Workshop @ fotoflits
I attended a workshop at fotoflits today. It was fun but I didn’t take many pictures myself. Below are three quick edits.
Experiments with the new indirect octabox 150cm
I recently acquired the new Elinchrom 150cm indirect octabox and asked Michelle to come along for some test shots.
Family shoot
I spent last Sunday taking pictures of a friend and her two kids. Because the weather didn’t allow for a shoot outside, we started with a few studio shots and then headed downstairs in the INIT building to take a few location photos.
Biker portraits KR
The sixth biker in my biker “series” was one I was really looking forward to. Simply because I knew the pictures would turn out great or in my opinion at least. He has the perfect looks for this style.
RP biker portraits
RP is the fifth member of the HOG who asked to pose for my biker portrait project.
DP studio portraits
DP is a member of the Dutch HOG. He moved to The Netherlands from Portugal 14 years ago. We had a great time taking his pictures for my biker project.
RJ Biker portraits
Next up in the “badass lighting biker” series 😉 is RJ. I’ve known this guy since I was 13. He’s not as mean as we tried to make him look for my biker series. Actually, he’s one of the nicest guys I know.
CK biker portraits
I started out taking studio portraits with this “badass” lighting and editing style with one of my friends DM. You can see the results of that shoot here. CK volunteered to pose next. I think I’m getting the hang of it.
Demi & Linsey
Demi & Linsey are what I would call BFF’s. We made a few studio portraits for them last weekend.
Badass portraiture
I wanted to try this kind of portraiture with edgy studio light for a while and my buddy was kind enough to pose for me. We were going for the badass look which hopefully shows in the photos. I used a relatively simple three light setup for these shots. Two 66cm square portalites in the back left and right. Both were linked up to the Ranger RX with has symmetrical output power on both ports. The main light was a gridded 105cm Elinchrom striplight (the grid is a Lighttools grid). I positioned it horizontally above the camera pointing down. I like to use the striplight for portraits because you get a nice wide catchlight and your model doesn’t have to be in the exact same spot all the time. We used a ringlight for a few photos too but those didn’t came out the way I wanted for this theme. I dodged and burned the photos quite a bit in CS5 to get the extreme look that I was after.
Some more portraits of Michelle
Michelle has posed for me several times now. I’m still learning and love to shoot with her because she knows how to pose and I think that she has an amazing and photogenic face.
Test driving the 85mm 1.4G with available light
The new Nikkor 85mm 1.4G is a great portrait lens that I recently acquired. Edith and I went to a nice location near Amsterdam where I took it for a spin with available light only.
Sisters
I took these sisters to what used to be a ship wharf in my area (NDSM) for a few location portraits.
In anticipation of the new Nikkor 85mm 1.4G
Once I finally decided that I want to get the new Nikkor 85mm 1.4G, it’s not available anywhere here in The Netherlands. And no ETA either. Sigh. So I decided to try a few portraits with my 50mm 1.4G instead…
2 Years to Apocalypse
We did a studio session today with two members of the band “2 Years to Apocalypse” to try and find a light setup and post processing style for them.
Beauty shoot
These pictures are the result of a recent studio shoot in Amsterdam. Everything was shot with a Nikon D700 and a Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens @ f8