About technique and more.

Grab someone…..

I love to play, not only with light but most of all with expressions and looks.
Of course models are fun to shoot, but also sometimes try to just grab someone you know and drag them in front of your camera, however the trick is to let them do something “special” “weird” or “funny”…. the results can be great and even portfolio material.


Many thanks to my students who had the guts to stand in front of my camera 🙂
Thanks guys.

Light that is …. different

We all want to improve our skills, we all want to be different in our work and be recognized as having an own look. However somehow most photographers are “stuck” in what they saw, what they learned or what they found out by accident and keep using that over and over again. And some photographers use a setup that is the same every day, simply because it works.

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Shooting movement part II……

Yesterday we talked a bit about preparing the shoot and taking care of the model, today some more tips.

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Shooting movement…..

I think one of the most asked questions during my workshops were I also shoot motion must be the question “Frank, what shutter time do I use”. When I say that this in fact doesn’t matter (when shooting in the studio) I often get the question “You’re kidding, now tell me”. Somehow people have a problem of understanding shooting motion in the studio so I thought it would be interesting to do a small blog post with some tips about this subject.

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