Entries by Frank Doorhof

The lighting setup for awesome glamour

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I love vintage glamour and pinups
Starting with George Hurrell, Avedon, Newton to David Lachapelle. 
And when you also want some insights into one of the best models in this genre pinup/burlesque make sure to check out Dita Von Teese who wrote a great book about both being the model, style and makeup.

In the next two articles I’m going to show you two of my absolute favorite setups, but on both sides of the spectrum.
Today I’m showing the always awesome high contrast/flat lighting setup.

The power of the expression

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We probably all know that proper lighting and styling is essential for a successful photo, but for me personally it’s the start.
During the photoshoot I try to think about the proper posing of the body, the hands, the shadows, the background etc. In other words a lot of stuff going on. This also means that we often forget to think about expression.

Black and white or color or let’s do both

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Some things I never do
We all have said something like this when it comes to our work.
One of the things I hardly use myself is selective coloring, and yeah sometimes it looks great but somehow in my work it’s always a matter of keeping all colors and even enhancing them, or convert it into black and white. But sometimes…

Light from different angles

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One rule most people will agree upon is that light from below is often not something we use in our photography, unless of course you want that freaky horror look, I actually always call this lighting “halloween lighting”. But one light setup I also don’t see a lot of people use, but which is one of my favorite ones, is the light from above.