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 wei ..read more

Because size matters, also outside Today Part II from the workshop “Working on location in Emmeloord” In this workshop, the challenge is to use not-so-interesting locations and create awesome shots. In the previous blogpost we showed set 1 and talked a bit about the gear, today we dive a little bit deeper into the deep reflector. What gear do you need for an outside fashion shoot? But first, let’s take a look at the setup. The third set we used during the workshop (set II will follow the next time) was a small house near the beach. This is an interesting location but in all honesty, I had the ..read more

Outside Fashion Shoot for Sunglasses Transform something ordinary to awesome! One of the more challenging workshops is without a doubt “on location in Emmeloord” During this workshop, I take the attendees with me to locations that at first sight might look incredibly boring. However by using the styling of the model and of course the choice of lighting and shooting angle it becomes clear pretty quickly that even locations that are not that interesting can transform into a great location for shoots. Read more about this outside fashion shoot for sunglasses with extreme styling, part 1. The reas ..read more

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 ..read more

The final setup Today in the blog the final setup from the workshop “on location in Emmeloord” In this workshop we use locations close to our studio, that at first sight might look uninteresting, but by using light/poses/angles and of course styling are still suitable to create awesome images. If you didn’t already I highly recommend reading the previous blogposts. Let’s talk about the flash Let’s talk about gear Let’s talk about storytelling  Let’s talk about backgrounds and angles For the final setup we are still using the same lighting setup with the same Geekoto GT200 with a large ref ..read more

Wow that’s a different… This is one of the most heard comments when we use extreme differences in the background, especially when the model wears something more eye-catching, or dark/bright. Chasing the perfect background on location is one of my favourite things. And it’s not always that the most interesting looking background is also the best. It’s great to have a cool background but we don’t always want them to compete with each other. I always try to choose a background that will help my model to pop-out, or disappear into. This is the 4th part of this blog series and I highly recommend fi ..read more

A super creative space People have been asking for years if we wanted to rent our space. Because of the lack of spaces in The Netherlands that are aimed at multifunctional creative spaces we decided to make this possible. You can now rent our studio including backgrounds, accessories, and even with me as your assistant The space is ideal for photo or video shoots, but also to host workshops and smaller events (up to 50 people can be seated). You can use all the backgrounds, custom paint walls etc. to create exactly what you need. We always have over 50 different options for backgrounds. Visit ..read more

This is it I think we can all agree that gear, lighting, styling, location etc. are all important for a successful shoot. Although during this workshop series we already saw that the location can be transformed quite easily from ok to wow by choosing the right angles and lighting/styling etc. If you missed the previous ones you can read them here (highly recommended) Let’s talk about the flash Let’s talk about gear Ok so now it’s about story telling, and what do I mean with story telling. When we look back into history, even as far as the cavemen, the main reason to create “art” was to tell st ..read more

Because size matters Today Part II from the workshop “working on location in Emmeloord” In this workshop the challenge is to use not so interesting locations and create awesome shots. In the previous blogpost we showed set 1 and talked a bit about the gear, today we dive a little bit deeper in the deep reflector. But first let’s take a look at the setup. The third set we used during the workshop (set II will follow the next time) was a small house near the beach, this is an interesting location but in all honesty I had the most trouble with this one to create something interesting. But by usin ..read more

Transform something not so cool to awesome One of the more challenging workshops is without a doubt “on location in Emmeloord” During this workshop I take the attendees with me to locations that at first sight might look incredibly boring. However by using the styling of the model and of course the choice of lighting and shooting angle it becomes clear pretty quickly that even locations that are not that interesting can transform into a great location for shoots. The reason this workshop is very important is because during most workshops you are shooting in already great locations, or nice stu ..read more