Our new Clicki Background in action

Working on location or in a small studio brings all kind of challenges, let us solve at least one of them. The background. Introducing the clickbackdrops Clicki portable background system

Behind the scenes during the PhotoDays 2023 with all the setups and results and my own music

In todays blog post we take you behind the scenes during the Photodays 2023, in the video you see the results, setups and all music is written and played by me 😀

Results from the PhotoDays 2023 demo images

In todays blogpost some of the images I shot during the Photodays 2023 on our booth. See the awesome styling and enjoy the images 😀

First images with the Sony A7RV and it’s a huge upgrade

During the Photodays I shot some images with the Sony A7RV and the upgrade from the A7RIV is huge

A totally free 2 hour tutorial with Nadine and awesome lighting techniques “Surprise”

In the almost 2 hour free tutorial I take you through several lighting setups, explain the techniques and how to go from ok to wow. Of course we are using setups and gear that is easy to recreate/afford yourself.

5 Day deal time !!!

the 5DayDeal is the best photography creator collection each year. For only $98 you get a huge amount of e-books, luts, presets, software, plugins, tutorials and a load more

Results from one workshop….. probably more than you think

Some people call shooting images of a model a workshop. I don't... I strongly feel a workshop should be an intense learning experience with loads of information, tips, questions answered etc. So in every set I try to add some things I know people struggle with.
de nieuwe ExpoDisc v3 voor de lens van een camera

Get your white balance correct easy and fast

When working with photos or videos the correct white balance is essential to get natural looking images/video. But it's also important when you use presets to tint your images, if your base is not correct every time your presets will look different every time.

The best way to protect your camera during tethering

After using other products for years I used everything I liked and didn't like to get something that would be as close to perfect as possible. The result... the CableBlock.

that awesome Rembrandt lighting

In todays blog post a video about one of the most beautiful lighting setups, the Rembrandt setup. I also show you my favourite way of making this setup even better by adding an accent light.

Mounting your smartphone on a super flexible and stable platform for video and photography

Today a cool new product video. Our mobile phone is getting…

Rogue wins Hot Ones…2023

Rogue wins Hot Ones in the catogory Lighting from PPA (Professional…

Some fun images with Nadine and crazy styling

Today just some images I shot during a workshop with Gabe and…

How to mix light sources flash and continious

There is a lot to say for powerful strobes. But always remember that now a days cameras have no problem at all with ISO200-400-800 or even 1600. Alle are perfectly usable in a studio setting. So although a 1000W strobe with spotlight sounds awesome in the studio it's unusable because even on the lowest setting you will break the X-sync which prevents most studio strobes to shoot above 1/125 of a second.

Love that look, it like old Hollywood revived

Today some more images shot with the Nanlite Fresnel on our own Geekoto strobes. LOVE that combination.

Agent Carter in the house

Today some images from the set with agent Carter. Model : Jona Shot during a workshop with Gabe who took care of all the costumes. As you can imagine we had a blast 😀

Wonder Woman in our studio…. oh yes

Today a few images from Jona in her wonder woman outfit. Shot during a 3 day 1:1 workshop with Gabe who actually brought all the costumes with him for the workshops.

As a Star Trek nerd I love these workshops

One (of the many) things I love about my work is that no workshop or shoot is the same. I actually never prepare my workshops or demos, this way I keep it fresh for myself but also for the attendees that visit our workshops regularly. This also means that I often listen to the questions the attendees have before the studio part starts (the Q&A) and base my workshop on those questions.

Gold it almost hurt your eyes so much Gold

A background really makes the shot for me. I recently had a whole discusion with someone about how AI would replace backgrounds and no-one would ever shoot against backdrops anymore. I don't think I have to tell you guys I did not agree 😀

That beautiful old glamour light, nothing like it.

The look of the Fresnel is really hard to describe (that's why I use images), but it's almost immediately recognizable. Think about almost all the old black and white (and later color) images from the movie stars from the golden era and you immediately know what I mean right... well that era was dominated by the Fresnel look, you found them everywhere in studios. But now a days I hardly see them anymore. Mostly due to price but also I think because people just don't know the funny looking Fresnel.