” you can buy for next to nothing that work great in a photoshoot.