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Kings Day 2024 a street photography style overview

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Kings Day 2024

It’s all Orange!

If you have been following the blog for some years you probably already know what’s coming.
Today’s it’s “Kings Day” in the Netherlands.
This means you will see the color Orange popping up everywhere and of course our Dutch flag (Red, White, Blue).

The color orange is directly linked to the Royal family,  which is named “van Oranje-Nassau” or “House of Orange”.

Activities

For street photography, Kings Day is one of the best days to experiment. But also when you are starting out and maybe a bit nervous to take pictures of people on the street, this is the perfect day. As you can see in the pictures everyone is in a real festive mood, and there are loads of activities.

During and around Kings Day there are several activities including concerts and festivals.
We always visit the flea markets. As you can see in the photos, the streets are jam-packed with people and there is a mix of kids sitting on the floor selling their toys (ok this sounds very sad, but it’s not :D), grownups selling their toys the stuff they don’t need anymore, homemade food or other products, and of course some commercial sellers.

The photos

This year I decided to not bring my normal camera but shoot everything with the iPhone 15 Pro max and edit everything on the Lightroom CC app on the iPad Pro. In essence, it’s mostly one of my presets 😀

I hope you get a nice overview of the flea markets during Kings Day in our area in the Netherlands this way.

Did you know I recorded 2 videos on street and travel photography?
One was shot during a trip in Scandinavia
The second video is filled with great locations in New York

Use our code: kingsday when checking out and get a 50% discount on all our full-length tutorials and preset packs.
Want some more discounts?
Check our special Kings day discount page.

50% Discount on all videos and presets for kings day 2024 (and a lot more discounts)

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It’s a special day: Kings Day

Today it’s Kings Day in the Netherlands, a day filled with activities and festivities.
So we thought it would be the perfect day to also give some gifts to you. Here are the Kings Day discounts.

Did you Know? Lightroom

Presets and videos

Get a 50% discount on all preset packs and full-length tutorials, including the brand new “Did you know Lightroom”.
Use code: kingsday when checking out.
Our webshop

Workshops

For 2024 we have a brand new workshop program, including some workshops focusing on getting more mood and storytelling into your fashion or portrait work.
For our Dutch workshops, we have a very special deal valid till April 28.
Book 2 workshops for € 350,00
Or..
Use our “friends deal” Bring a friend who never visited a workshop in Emmeloord and one of you is free.

See fotografie-workshops.nl for the agenda and more info (Dutch)

Studio rent discount

Since 2024 it’s possible to rent our studio for photo/video shoots.
Book at least 2 dates and get 25% off
Offer valid till April 28th
More info about our studio here.

ClickBackDrops

Always wanted a cool backdrop?
Order today and we will contact you for a 25% discount on your order.
order via our webshop.

 

Want to see my impression of Kings Day 2024?
Check the blogpost here.

 

What if you lose all your data…. better prevent it now

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The main thing that hit me

When Annewiek and I ran the computer company one of the things that always hit me were the moments when people came in our store because they lost all their data.
Sometimes they still had hope because only their C: drive crashed, but in most cases they didn’t realise that their D: drive was actually just a partition on that crashed drive. In some cases we could get some data back, but it was never a 100% perfect recovery, and especially with file names, dates etc. it often meant we got stuff back, but it was a lot of work for us and them, meaning a huge bill.

The weird part is that they were always happy to pay, even if we got half back.
Now those invoices were often higher than a solution to prevent it all.

Today I wanted to share a video with you in which I explain how we have our backups setup.
I hope it will trigger you to start taking backups serious, unless you already do, in that case… well done.

Dataloss is something we all will experience in our life, it also happened to us a few times, luckily never a lot, but even with a good backup strategy its always wise to automate things as much as possible and make sure you are checking your backups.

In the video I talk about automatically downloading your photos, but also the more complicated setups, and also which drives are best for usage in a NAS.

Using two or three umbrellas for a perfect white background a video tutorial

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The white background

Is often one of those backgrounds we all use once in a while, and some have even build a complete career around it.
When I started out with my learning process I was lucky enough to find out about Dean Collins so I started using a lightmeter almost immediately which makes setting up a white background (and everything else) a lot easier and faster. But still I ran into a lot of problems.

Over the years I’ve tried different ways to shoot this setup.
At one point I was using two strobes on the background, two strip lights as accents and one main light.
The problem always was the floor. The accent lights would give double shadows, this by the way was solved by angling the strip lights slightly up and using grids, but that didn’t solve my other problem, the floor itself.

The miracle of plexiglas

When using the standard setup the main issue was always the floor.
The background would be nice and white, the model was perfectly lit, the accents were nice, but the floor….
You can do it in Photoshop but then you have to edit every single shot, plus it looks the model is floating, so I added some shadows.. and realised it must be possible to do it faster and easier.

Enter, Plexiglas.
By placing transparant plexiglas on the floor you can redirect the light and create a perfect white background which seamlessly blends in with the background, it’s a simple trick of reflections. And the cool thing… you can also use transparant plexiglas on other colors, it’s always giving an awesome reflection.

I’ve talked about this extensively in this blogpost, but today I also show you in the video how I use three and even two umbrellas to create the perfect white background for a full body model including accents… yeah it’s really possible and super easy (and cheap).

Gear used :
3x Geekoto GT400
1x Rogue travel kit with the black umbrella and sleeve (main light) and the white umbrella.
1x Rogue white umbrella.

The nice thing about the Rogue umbrellas is that they are made of Fibreglass which makes them very durable and super easy/light to setup.

In this video I show you how the setup works.