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We just finished a workshop with Susanne, hopefully I will post some images from that one this weekend, it was the first workshop were we worked with the Canon strobes outside in combination with the Elinchrom Quadra. Normally I don’t use the blog for news fact but that will change from now on. So here we go :

For people with a Kelbytraining subscription there are now in total 4 videos online, if you don’t have a subscription also surf to www.kelbytraining.com because you see the first segment of all videos for free……. I’m sure you will be hooked after that however. It’s the best place to learn from some of the best teachers in the world.
You can now find the videos : Fashion on location, Freezing action, Why fake it when you can create it (studio) and Photoshop with an interview I had with Larry (which is free to watch. In total we shot 5 videos so there is one more to come… 😀

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Very special workshop 2011

Manna

In the weekend of 20-23 May I will be teaching at a very special location.
Right in the middle of the Ijsselmeer.
The location for this special photography weekend will be the largest two mast klipper in the Netherlands called the “Manna”, it was build in 1897 and has been fully restored and sailing since 1992. This is a perfect and very beautiful location for a great weekend of photography.

Although we call it a photography weekend in essence it’s a sort of workshop, free time.
On board there will be enough gear to keep the people shooting all through the day.
We will have app 4 models and a MUA.
Food will be provided by us of course, but feel free to bring stuff for the BBQ which will be a vital part of the “free time” periods.

What to expect ?
We will be sailing most of the time, during the day there is time for shoots in several groups, I will be also shooting but also assisting in the different groups and of course teaching in small segments. During the evenings there is time for some relax time and talking about everything (also photography related), one of the evenings I will also do a portfolio review, so bring your portfolio.

There will also be some attention to retouching, so in this weekend I will try to go from planning to end result.
There is only room for 12 photographers so be sure to book your place as soon as possible.
The costs for the whole weekend will be 699.00 Euros (including food).

More info (in Dutch) on www.frankdoorhof.com/up/manna.pdf
The dates on the PDF are not correct !!! it has been shifted one week.

DIPP associate and Best portfolio 2010

I already blogged a bit about getting the associate level for the DIPP (Dutch Institute of Professional Photography), but there was another surprise for me in store.
During the evening were the certificates for License ship and Associate were given to the photographers (2x Associate 4x License) there also was a price for best portfolio 2010, this is the portfolio the international jury selects as their favorite portfolio. Much to my surprise I could go home with both my certificate for Associate level but also with the award for best portfolio 2010.

Of course this motivates me to push even harder 🙂
Because I just got the pictures today I waited with a blog post about this till now. And yeah like most photographers I hate to be in front of the camera (as you can see 🙂 ), well ok at least I tried to smile.

ADIPP certification

People that know me know that I’m not someone who does a lot with certifications or competitions with my own work. I once competed in the Hasselblad masters and got a nice semifinale place in fashion, which is something I was told to be proud off 😀 but after that I somehow never did anything again. Don’t get me wrong I love competitions and I often judge in these kind of events, next weekend I will be one of the jurors again for the Maskerade (an international bodypaint competition) but somehow with my own work I never do.

A good photographer friend of mine who is active in the DIPP (Dutch Institute of Professional Photography) talked me into going in front of an international jury with my 20 best photos. Yesterday it was that moment……
We arrived at app 18:45 and my judging would be at 20:00 but I did not want to be late of course and you never know what can happen on the road, there was a very nervous atmosphere with people waiting to be judged.

Every judging is different (but always exciting) so a small insight in how the evening went.
When it’s your “time”, first your photos are brought in for the jury to see, and after a few minutes the photographer is called to be judged, what I heard the jury was brutally honest and had a keen eye this year, so the tension build up, I decided to skip the license and go for associate level which of course meant I had to work a lot harder with selecting the right photos, so you can imagine that also with me (hearing all these comments) the tension build. As a good jury is supposed to be they ran late and at app 20:15 my work was brought in, after 5 minutes I was called in and was ready to hear the final verdict……

I made the right selection I guess because the jury loved my selection, and I left the room in a very short time with the ADIPP certification.
From this side thanks to my friend Pim van der Maden for talking me into this 😀

I’m sorry I couldn’t be part of the nice DIPP weekend, but I’m still not 100% but I will be there next year without a doubt.