DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION PART 4: Two Light Action shot
Welcome to the fourth and last part of the Dance Photography session serie. The first shoot where all one light shots, if you haven't read the you can read them here:
- Dance photography session Part 1: The headshots
- Dance photography session part 2: The group shot on the wall
- Dance photography session part 3: One light actionshot
The Two light set-up
Again I started with one Elinchrom Quadra RX with the A-Head on the B-port with the Elinchrom Rotalux 150 deep indirect octa as a modifier. The reason I used the B-Port was that it has a faster Flash duration to freeze the action better. Also notice in de diagram that the light is slightly behind the subject turned toward the subject away from the wall for a more dramatic look. The downside off this was that the wall was getting really dark and I lost everything of the surroundings. It was getting to dark. So I added a small bare YoungNuo YN-560II speed light on slave mode. It was just of a 1/64 to 1/128 setting. It was just there to give a little push of light on the background.
For the Camera I used the Fuji X-pro1 with the 35mm 1.4 lens. Settings: Iso 100, 1/125 at f5.6. Because of it was getting darker on the evening and the Fuji's aren't the fastest focussing camera's I used a little trick from the old days. I made a focus zone, I positioned somebody between the flashes, focussed on this target in manual focussing mode. After that I asked the dancer to keep the jump in this zone. Remember in the old days sporting photographers used this to get good focus, there was no AF to give the blame if you had out of focus photo's!
In to Post
As you can see in the screen capture the only post processing where a few simple adjustments in Lightroom 5, and I added a vignette using the radial filter.
I Hope you have enjoyed this series about dance photography. If you have any questions please mail me or put a comment down below!
DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION PART 3: One Light Action shot
This week the next part in the Dance photography series. If you didn't have read the firs two part you can read them here:
- Dance photography session Part 1: The headshots
- Dance photography session part 2: The group shot on the wall
The One-light Set up
The first shot was lightning wise very simple. I Just used one Elinchrom Quadra RX with the A-Head on the B-port with the Elinchrom Rotalux 150 deep indirect octa as a modifier. The reason I used the B-Port was that it had a faster Flash duration to freeze the action more.
For the Camera I used the Fuji X-pro1 with the 35mm 1.4 lens. Settings: Iso 100, 1/125 at f5.6.
The post Production
For the post production I used a little more Ferry Dusting
The first step I did was the Eyes, Duplication the Layer, set the blend mode to screen and add a black Layer mask. Then use the white paintbrush and paint it on the irises. Then use the opacity to pull it down so you won't get scary bright eyes!
The next step is painting in the light. This is a technique I learned from Dutch commercial photographer and Hasselblad master Hans van Ommeren. It starts with darken the pictures. To do this a little more controlled I used the curves. Hans normally uses the Levels adjustment layer. After you darkened the whole picture use a layer mask and use a brush on an opacity/flow of 20/20. Then paint back the light on the places you want it. This gives a really nice and moody look. Also it really helps you focusing on the subject.
The net step is smoothing the skin out a little bit. I just used the Inverse High pass skin technique for this.
To finish it I used a little bit of high pass sharpening with a soft light blend mode painted in on the places I wanted it.
Last workshop for this Year
Due my busy schedule the last workshop this year will be on October 1 at Fotoflits this year. If you want to enroll for the workshop click here. In this workshop you will learn how to get the most out of your flash light. If you do portraits of more action work, you can do more than you think!
DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION PART 2: The group shot on the wall
Hi and welcome to the second part of the Dance photography session. This serie is about a commercial dance photography shoot I did for Djenz Factory. If you didn't have read the first part about the Headshot, click here and read about it: DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION PART 1: THE HEADSHOTS.
The set-up
As you can see in the test production photo the whole set-up was just one light! The Elinchrom Rander RX Quadra, with an A-head in the A-port for the biggest blast of light. Everything was mounted on a C-Stand with three sandbags and my assistent holding it. It went up for the maximum height, and I didn't want to take any risk of it tipping over. The camera was the X-Pro1(ISO:200, 1/125th, f8) with the Fujinon 18-55 2.8 - 4 lens at 18mm.
