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Monthly Archives: April 2015

Inbetween the trees

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

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Here’s a shot that was taken at dusk, with a Jinbei DC-1200 standing about 20 meters from Annemiek. There was still some ambient light, but not much, resulting in this contrasting look. The tree was standing right at the waterside, which is hidden in the blacks in this photograph.

On location at de Blauwe Kamer

On location at de Blauwe Kamer

Saskia

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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Another one from Saskia, in front of the wall.

Sitting

Sitting

Saskia

27 Monday Apr 2015

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Here is Saskia, lit by a gobo without an image inserted to get a hard spotlight.

Hard light

Hard light

Burst of Light

25 Saturday Apr 2015

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Here is another one from the shoot with Annemiek at dusk. There was a Jinbei Discovery 1200Ws about 5 meters to her right, as you might notice from the hard shadows. The 1200Ws was not at full power though, that would be way too much.

Not too long after that we were asked to leave, since we were a bit too far from the walking path. πŸ™‚

Reverse hugging the tree

Reverse hugging the tree

Zen

23 Thursday Apr 2015

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My second shoot with my new outdoor flashheads was with Annemiek, at de Blauwe Kamer. It was technically reasonably challenging to get a nice mix between ambient (sun/sky) and flash light. I like the effect this gives with the harsh light in combination with the sun setting.

At dusk

At dusk

Cube

19 Sunday Apr 2015

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Had a shoot last week with Daphne. Here’s one in black & white.

Daphne on the cube

Daphne on the cube

Stranded

15 Wednesday Apr 2015

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Here, Renate is lying down in a warm environment. It looks idyllic, however it was around 8.30pm, it was 14 degrees, there was no roof and the place was dusty. πŸ™‚ The apparent sunlight was really a flashlight, and actually the other flashlight coming from the back of her misfired. However, I found it just as sweet, given some corrections for the missing amount of light. Sorry for taking away the romantic side with the description, it’s the end result that has a gentle warm relaxing feel fortunately.

Stranded

Concrete Mermaid

13 Monday Apr 2015

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A few weeks ago I followed a workshop from Mark de Roo about lighting on location. It was inspiring, so I read about several types of flash heads and finally decided on a relatively low-cost Jinbei Discovery series.

Last Friday I went out with Renate to have a good at my first real location shoot with flashes. It was around 8pm, this floor actually had no roof anymore, but the ambient light is powered away by the flashes. One DC-1200Β from the rear at low power.

Renate was eating dust almost literally, kudos to her for withstanding it to make this picture a reality. πŸ™‚

Old factory top floor

Old factory top floor

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Dreamy

06 Monday Apr 2015

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Another one from Kelly. This time I tried some lens blur, masked out to keep the face in focus. Added some gradient adjustment layer to get a warmer look. Raw photographs from the camera are only half of the product. πŸ˜‰

Dreamy

Dreamy

Kelly

02 Thursday Apr 2015

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A soft one from Kelly.

Youthful

Youthful

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