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.

The many looks of a model

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A good model will be like a chameleon, constantly changing her looks, clothing etc. Nadine is without a doubt a chameleon on steroids drinking red bull. During a trade show like the professional imaging it’s therefore always so much fun to work with her, although the visitors don’t see all the demos and shows it does keep me enthusiastic to keep shooting and exploring new lighting experiments on the booth. If a model is wearing the same clothing every time it can become rather boring after a few demos to be honest. So I always ask my models to change as much as possible and man does Nadine get that idea…. her some of her looks from this trade show. Do remember the shots are done in VERY limited spaces.

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That funky ringflash

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During a tradeshow it’s always hard to come up with stuff that’s interesting.
Of course you can talk and talk and talk…….. and talk some more, but the real fun is of course when you shoot and people can see what light can do in combination with a little bit of creativity. You have to realize that during the Professional Imaging I have to work on a booth the size of a large bathroom, let’s say 2.75mtrs x 3 mtrs (using the passway) and in that space I need to place my lights, my laptop, the monitor for tethering, the model and myself…. a bit crowdy so to say.
However somehow some creative stuff always surfaces and this time I decided at a point it would be cool to play a bit with an Elinchrom Quadra ring flash, in some shots it’s the only light source, in some it’s been helped by an Elinchrom maxi light with grid.

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Impressions Professional Imaging 2012

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Pfffff.
Yesterday we arrived back home from 3 “brutal” days of Professional Imaging.
Professional Imaging (http://www.professionalimaging.nl) is a tradeshow that is organized every year and is a combination of an Expo floor with many companies like Canon, Nikon, Epson, NIK, OnOne, Adobe, Wacom etc. etc. You could say it’s the biggest tradeshow in the Netherlands aimed at the photographer.

 

Frank, Drew and Dave

Every year there are also some big name speakers, in the past names like Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski etc. all spoke several times on the Professional Imaging. I’ve been involved on the trade show for many years as a speaker in the Elinchrom booth where I will do several demos (small workshops) during the day and of course take a lot of time to talk to people and review portfolios etc. so the Professional Imaging is always very busy for me… this year however it was even more busy.

 

Your questions our answers with Drew, Dave and Frank session

2012 the speakers for the main stage were my good friends Drew Gardner and Dave Black.
Both amazing photographers in their own “game”. Dave I already knew for sometime via Kelbytraining and I think he is not a sports photographer as you normally would see a sports photographer, I think his images are so crazy above the rest that I always call them art (something Dave loves :-)). And Drew well I can be very short about this guy, an amazing photographer with epic sets and also a photographer with humor and some real good insights in styling.

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Carry your camera

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When I visit people the chance is very high that I will also bring my “little friend” in my case a photo camera (5DMKII in most cases).
Actually almost where ever I go I will bring my camera, now some people asked me a while ago “what do you shoot all that time” and to be honest I had to admit that in most cases I will return home without images, or with maybe 2-3 images, however sometimes I will always feel “naked” without my camera, and let’s be honest when you don’t have it with you, you will probably see the most wonderful scene that you would have loved to capture.

 Yesterday I had to visit some customers in the Rotterdam area and I decided to show you guys four images I shot during the drive. I have to add that these images are JUST FOR FUN to show you some of the shots I take when on the road. Two of these images I will probably some time in the future use for a composite (also shot some great structures). But overall the images are just for fun and shot on parking places or in and around the buildings where my customers are located. So here we go.

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