Post-production
Because this was a group shot on a 16mp camera I kept the post production very simple. These shots are about the group, not about retouching every skin detail. And for doing that, there was not enough information to make the skin look better. So I just focused on getting the mood. So all I did were some basic Lightroom touches. Just some sharpening, highlight, shadows, and a vignette to focus the view on the group.
Shooting portrait and landscape
Remember always to also shoot and deliver a Portrait and a Landscape version of the photo. This way your client has the option to choose and have the highest quality for the way they want to use it.
I switched from Canon to Nikon
After a long of wanting to switch I finally switched. I had Canon but was unhappy with canon as a company and especially their arrogance.
D800 vs D4 vs D4
Last year I had the opportunity to work with the D800, D4 and D600 from Nikon for my Dutch Jazz Portraits Project. I love the High res of the D800 but the file size of the camera was huge. The D4 is a speed monster, but it didn't felt the camera I would love to work with. It is great for journalists,but not for me ad a commercial music and dance portrait photographer. The D600 was also a really sweat camera. But I missed he resolution of the D800 sometimes.
The Decision
So now almost a year later I was still doubting adding D610 or D800, and I couldn't choose. So I took the next solution, I took the D800 with the Sigma 24-105 f4 lens and traded in all my Canon gear for the D610 and the Nikon 85 1.8 (a lens I really love for portrait work).
Upcoming weeks I am planning some shoots to test the camera's out and post some new work with them.
Fuji's
Some off you might think now, what about you Fuji's. Well I still keep them and love them, especially for traveling work. Because the Nikons great, but heavy! In two week sI will go to Paris for some new street work, and I will only take my Fuji's. Also the Fuji's are not good on video so I will use the Nikon for that. So the Nikons will for most be my studio and big shoot camera's and for when I have to more post work. The fuji will keep being my reportage/documentary camera's.
Shooting a friend with a Fuji X-pro1
A while a go I was at the local sushi restaurant with a friend. I just had my Fuji X-pro1 and the 35mm 1.4 lens. So I fought it was a nice moment for some practicing and learning the camera and using it with natural light. Something I really like about the Fuji X-pro1 as a portrait camera is the size. So you don't have this "let me make a picture of you while I hold this bg ass camera in front of my face with a big lens while I stand on the other side of the room with loud clicks" effect.
Dance photography session Part 1: The headshots
In the upcoming blogs I am going to take you through the process of a dance photography shoot. A few weeks a go I got the call from Djenz Factor that they needed new promotional photo's for their new website. Having worked with them multiple times before I knew this was going to be fun! For location we have been to the area of the Lichtfabriek in Haarlem. Because that is where the new dance studio is going to be. We wanted to start with an outside session. It is in an old industrial area so it is really nice. The only thing that was looking to be a problem was the weather, but it was great weather that evening! We started with the head shots of the creative team
The Set up
For the Headshots I used a fairly basic setup. On the location we found this lovely brick wall to use as a background. For the lighting I used my Elinchrom Quadra set with A heads. The main light was in the A port with the 100 Rotalux octa soft box. I Also placed a second light on the background, that was in the B port with the Elinchrom 18cm reflector and grid, so it had a little bit of a natural vignette. To have a little bit of fill I used a silver reflector handheld by my assistant. For camera I was using the Fuji X-pro1 with the Fuji 56mm 1.2 lens. I was really happy to use it for the first time on a job. Setting were: raw+jpeg fine, F10, 1/125 ISO 100.
Going to Post
When I first opened the files in Lightroom I was really impressed by the jpegs of the camera. They where so good that I even have delivered some pure jpeg's to my clients. I also noticed that the Lightroom Fuji profiles are still of and not matching enough for my taste. For post I really have speeded up my workflow. In the past I was using Nik Color Efex pro a lot, but the loading time was getting to long for me. When I just have to do a few pictures it is no problem, but when you have to do around 50, it is too long. So I have started to create some actions to speed everything up.
