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.

Video Topaz ReStyle

Today on the blog a video I did showing the Topaz ReStyle plugin.
At the end of the video there is a cool discount option when following our link to topaz : http://www.topazlabs.com/716.html, use Doorhof99 as coupon code for a really cool 15% discount plus you support our blog.

A chair and Lenaa

Remember the blogpost about using a chair as a prop?
Today a series I shot with Lenaa during our workshop “working on location” where we put the chair in the brutal bright sun (one of the hottest days of the year, yeah I did not know when planning the workshop) and shot with very limited means, some images are done with just the sun, some with the California Sunbounce and some with an Elinchrom ranger RX with Maxilight, can you spot the differences 🙂

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The idea is to use props like this in combination with the scene, in this case I loved the brown in the wall and the brown in the chair, but also the contrast with the dress that Lenaa was wearing, making the image complete.

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Natural light and more with Lenaa

After some doubts for quite some time I recently started using a Californian Sunbounce, and I have to be honest I love it a LOT.
The way it reflects the light is great of course but also the way you can steer the light is very well thought off and it’s a construction that can be easily mounted and held by an assistant, although it’s better not to use a very lightweight assistant on the edge of a cliff probably…..unless…. nah bad joke.

 

In the workshop with Lenaa I actually used the Sunbounce for the first time.
I shot a series with natural light, the Sunbounce and strobes, today the images from that workshop.

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This is a shot with the Sunbounce.

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Video Topaz Clean3

Today a small video on how I use Topaz Clean3 for skinsmoothing.

 

Topaz labs always has nice plugins for a very very friendly price. Their newest releases are Topaz Clarity and it ROCKS, without any doubt, a plugin you really can’t afford to miss, it’s like tonal contrast on steroids Also check out ReStyle which is an awesome tinting plugin and Clean3 which I use for skin, the way I use it can be seen in todays video.

 

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See my reviews at :
https://frankdoorhof.com/web/2013/08/topaz-restyle/
https://frankdoorhof.com/web/2013/05/mini-review-topaz-clarity/