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.

Workshop Manchester 2016

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Last UK tour we visited Manchester do to a workshop @studio bee. Manchester is a cool place to shoot models on the street. And the model and styling was amazing (as always). Join us in 2017: www.frankdoorhof.com/uk

Workshop for Sony @Kamera Express Amsterdam

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Sony asked us to promote Sony cameras at local camera stores. So we did! In 2015 with Foto Klein, and now with KameraExpress Amsterdam. You can see Frank setting up, metering and changing the lights and taking the photo. The best results are in this video too. Of course the students shot as wel. The idea to include (almost) every participant in a photo was great, you ‘ll see this result as well. Enjoy!

Do you also want to participate in a workshop? Check out our schedule: www.frankdoorhof.com/a

5 Day deal

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Sometimes we get these amazing deals with the question if we are willing to share them with you…. with this one we just said “DUH… of course”, the link to the deal btw is https://5daydeal.com/ref/FrankDoorhof/

This 5 day deal is incredibly interesting and gives you a load of videos to learn for almost nothing.

Let’s see very quickly what’s in the pack.

60+ hours of video material
450 lightroom presets
15+ photography e-books
380+ overlays

And with the likes of our friends Joel Grimes, Lindsay Adler, Trey Ratclif, Zach Arias, Karen Hutton, Brian Matiash and many more you just know it’s good.

In total you get a deal of 2500.00 for 97.00 which in my opinion is almost unbelievable (I saw what’s in there :D). So make sure to check out the link  https://5daydeal.com/ref/FrankDoorhof/

Take a week off and lock yourself inside your room and start learning 😀

Tip : lines and angles and the thought process. 

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Whenever I do a shoot I always follow a certain think process.

 

1.
What’s the story I want to tell

2.
Which lighting do I use, do I want the model to jump out or do I want the model and the back ground work together

3.
What Will be the pose and the expression

4.
Where do I want the shadows, by coaching the model correctly you can get the shadows exactly where you want

5.
What angle am I shooting under. The angle is incredibly important for the look of the shot but also for how the background interacts.

6.
Did I put a card in the camera (just kidding)

7.
Coach and shoot. And keep talking to your model.

Of course a lot more is going on. But I think I tackled the most important ones. Now even if you think about this all remember that shadows are a vital part of your shot. Without shadows no depth and sense of “real ness” so place those shadows where they belong, and this is where I’m often using creativity but sometimes also the real world as my guideline especially when the model is wearing for example a hat.

Make sure you can see a drop shadow below the head and don’t try to fill this up. A hat casts a shadow because that’s actually what they are used for. So if you take that away the image will look weird. (Unless the model is looking up)

In this example I used the drop shadow but also used a wide angle and low angle of shooting to create a nice effect with the lines in the background.

Because the wide angle will always distorts when shooting under an angle make sure you use this creatively. In this case I let the model point towards the camera which makes her hand look a lot bigger than normal. But it also “eases” the viewer into the composition.

Shot during a workshop with nadine as model.