I first started to remove some of the basic blemishes with the healing brush. After that I used the Inverse High pass skin softening action. Which is based on a technique I learned from Scott Kelby on KelbyOne. It gives a nice skin in just a few seconds. After the skin was done I wanted to make the eyes pop a little more. So I created another layer, set it to screen and hidden it with a layer mask. Than used a brush to reveal it on the eyes and used the opacity to make it look more natural. To add a little more contrast I made two level adjustments and painted them in the Layer masks. To finish it off used the High Pass filter to give it a little more sharpness on some areas.
Done
And that was all I did. If you have any questions post a reaction down below!
Photography is not about the amount of pictures you shoot
Currently I am planning my wedding, and am looking for a wedding photographer. While I am checking sites I see something in common I also noticed people asking me when the ask for the price off a photoshoot. The question is "How many pictures do I get?". And on the sites for X amount you get at least x amount of pictures. But what is more important? The amount off the pictures or the quality???? If I do a portrait shoot I can off course shoot 50 to 100 pictures. With current camera's I can even make 5 to 14 photos per second! So how many do you want to have?
Personally I think the quality is way more important. I rather take take a hour and deliver maybe 5 to 10 great pictures, in stead of 50 or 60 of which maybe 5 are great. Sometimes when I do a commercial photoshoot we take half a day to just take the one picture!
Also when I work with dancer, you can sometimes have to take 20 to 50 pictures to just get the one. Because when a foot or limb is just a few degrees off, the picture is bad. I rather taker more time to get it right then deliver a picture with a wrong position, because everybody who knows about ballet won't so "Oh, what great a photo", NO! they will say" Well it is nice, but the foot is off!". So it can take 15 minutes to get the one, so with a one hour shoot you maybe and up with only 5 great different pictures.
Also I like to take the time to fine-tune the lighting. This cuts down time in post production. Normally I have to jus a few finishing touches in Lightroom/photoshop the end up with a great picture. In stead of having to stress to fix shadows, or having to get your quotum and also take lesser pictures and polish them up. Remember a bad picture will never get good, but a good taken picture is easy to get wow! And you are a good as your worst picture.
North Sea Jazz festival 2014
Some of you may have already heard it on Facebook but I had the privilege to expose at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2014 in Ahoy Rotterdam with my Dutch Jazz Portraits project. It was a heavy but fun week. A lot of getting in bed around 3 and waking up at 11 and get back to Rotterdam.
The music was great and I have met some great people. Also I have met new artist who will get into the Dutch Jazz portraits. Also some of the artists who are already been photographed for the Dutch Jazz Portraits project signed their photo at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2014. Guys like Benjamin Herman and Ruud Breuls.
For gear I used my Fuji;s only, mainly the X-E1 with the 35mm and the X-pro1 with the 56 1.2 which I bought the morning of the first day of the festival. And is a great lens, I used it sunday on it's first commercial dance photoshoot.
Shooting The Preacher Men
A couple of weeks a go I got the question from Efraim Trujillo if I could should o location. I told him I just bough a new Elinchrom Quadra RX set and can do photoshoots everywhere. So I got the question if I would like to make some promotional photo's for his new Jazz project "The Preacher Men". We could only plan the shoot a hour before there first gig so I had to work fast. Armed with my Fuji X-pro1 with the 35 1.4 and X-E1 with the 18-55 2.8-4 and the Elinchrom quadra with the Westcott 60" umbrella I went to the gig.
I started with a few portraits of the individual band member. I found this red chair and used the umbrella half closed to create a poor mens soft box, a trick I learned from Zack Arias.
After the ones on the chair I found a couple of doors I thought that look cool and would gave them some extra choices in different kind of looks. So the final groupshot I did in front of those doors
In post I just did some extra sharpening and darkened the background with the chair shots to get of the background noise.
Crop or Crap factor
For everybody who thinks APS-C is to small or who wants to know the difference between sensor sizes. Zack Arias has made a video which explains it in plain/bold english. So watch, learn and enjoy it!
Dance photography with Fuji Camera's
Last week I did a dance photography sessions with the Fuji X-pro1 and X100. I Asked two dancers to model for the shoot, One is a classical ballerina and the other a break- and zouk dancer.
