Images from the PI 2014 pt2
Today some images I shot during the shows on the main stage in…
Professional imaging 2014
Professional imaging for me is the THE event of the year in the…
Skatepark….
Well ok I promised to not go to our skatepark again for some time.....
But let's be honest where else to shoot a skateboarder.
Last week I was asked by one of the attendees to teach a 2 day 1:1 workshop about the different ways I shoot motion. Now as you know I love shooting motion so I was really looking forward to these workshops, and although I was suffering from the flu we still carried on 😀
A tip for printing
A tip for this morning about printing....
A lot of people struggle with getting a good print from their images, so a few pointers you have to be aware off.
New instructional video : Live in the UK 2013
With pride I can announce that today sees the release of our new instructional video :
Live in the UK 2013 : One light can be more than enough.
Shoots with impact
Often people ask me "Frank, how do I create a shot with more impact?"
My answer is often incredibly simple "Shoot something with impact"
BTS video from the Dutch introduction of the Elinchrom ELC strobes
BTS video from the Dutch introduction of the Elinchrom ELC strobes
An easy pose
One of the poses I love to work, and especially with glamour, is a pose on the ground.
Choose a longer lens and a wider aperture and "pinpoint" light, for example a beauty dish with grid from pretty close by, some reflective or other nice material and everything is set for some interesting poses on the ground.
Depending on the body of the model the poses will have to be changed, personally I love to see more rounded lines, with the more plus sized models you can use oversized mens shirts to cover up the areas that the model wants and "shape" her body that way. Overall I always find these poses to be very pleasing and also work great with starting models.
Change your own position and move around your model to maximize the results.
Crazy weekend 50% discount on “Live in New Jersey : glamour with a fashion twist”
This must be one of my most extensive instructional videos, containing…
Glamour workshop images
Today some images shot during a glamour workshop with Sheena.
Some images might be considered to be not so safe for work... but I think they are pretty ok (but don't blame me).
Duo shoots
Now when shooting a duo shoot it always wise to plan ahead.
Let's say you want a cool duo shoot in your portfolio but you don't want that "boyfriend/girlfriend" kind of shoot, a good tip can be to shoot dancers, they are often way more flexible than the average run of the mill person, although I'm pretty flexible I have seen these two do things.... well it hurts me when I think about it. The fun part about shooting with dancers is that they are often very creative with poses, and they will actually pretty well interact with each other.
Martial arts
Today a second part of the motion/action workshops I taught last week.
When looking for themes for this workshop I actually met Melvin via one of our models (Marie), and when I heard he was into martial arts I did not have to think twice and invited him over to be one of the models for these special 2 day workshops. He loves doing this kind of stuff and that helps a lot when you have to ask him to do some moves over and over again, but he did great 😀
Dancers
Photography is acting on a 1/5000 of a second, freezing an unique moment in time that will never come back the same way and with dancers this is all maximized in one shoot. So when I was looking for "models" for a 2 day 1:1 workshop with the theme motion, my first idea was of course "dancers". Thanks to the power of social media I got into contact with this duo, Marvin and Marscha, two amazingly talented people and very enthusiastic. Today some of the images from that workshop.
the DOORhof is always open EP16
We uploaded the 16th episode of our videowebpodcast "The DOORhof is always open".
In this episode an interview with Rod Clark from the company Formatt-Hitech.
Cool deal on Topaz De-noise
COOL.
Topaz has a great 50% discount on DeNoise running at the moment.
It has a new user interface, and it's a great "noise" plugin.
Some of the results from yesterdays webinar for X-rite
Yesterday I hosted a webinar for X-rite.
The webinar will be online soon, but today already some of the images I shot (and retouched) during the webinar from our model : Loes.
Fast shutter speeds with strobes…..
I get this question a lot so a little post about it:
"Frank can I sync up to 1/8000 with xxxxx on Elinchrom"
Creative with the ELC
Today a very simple effect.
In this setup I used 2 ELC units, the first one fires at the start of the 2 second exposure, the powerful modeling lights create a "blur" effect while the model (Nadine) moves around and at the end of the exposure the second ELC fires to freeze the final pose. It takes some practice but the effects are pretty cool.
