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Digital classroom first “test” broadcast

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We are working on something completely new.
On the 27th of May we will be doing a first “test” broadcast live from our studio in our “Digital classroom” series.

 

The idea behind the digital classroom is that a lot of people love our BTS and seminar videos but might not always be able to visit the workshops but do want some more information than we can give in the videos. That’s where the digital classroom comes in, this is a very interactive learning experience that you can actually steer with your questions and comments, see it as being part of the shoot and you can ask questions and have your input.

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Is it a workshop?
NO, the workshops are of course way more interactive and will discuss other topics, which are not really suitable for an online broadcast because they need much more explanation and interaction with the group, however the digital classroom will be a perfect “in between” product, you can see the whole shoot we are doing (including retouching) plus you can interact with our team via social media.

 

How can you interact?
Very simple, we will be monitoring our twitter feed, just use the hashtag (#)DCroomFD and we will try to incorporate your questions into the photoshoot.

 

Technique
We will be using two different camera angles in our studio from 4K cameras to guarantee the best possible performance in low light and a few webcams will be used for overview shots, at the moment we will be broadcasting in 720P via a satellite internet connection because we are still waiting for a solid fiber connection in our area.

 

WOW is this free?
As you can imagine this is a very costly part of our services we offer you guys, but thanks to our partners we can offer the digital classroom totally free for you to enjoy. At the moment our partners are our friends at Rogue and BenQ.

 

Where do I register?
Registration is very simple, just surf to https://frankdoorhof.com/web/digital-classroom-live-may-27/ and click the join button when the broadcast starts, it’s as easy as that. Now as you can see we call this first one a TEST broadcast. We tested everything of course and everything seems to work, but this is the longest we will be online and we want to make sure everything is working 100% before we call it a real broadcast, but trust me… this will be a real broadcast of course (we just want a safety net if something goes wrong beyond our reach).

 

So join us for the first ever digital classroom broadcast and start learning with FrankDoorhof.com

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May 22-23 Ultimate workshop weekend the Netherlands

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One of the things I love the most is teaching workshops, inspiring people and working with cool themes is of course the best thing in the world (well at least for me).

 

Normally the workshops are full days in which I can cover quite some ground, but there is always more…
That’s where the Ultimate workshop weekends come in.
In 2 days (and an evening) I’ll walk you through every aspect of a successful photoshoot and share business and retouch/workflow tips. And during these weekends we really dive in deep into the technical part, retouching etc. This is the perfect workshop for both medium and high level photographers.

 

The groups of the ultimate workshop weekends are always small to give all participants a real 1:1 experience.
If you want to join us for the May 22-23th version make sure to surf to INFO AND REGISTRATION PAGE at the moment we have only 2 seats left, so if you want to join us make sure to register and we’ll see you in Emmeloord.

 

Some of the results from previous ultimate weekends, as you can see we cover all areas of model photography (Styling, different light sources, set building, location work, retouching, business, duo and single shoots, working with smoke, using natural light, posing/coaching the models and much much much more :D)

 

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First samples LiteMotiv from Elinchrom

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Today some of the first samples I took with the new Elinchrom LiteMotiv 1.20mtrs.
The LiteMotiv is a new series of modifiers from Elinchrom that give you nice directional light with a “bang”.
I mostly use these kind of modifiers without any inner diffusion to give it an extra “edge” and I must say I LOVE the LiteMotiv 1.20 it replaced my indirect 1.50 octa from Elinchrom almost instantly when it arrived, don’t get me wrong I still love the 1.50 indirect but the LiteMotiv is just a bit more contrasty and that’s what I love about it. I can’t wait for Elinchrom to create maybe even a few smaller ones which I think would be ROCKING for portraits or half bodies.

 

At the moment the LiteMotiv is available in 1.90mtrs and 1.20mtrs we have both in our studio so expect some samples from the 1.90 soon also, but today some of the 1.20.

 

Models : Lenaa and Nadine
Styling : Nadine

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First samples from the Elinchrom FS30

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There are not many modifiers I’ve waited years for…. but this one was.

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Years ago when I did my first demo session for a company called “Fotoflits” on the Professional Imaging in the Netherlands I used a Fresnel spot from Elinchrom. I LOVED the light and the look of the modifier but at that time it was way out of my reach financially. When I finally had saved the money they did not make the Fresnel anymore and getting a good one second hand was almost impossible or they were beat up or too expensive.

 

Much to my delight they released a new Fresnel called the FS30 during Photokina last year and I was over the moon with it.
Last week the first sample arrived in our studio and I could not wait to start testing it and of course I used it in the workshop the day after with Nadine and Lenaa.

 

Now what’s so special about a Fresnel?
It’s very hard to explain but it’s a real special kind of light, and one of the main advantages is that you can move the strobe closer or further away from the Fresnel lens and create different kind of light qualities but also different beam sizes. It’s the kind of light you have to work with to really appreciate, but trust me once you did there is no turning back.
Today some first shots I did with the FS30 during the workshop, I will do a video review on the Fresnel in an upcoming Quite Frankly episode in a few weeks.
Models : Lenaa and Nadine.
Styling : Nadine.

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