In studio
I started in the studio with just one light. I recently bough a Elinchrom Rotalux 150cm Deep Indirect Octa soft box on a white background. But it was to light for my taste so I changed to a light grey background just for some more moody feel.
For light I started with the Elinchrom RX one, But this was to weak to over power the ambient light in the studio in the 150 Deep octal, It is a big softbox!!! So i changed it to the Quadra. Because the ISO starts at 200 with the Fuji's and they have APS-C sensors, I didn't wanted to much light, for a smaller depth off field (f5.6 to f10/f11).
After some solo portraits and dance photo's it was time to put them together
I am starting to love my Fuji's more and more, The only things I really dislike is the waiting until all the photos are written to the card before you can watch them back. Because I was working with dancers this was getting anoying. They want to look them back fast so they can check if the position is right. Especially the feet. If you never have worked with dancers then it is good to know that, the light and emotion can be perfect an you go, "WHOOOO GREAT PHOTO JEEEEJJJ!!!!", but the feeds or hands are a few degree of..... It is not a good photo. Because people who know dance see it and you will get your butt kicked!
Also I would love to have the option to shoot ISO100 Raw. Just to be able to work with smaller aperture to get a smaller depth of field.
Going Outside
For the outside shots the Fuji X100 is still a killer. Because of the Leaf Shutter you can get a really fast X-sync to get a darker sky. I switched to the Elinchrom Maxilite because it has a higher output, so I didn't had to stress the battery off my power pack so much. I was working with the Elinchrom Ranger Quadra RX with an A-head on the B-port. This has 33% of the A port. So with the Elinchrom Maxispot I had enough light and stopping power to freeze the action! Also when I switched to the X-pro1.
Back to the Studio
After the rooftop shoot I wanted one other shot I saw in a Joe McNally Kebly training video. I just used a Single Quadra head in the B-port on full power in a Small Elinchrom Rotalux strip soft box. This was on a C-Stand at max hight, The dancer was slightly behind the head to feather the lighting.
Into The Dark Lightroom
Into lightroom I do just a little bit of FerryDusting on the imaging. I am not a big photoshopper. I want it to by stylized but still had to be real. So I did just a shapening, a bid of Pumping up the shadow, Drop the blackpoint. Opening in shadows, somehow adds some blue's in black, so especially with the studio shots I pulled down the blue saturation completely. Also some vignetting to finish it.
The Fuji's
Some say the Fuji's are not fast enough for shooting sports or action. But I think these pictures proof different! Getting your techniques down is the clue to good photo's, camera's are tools like a hammer is for a carpenter. And Photoshop and Lightroom is just the cream to finish of the dessert. Getting it good in camera with the light is the most important thing.
Wouter Kiers: Flamingo
Het is al weer een paar maanden geleden dat ik gebeld werd door Wouter Kiers met de vraag of ik de cover van zijn eerste echte Solo single wilde fotograferen. Het concept had hij al bedacht we hadden alleen nog ene model nodig, gelukkig was Janine beschikbaar. De foto hebben wij in de studio gemaakt met een simpele opstelling. Witte achtergrond en ene plaat plexiglas op de grond. 2 Elinchrom BX500ri's met softboxen op de achtergrond en twee 100cm softboxen met Elinchrom RX one en BXR500 lamp van de schuinvoor.
Nu is de signle uit en voor iedereen ook te koop op iTunes!
I Went Fuji
Ok it's official I went Fuji! After years of shooting Canon I have moved over! The reason, the arrogance of the people that represent Canon and I wanted a smaller and lighter kit. I already had the Fuji X100 last year and fell in love with it. Although it can be a pain in the ass camera sometimes, but when it works with you it's a superb camera.
My kit
My Current Fuji kit is:
- X-Pro1
- X-E1
- XF 35mm 1.4
- XF 18-55 2.8-4
- X100
Fuji X100
The X100 was my first Fuji X camera (my first digital compact camera's where also Fuji's like the S5600). I really love this camera. It has a fixed 23mm (35mm eqv.) f2 lens and I really love the small size and focal length. It is ideal for street and reportage photography. Also the leaf shutter gives you a really fast X-sync, and the 3 stops internal ND filter makes it a great camera!
