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Part III : Barbara, Stijn and …

Actually we started the session with these shots. The loft features a nice long hallway. For the first shot I used one shoot trough umbrella on the front & a bare flash (held & positioned by my lovely assistant wenti) at the back. I did like the result of this but I wanted to add some looove to the scene so I gelled it red for the next couple of shots. This also did wonders for the atmosphere between the two. The last shot came about with a lucky accident, my front fill flash misfired so I was left with only the red rimlight from the back.

Next week I’ll conclude this series with a couple of outdoor shots, again something totally different.

Part II: Barbara, Stijn and …

A couple more pictures of the pregnancy shoot before the weekend starts.

The loft featured nice frosted milk glass doors between the living room & the hallway. The model(s) was standing behind the door with one bare flash at 1/16 positioned 4 feet behind on a stand to create sharper silhouettes. I was positioned on the other side of the door shooting away on manual focus (shiny surfaces hate autofocus) There is some glare hitting the lens and the front side of the glass door but I decided to keep it like that, otherwise you can just as well create a vector drawing …

Have a nice weekend !

Dog-day afternoon

In the last couple of weeks I’ve been doing all sorts TFCD work to help build me a portfolio. Kids, pregnancy, portraits, babies, etc…  When Annick asked me if I could take some pictures of her and her loyal canine I wasn’t really sure to accept the challenge or not. For all the other subjects there are tons of books or online pictures I can look up to get some ideas etc.. for this kind of thing … well not really.

So how to tackle this subject and make it better than the ordinary point & shoots kind of pictures. The shoot itself went smooth, Annick was a very fun person to work with and Zippo (the dog) didn’t seem to mind my presence much. It was a very rainy day so we had to the shoot indoors, the indoor location was a small yet pittoresque farm house. Setting-up a seamless backdrop was out of the question but the upstairs room featured a nice original brick wall with a nice wooden floor.

After seeing the results I wasn’t quite sure about my work, maybe because I had nothing else to compare it to, but a couple of my friends ensured me I did a good job. So .. now that I’ve put them up on the blog I’m rather curious what you guys have to say about this!

The whole set can be viewed here.

Annick & Zippo

Annick & Zippo

Annick