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Styling by Nadine

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Sometimes as a photographer (or any other creative profession) you find people that are just plain awesome, they help you develop as a creative person and push you forward to get better results. A few years ago a model named Nadine started modeling for me and at one point we really felt that connection you sometimes have. A few years later she made me a promise “Frank, every shoot from now on I will improve and surprise you”, well she already did before that so I wondered how long she would keep this up..
And if you have been reading this blog for some time you already know the answer…. she is still keeping it up, in fact Nadine is growing into a (in my opinion) great stylist. So it’s no real surprise that today she is joining the blog as a guest blogger about…. styling.
Why styling?
Styling can make or break a shoot. A model can be absolutely stunning, which makes every shot successful, even if it’s styled pretty basic. But if the model has guts and the styling is top-knotch then everyone can be a model. Even if you’re one of those absolutely stunning models, after 5000 photo’s it does get boring.
Of course you will always have enough photographers that will demand a perfectly beautiful model, especially for glamour and lingerie work. In that case you usually won’t need and extreme styling effort. But if we’re talking about modelphotography in general then you (as a photographer) would usually want to see a form of creativity, something that sticks, something with a story.

Guestblog Douglas Sonders 2

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I met Douglas during a Photoshop World and somehow we clicked, I LOVE his work so when I was looking for guestbloggers during this PhotoshopWorld Douglas was one of the first I asked, and today the first guestblog by my buddy Douglas Sonders.

I want to thank my friend Frank for allowing me to guest blog on his excellent site, and thank you for taking the time to read my post. I put together this blog post, because so many of my friends that are NOT photographers wonder what the lifestyle is like. They think it is all parties and adventure, but don’t realize how much it takes to actually survive and hopefully succeed in this industry. I hope some of you enjoy some of the insight into what it takes to get by as a commercial photographer, and for those of you that do work your butt off as well, I hope you have some personal experiences to share as well.

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Guestblog Armee DSLR video

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Today a very interesting blogpost by our friends from Armee design about DSLR video, I think you’re gonna love this one.

Guest Blog DSLR shooting in practice
Late last year I came in contact with Frank’s inspiring workshops. As probably the most I started with Workshop I “studio lighting”. As a starting entrepreneur and photographer an excellent starting point to get more experience with shooting in a studio. I didn’t yet realized how inspiring Frank really is.

 

In January Frank started with the workshop DSLR filming for beginners. I own the Canon 5D Mark II, an excellent camera for this application. I did not have to think long to join this workshop. Because this was the first time it was taught, others were not yet convinced of the value of attending this workshop. I was therefore in a unique position to be the only student in this workshop. Frank, Marie (Model), Sharon (intern) and I therefore had an amazing day.
Although this workshop is for the novice filmmaker, you could still work with the camera right away. You will learn many aspects of the film options in your DSLR. After the workshop you can work with multicam recording, editing, use of color filters and customizing backgrounds.

 

We are now a few months further and I have some projects behind me. I like to share with you my experiences and the pitfalls, you will surely encounter. The projects I write about are a promotional video of a mountain bike team and the video project of Foundation Stumbling Stone Axes . In the last project we did not own the material filmed, but ultimately made the edit. In the last project we have identified a few points where we in the future will be more alert on.

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Guestblog Douglas Sonders

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Today as guestblogger someone who’s work I really like (even have some of his work hanging in our studio)…. Douglas Sonders.

 

I want to thank my friend Frank for allowing me to guest blog on his excellent site, and thank you for taking the time to read my post. Feel free to check out some of my work and my blog: www.SondersPhotography.com

As a long time commercial photographer and instructor, I get this email all the time: “I’m a new/aspiring/struggling/young photographer and I want to know what advice you have for me?” I literally get this email or tweet or facebook message almost daily. I suppose that’s what I get for teaching at conferences and offering whatever possibly wisdom that I can share publicly. For a long time, I considered just making a form letter, but then thought that would also be very impersonal…so those emails and messages were placed into a folder awaiting a time I could give my personal input. Alas, here we are: I have just decided to do a blog post to offer some core key tips that may help you on your way in your new photography career. I hope this helps some of you.

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