Another downfall are the sticky blades. Luckily Fuji have a great service and after two weeks of missing the camera I got it back completly repaired and checked.
X-Pro1
I have been wanting this camera for a while, After seeing Zack Arias with it, and some work of other photographers I was like I also want that style. I also been doubting a long time of going to Olympus 4/3 camera's. I love the OM-D EM-5. But the X-pro1 is just a little bit more what I wanted. I wanted a small camera with great sensor and just a few buttons. The only ones I need are Shutter time, Aperture, Iso, Shutter release and a on/of switch. Just like the Analog camera's I like to use .
Also I love to play with a smaller Depth of field. Believe me I still would love to work with the Olympus OM-D EM 5, but for may hands the buttons are just a bit to small and wobbly and there is a little bit to much trickery in it. Also the people at Olympus are great, friendly and helpful and I can recommend the Olympus Camera's to anybody, but for my taste the Fuji Camera's where more fulfilling my needs.
The first real shoot with the Fuji X-Pro1 for me was with Daniel Lanois in the Carre theater in Amsterdam. I only had the 35mm lens for it. I loved how it focused. Also the EVF was nice to have. Being in a theater only being able to shoot availeble light it is a blast to have WYSIWYG fews of your photo's.
During a testshoot for a upcoming commercial shoot it had a few times where it wouldn't trigger my flash. This is something I halve to dig in to. During the day It worked fine in the studio. I don't know if it is the trigger or the camera yet, but it was annoying. Also I really hate i that first all the photo's have to by written to the card before you can really preview them. Notice that you get a 1.5 sec preview after you took the shot in de OVF/EVF.
The OVF is also once to have shooting in low light and on the street. It gives you a more few of also the surrounding. Also it gives you more eye contact with the model.
X-E1
The X-E1 I almost got for free! I wanted the XF-18-55 2.8-4 lens. The lens costs €699,- and as a kit with the X-E1 €749, so for €50,- I got the Fuji X-E1 with it. Firstly I bought it as a back up camera, but as it is almost the same as the X-Pro1 I use it as a co camera, mainly not to have switch lenses or use when I maxed at to buffer and have to keep shooting.
The 18-55 2.8-4 lens became my standard lens. As I am used to use the Canon 24-70 2.8, it is a great replacement. Much sharper, cheaper and lighter!
Video
The Fuji X-Pro1 and X-E1 also have video functions, and to be short, the box is checked for video. But actually it sucks, the quality is not that well. So if you want to do also a lot of video get an Olympus or Nikon!
DSLR Killer?
Are the Fuji's DSLR-killers? The be honest not quite yet. I would use the Fuji kit for any kind of job, but I still keep a DSLR on the side. My Canon gear is going out the door, but A Nikon D610 or D800 will come in for video and high-resolution work on which some more post/photoshoping has to be done. Also the teetering functions are nice to have with a client watching over your shoulder and with workshops/training sessions!
Wishlist
On my whilst is the 56 1.2 portrait lens and many trading in the 18-55 for the upcoming 18-135 for allround lens. Further camera-wise:
- Be able to look back pictures while the photo's are being written to the card!!
- Thetering options
- Shooting ISO100 with Raw Files
Making-off: Sandra Radio Kootwijk
Vorige week donderdag had ik de kans om een shoot te doen bij Radio Kootwijk. Deze prachtige locatie leende zich perfect voor verschillende achtergronden. De stijling heb ik samen met het model en mijn vaste visagiste Elvira samen gesteld.
De gear die ik gebruikt heb bestond uit:
- Elinchrom Quadra A set
- Elinchrom Rotalux Octa 100cm
- Elinchrom Skyport
- Canon 5D mkII
- Canon 24-70L 2.8
- Fuji X100
- Jnbei C-Stand
Hierboven zien jullie de opstelling. Eigenlijk en hele simpele. De Elinchrom Quadra op het B-kanaal met de Elinchrom 100cm Rotalux Octa softbox met beide diffusers.
