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Camera as prop, a tip

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It’s often a problem to keep coming with good ideas, we all know the feeling of……. uhm…….. yeah……. so……… pfffff…….. yeah let’s do that….. or not.
Get that feeling also sometimes?
Who doesn’t 😀

 

 

Sometimes it’s easy to fix, just give the model something to play with, but what?

 

 

I found out that I loved it when my models posed with cameras, old and new, actually on www.frankdoorhof.smugmug.com I have a whole album with shots I did over the past year or so with cameras.

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So the next time you’re stuck (or have a model that’s a bit stiff or unexperienced) give him/her a camera to play with. One final tip… make sure you tell the model how to hold it.

 

 

For much more in-depth tips and techniques see my website www.frankdoorhof.com and download one of the instructional videos, or get my book “Mastering the modelshoot”

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Results workshop Groningen

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Today some images from the workshop I taught on November 29th in Groningen.
The location was an abandoned building and our model Anna Matthea, of course the styling was by Nadine (and Anna herself).

 

During location workshops I always try to not see the location before the workshop day, this way the group can really see what goes through my mind while setting up the scenes, in my opinion this is the best way to learn, I don’t feel people learn all the techniques when during a workshop there is no attention for the way something develops, and it also keeps me on edge of course. On some locations there are many opportunities and in some locations you really have to look for them. In this case it was a bit of a mix, the building itself had many great locations, but it hasn’t been abandoned for long yet so the decay still has to set in so to say, thanks to the layout however there were more than enough great photo opportunities, in fact I could shoot there for a week I think and still find new things.

 

The first set we did was in a small hallway and explained the mix between focus and broad light, but also the mix with the ambient light, but most of all it was about finding an interesting angle.

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Westcott Ice Light video

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A while ago I got the chance to test out the Westcott Ice Light.
For me it’s a wonderful teaching tool to really show what light does, but combined with the barndoors it’s also an amazing light source.

 

In this episode of “Quite Frankly” I show you some technique for using constant light during a photoshoot.

A tip that can save you a lot of money

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A tip for all kind of photographers

 

We all love to share images online right?
We all like to show off where we are, or our new pride and joy.
And of course we are all careful to not include our address so the thieves will not know where we are right?
Did you know that when you post an image online made with your smartphone OR certain DSLR’s or compacts all store GPS information in your EXIF?

 

 

So although you’re very careful about not telling the thieves where to find your gear or new car you are in fact giving them a road map on how to get there including directions…..

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