Entries by Frank Doorhof

Shoot silhouettes sometimes

Often people ask me what to look for when shooting models with shadows. The answer is very simple “make sure that the shadow is part of the story” In other words I don’t want a big blob of a shadow behind my model but a nicely featured shadow that actually also plays a role in […]

The ultimate workshop November 21-22nd Emmeloord

I’ve been teaching workshops for a few years now, most workshops run for a full day and although very intense there is always so much more to learn, so most students visit the workshops several times. The reason for this is very simple, I never try to duplicate workshops, there are so many things you can do with lighting, location, styling, the models etc. that it would be a shame to teach the same workshop material over and over…..

Playing with the icelight

Recently we did a video for the Westcott Icelight. Today some of the images I shot for the video, just as a small preview/teaser for the video (Annewiek is still working on it)   As you can see you can do some pretty intense lighting with the Icelight and the connected barndoors. It’s still a […]

A loaner Rickshaw

Some photoshoots are planned months in advance, some photoshoots just happen. Recently we recorded a small video for the Westcott Icelight and the model for this video is Anna Matthea. A few days before this session one of our neighbors told us he bought a Rickshaw and if we would be interested to do a […]