De camera stond ingesteld op Iso 160, 1/160 op f5.6. Het balanceren van de lucht met de flitser is de grootste uitdaging. Ik heb eerst de lucht gemeten en hier de flitser op aangepast. Gedurende de shoot veranderen de sluitertijd continu door de wisselende hoeveel zonlicht. Omdat de zon zakte werd deze steeds langer en de ISO hoger.
In post is er eigenlijk niks anders gedaan dan wat verscherping en wat plekjes weg gehaald.
Radio Kootwijk
Afgelopen donderdag heb ik een shoot gedaan bij Radio Kootwijk. Het was gelijk een mooie locatie om mijn nieuwe Elinchrom Ranger Quadra setje te testen op deze locatie. Samen met visagiste en Elvira hebben we een paar ideeën uitgezet en twee modellen bij gezocht. Deze keer mocht ik werken met Sandra en Joyce (ballerina). Zie hieronder enkele van de eerste resultaten.
Tevens ben ik gister ook weer verder gegaan met mijn overstap naar de Fuji X-camera's met de aanschaf van een Fuji X-pro1 en de 35mm 1.4. Binnenkort komt hier ook een review van!
Time worker: How it's made
Vandaag wil ik jullie laten zien hoe ik de Time worker gemaakt heb. Het kostuum heeft het model zelf samengesteld en gebruikt zij bij role playing en fairs. Ik had haar via via op internet gevonden en het leek me leuk hier iets mee te doen.
De belichting
Een goede basisfoto is het belangrijkste wat er is. Het bouwen van de juiste belichting was even zoeken, maar de volgende opstelling heb ik gebruikt:
1. Dit is een Elinchrom BRX250 met een Elinchrom Rotalux 35x90 strip softbox. Dit was de fill die ik gebruikte omdat de grid te weinig van het kostuum belichte. 2. Dit is een Elinchrom RX One met een Elinchrom 18 cm refelector met grid. Dit was de lamp waar mee ik begon. Hij is zo gericht dat je ook goed het kompas kunt zien. 3. Om de lantaarn het effect te geven alsof deze ook echt licht geeft, heb ik een YoungNuo YN-560II flitser gebruikt in slave mode met een Honel ¼' grid.
Nabewerking
Ik ben geen grote fan van al te veel Photoshoppen en nabewerking, met een foto als dit heb je het "gevaar" snel over de top te gaan en dat wilde ik juist niet. Ik wil altijd dat het nog een beetje een echte feel blijft houden.
Stap 1: De basis foto heb ik eerst gekopieerd en de meeste vlekjes en dergelijk weg gehaald.
Stap 2: Met Nik Color Efex pro heb ik Dynamic skin softening gebruikt om de huid te verzachten
Stap 3: Ik heb het fijne contrast verhoogd met een laag en extra verscherping toegevoegd met een High Pass filter
Stap 4: Voor een wat donkerdere look en om je ook meer naar het onderwerp te brengen heb ik een vignette gemaakt
Stap 5: Als laatste finish wilde ik dat het lampje en meer glowing/brandend effect had, Dit heb ik aangebracht met curves. 1 laag voor het licht en de andere voor de kleur.
Overig gebruikte gear en instellingen
Camera: Canon 5D Mark II Lens: Canon 24-70 2.8
Instelling: Iso: 100 Diafragma: f8 Sluitertijd: 1/125 Witbalans: Flash
Trigger: Elinchrom Skyport Lichtmeter: Gossen Digisky Achtergrond: Standaard witte rol achtergrondpapier 2.75 meter breed
Demo Aperture bij Apple Store Amsterdam
Vandaag demo aperture gegeven bij de Apple Store in Amsterdam. Na eerst een aantal foto's gemaakt hebben met behulp van natuurlijk en daarna met mijn vaste Elinchrom kit. De foto's gingen direct Apple Aperture in. Daarna gelijk de foto's bewerkt. Zie hier onder enkele van de foto's
Review: Elinchrom Rotalux 35x90 strip softbox
Vlak nadat ik mijn Elinchrom BX500ri kit gekocht had kwam de Scott Kelby kit uit. Onderdeel hiervan was de Elinchrom 35x90 strip softbox. Met een speciale deal mocht ik mijn kit aanvullen met de extra onderdelen uit de Scott Kelby Kit. Hier zat onder andere de rotalux 30x90 strip softbox bij. De oorsprong van de strip sotbox ligt bij ramen. De softbox is zo ontworpen om het licht wat uit een raam komt te immiteren. tegenwoordig wordt hij op verschillende manieren gebruikt.
