Using the foreground to add dimension to your images

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During the workshop "on location in Emmeloord" the challenge is to find locations that look not so interesting but still create some cool images. If you ever visited our studio you know there always was an old building just in front of our studio, it didn't look nice but it had some great walls to shoot against 😀 one of them actually made it into my signature ClickBackDrop backgrounds.

Working on location with strobes and making something boring interesting

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During the workshop "on location in Emmeloord" we scout for locations that look not so interesting but the challenge is to create some cool images anyway. This is a great training exercise because let's be honest in most cases working on location is not as superb as often hoped for, but we are still expected to deliver awesome images. 

Working with strobes on location and how to kill the ambient light part II

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One of the techniques I love to use on location is Day2Night. With Day2Night we mimic a night or evening scene during day time. As you can imagine you need some powerful lights to achieve this, or some cool tricks.

A cool set with clickbackdrops

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Using a set in your photoshoot adds a lot. When I started out with modelphotography I mostly shot on seamless (paper) and although it was a lot of fun working with different colors at one point you get a bit bored with it and I started with using custom walls with paint, structure or wallpaper.

How I approach a business shoot

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Most of the work I post is from our workshops model photography or street/travel photography. But we do a lot more of course, including business shoots. Today I want to share some tips on how I approach our clients and why we score the shoots.

Adding something really special to a photoshoot with a gobo projector

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I love the old fashioned photography, think about photographers like George Hurrell or for example the world famous Harcourt studios. In the 30's and 40's you often saw harsh light combined with hard shadows, this can be for example a plant, branches, chair, ladder or whatever you want to project on the background.

MacBookPro M4 Pro Display performance nano texture

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As creators we of course demand the absolute best from our screens. Of course it's always better to use a dedicated monitor. For example the BenQ monitors I use have a hardware calibration option and are tracking very close to the AdobeRGB colorspace. (and they have a great anti glare coating :D) but does that mean that you can't use your laptop screen for editing ?

On location photoshoots : how to kill the ambient light part I

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Locations are awesome But what if they are not? Well it's up to you to make them awesome. Sounds difficult? Well it can be, but with the proper lighting and lighting techniques you can create stunning images on locations that are far from awesome.

Audio is one of the most important things in video

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When the audio is bad I often stop the video In all honesty I can watch a video that is not perfect for the image quality, but if the audio is bad I'm out. For years I've been using a Sennheiser wireless lovelier microphone. I always bring this to shows and use it during almost all videos and live streams, and it just sounds awesome and it never failed me. But it's expensive, and for most starting creators it will be overkill, plus in all honesty you always have to put the wireless transmitter somewhere, and it's not a super small device, plus over time I've had several cables replaced.

Directional light is so much cooler

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We recently filmed a brand new class for KelbyOne with our model Claudia. The video is all about using one strobe and how you can still create totally different looks by changing light-shapers and angles. Today I wanted to show one of the sets in which I show one of my favourite setups.

An awesome new backdrop from ClickBackDrops

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Building a set can be tricky But a small set can really set the mood in a shot. You can of course just build a set, but sometimes you simple don't have the room to build a complete set, or you want to offer your client different options. This is where our scenic backdrops from ClickBackDrops really shine.

How to murder your Husband, a Halloween Frank Doorhof Special

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When it's Halloween it's time for some cool images of course. We already showed you the video this morning but now it's time to see those gory photos in full glory. I hope you enjoy them as much as we did creating them, and trust me this was one of those workshops where the group totally went for it, I can't wait for you guys to see the images popping up on their timelines 😀

It’s story time for Halloween…. are you ready for some horror?

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Today we are doing things slightly different. In the first blogpost today I share the video we made for this workshop, and later today I'll share the images separately so you can see them in all their gory glory LD

It’s almost Halloween

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I LOVE Halloween, not only as a horror fan but also as a photographer. There is so much fun you can have with the theme and I can already tell you that for tomorrow we have something really special planned on both the blog and our YouTube channel, and trust me you don't want to miss this.

Chewie loves our new ClickBackdrops studio backgrounds

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For portraits the Clicki works like a charm, but sometimes you need a little bit more space. So we also now have the Clicki available in a full 2x2 meters, which also makes it a great option to build a small set for newborns or pets where you use the Clicki both as a background as floor, as you can see in the following samples.

Exciting news from BenQ

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Proper calibration of your monitor is essential, today BenQ made it possible to use their flag ship software for calibration also on their PD series monitors.

Removing ghost Google Wifi devices from Google home

Google home is a great system if you want an easy way to automate your home and connect everything together. Also the Google home app is easy to use and supports a lot of automations and devices are almost added automatically. So when it all works so easy you might expect that if you have to replace a defective Wifi unit it's super easy to remove that device.....you probably already guessed it, it's not. I tried almost everything (except of course delete the home and rebuild everything) but whatever I tried there was no way to remove the old device. At one point I just gave up and accepted that the ghost of my defective Wifi device would haunt me forever.

The Scott Kelby Worldwide PhotoWalk 2024 on Urk

Once a year it's time for the worldwide Photowalk, a great idea from Scott Kelby. When possible I'm also hosting a walk, and after Kampen, Urk, and several times Amsterdam it was time for Urk. The reason is simple, it's a great place for photography with people that have loads of stories and are very friendly for visitors plus it's close to our home. And they sell the best fish of course.
5daydeal 2024

The most amazing deal of the year

If you want to get the most amazing deal for your photography, I think the 5daydeal is exactly that. Every year they deliver the goods and also this year the deal is jam-packed with awesome tutorials, e-books, filters, presets and software.

The problem with a global shutter that a lot of people will miss

So what's the big deal with a global shutter? In short.... There is no real limit anymore. You would be able to shoot strobes up to 1/16000 or even 1/80000 when using Sony compatible strobes. Sounds awesome right? And it is, but there is one limit I have to tell you about that will prevent some nasty surprises.