Shadow

10 Sunday Jan 2016

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An unusual angle, hard light, a bit different but I like it.

On a Hot Summer Day

11 Saturday Jul 2015

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I found that in the summer time, shooting in my studio in the attic is less than ideal. It just gets a bit too warm mostly, even with the Dutch weather, which isn’t always compliant with the connotation of the word ‘summer’. 😉

Still, we had set a date some time ago, and the weather wasn’t that hot around that day, so Renilde and I went ahead anyway. Hope you like it.

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

Saskia

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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Another one from Saskia, in front of the wall.

Sitting

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. 🙂 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.

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-1200 from the rear at low power.

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