Hier onder heb ik hem als overhead light gebruikt. De gebruikte camera was een 5dMkII met 24-70 2.8, Iso 100, 1/125 op f8
Wat ik erg prettig vind is de zachtheid van deze softbox. Het heeft iets liefs. Zeker als je hem featherd zoals hier boven gedaan is. Ook omdat het een rechthoekige vorm heeft, geeft hij een mooie fall of naar de achterkant. Met dansers mag ik hem met sprongen ook graag als overhead gebruiken (moet ik wel toegeven dat ik dat van Joe McNally heb afgekeken).
Hier onder heb ik de lamp gebruikt als lamp van schuin voor (camera rechts) een andere favoriete positie
Kortom de Elinchrom 35x90 strip softbox is voor mij één van mijn basis tools. Als klanten in mijn studi okomen heb ik meestal de Elinchrom Beauty dish klaar staan op een C-stand en de Elinchrom Rotalux 35x90 strip softbox rechts van mij staan om te dienen als eerste basis. Hiermee kan ik snel twee goede portret belichtingen maken!
Tevens gebruik ik de Elinchrom Rotalux 30x90 strip softbox ook vaak als lamp voor de achtergrond:
Paar extra shots gemaakt met de alleen de Elinchrom Rotalux 30x90 strip softbox:
Voor de gene die nog de specificaties willen weten:
Formaat: 35 x 90 cm Diepte: 25 cm Gewicht: 0,97 cm Perfecte kwaliteit van het licht Twee diffusers: binnen- en front diffuser Rotalux speedring adapter, voor snelle 'paraplu' opbouw Rotalux speedring biedt mogelijkheid om de softbox te roteren in elke gewenste hoek Optionele Elinchrom hooded diffuser verkrijgbaar Optionele Elinchrom Rotagrid verkrijgbaar Optionele Lighttools grids verkrijgbaar in de gradenhoek 30˚, 40˚ en 50˚
Hij kost €179,- bij fotoflits
Disclaimer: De genomen foto's zijn genomen voor deze review daarom zo min mogelijk nabewerkt. De nabewerking bestond uit: lightoom 4 en 5 en kleur correctie via de Colorchecker, vervolgens naar Photoshop CS6, daar zijn er paar plekjes weg gewerkt, Nik software Dfine2 ruis uit de achtergrond te halen, Nik software Color Efex pro met de Dynamic skin softening preset voor wat verzachting van de huid, in lightoom soms een beetje extra Clarity met de brush optie voor wat meer detail in de jurk. De gebruikte camera was een 5dMkII met 24-70 2.8, Iso 100, 1/125 op f8
Gratis Portretfotografie workshop 25 april
Vrijdag 25 april geef ik een gratis workshop portretfotografie bij de Apple Store in Amsterdam. In deze workshop ga ik jullie een demonstratie geven van een portret/beauty fotoshoot workflow. Onderdelen die ik ga demonstreren zijn:
- Direct naar de computer fotograferen met behulp van thetering
- Werken met aanwezig licht en reflectoren
- Aanwezig licht mixen met Flitslicht
- Hoe foto's te selecteren
- Nabewerking van foto's
- Werken met levels en curves voor contrasten
- Verscherpen
- Huid retoucheren
- En wat jullie verder nog willen weten en vragen!
Kortom In deze demonstratie zullen jullie zien dat je met alleen Apple Aperture een complete fotografie workflow kunt doen. Ook zonder gebruik van Photoshop!
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