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.

DSLR video workshop

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More and more customers are asking for small video segments to go with the photography we do. But not only small video segments, last year I started doing videoclips and to be honest I love it. Before I started model photography I actually was very active with video (but only as a hobby) in that time I still needed to use tape and the incredibly (at that time) AVmaster cards from Fast… looking back it’s not something I want to go back to 🙂

 

Today it’s all very easy with programs like Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro X.
When Final Cut Pro X was released I was very impressed but also very disappointed that they left out Multicam, well I have some great news… since the last update (last week) Apple added Multicam and some AMAZING keying options. So for the moment I’m using Final Cut Pro X again as my main editing suite, but to be honest I still love to work in Adobe Premiere, so for the time being I will switch between the two and hope that when one of the suites proves to be the best I can switch without loosing too much time and experience.

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First Google+ critique

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In the past I’ve been doing Twitter critiques on certain days which was always fun and got a lot of responses, however being Twitter you’re limited to a small answer and typing….. so during a Google+ hangout the idea started to do a critique during a Google+ hangout and I loved the idea.
We are working with the guys from Google+ to make it possible to see the broadcast and I hope to have that working by that time (or the next time).

 

On Thursday February 9th (tomorrow) at 17:00 CET (Amsterdam time) I will host a 1 hour Google+ hangout where you can show your best shot and get some tips and critique. It’s  a first test to expect that some things will go wrong 🙂
See you online.

 

If you’re not already on Google+ make sure you make an account, it’s a very nice community with LOADS of photographers and great presentation options, and the hangouts are highly addictive 🙂 My Google+ account can be found on https://frankdoorhof.com/+

Shooting in the snow

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YES we have snow in the Netherlands, well actually we have had snow since this weekend. The funny thing about the Netherlands (well actually not funny) is that immediately the whole country lies flat on it’s back, incredibly long traffic jams, no more trains and I wonder how long it will take this time before the salt runs out. Yes you read it correctly we use salt to make “sure” the roads aren’t slippery. The last few years every time the government claims that they have learned from the last time and that there will be more than enough salt, and every time it’s gone within a week 🙂

But of course we also photograph in the snow and this brings some problems, so today some small tips and a small video containing the tips.

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Monique backstage video

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During the photoshoot with Monique (results you could see on Saturday) Sharon (our intern) shot a small backstage video, and also edited it. So today you can see a small backstage view of the photoshoot.