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For today some news items:

Tethertools
I love the products from Tethertools and have supported them for the last few months. My wife’s company ITC already did the import for the products so I could sell them in our webshop for the students and visitors from this blog. Because the products are so cool ITC decided to take the whole line into their stock, this means that we will be selling all their products via our webshop and also start delivering to dealers in the Netherlands, so if you want tethertools make sure your local camera store contacts ITC for resale. During the workshops you can of course see me working with the Jerkstoppers (I never leave home without them) but also the great tables and cables. In the course of next week you will find the complete product range on our webshop.

Eyes on media workshop (free)
Especially interesting for the Dutch people.
I will be at the Amsterdam store location from Eyes on Media on Tuesday May 24th and during that day I will do several live shoots with one of my best models Nadine, during the shoots I will explain the lightsetups, how to measure and of course demo the Leaf digital back system, including the stunning 80MP Leaf AptusII 12.
During the day there will be more than enough time for Q&A and chatsessions.

You REALLY don’t want to miss this…. and the best part…. it’s 100% free !!!!
Click here for more information (Dutch)


Frank Doorhof Photoshop PC
A while ago I worked together with the technical guys from ITC Computer Systems to design a PC that I would love to use for Photoshop. Yeah ok I know I’m using a Mac but not everybody wants a Mac. This week we redesigned the whole system to the new specs (which we do every month or so with small changes) and we also added some cheaper alternatives because not everyone wants a killer PC of course :D. Contact Annewiek Doorhof for more information on the Frank Doorhof Photoshop PC (oh and it also is perfect for video of course)


Our forum revived….

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A long time ago in a galaxy………
Well ok.

A while ago I used a static page as my website and a SMF installation as my blog. The blog grew slightly and people wanted to ask questions, this is why I used the forum software so that was made easy. Over time however the blog grew more and more into a forum and I slowly changed it to that. There were some great ideas for the forum like sharing the images done during the workshops but somehow I never pushed it through.

Last year I started using wordpress for my site and that meant that I was given the opportunity to have a real blog, which I decided to build first. At the moment the blog is updated almost every day with news items, reviews, photo shoots and of course the great guest bloggers. But the forum slowly disappeared to the background, it was updated, there were visitors but the blog grew much faster than the forum which of course is understandable when you don’t give attention to the forum. Well I’ve decided to change this. As of today the forum can be found on a new location http://www.doorhof.nl/forum and will get a new look.

So head over and register and start the discussion with each other, ask questions, share images and start building the community 😀
Have fun.

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.

 

10 December 2011 Help Portrait day

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During my stay in Orlando for Photoshop World I caught up with Jeremy Cowart.
Jeremy is a great photographer from the US which is well known for his work for major stars, but what is maybe his greatest achievement is the Help portrait project. In this project it’s not about us the Photographers and the fame and fortune… no it’s about giving back, giving to people that have no means of themselves, people that maybe have never been photographed before, or in other words making people happy and changing their lives with out gift of photography.

There has been previous Help Portrait days and every year it grows, and there are some people already active in the Netherlands but what about joining forces and using every option possible to make it a huge succes this year. We are willing to take up part of the organisation and use our channels to get sponsors, attention and by this reaching more people, but also make sure that all the photographers joining this year will have a group to fall back on in case of questions or if there are any problems.

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