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.

Meeting with Rick Sammon and shooting….

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Some people you meet and you know immediately they are “real”, Photographer Rick Sammon is one of those people.
We met up at Photoshop World in Orlando and there was an immediate “click” we both are passionate about what we do and also in our approach to teaching there are many topics we think the same about. When hanging out after Photoshop World it was soon decided that Rick and his wife Susan would visit us during their trip to Europe, and Monday it was time for the meeting. As you can imagine I was really looking forward to this meeting and everyone who has seen Rick’s work knows why 😀

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Results castle workshop

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Because this was a glamour workshop, some images might be considered not safe for work.

On April 16th 2011 I taught a workshop in Duffel Belgium.
The idea behind the workshop to teach a small group of 12 students to see the options to change the available light to fit the idea you have in your mind. Because I love to teach in different locations than a standard studio the organizer Johnny arranged a nice castle in ruins close to his studio. (Johnny also arranged the El Paso workshops so I knew it would work out fine and there would be some great sandwiches).

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The “why fake it when you can create it tour” this summer

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I think this will make some people very happy.
The last few years I’ve been teaching workshops in smaller groups in different countries and seminars for larger groups.
Responses on both are always very positive, but because we can fit only so many people in the workshops it’s not uncommon we have to say “sorry we’re full” and let’s be honest the information shared in a workshop is of course totally different than the 1 hour seminars. After teaching at Photoshop World my mind was triggered to think up something that would fit everyone and see here the idea for the “why fake it when you can create it” tour was born.

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What is it?
The idea behind this tour is to combine information from all the workshops I teach in the Netherlands into a condensed and very intense workshop/seminar day, because we don’t want to say “sorry we’re full” we will aim for larger groups and a lower price (we aim for 45-75 euros, a bit depending on locations and costs). There will be no people shooting with me so it’s a full day of information in the way you are used from me, loads and loads of information fired in rapid Frank Doorhof style.

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The first draft of the program
This is the first idea of a possible program, but everything can change, in fact you have a say in this via this blog (or email).

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10:00-11:00 why fake it when you can create it introduction
everything about the light-meter, color calibration, how color works and reading the light.
11:00-11:30 live shoot
Light in simplicity but still creating spectaculair shots.
11:30-11:45 retouch session 1
One of the liveshot images will be retouched.
11:45-12:00 Questions 1
12:00-12:30 break
12:30-13:30 Why fake it when you can create it on location and in the studio
Seminar about working on location and in the studio, but also about being creative and getting the shot with little to no budget.
13:30-14:00 liveshoot small flash system (Canon)
the problems and advantages of E-TTL or manual, and much more.
14:00-15:00 liveshoot with the Elinchrom systeem
Tips and tricks with the 1.90 and Deep Octa.
High contrast Photography, using accents, making a stunning portrait.
15:00-15:45 tips and tricks for photoshop
An intense and rapid fire demo with quick tips about :
Creating your own look, removing wrinkles from the background, the filters I use explained, and much more.
15:45-16:30 Questions
16:30-17:00 closing thoughts and discussion
As you can see there will be a lot of information shared, and this is only a snap from the total, it will be one rocking day.

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I want to participate.
Of course you don’t want to miss this, but we are in the early stages of planning so we don’t have fixed locations yet.
At the moment we are thinking about at least one of these days in the Netherlands and the UK (London area) but as always I will go were the people are, and to get a good idea about that please mail me (or comment in this blog post) if you’re interested in participating in this learning extravaganza.
If you are part of a photography club or fora and want to join with a group let me know and we will see what we can do.

Please spread the news about this tour, the smaller workshops are easy to organize but this is a lot more difficult and for me the first time, so I will need every help I can get. Looking forward to see you guys on the road.

Also keep an eye out for the official http://www.whyfakeitwhenyoucancreateit.com website.

 

Castle workshop Belgium

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Today it was time for the castle workshop in Duffel Belgium.
Later this week I will write an article about the workshop with some techniques explained, but that is better done when I’ve retouched the images. We’ve just arrived back home and I already did the selection and there are some nice images there, so I can’t wait to work on those and share them here. As usual we shot some backstage video material with the HF11 and of course the iPhone 4 (man do I love that phone), the iPhone 4 material I edited on the way back home and just finished uploading it, so here you can enjoy the video first. Next week I will write the article with technique etc. Remember these videos are just for fun and are shot and edited on a smartphone so don’t expect more than just that.