Tak'n from behind

Tak'n from behind
Originally uploaded by Atmikes-PHOTOGRAPHY

First picture form our shoot today at the studio, i wanted to shoot between f1.8 an f2.2 for a very narrow DOF , for lighting this i choose a strobist setup with the softbox camera right + SB-900 @ 1/8th power + the pentax AF-540-FGZ @ 1/16th power behind left

Anna at Antwerp Central station

An ideal shoot to test out my newly received Apollo westcott 28" Softbox, inside shots were done with a SB-900 at 1/2 power which delivers f:5.6, ISO 200 at about 2,5 meters, this seems to be an ideal distance for full body shots. For the part outside i used my 800Ws ringflash as the light source in the softbox, f:11 or even f:16 is not really a problem, i really need to get my hands on a 3 stop ND filter in 77mm size for some more experimentation. A special thank to Mr Bitbanger for lighting assistance!

"Anna meets Fashion", clothing provided by SPS Superstar 2010 collection

Enisa in the forest

Enisa wanted a bit of a fairy-tale look and feel to her shoot, i knew a magical forest just between Leuven and Brussels, nice hot & sunny day, not ideal for photography but even so for bugs!

Make-up was done by Babs and a special thank to Mr Bitbanger for lighting assistance!


White shoot trough umbrella as shadow fill and sun shining trough the leafs, creating some minor lens-flare

White shoot through umbrella - one light

Big zebra reflector +california sunbounce Sunmover as accent light

Diffusion screen camera right, silver reflector far behind camera left and zebra reflector front, camera left (look at the catch-light ;-) )

Silver screen behind, zebra in front:

Hard sunlight, natural fill by the leafs and the grass (lot's of green in the light)

Big silver reflector screen

Strobist workshop

Our usual location that we use to give the workshops was not available so we had to find a alternate solution, i once visited this place as location scout some time ago, it has usable space inside but also a very nice garden.

The results from this workshop were very different because of the location , just to remind you of the fact that nice and fresh pictures need a lot more than a camera and technical knowledge...

White shoot trough umbrella, blended 50/50 with ambient

Apollo Westcott Softbox 28" 'One Light'

And a wide aperture ambient only (as i love them)



Overpowering the ambient by a few complete stops..

Sherlyn at the Zuri

Nice shoot again with Sherlyn, young girl filled with ambition and devotion to make it as a model.
In the morning hours we had a very fine location at our disposal, it made me think of the Provence in France ... The sunlight in Belgium is not of that same warm toning though...

In the afternoon we had the fantastic opportunity to shoot at the Zuri :-)

Bridge of Temse

A brand new bridge in Temse, bit of a cloudy day, gorgeous model, just not enough time to make more of it :-(

100% natural light

Enough use of the ambient light! Time to set up some strobes, bare flash @f:22, 1/250th ISO 200

And some more with ambient and reflector, sun behind some mild clouds and reflector as shadow fill (camera left)

Babs does the ring

On our first shoot Babs told me she was good at imitating Sadako, the young girl with the black hair from the movie "The ring" or Ringu in the original Japanese version (which is way better than the US version in my humble opinion)

We shot this pretty early morning, i wanted the sun to throw long shadows and make use of the somewhat softer morning light, and only used a reflector for fill.
This allowed me to push the contrast a bit in pp to add a bit of grungy atmosphere, this is also why i chose very narrow DOF and shot between f:1.8 and f:2.2.

People who were passing by looked at us in a strange way, I'm still wondering why...

After watching these pictures you only have 7 days left to enjoy this last one....

Babs in a more "humane" condition ;-)