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Story telling part II

August 31, 2016/in blog, Visions and technique/by Frank Doorhof

Today some more images from the workshop with Ingrid where we combined different light sources, gels, smoke and props to get a more interesting setup, by adding a small prop, in this case a doll, the story telling part is enhanced a lot more for this series.

Often getting the story telling part correct in a photoshoot can be the most difficult thing, always remember that everyone can shoot a model in crappy light, getting the light correct will be more difficult, now styling and posing makes it a bit more harder but getting an image to make the viewer think “what’s going on” or at least making the viewers interested in a shot, is often regarded as one of the most difficult things.

The “trick” I often learn the attendees of the workshops is to really think about a story, not just combine “stuff” but when you shop around for props already try to have the story in your head, but do remember (as mentioned in the previous blogpost) it’s not about a typed out story (that’s always cool of course), but the “suggestion” is often more than enough.

Ok let’s stop talking and give you some images 😀

The Sigma MC11 on Sony A7RII with 120-300 f2.8 QF Ep 76

August 31, 2016/in blog, Webinars and instructional videos/by Frank Doorhof

In this episode of Quite Frankly we take a look at the new Sigma MC11 and the Sigma 120-300mm F2.8 lens with Canon mount.

Thanks to the MC11 you can now mount this (and other) lenses on your Sony camera and it should perform the same as on the Canon… (and it did in fact).

In this episode I look at the convertor and lens, show some images and give a tip for the use of HEAVY lenses on your body.

Behind the closed DOORs August 30 2016 with loads of tips

August 30, 2016/in Webinars and instructional videos, blog/by Frank Doorhof

This is a jampacked episode with tips and new stuff.

Tips include :
Making sure you can get back to a location
Final Cut Pro X importing files
Final Cut Pro X workflow and storage
Solving muddy prints on an Epson printer
Quickly getting the right print size
Choosing the right profiling for your print

And although this would already be enough we also get a Lume Cube in and I start playing around with it for my iPhone and video.

And of course in between you see what we do “behind the closed DOORs” Make sure to subscribe to our channel if you like what we do, we really appreciate it.

Working with masks and story telling

August 30, 2016/in blog, Visions and technique/by Frank Doorhof

Photography is often described as “Painting with light” and don’t get me wrong, I 100% agree, however there is another thing that I strongly believe is connected to photography (and something I often miss) and that’s story telling.

Ever since we as the human race have found ways to express ourselves it’s “always” about telling stories, starting in the caves with the cave drawings all the way up to the golden age with the great painters. However now a days… a gazillion images are uploaded and in all honesty often they don’t have nice lighting lets alone tell a story.

So what is story telling?
For me it’s a matter of what your mind thinks about when looking at a shot, so it doesn’t have to be an OBVIOUS story, but something that makes you go “what’s going on here”.

In my workshops I always try to give a lot of attention to this, and today I want to show you some images of a workshop where we worked with Ingrid and some masks. In this workshop the main theme was to mix continuous light sources with strobes. The main thing however is that these images will probably trigger your imagination a bit (well I hope).

So the next time you do a photoshoot don’t just think about lightning, but also about posing and story telling, and adding small props like masks and of course expression of the model (can also be without seeing her face by her pose) and that way you will see your shots will quickly grow from ok to WOW.