My blog, although I don’t see myself as a blogger but as a Photographer I will try to blog some interesting material during the weeks.
Expect at least 2 updates a week.

21 Years……Oh my

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7-7-1997
That date is incredibly important for us.
You probably already guessed it due to the title… it’s our wedding day.
So today, no workshops, no behind the closed DOORs, some social media, but limited… but today it’s our anniversary.

So Annewiek…….
What does she actually do in my life….

She’s always with me when we travel.
We always say, “If you hire Frank, you get Annewiek as well”

She’s great in carrying my gear during workshops or travels
Now that sounds more bad than it is. Because Annewiek knows how everything works (although she always claims to know nothing about the gear, she actually does) she can help out perfectly during workshops and travel while I focus on the attendees and on filming or shooting. When we get new gear I always let Annewiek decide when it’s something we have to carry. Now again… it might sound bad but in essence I also lug around a lot of gear, but during workshops I really want to focus on you guys.

She’s always setting things up.
When I teach workshops I love it that everyone wants to talk with me, get their selfies etc. But I also have to setup my laptop (or break it down), check lighting, see if the camera works, start up the software etc. Luckily this is where Annewiek helps out. The only thing I have to do…. well is show up and do my thing. She arranges everything.

She’s doesn’t know anything about video and photography.
But she filmed (and edited) most of our instructional videos, when she films for the vlog she often is more creative than the interns that studio video, and she…..

She’s a great photobomber (video bomber)
How many times did she appear in my frame behind me when I’m explaining something and I later during editing see her big smile behind me…… oh she did it again. It also drew the attention from the viewers because they kept asking her to do it more…. DON’T ENCOURAGE HER

She’s there.
Whenever I need something done, have a problem, need anything. Annewiek is someone that will do it, that will take care of it or just listens.

In short…..
She just Rocks.

 

Annewiek….. congrats on our 21st anniversary.
And let’s go for another (at least 50).

 

The light of masters BTCD July 6 2018

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In todays episode we take you behind the scenes during the workshop “Classical lighting” or in other words the light of the masters.

Think about George Hurrell, Harcourt, Newton, Avadon…. etc. in this workshop I mix it all together and give it a modern blend. I also show the attendees how the older studio cameras worked, how to work with polaroid and film and a lot more.

So join us for todays episode of behind the closed DOORs.
If you also love these kind of setups, make sure to check out www.frankdoorhof.com and www.fotografie-workshops.nl for an overview of our workshops.

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The light of masters….

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Yeah it sound cool right?
But in reality I really mean this.

Today…
We take a look at the light of masters.
The really old vintage way of photography.
Or in other words today it was time for the workshop “Classical Lighting” with our model Joke.

In this workshop I take the attendees with me on a journey in time.
We talk about film noir photos (see the blog post on Monday), we talk about great names like Hurrell, Harcourt, Avedon, Newton etc. But it’s not only talk. During the workshop I show the group several lighting setups where we work with harder light sources, loads of flags and of course…. well shadows.

Today some of the images we shot during the first set.
Somehow Joke reminded me of Princess Diana here.

Lighting was kept really simple
One Beauty dish with a grid and…. well that’s it.
Conversion is done in Alien Skin 3 with a mix of BW and a slight glow.
You can get my presets for for example Alien skin here

Now of course this was not the only thing we did.
When we talk about vintage photography I always love to add a very simple white background setup where we actually let the background drop down all the way to almost black and leave the ground a bit grayish, for this I use a 1 MTR softbox with a grid and aim it down at the model. In modern times we ofcourse like to freeze motion with REALLY fast strobes with fast flashdurations but if you want to emulate old times it’s often better to use strobes with a slower flash duration because well at that time they often had a “little” bit of motion blur in the shots. I like to stay a bit in the middle (hey nobody said we can’t mix today with “yesteryear”).

Quickly import your Lightroom classic presets into Lightroom CC

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One of the most heard complaints about Lightroom mobile (CC) was that there wasn’t a real “connection” between the desktop and mobile versions…. With the arrival of Lightroom CC this has changed, but still….

We all created presets over the years and it’s a shame to start over of course, so how do we make sure that our presets are now also available in Lightroom CC and on all our mobile devices?

Well it’s actually pretty simple with the new import function.
In this video I show you how to do it, but also how you can do it just a little bit smarter by using for example dropbox.

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