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Tip : working with curtains

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Sometimes you just wonder… “what to use as a backdrop”.
You’ve already used your seamless.
You’ve already used your walls.
You’ve already used……………………….

Remember that there is always something you can use as a backdrop, but it becomes interesting when a model can use it also in her posing, or to hide something. That’s why curtains can be absolutely awesome, you can mount them on a background system, or (like in this case) just use the curtains that are there.

This was shot during a demo day for Sony on the SS Rotterdam, and the curtains were actually part of the room we were in.
As you can see Nadine uses them to pose, hide and also I think they look great with her clothing, making something that in essence is pretty simple, really stand out. That’s also part of todays tip, don’t forget the styling, mixing things is cool but always keep an eye out that they fit together.

 

For much more tips, techniques etc. check out my book “Mastering the model shoot” or our instructional videos (also available via this site).

Results digital classroom May 4th

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Today the results from the digital classroom broadcast from May 4th 2016 with our model Esther.

First shot was done with the Phottix Mitros+ and Rogue flash bender “Frank Doorhof” with soft silver.
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After this I used the light blaster with stars

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Esther May 4 2016 2102

And the light blaster with a slide as background and a rogue grid on Esther.

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Workshop Succesful Portraits

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In this 3 hour workshop you learn a lot about taking succesful portraits (ranging from the commercial to the avator for social media). You won’t only get lighting but also many business tips, coaching the unexperienced model, workflow and how to quickly retouch your photo’s when shooting headshots. As a photographer you have to work with all sorts of clients; easy or demanding people, managers and factory workers, all ask a different approach and that is exactly what you learn in this workshop, but also how to shoot the correct headshot for the job or message the client wants to project.

The cool thing about this workshop is also the fact that you shoot…….the most difficult customer in the world: other colleague photographers “pretending” to need a new headshot..

Enjoy this backstage video of the workshop Successful Portraits which I recorded during an actual workshop as the ‘model’. I also included some results of the Frank and the students. Thanks Marcel, Laure, Mariska, Reinoud and Bas for being in this video.

PS: the workshop is tought in the Dutch language

Digital classroom from this week

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Today (May 6th) is my birthday and what is better than to start the day with some gifts.

 

  1. Great MacPhun offer
    on my site on www.frankdoorhof.com/macphun you can buy the complete suite for a big discount.
  2. 25% off on all my instructional videos
    It doesn’t matter if you use our shop or the direct video download page… use the coupon code “super” and get a stunning 25% off

 

And we share the newest digital classroom with you guys, this was broadcast live on May 4th.
I love doing these and thanks to Rogue/Expo imaging and BenQ it’s also possible.
So enjoy the day and the digital classroom 😀
And by the way we REALLY appreciate it if you subscribe to our YouTube channel (see the button on the side of this site).